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

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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