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Engineering disasters [videorecording] / produced by Actuality Productions ; Hearst Entertainment ; producer, Bruce Nash ; written & produced by Dean Vallas ; graphics & animation, Doug Whitney.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : History Channel : Distributed by New Video Group, c1999.
Description
1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Availability
Copies in the Library
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ReCAP - Remote Storage: Video Collection
VCASS 2541
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Subject(s)
Disasters
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Engineering
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Documentary television programs
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Screenwriter
Vallas, Dean
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Narrator
Saperstein, Harlan
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Production company
Actuality Productions
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Hearst Entertainment (Firm)
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Film distributor
History Channel (Television network)
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New Video Group
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Video recordings
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Series
Modern marvels
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Summary note
A look at some of the worst tragedies in human history-- disasters that have claimed the lives of hundreds of people in one fell swoop and that might have been prevented. Covers the period from ancient times to the present day in order to tell the stories of these calamities. Includes stories from survivors of plane crashes and industrial accidents. Attempts to analyze what went wrong in events such as the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Includes computer animation to illustrate the anatomy of some of the disasters.
Notes
Documentary.
Originally broadcast in 1998 as a segement of the History Channel program Modern marvels.
Creation/Production credits
Camera, Shaun Donahue, David Sperling, Ted Thorton ; narrated by Harlan Saperstein ; music by Alan Ett ; edited by Jack Foster.
System details
VHS.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Narrated by Harlan Saperstein.
Contents
The 20th century
Kansas City Hyatt
Teton Dam
Fear of flying
Aluminum
Flight 800
Heartbreak
The Hubble
Industrial disasters
The worst of the worst.
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Other title(s)
Modern marvels. Engineering disasters
Modern marvels (Television program)
OCLC
43379882
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