San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 (1906)

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

12 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short silent film showing the damage after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It uses text slides to explain what the audience is seeing.

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What happens

San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 is an American short black-and-white documentary silent film. The film documents the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This film is "narrated" with the standard text slides between scenes. In 2005, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division released the 13-minute film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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