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Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies
Also known as [Searching Ruins on Broadway for Dead Bodies, Galveston]
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith

Cast: (unknown)

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 24 September 1900 by Thomas A. Edison. / 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.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Natural disasters: Hurricanes: Galveston Hurricane (8 September 1900) - USA: Texas: Galveston

Listing updated: 23 May 2009.

References: Film viewing : Leyda-Before pp. 40, 80, 100; Slide-BigV p. 171.

Home video: DVD.