John Ford 's '' The Hurricane '' ( 1937 ) concluded with the striking sequence of a tropical cyclone ripping through a fictional South Pacific island . The drama '' San Francisco '' ( 1936 ) depicted the historic 1906 San Francisco earthquake , while '' In Old Chicago '' ( 1937 ) recreated The Great Chicago Fire which burned through the city in 1871 . Carol Reed 's 1939 film , '' The Stars Look Down '' , examines a catastrophe at a coal mine in North-East England
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Disaster film