Disaster 1

Synopsis

Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate large-scale disasters of the 20th century. Covers the sinking of the ‘Titanic’, the Tenerife air crash, the mud-slide in Aberfan in South Wales in 1966, the San Francisco earthquake, the 1948 explosion at the Farben chemical plant in Germany, the chemical poisoning at Bhopal in India in 1984, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, the destruction of the rain forests and other catastrophes.

Series

Century, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min.

Year of production

1997

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Subjects

History

Keywords

Bhopal; Chernobyl; disasters; environmental disasters; explosions; history of the 20th century; newsreel films

Credits

Producer

Tony Davies

Cast

Tom Baker

Production Company

Name

British Pathe plc

Email

pathe@britishpathe.com

Web

http://www.britishpathe.com External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7424 3636

Fax

020 7424 3637

Address

New Pathe House
57 Jamestown Road
London NW1 7DB

Name

Champion Television Ltd

Distributor

Name

IMC Vision Ltd

Email

info@imc.video.com

Phone

01923 718800

Fax

01923 718811

Address

Scotsbridge House
Scots Hill
Rickmansworth
WD3 3BB

 

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