# Galveston Hurricane 1900 - Film - Thomas A Edison

On September 8, 1900, the deadliest hurricane in US history made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Winds reached a speed of 145 miles per hour, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals out of Galveston's population of 37,000. On September 24, Thomas A. Edison sent a film crew to Galveston to record the aftermath of the storm, and part of that film is what you're seeing here.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1900
- Runtime: 5 min
- By: Bob Toomey
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galveston_Hurricane_1900_-_Film_-_Thomas_A_Edison.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Bob Toomey
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/48003333?play=1)