Archive to Film

Full-day documentary

September 11,2001

One day reconstructed through its archive: original recordings, source reports, and the sources that connect them.

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September 11, 200107:14 — 23:58

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This is just coming in: there appears to be a major fire on the upper floors of one of the…

The video opens on two news anchors seated at a broadcast desk before transitioning to a wide camera shot of the New York City skyline featuring the Empire State Building in the midground and the World Trade Center towers in the background. Dense dark smoke is pouring out from the upper levels of the North Tower. A female news anchor announces that a plane has reportedly crashed into the World Trade Center and introduces a phone witness.
Archive video still · The video opens on two news anchors seated at a broadcast desk before transitioning to a wide camera shot of the New York City skyline featuring the Empire State Building in the midground and the World Trade Center towers in the background. Dense dark smoke is pouring out from the upper levels of the North Tower. A female news anchor announces that a plane has reportedly crashed into the World Trade Center and introduces a phone witness.

This is just coming in: there appears to be a major fire on the upper floors of one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Reports claim that a small plane, either a Cessna or a private jet, accidentally flew into the tower around the 80th floor, due to either an air traffic control communications error or a malfunction on the aircraft. The dozens of victims are in our thoughts. We will continue to monitor rescue and repair surrounding this alarming accident.

2001 Live

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Source: @25YearsAgoLive · Posted 2026-09-11T08:47:20 EDT

Making of

From archive to film.

The film combines editorial research, media analysis, narration, and a reproducible render pipeline. Human review remains responsible for the final sequence and source framing.

  1. 01

    Website structure

    The website was built by Sol with architectural advice from Astra, including review of how the archive is presented.

  2. 02

    Local analysis with Astra

    Astra supported local analysis of the archive, helping connect source material and identify moments for editorial review.

  3. 03

    Voice & assembly

    ElevenLabs produced narration, then FFmpeg assembled and rendered the 720p full-day film.

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    On-screen narrator

    H3 Max, accessed through fal.ai, brought the fictional narrator to life on screen, paired with the ElevenLabs narration.