愛迪生影片是第一個向大眾行銷災難及災後殘破影像的公司。1901年的愛迪生目錄中提到：「這些影片吸引大批的人潮湧入亞當博物館 (Eden Musee) 及紐約市的波克特 (Proctor) 歌劇廳。這場浩劫…震撼了全世界…此外，大家都想看到真實影片，希望目睹狂風及暴雨如何摧殘這個代表美國的城市」。除了影片外，其他如蓋維斯敦暴風雨這類的災難又是如何行銷於市的呢？


The storm was so powerful that all the light boats along the dock front were lifted out of the water and washed up into the streets; many were carried inland for miles. This film clip shows the boatmen working together to get their craft back into the water.

The Edison films were among the first to market disaster and devastation to a mass audience. "These films are now drawing immense crowds at Eden Musee and Proctor's vaudeville houses in New York City," according to the 1901 Edison catalog. "This great disaster ... has startled the entire world, . . . and everyone will be interested in seeing authentic moving pictures of a representative American city almost entirely wiped out by the combined power of water and wind." In addition to films, how else were disasters like the Galveston storm marketed?

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