San Francisco Scenes (1906)

★★★★★ · 1920's · Rick Ankney · 2010-05-30

One of the title cards has the words "Eastman Classroom Films" at the bottom. In checking the internet, I found that Eastman (Kodak) company was "experimenting" with classroom films in the 20s, in order to determine their effectiveness. The presence of title cards tells me this was a silent film, which in turn tells me it was probably made in the 20s. Sound on film as we know it, did not come around until 1929, and it certainly wouldn't have made it into the classroom yet. This film is an excellent path to a bygone moment.