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Panorama of Galveston Power House
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by [?] Albert E. Smith?
Cast: (unknown)
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by [?] Albert E. Smith? / © 24 September 1900 by Thomas A. Edison [D18563]. Released September 1900. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in September 1900 in Galveston, Texas. A film in the Galveston Cyclone series.
Documentary.
Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] At the first news of the disaster 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, give a definite idea of the most terrible disaster since the Johnstown flood of 1889. The pictures are copyrighted and fully protected by law. They are made from original negatives, taken at a great expense, and expressed to us immediately after they were taken, and are positively the only motion picture films secured while the city of Galveston was in a state of chaos. The building is a complete wreck, and the twisted iron shows the tremendous power of the cyclone.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Natural disasters: Hurricanes: Galveston Hurricane (8 September 1900) - Panoramas - USA: Texas: Galveston
Listing updated: 23 May 2009.
References: Film viewing : Slide-BigV p. 171 : Website-AFI.
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