''Hurricane in Galveston'' is a 1913 American
short
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documentary directed by
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor (; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...
. It was Vidor's
debut film as a director.
Production
King Vidor and Ray Clough produced and photographed the film using a homemade camera borrowed from a friend. The commercial release was limited to the state of Texas. ''Hurricane in Galveston'' is a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
[Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 21, p. 333]
Footnotes
References
*
Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. ''King Vidor, American.'' University of California Press, Berkeley.
External links
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1913 films
1913 short films
1913 directorial debut films
1913 drama films
1913 lost films
Silent American drama films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by King Vidor
Films set in 1900
Films set in Texas
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Lost drama films
Lost American films
1910s American films
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