Searching ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for dead bodies /
Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1875-1958, production, camera.
Vitagraph Company of America.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
moving image
Actualities (Motion pictures) lcgft
Silent films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Nonfiction films. lcgft
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co.,
1900.
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"This shows the heart of one of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of dead bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and at the time the picture was taken the odor given out could be detected for miles. The subject shows a gang of laborers clearing away the debris in the search for corpses, one of which was discovered while the picture was being taken. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 135.
"The Galveston Cyclone series. At the first news of the disaster by cyclone and tidal wave that devastated Galveston on Saturday, Sept. 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 that city, our party succeeded, at the risk of life and limb, in taking about a thousand feet of moving pictures. In spite of the fact that Galveston was under martial law and that the photographers were shot down at sight by the excited police guards, a very wide range of subject has been secured. The series, taken as a whole, will give the entire world a definite idea of the terrible disaster, unequaled since the Johnstown flood of 1889"--Edison films catalog, no. 135.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24Sept1900; D18566.
Duration: 0:52 at 16 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1066) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 634-635; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 291; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 14-15 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 29-30; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July, 1906, p. 95; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 956; New York clipper, Sep. 22, 1900, p. 666 and Sep. 29, 1900, p. 696 viewed online, April 22, 2020 via the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections.
Camera, Albert E. Smith.
Filmed in Galveston, Texas, probably between September 11-19, 1900.
Paper Print Collection.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Hurricanes--Texas--Galveston.
Natural disasters--Texas--Galveston.
Disaster victims--Texas--Galveston.
Search and rescue operations--Texas--Galveston.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
Searching ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for dead bodies
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