Bird's-Eye View of Dock Front, Galveston 1900 Directed by Albert E. Smith
At the first news of the disast by cyclone and tidal wave that devastated Galveston on Saturday, September 8th, 1900, we equipped a party of photographers and sent them by special train to the scene of the ruins. Arriving at the scene of desolation shortly after the storm had swept over the city, our party succeeded, at the risk of life and limb, in taking about a thousand feet of motion pictures, although Galveston was under martial law and photographers were shot down at sight by the excited police. The series, taken as a whole, gives a definite idea of the most terrible disaster since the Johnstown flood of 1889.
Language
English
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Documentary
Production Company
Edison Studios
Release Date 21 September 1900
1 mins
