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盖维斯敦暴风雨 (Galveston
Storm)
爱迪生电影公司 (Edison
motion picture company) 一听到盖维斯敦市遭受暴风及海啸侵袭时，马上派遣摄影师搭乘火车前去灾难现场。爱迪生目录解释摄影师是如何「冒着生命及残障的危险」，在暴风雨侵袭不久后即抵达现场，「「尽管盖维斯敦市已实施戒严，摄影师已遭情绪激动的警务人员当场击毙」，爱迪生公司仍拍到了撼动人心的影片，片长约1000英尺。是否真有摄影师惨遭击毙则不得而知了，爱迪生目录的作者也许是为增加影片话题才夸大事实。
在这部影片中，您可以看见暴风雨过后的惨状，残破的建筑物景象让人见识到暴风雨那令人难以置信的力度与强度；您认为这座海边市镇因这场暴风雨还蒙受了什么其他的伤害呢？
As soon as they heard of the cyclone and tidal waves that destroyed Galveston, the Edison motion picture company sent cameramen by train to the scene. The Edison catalog explained how the photographers arrived shortly after the storm had hit, and "at the risk of life and limb," they managed to take about 1000 feet of moving pictures, "in spite of the fact that Galveston was under martial law and that the photographers were shot down at sight by the excited police guards." It's not clear that any photographers were actually shot. The author of the Edison catalog might have been exaggerating a bit in order to increase interest in the films.
In this film you can see the devastation left by the storm. From the wrecked buildings, you get an idea of the incredible strength and power of the cyclone. How else do you think this seaside town was affected by the storm?
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