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Encounter with Disaster (1979) | Slate

Encounter with Disaster

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Rated 6.0 on TMDB

Encounter with Disaster

Depicts assorted natural and human disasters, including the crash of the Hindenburg (1937), earthquakes in Alaska (1964) and Long Beach (1933), the LeMans auto racing crash at which 82 people were killed (1955), Hurrican Camille (1964), the eruption of the Mt. Etna volcano (1971), a tornado (1974), the collapse of Idaho's Teton Dam (1976), the sinking of the Andrea Doria (1956) and the Texas City explosion which devastated Galveston (1947).

Released: 1979
Runtime: 1h 33m
Rated: PG
Genres: Documentary, History
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Charles E. Sellier Jr.Director

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