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
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