Imitating life The myth that the movie celebrates, the death and rebirth of San Francisco, will be replayed again Saturday, the 103rd anniversary of the 1906 disaster.

Kiehn's dogged, meticulous detective work established beyond doubt it was filmed just days before the great earthquake and fire in 1906 that nearly destroyed San Francisco.

A film made more than a hundred years ago on Market Street, San Francisco's main thoroughfare, shows in fascinating detail how people lived and traveled and dressed.

In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, a sailboat makes its way past Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. San Francisco has a long history as a favorite site for filmmakers and the movie buffs ...

San Francisco still attracts movie-makers, with more than 100 films shot here in the last decade and 16 last year, but more are independent or from small local companies than in the past.

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake (1906). Explore cast details and learn more on Moviefone.

Members of the historical society sing “San Francisco” from the 1936 movie “San Francisco.” Photo taken on April 18, 2025, by Abigail Vân Neely. But there was also singing, jokes about old high school ...

Computer-generated movies recreate 1906 quakeWith a warning jolt at dawn from two miles off the coast of San Francisco and six miles down in the Pacific, the earth beneath the Bay Area began ...

San Francisco firefighters, community leaders and city officials gathered Friday morning to mark the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake.

On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco. Its epicenter was a few miles from the city, but at an estimated magnitude of 7.9, it was a severe blow to what was the largest ...

The Gundlach Bundschu Wine Co., now located in Sonoma, Calif., was founded in San Francisco in 1858. The 7.8-magnitutde earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 and subsequent fire destroyed the ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch San Francisco After the Earthquake and Fire of 1906 (1906). Explore cast details and learn more on ...