"Galveston"

Galveston

Galveston

1988 : les temps sont durs pour Roy, petit gangster de la Nouvelle-Orléans, aux États-Unis. La maladie le ronge. Son patron lui tend une embuscade, à laquelle il échappe de justesse. Une seule issue : la fuite, en compagnie de Rocky, une jeune prostituée. Deux êtres que la vie n’a pas épargnés. En cavale vers la ville de Galveston, il n..

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Galveston

Galveston

Lewis’s latest film, Galveston, 2017, newly commissioned by The Contemporary Austin and on view at the Jones Center, takes the city of Galveston, Texas, as both its setting and title. This island off the Gulf Coast has had many lives—as historic immigration port, center for shipping and the petrochemical industry, site of natural disasters, and..

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The Road to Galveston

The Road to Galveston

Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other w..

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The Man from Galveston

The Man from Galveston

Circuit-riding Texas lawyer Timothy Higgins defends a former girlfriend against a murder charge stemming from an extortionist's threat to reveal her shady past. Through adroit courtroom work, Higgins is able to acquit her and reveal who actually shot the fatal bullet.

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Night Stage to Galveston

Night Stage to Galveston

A former Texas Ranger teams up with some of his old colleagues to rid the state of corruption in their new police force.

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Bird's-Eye View of Dock Front, Galveston

Bird's-Eye View of Dock Front, Galveston

At the first news of the disast by cyclone and tidal wave that devastated Galveston on Saturday, September 8th, 1900, we equipped a party of photographers and sent them by special train to the scene of the ruins. Arriving at the scene of desolation shortly after the storm had swept over the city, our party succeeded, at the risk of life and limb, i..

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Panorama of Orphans' Home, Galveston

Panorama of Orphans' Home, Galveston

This is the building in which so many of the poor orphans met their death. The place is completely dismantled. In addition to the orphanage is shown one of the principal streets in Galveston blocked with overturned houses and other materials.

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Panorama of Galveston Power House

Panorama of Galveston Power House

This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system. The building, which is of solid masonry, is a complete wreck, and together with the twisted iron work of the machinery, shows the tremendous power of the cyclone.

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Panoramic View of Tremont Hotel, Galveston

Panoramic View of Tremont Hotel, Galveston

This picture shows several buildings which were wrecked and also shows a rear view of this hotel, which is on the highest point of land in Galveston, and in which several thousand people were saved.

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Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies

Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies

This shows the heart of one of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of dead bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and at the time the picture was taken the odor given out could be detected for miles. The subject shows a gang of laborers clearing away the debris in the search for corpses, one of which was discovered w..

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Hurricane in Galveston

Hurricane in Galveston

Silent film footage of the hurricane that hit Galveston, TX in 1913. Lost.

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Panorama of East Galveston

Panorama of East Galveston

It's what it says on the label: a panoramic shot of East Galveston, right after the Storm of the Century came through, ripping up trees and destroying house like they were made of cards. Then, a decade and a half later came another Storm of the Century for Galveston.

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