Vintage city street footage

American streets on film, from San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake to New York's Third Avenue El in 1950: pedestrians in hats, traffic of the period and the trains that ran above it.

These are the best matches in the index today, each with the exact seconds in its film. Ask Claude for a shot by its number to get a trimmed MP4 and the credit line.

Crowded sidewalks

In Claude, ask for “crowded city street with pedestrians”

Crowd of people walking along a bustling city street
0:26.3–0:28.3 (2.0 s) · shot 5925
Cities: Why They Grow
Crowd of people walking on a busy city street, vintage attire and hats
5:46.0–5:49.4 (3.4 s) · shot 5996
Cities: Why They Grow
Crowd of people walking on busy city street in mid-century.
11:03.3–11:11.4 (8.2 s) · shot 6688
Radiation Safety in Nuclear Energy Explorations (Part II)
Crowd of pedestrians walking on busy city sidewalk near hotel, archival footage.
2:28.3–2:30.4 (2.1 s) · shot 4481
Third Avenue El (1950)
People walking and standing on busy city sidewalk, urban street, archival footage.
2:30.4–2:33.3 (2.9 s) · shot 4482
Third Avenue El (1950)
People walking and carriages driving down a busy city street.
0:20.4–0:22.8 (2.3 s) · shot 4108
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3 (1906)

Traffic and old cars

In Claude, ask for “traffic on a city street with old cars”

Vintage automobiles moving through a busy downtown intersection on a sunny day.
0:21.8–0:24.5 (2.7 s) · shot 3349
The Nature of Sound (1948)
Busy city street scene with cars, buses, and pedestrians in traffic.
9:32.8–9:39.2 (6.3 s) · shot 5438
Who Are the People of America? (1953)
vintage cars driving on road, period vehicles
8:30.3–8:50.8 (20.5 s) · shot 3050
Ingenuity in Action (Part I) (1958)
overhead tracking shot of vintage cars driving on a city street
5:43.8–5:46.5 (2.8 s) · shot 4278
The Secret of American Production (1955)

Elevated trains and streetcars

In Claude, ask for “elevated train or streetcar on a city street”

Streetcar traveling down a city boulevard between buildings, mid-20th century.
7:04.6–7:07.2 (2.7 s) · shot 6230
Invitation to a Nation (1946)
Passing elevated train cars and urban architecture.
5:32.5–5:36.2 (3.8 s) · shot 4524
Third Avenue El (1950)
elevated train approaching a station platform between buildings
9:04.8–9:07.6 (2.9 s) · shot 4572
Third Avenue El (1950)
Streetcar moving along a sunny city street lined with pedestrians, 1940s.
7:02.2–7:04.6 (2.3 s) · shot 6229
Invitation to a Nation (1946)
Passing a streetcar on the left as people walk down the ruined San Francisco street.
6:04.2–6:11.8 (7.7 s) · shot 4200
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3 (1906)
Looking forward from a moving tram down a San Francisco street, historical footage.
1:54.8–1:58.4 (3.6 s) · shot 4130
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3 (1906)

Horse-drawn carriages

In Claude, ask for “horse-drawn carriages on a city street”

Horse carriages and pedestrians on a street with damaged or dusty conditions.
0:24.8–0:30.6 (5.8 s) · shot 4110
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3 (1906)
Vintage car driving past horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on a city street
4:43.7–5:00.5 (16.8 s) · shot 3574
Our Shrinking World (1946)
horses pulling a cart along a muddy dirt road
1:54.3–1:58.0 (3.8 s) · shot 5715
The American Road (Part II)

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