Panorama of Market Street, the City Hall, Taken from the Roof of the U.S. Mint

Panorama of Market Street, the City Hall, Taken from the Roof of the U.S. Mint

A camera starts on a sloppy scene: people walking around, a building that's seen better days, palm trees, with fronds waving in the breeze. As the camera pans to the left, the busy people continue, but the audience sees the devastation left by the San Francisco Earthquake.