WTC - The First 24 Hours

Director: Etienne Sauret
Studio: New Video Group
Product Type: DVD

Description

Beginning with the North Tower afire and billowing dense smoke, and ending with the vast expanse of ash-brown debris the following morning, WTC: THE FIRST 24 HOURS documents "ground zero" in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Tr

Customer Reviews:

The short quick view.......2007-01-06

No one knew what happened on that first day,... how or why the towers came down. This video can be used for any view, but I find it wanting. It is not enough to see the downed buildings. The government lies, and what that means to the foundations of truth was the greater loss.

Powerful and compelling.......2006-12-03

When I saw this film, it was several years after 9/11. Yet after the first camera still that shows first a blazing tower, a plane slamming into the second tower, the towers fall, then clear blue sky, I began to cry uncontrollably. What happened in that small camera angle and it's effect on NY city and the nation was powerfully conveyed in that single image sped up over time. The sheer guts and determination of the cameraman (in this case the director, editor and film man, Sauret) is incredible. We see footage of what happened in the hours after that horrible event when most of us were asleep (or grappling with sleep Iike I did after living through that day in NYC). Sauret climbs in spaces no one else dare go-abandoned buildings with waist deep debris and in total darkness. You won't see Nicolas Cage or hear a popular soundtrack along with this film. There is no music or commentary and the actors are the brave and selfless firefighters, rescue people and regular citizens of NYC who serviced those that volunteered their lives in the aftermath of this tragedy. This film is a somber reminder of that day, which has been shown so many times by polished and glitzy Hollywood style since. We forget the ash-covered zombies that walked from the towers home and the horror of realizing our safety was compromised and that our world would never again be the same. In a subtle and unique way, this film commemorates that loss of innocense and shows us what really transpired "down there" in the hours after the planes hit.

With Respect - There Are Better Films.......2005-10-22

Some documentaries serve great purposes and others simply fill in monetary voids. "The First 24 Hours" is a disappointment as a film, recording what is said to be the first "24 hours" after this horrific incident. The expanded version is less than ½ hour. We see the North tower smoking and then an off camera view of the flames of the second tower being hit. The rest of the film is a collection of montages of street scenes littered with debris, dust, papers, cars and misery. There are no spoken words, there is no music, there is nothing more than several cut views of the surrounding devastation. It would have been historically correct to try to film these terrible scenes in an artistic manner rather than a news film view. No matter. There are several other films that portray what really happened on that terrible day.

I highly recommend "In Memoriam, New York City, 9/11/2001" and "9/11 - The Filmmaker's Commemorative Edition". Nothing else deserves the respect of those that lost their lives that day or the families that will continue to mourn.

WTC - First 24 Hours.......2005-03-09

This is a good film about the aftermath of the WTC collapse. It was not nearly as bad as some reviewers have made it out to be. The audio and video quality of the material is great. Speaking for myself, I actually liked the fact that this particular 9/11 film had no commentary & music. What you see is what you get, and unfortunately, this video is in the like-it-or-leave-it catagory. This program is definetly not for everybody. If you can't stand watching a real-life caught-on-tape video without narration & music, then you will not like WTC - First 24 Hours. As for me, my main complaint about the film is that it wasn't long enough. The film is just 47 minutes and should've been longer and had more footage of the actual attacks themselves. Oh, well, it was still a decent film. In the very first scene, you get to see the explosion of the second plane crashing into the South Tower, and you see two people jumping from the North Tower on the right side of the screen. Then it shows both towers collapsing from the same camera angle. Then from there, it's nonstop footage of the aftermath. You'll see how Manhatten was transformed into a nuclear winter; buildings fluttered with debris, the streets caked in white ashes and paper, damaged buildings, crushed cars & trucks, and 3 billion pounds of concrete, rubble, and steel covering the WTC site.

If you're expecting a historical document about the actual attacks themselves, then don't watch WTC - First 24 Hours. In Memoriam - New York City - 9/11/01 is the one that you would want to see. It shows footage of the attacks, people jumping, interviews, the pandemonium, the collapse, and the aftermath.
WTC - First 24 Hours doesn't document the actual attacks themselves, but rather, the aftermath. The footage speaks for itself.

Excellent footage with a wide angle.......2004-11-02

The Ground Zero Footage is amazing & the way it was shot is interesting, wide angles & slow pans make this a unique video. Another great video is WTC 9-11-01 Day Of Disaster which is available on Amazon.com. the video has the fire departments fireground radio traffic recorded onto the video while the video was being shot. The video also has exclusive incredible fire footage. I highly recommend both videos.

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