Thursday, October 21, 2010

Capturing a Moment in Time

I was enthralled this past Sunday evening with a story on CBS' 60 Minutes.

It chronicles a historical film taken over a century ago on Market Street in Chicago days before the major earthquake of 1906. It is a a time traveler's glimpse of a different era that we can now experience with our own eyes.

With the amount of recording done today, it made me realize that one hundred years from now we are most likely sealed in the record books and people will have a much easier time looking back at how we lived our lives. How times change so quickly and how important it is to document them.

Fascinating. Enjoy.

2 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous piece! I was incredibly moved by it and the lasting power of film. Thanks for sharing.

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