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More engineering disasters
- Title
- More engineering disasters / produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; Hearst Entertainment ; written and produced by Dean Vallas ; producer, Bruce Nash ; animation, Doug Whitney.
- Publication
- New York : A & E Television Networks : History Channel : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, [1999], ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Request in advance | TA495 .E53 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Explores notable disasters caused by poor planning, negligence, or innovative strategies that didn't work and searches for clues as to what happened, illustrating theories and processes with animated computer graphics. Includes discussions with experts and footage and photos of the events or the aftermath.
- Series Statement
- Modern marvels
- Uniform Title
- Modern marvels.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally telecast on the History Channel as a segment of the series Modern marvels.
- Credits (note)
- Camera operators, Michael Marton ... [et al.]; music by Alan Ett; edited by George Dougherty; online editor, David Rex.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- Language (note)
- Closed captioned.
- Contents
- The rockets -- The chauchat, 1917 -- USS Thresher, 1963 -- Liberty ships, 1943-1945 -- Andrea Doria, 1956 -- Hartford Civic Center, 1978 -- St. Francis Dam, 1928 -- Northeast blackout, 1965.
- ISBN
- 0767024354
- OCLC
- 43379884
- ocm43379884
- SCSB-4322019
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries