The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Here’s a portion of another old 1950s documentary - the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Photography was invented only a few decades before this & motion pictures were in their infancy as well. This story is told with those old movies & photos. This was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, CA and the coast of Northern California at 5:14 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8; however, ot