Miami: The Magic City

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Miami: The Magic City is a short film from ca. 1920s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Scenes of well-known tourist sites, then hurricane damage. Appears to have been shot by amateur or semiprofessional.

title: "Miami Beach must have been No Man's Land after the hurricane subsided, because two months later its roads were hardly passable. Buildings and trees were down and desolation was everywhere." Possible reference to 1926 hurricane. VS hurricane storm damage and wreckage. Title: "The 120-mile gale drove large boats over the land, in some cases 2000 ft. from the ocean." Title: "Kaiser Wilhem's (sic) yacht sunk by the hurricane in Miami." Title: "Through the shrubbery across Biscayne Bay to the anchorage of the Firefly." Title: "The artificial canals and their palms were all ruined by the hurricane." Title: "What the hurricane did to Miami's beautiful park and gardens." Title: "All that is left of the Royal Gardens, two months after the hurricane."

Damage to boats and infrastructure in Miami harbor.

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