American Experience · S01E01
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1988-10-04 · 55 min · 3.3 (2) · TMDB
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.