The San Francisco earthquake and fire at 1906  visioned at Biograph´s studio by scenic artist Joseph Harrington and cameraman Fred Dobson,
who appears at the revealing photo.

The futuristic city of the German film "Metropolis"(1927)

Filming a miniature street for  "San Francisco" (1927)

 

A miniature London  for "High treason" (1928) showing  how the city should  be at 1940.

Another futuristic city made in miniature  from "Just imagine"(1930)

Miniature of Nwe York made for Deluge (1933).  Ned Mann was in charge of miniature effects.

 

A Battle ships into a studio tank for the British film "Jack Ahoy" (1934)

Filming a miniature street for  "San Francisco" (1927)