Name: San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1906-05-01

San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

The only complete moving picture production showing the fire in progress

1906 2m 5.8Movie

Documentary

Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included. We see fire raging. We see burned-out buildings, piles of rubble, and buildings with only one wall standing. People stand and watch; others walk purposely through the debris. A carriage passes; the camera pans the desolation. A horse-drawn cart is laden with a family's remaining possessions. A sign hangs outside one building: "A little disfigured but still in business. Men Wanted."