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Engineering disasters 13
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Examines the following five events: death seeps out of the ground into homes sitting on a toxic waste dump at Love Canal in New York; vaunted Patriot Missiles fail on the battlefield during Desert ...
Examines the following five events: death seeps out of the ground into homes sitting on a toxic waste dump at Love Canal in New York; vaunted Patriot Missiles fail on the battlefield during Desert Storm, the victim of bad software; on September 11, 2001, World Trade Center Building #7 collapses into a pile of rubble hours after the planes topple the Twin Towers; a night of revelry in Boston turns tragic as 400 people perish in the thCoconut Grove nightclub inferno; and the science of demolition fails when the ""Leaning Tower of Providence"" stands its ground.
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- Creator
- produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. [for] History Television Network Productions ; The History Channel ; written and produced by Richard Jones ; producer: Bruce Nash ; created by Bruce Nash
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- Title on disc: Modern marvels. Engineering disasters 13
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- Modern marvels (Television program)
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Burlington, VT] : A & E Television Network : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc ( 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm64664320
- Credits
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- Narrated by Max Raphael ; Music by Alan Ett Music Group
- Executive producer, Don Cambou ; edited by Barney Robinson
- DVD.
- World Trade Center Building 7 collapse on 9/11 -- Love Canal -- Coconut Grove Nightclub fire -- Arian 5 rocket and Patriot Missile software errors -- Building demolition by implosion