WTC the First 24 Hours

Name: WTC the First 24 Hours
Genre: Documentary, Short
Released: March 3, 2004
Duration: 40 min
Rating: 71

2004

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New Video Group | Release Date: March 3, 2004

Summary: A haunting tour of the World Trade Center site following the September 11, 2001 attack.

Director: Étienne Sauret

Genre(s): Documentary, Short

Runtime: 40 min

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Mark Holcomb

Actually manages a fresh perspective. The director, camera in tow, had unimpeded access to the devastation for a full day before being shooed away by officials, and the footage he captured (sans commentary) is both gut-wrenchingly familiar and disconcertingly foreign. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A verité collage of indelible images Sauret collected in and around Ground Zero, beginning moments after the planes hit the World Trade Center. Read full review

Frank Scheck

The film lacks narration or music, but the devastating images speak for themselves. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Forgoing any voice-over commentary, these now-familiar images regain their original power to shock with the sheer enormity of the event. Read full review

Stephen Holden

A meditation on the scale of a catastrophe so enormous that all the assembled resources seem paltry and inadequate. Read full review

Keith Phipps

The mostly wordless film simply presents Ground Zero, the dust-covered surrounding areas, and the city's immediate rescue efforts. As a document, it's invaluable, and as a viewing experience, it's somewhat shocking. Read full review

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