Restored by San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, and Silver Shadows Gallery Ltd.
📽️ WATCH NOW: filmpreserve.org/res... (Available to view for the next 30 days.)
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Prager’s Department Store—its destruction still visible in the original red tint.
A rare, unfiltered record of a city in shock, drawn from nearly two hours of footage the Miles Brothers shot across the devastated landscape.
Featuring a new score by the renowned Stephen Horne.
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To mark the 120th anniversary of an event that still defines the city, we are streaming free on our site: SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE FILMS (1906), a restored nine-minute composite tracing the aftermath from Fifth Street to the Ferry Building, past the wreckage of City Hall, and the dynamiting of
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Days before the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, the Miles Brothers captured a thriving Market Street. On April 18, 1906, everything changed. The brothers returned—and filmed what remained.
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Starring Alice Calhoun and Robert Frazer, this rare gem was meticulously restored in 2018 from rare nitrate prints through a partnership between the Library of Congress and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and features a wonderful musical score by Stephen Horne.
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We’re so proud to offer THE OTHER WOMAN’S STORY (1925) on demand on our website — a silent-era murder mystery that still grips audiences 100 years later.
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A murdered man. A wrongful conviction. And one woman who refuses to let the truth stay buried. 🎬 What if a century-old film could still surprise you? There’s only one way to find out. ✨
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Expect rich archival insight, environmental history, and a deeper understanding of how film can drive real change. It’s essential Earthday.org viewing.
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Through “An Island in Time: the Point Reyes National Seashore,” “The Grand Canyon: Living River, Living Canyon,” and “The Redwoods,” discover how powerful storytelling—and visionary leadership from David Brower—mobilized generations to protect the natural world. 🎥
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Join archivist Joanna Black of the Sierra Club for a fascinating look at three landmark films that shaped wilderness conservation and helped ignite the first Earth Day in 1970.
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This Earth Day, go beyond celebration—explore the films that helped spark a movement.
🌎 Online with SFFP: “The Sierra Club Presents: Three Films that Shaped Wilderness Conservation”
📅 Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 🕛 12–1 pm PST
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Expect rich archival insight, environmental history, and a deeper understanding of how film can drive real change. It’s essential Earthday.org viewing.
👉 REGISTER (it’s FREE!): filmpreserve.org/eve...
#SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #OnlineWithSFFP #SierraClub #EarthDay #FilmSky
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Through “An Island in Time: the Point Reyes National Seashore,” “The Grand Canyon: Living River, Living Canyon,” and “The Redwoods,” discover how powerful storytelling—and visionary leadership from David Brower—mobilized generations to protect the natural world. 🎥
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Join archivist Joanna Black of the Sierra Club for a fascinating look at three landmark films that shaped wilderness conservation and helped ignite the first Earth Day in 1970.
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Joanna will explore how creating, sharing, and preserving these films has inspired generations of activists, and why that mission matters more than ever today.
Free, online, and open to all. Don’t miss it. 🎞️🌱
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Visionary conservationist and Sierra Club Executive Director David Brower believed film could move mountains — and he was right. These works didn’t just document wild places. They fought for them.
...who’ll take us behind the scenes of the Club’s groundbreaking early film program & how it helped spark the very first Earth Day in 1970.
We’ll be spotlighting 3 landmark films:
• An Island in Time: The Point Reyes National Seashore
• The Grand Canyon: Living River, Living Canyon
• The Redwoods
We have our research — but you’ll have to watch to find out.
Accompanied by a stunning score from the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, this is pure silent cinema magic.
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Restored in 2017 by San Francisco Silent Film Festival and Cinémathèque française, this surviving French print carries its own mystery: an entire subplot was cut from the original release, papered over with a single intertitle. What happened in those missing scenes?
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Directed by Rupert Julian and starring H.B. Warner and Vera Reynolds, this gripping melodrama is streaming free on demand at San Francisco Film Preserve.
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🎬 What to Watch: SILENCE (1926)
A man waits on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. A woman holds the secret that could save him. And a century’s worth of twists stand between justice and the gallows.
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Join Villa Albertine San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, Circuit Network, KQED, and San Francisco Public Library for a dynamic marathon of talks, live performances, workshops, food, art, and shared exploration.
🎟️ TICKETS & INFO: www.tixr.com/groups/...
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Featuring hands-on workshops, playful performances, and creative activities led by artists, educators, and children’s book authors, inviting curiosity, play, and intergenerational exchange.
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Ahead of the evening program, Afternoon of Ideas returns with a family-friendly experience designed to welcome youth into the spirit of the event.
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after the American Declaration of Independence. Together, Night of Ideas creates space for collective imagination where ideas are exchanged, perspectives are expanded, and the way forward is shaped in real time.
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This year’s Night of Ideas San Francisco’s theme, Lighting the Way, invites our Bay Area audiences to explore how ideas, creativity, and collective action can illuminate paths forward, helping reveal new ways of thinking and connecting about what’s next, as we look ahead to the next 250 years
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Spend an evening exploring the ideas, art, and conversations shaping how we move forward collectively.
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Both films were presented at Great American Music Hall in July 2025, and Night of Ideas is pleased to feature “Day Dreams” in SFPL’s Koret Auditorium at 10:30pm, with an introduction by San Francisco Film Preserve’s executive director Kathy Rose O’Regan.
NIGHT OF IDEAS
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The program director of the Tenderloin Museum loved it, and commissioned Marriott to write a score for Keaton’s 1922 short film “Day Dreams”, which was shot in San Francisco and features many scenes in the Tenderloin.
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