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American Experience: The Great San Francisco Earthquake

American Experience (1988)

Documentary | United States

Director: David Grubin, Stephen Ives

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 1 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake

SYNOPSIS

From Enrico Caruso to the ordinary San Franciscan, this film presents vivid memories of those trapped in the terrifying event of 1906. Four hundred eighty square blocks were reduced to rubble; thousands were killed, tens of thousands left homeless. Then the heroic struggle to rebuild a city from the ashes began.

Actors

Voice: Callie Thorne, Jefferson Mays, Nancy Groce, Ron Bobb Semple, Peter Hermann, Jay Gregory, Ping Wu

Writer: David Grubin, Mark Zwonitzer

Narrator: Will Lyman, Philip Bosco

RUNTIME: 55 min

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