This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco is set ablaze and filmed.
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United States 18 May 1906
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23 May 1906
It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing.
25 July 1906
A car crash blows a lady with a parasol onto a steeple. An inventor with an airship comes to the rescue.
13 June 1906
A view of Copenhagen primarily from the perspective of a sea traveler.
19 August 1906
Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.
01 January 1906
One of the first Russian animated films, created by choreographer Alexander Shiryaev in the second half of the 1900s.
15 August 1906
The title reads "Hailing Drags". You'd expect some sort of travois affair, but it turns out to be mules hailing sugar cane loaded onto wheeled flats.
06 September 1906
Despite the lurid title, no one gets shot in this long actuality from Lubin. Instead, it's another panorama, as indicated in the movie's alternative title, of the devastation wrought on San Francisco by the Earthquake and subsequent fire.
01 June 1906
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.
22 June 1906
In the beginning of the film, a streetcar passes in front of the camera position. The camera starts to move, indicating that it was on a streetcar since it is in the same position as the car in the first scene.
16 June 1906
A young woman becomes pregnant and attempts to provide for her child after the father leaves her.
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