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1 videodisc (approximately 62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4in.
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English
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Explores the dangerous and destructive forces of nature, from hurricanes to volcanoes, tornadoes to avalanches and earthquakes. Rare footage reveals the Earth at its most violent. The making of Eyewitness (written and produced by Bill Butt ; director/cameraman Mike Kamei ; music by Guy Michelmore) shows the camera and computer techniques used in the production of the series opening screens.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike was in Haiti, where a quake just southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, killed more than 200,000, reducing homes, hospitals, schools, and the presidential palace to rubble. In exclusive coverage, a Nova camera crew follows a team of US geologists as they first enter Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy.
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1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world watched in horror on March 11, 2011, as the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded crippled Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that swallowed entire communities, leaving an unprecedented catastrophe in its wake. All the while, amateur videographers, news crews, tourists and countless others were recording the sights and sounds of the unfolding chaos. This disc presents a powerful firsthand look at the tragedy entirely through the eyes...
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On April 18, 1906, the greatest natural disaster in American history struck without warning. This is the terrifying and inspiring tale of a pitched battle between man and nature told by the stories of people who lived through it. Includes bonus program Landslide.
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1 videodisc (43 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Haitian-born filmmaker Jonas Nosile put together a team and traveled to Haiti to film Haitian history from its early successful struggles for independence through its contemporary, less victorious, battles with poverty. Nosile poses tough questions about the degree of Haitian's responsibility for its dilemma. Will this island nation find a way to break the legacy of its tragic past? Will the spirit of her people be enough to overcome the obstacles?...
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1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary. Describes the San Francisco earthquake of Apr. 18, 1906, which opened up a 270-mile fissure along the San Andreas fault and caused three days of fires that virtually destroyed the city. The city was rebuilt but suffered from many of the same weaknesses as the demolished boom-town. Through computer modeling and other techniques, shows the likely results if a quake of similar strength were to strike now -- billions of dollars in damages,...
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1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1900s, San Francisco stood as a proud and flourishing symbol of America's recent conquest of the once-wild West. But on April 19, 1906, the city would experience an awesome reminder of the uncontrollable forces lying dormant just beneath the splendors of its cosmopolitan surface. Thirty times more powerful than the temblor that decimated northern California in 1989, this earthquake measured a ground-wrenching 8.3 on the Richter scale,...
8) Ice quake
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a massive crack in the earth's crust brought on by a horrible earthquake causes deadly gas to erupt from deep within the earth's core, it is up to a geologist and his family to save the world by stopping the crack from spreading and the gas from getting into a nearby cave system that would destroy the planet.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. It combines on-the-spot reporting, personal stories, compelling eyewitness videos, and exclusive helicopter footage for a unique look at the science behind the catastrophe.
10) San Andreas
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2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a magnitude nine earthquake leaves California in ruins, a helicopter pilot and his estranged wife make their way to San Francisco to save their only daughter.
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