Disasters Documentaries

This channel provides material concerning historic disasters and catastrophes, and includes documentaries, videos and more.

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As the temperature rose on January 15, 1919, something disastrous was about to happen. The earth heaved under the feet o... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
At 11:00 PM on May 15, 1956, a CF-100 fighter jet fell from 33000 feet and crashed into the Villa St. Louis, a convent r... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
One night in Boston in 1942, over a 1000 people poured into a nightclub licensed for 460. When a fire was discovered, pa... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
On the evening of August 4th, 1978, a charter bus carrying 26 handicapped people and 22 volunteers sank to the bottom of... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
On Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B-25 Bomber lost in fog, rammed into the 79th floor of what was then the world's tallest b... Read more
Year: 2007
Duration: 22 minutes
Frank, NWT (now Alberta) thrived because of its coal mine, a prosperous enterprise that ripped deep seams into the mount... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
The sailors who piloted the steamers and barges back and forth across the Great lakes were well acquainted with the dang... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
Death and destruction were reported daily from the battlefields of WWI, but no one expected the largest man-made explosi... Read more
Year: 2007
Duration: 22 minutes
Although early 20th century coal mines had various government regulations in place, the deadly combination of poor venti... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
In an M 9.5 earthquake, the largest recorded in the 20th century, pressure between 2 major convergent plates finally gav... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
The circumstances that surrounded the appearance of Hurricane Hazel in October 1954 were totally unexpected. Having laid... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
On September 1, 1923, a catastrophic earthquake occurred off the eastern coast of the Kwanto Province in Japan. The trem... Read more
On July 6, 1944, the Ringling Brothers Circus came to Hartford, Connecticut. During the afternoon show the main tent, pa... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 46 minutes
The worst motor sport accident ever occurred during the 1955 Le Mans race in France. Having voiced his unease at the nar... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
On July 30 1916, high winds blowing through the forests of Northern Ontario turned a small fire into an inferno that des... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
The Minaki Special, an outdated passenger train comprised of wooden cars, was kept in service when it should have been p... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
Martinique is home to an active volcano, Mount Pelee, which erupted in 1902, killing everyone in the town of St. Pierre ... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
On April 8, 1954, a Harvard RCAF trainer and a Trans-Canada North Star collided over the city of Moose Jaw, killing 36 p... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
Caught in a sudden spring blizzard, 78 sealers died on an ice shelf off the northern Newfoundland coast. The S.S. Stepha... Read more
At 12:27 am on December 23, 1972, 3 consecutive earthquakes struck the center of downtown Managua. The first oscillated ... Read more
Year: 2004
Duration: 22 minutes
Forsaken God For Rock MusicModern day rock music and other related types have ushered in a new age for the youth of our nation. What needs to be said about this awful music curse would fill a book. The International Association...
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Strong earthquake hits HaitiTens of thousands of people lost their homes as buildings that were flimsy and dangerous even under normal conditions collapsed. Nobody offered an estimate of the dead, but the numbers were clearly en...
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Samoan tsunami and Indonesia earthquakeThe powerful earthquake and deadly tsunami that struck the Samoan Islands on Tuesday occurred, once again, on a volatile ?subduction zone? such as the one that caused the 2004 Indonesian earthquake an...
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Help The Philippines?STATE OF CALAMITY? People waded through floodwaters following heavy rains brought about by tropical storm Ketsana (locally known as Ondoy) on Sunday in Cainta, east of Manila, Philippines.Thi s Is The...
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