Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1900 |
| length | 52 seconds |
| Rod | |
| Director | Albert E. Smith |
Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies is a short documentary film about the search for bodies from the Galveston Hurricane in 1900 . The film was shot on September 8, 1900 by Edison Studios . It was published on September 24, 1900.
Movie content
The film accompanies some men in search of corpses in the rubble left by the hurricane. A dead man is found.
The catastrophe
The hurricane raged from September 2-7, 1900, killing approximately 6,000 to 12,000 people. The film was made immediately after the catastrophe on September 8, 1900 and is one of the first documentaries to film a catastrophe.