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Engineering disasters 14
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Examines the following five events: a massive oil tanker explosion claims nine lives; a freighter plane crashes into and destroys an 11-story apartment building; a molasses flash flood; a subway tu...
Examines the following five events: a massive oil tanker explosion claims nine lives; a freighter plane crashes into and destroys an 11-story apartment building; a molasses flash flood; a subway tunnel collapse which swallows part of Hollywood Boulevard, and a fatal freeway collapse. Featuring interviews with investigators from NTSB, Cal/OSHA, and Boeing, along with computer graphics, footage and photos of the disasters, and visits to the locations today.
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- Creator
- produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. [for] History Television Network Productions ; The History Channel ; written and produced by Holly A. Murdoch and Nancy Oey ; producer: Bruce Nash ; created by Bruce Nash
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- Title on disc: Modern marvels. Engineering disasters 14
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- Modern marvels (Television program)
- Format
- 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
- ocm64664438
- Credits
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- Narrated by Max Raphael ; Music by Alan Ett Music Group
- Executive producer, Don Cambou ; edited by Mihn T. Tran
- DVD.
- 1992 Amsterdam El Al plane crash into an apartment building -- Los Angeles subway tunnel collapse -- Sansinena oil tanker explosion in San Pedro, California -- 1919 molasses tank explosion and flood -- 1982 Indiana highway bridge onramp collapse
Subjects
- Disasters.
- Engineering.
- Structural failures.
- Aircraft accidents -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
- Subways -- Accidents -- California -- Los Angeles.
- Floods -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
- Molasses industry -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
- Elevated highways -- Accidents -- Indiana.