Galveston Hurricane and Tidal Wave of 1900

The film 'Galveston Hurricane and Tidal Wave of 1900' refers to the actuality footage captured by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton (of Vitagraph) and released by Edison Manufacturing Co. following the devastating hurricane of September 1900. It is a work of non-fiction newsreel cinematography produced at the very dawn of cinema. Under US copyright law, any work published or registered before January 1, 1928, is definitively in the public domain. This film was released and registered as a paper print (LC 584) in October 1900. Having been created more than 120 years ago, it has long since exceeded the maximum possible term of statutory protection, regardless of renewal status or corporate ownership.