Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies (1900)
- Directed by
- J. Stuart Blackton
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This silent film shows the aftermath of the 1900 Galveston hurricane. Workers move through wrecked streets looking for victims, and one body is discovered in the rubble.
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What happens
Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies is a 1900 black-and-white silent film depicting the destruction caused by the Galveston hurricane on September 8, 1900. The film was produced by Edison Studios. It depicts laborers clearing debris searching for dead bodies. A body was found during the search. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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