Exposures for the time lapse we're taken every four minutes during daylight hours during the 30 day long demolition.
Selected for the National Film Registry in 2002.
First use of time lapse photography in film.
The Star Theatre was located in New York City on 13th Street and Broadway. It was built in 1861 and demolished in 1901 (which is the event taking place in the film).
One of the 50 films in the 4-disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film was preserved by the Library of Congress. This version has a piano music score and runs 96 seconds.