Fighting Fred Funston
“During one of California's biggest disasters, one soldier chose to act illegally and without orders to save lives and a city.”
2017•5m•Released
DocumentaryWar
On April 18th, 1906, San Francisco witnessed its most devastating natural disaster – an earthquake that initiated a city-wide fire. The commanding officer of the U.S. Army base at the Presidio, Fred Funston, gathered citizens to fight the fire, patrol the streets, and rebuild the city – all without authorization.
Director
Andrés Gallegos
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
El Dorado Films
Cast
Andrew Zox
Andrew Zox
Production
Company
El Dorado Films
Company
Veteran Documentary Corps
Producer
Carolina Gratianne
Recommended
7.8
They Shall Not Grow Old
2018
6.4
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
8.1
2000 Meters to Andriivka
2025
6.5
Father Soldier Son
2020
6.4
The Captains
2011
7.5
The War on Democracy
2007
5.9
The Battle of Midway
1942
7.2
The Soviet Story
2008
6.4
A Toxic Love Story
2026
8.1
20 Days in Mariupol
2023
8.2
For Sama
2019
7.6
Night Will Fall
2014
7.2
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
7.1
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
7.9
Virunga
2014
7.9
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
6.4
Salinger
2013
6.6
The Age of Stupid
2009
6.4
Star Wars Biomes
2021
Similar Movies
The King of Ukraine
2018
We Were There to Be There
2021
4.2
The Standard
1977
Gay Power, Gay Politics
1980
My French Amore
0
Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
2018
7.6
Doctor Zhivago
1965
8.3
The Great Dictator
1940
8.2
Saving Private Ryan
1998
7.9
Grand Illusion
1937
8.3
Paths of Glory
1957
7.5
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
2017
8
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
The American War
2018
6.7
Catch-22
1970
6.6
Courage Under Fire
1996
6.6
Hamburger Hill
1987
Popular Science J-8-1
1938
6.4
Hart's War
2002
6.9
Tears of the Sun
2003