San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake (1906)
1906 · Silent film · 1 min · dir. Robert K. Bonine
The only complete moving picture production showing the fire in progress
- Documentary
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Robert K. Bonine
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Studio
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Released
- 1906-05-01
- Running time
- 1 minutes
Cast & crew
- Robert K. Bonine Director
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