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Disaster : Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
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No matter how carefully buildings are constructed, history has taught us that they can be obliterated in a matter of minutes due to natural catastrophe or deliberate attack. In this program, Dan ex...
No matter how carefully buildings are constructed, history has taught us that they can be obliterated in a matter of minutes due to natural catastrophe or deliberate attack. In this program, Dan explores Dresden, Germany, a great Baroque city destroyed in World War II but now being reconstructed; the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, an ancient monument to peace and tolerance in the midst of a war zone; San Francisco, California, a city preparing for an imminent, cataclysmic earthquake; and Palmyra, a magnificent Syrian metropolis on the Silk Road that was laid waste by the Roman Empire.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd [2008]
- New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2014
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min.17 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
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- OCLC
- ocn916569719
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 15, 2014.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Portions with English subtitles
- Introduction to Disaster Architecture (1:32) -- Baroque City under Attack (3:08) -- Dresden Controversy (2:25) -- Socialist Architecture in Dresden (1:34) -- Rebuilding the Frauenkirche (3:58) -- Reconstructing Dresden (1:35) -- Palmyra's Independence (3:22) -- Defending Palmyra (3:21) -- Palmyra's Destruction (2:15) -- San Francisco Disaster Threat (4:11) -- Earthquake Architecture (4:30) -- Accessing the Minaret of Jam (2:57) -- Journey to the Minaret of Jam (7:36) -- Minaret of Jam Archaeology (4:03) -- Minaret of Jam Message (4:36) -- Credits: Disaster: Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture (0:39)