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The Great Baltimore Fire
(1904) United States of America
B&W : 368 feet
Directed by [?] W.K.L. Dickson?
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by A.E. Weed [?] and G.W. Bitzer? / © 15 February 1904 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H42176]. Released February 1904. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / Biograph production number 2805. A portions of Stable on Fire (1896), The Fire at Tarrant & Co.’s Drug Store (1900) and Run of N.Y. Fire Department (1903) were edited into this film.
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This is an exceedingly lively subject, and one likely to appeal to audiences in all parts of the country. It opens with a spectacular view of the New York city contingent on a dead gallop through the skyscraper district of lower Broadway on the way to the Pennsylvania Ferry. The scene then transfers to Baltimore, where a number of views of the great conflagration are shown. Among them is one showing the ruins covered with mountains of ice, and another shows a fire engine crushed by the falling walls. A close view of the firemen working in a perilous place amidst the smoke and flames on a roof makes a startling finish to this magnificent film.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 March 2012.
References: Website-AFI.
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