National Geographic - Seconds from Disaster - Series 4

Synopsis

The Seconds from Disaster series Blends advanced CGI, re-enactments, archival footage, forensic science, dramatic eyewitness accounts and expert testimony to allow the viewer to experience first-hand the gripping details of the final moments behind some of the world’s most chilling disasters.

Series 4 takes a fresh look at the 9/11 tragedy in the USA, focusing on the vital and often confusing minutes and seconds in which Air Traffic Control and the U.S. Air Force tried to deal with the hijacks and the aftermatch. Other episodes reconstruct the events leading up to the Paddington rail collision in London, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and one of the world’s worst industrial accidents in Bhopal, India. It also analyses the circumstances surrounding a tragic cable-car accident which saw 19 tourists fall 300 feet to their deaths at an Italian ski resort in 1998 when a US Air Force plane accidentally cut a cable supporting their gondola, and the 2002 Uberlingen mid-air collision at 35,000 feet between a cargo plane and passenger jet ,that claimed the lives of 71 people.

Disc 1: Pearl Harbour, 9/11, Cable Car Collision

Disc 2: Paddington Train Collision, Collision At 35,000 Feet, Bhopal Nightmare

Series

Seconds from Disaster - Series 4

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2012

Notes

Broadcast on National Geographic during May 2012

Subjects

Psychology; Technology

Keywords

air crashes; Bhopal; disasters; terrorism; rail crashes; Pearl Harbour

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£17.99

Duration/Size

288 minutes

Year

2012

Production Company

Name

National Geographic

Sponsor

Name

National Geographic Society

Notes

Programmes distributed in the UK by Quadarant Video

Distributor

Name

FremantleMedia Home Entertainment

Email

videodvd@fremantlemedia.com

Web

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

 

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