Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)

Directed by

Frederick S. Armitage

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

2 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent documentary shows a New York City theater being taken apart over about a month. Time-lapse photography captures the building slowly coming down piece by piece.

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What happens

Star Theatre (also known as Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre) is a 1901 short documentary film in which time-lapse photography is used to show the dismantling and demolition of New York City's Star Theatre over a period of about a month. Produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (often shortened to Biograph), it was filmed by F.S. Armitage. In 2002, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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