Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1. Edit. This film shows the demolition of the historic Star Theatre building (formerly Wallack's) at the corner of Broadway and 1. Street, New York. To secure this unique picture a Biograph camera was kept constantly at work by specially devised electric apparatus for weeks, during which time exposures were made every four minutes, 8 hours a day. Before the contractors began their work of tearing down and after the last vestige of the building had been removed, 1. Thus in the finished positive one views at first the old Star Theatre standing as it had for years looking down with serenity upon the bustle of Broadway traffic. Then as if struck by a tornado of supernatural strength, the building begins to crumble. Chimneys totters, walls cave in, and whole stories vanish, until at last the site shows only a cellar excavation; and the Broadway cars with the sidewalk procession continue as if nothing unusual had happened. When this view is shown in .. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre en Streaming. Directeur : Frederick S. Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York. Seriously one of the most moving silent films I've ever seen, ingeniously designed. The first instance of time-lapse photography. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901) Documentary. Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.
Star Theatre (also known as Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre) is a 1901 short documentary film in which time-lapse photography is used to show the dismantling and demolition of New York City's Star Theatre over a.
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