San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

05/01/1906

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0hr 2min

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Documentary

The only complete moving picture production showing the fire in progress

STORY

Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included. We see fire raging. We see burned-out buildings, piles of rubble, and buildings with only one wall standing. People stand and watch; others walk purposely through the debris. A carriage passes; the camera pans the desolation. A horse-drawn cart is laden with a family's remaining possessions. A sign hangs outside one building: "A little disfigured but still in business. Men Wanted."

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    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • American Mutoscope & Biograph

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • No Language

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