Disaster Movies

  • 1977
    Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

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    A film cataloguing some of the world's largest catastrophes.

    Catastrophe
  • 1906
    San Francisco Disaster

    San Francisco Disaster

    San Francisco Disaster

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    This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco...

    San Francisco Disaster
  • 2003
    The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

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    On a stormy day in May of 1889, the South Fork Dam impounding Conemaugh Lake exploded, unleashing a 40-foot wall of water. The bustling industrial...

    The Johnstown Flood
  • 1898
    The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall

    The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall

    The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall

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    The film documents the launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall on the 21st of June, 1898—an event that was witnessed by 30,000 onlookers, 37 of whom...

    The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall
  • 1900
    Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies

    Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies

    Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies

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    This shows the heart of one of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of dead bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and...

    Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies
  • 2010
    British Steam Railway Disasters 1913-1967

    British Steam Railway Disasters 1913-1967

    British Steam Railway Disasters 1913-1967

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    British Steam Railway Disasters is the definitive DVD collection of newsreel reports covering no fewer than 55 incidents from the steam era between...

    British Steam Railway Disasters 1913-1967
  • 1977
    Shimana Periye

    Shimana Periye

    Shimana Periye

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    A disastrous cyclone strands a rich girl and a poor man on a secluded island.

    Shimana Periye
  • 2019
    Knox Mine Disaster

    Knox Mine Disaster

    Knox Mine Disaster

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    The catastrophic and avoidable coal mining disaster at the Knox Mine is recounted by the people who lived through the tragedy.

    Knox Mine Disaster
  • 2018
    Goldman Crash

    Goldman Crash

    Goldman Crash

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    The World Trade Centre attack was perhaps a foretold disaster waiting to happen. The proof is in this highly incandescent film: a rapid-fire montage...

    Goldman Crash
  • 2014
    No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

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    After a series of disasters, nothing is left of human civillisation. All that remains are the people left behind who live in a post-apocalyptic no...

    No Man's Land
  • 1979
    The Ominous House

    The Ominous House

    The Ominous House

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    A poor family returns to their village from Dhaka after The Great Bengal Femine 1943. This movie centers on their struggling life during the World...

    The Ominous House
  • 2014
    Dawn of Destruction

    Dawn of Destruction

    Dawn of Destruction

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    Dawn of Destruction
  • 2006
    Challenger: Countdown to Disaster

    Challenger: Countdown to Disaster

    Challenger: Countdown to Disaster

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    Challenger: Countdown to Disaster
  • 2019
    Roads from Hell: Caught on Camera

    Roads from Hell: Caught on Camera

    Roads from Hell: Caught on Camera

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    Jaw-dropping real-life footage, from the funny to the dramatic, reveals exactly what can go wrong when we venture onto the roads

    Roads from Hell: Caught on Camera
  • 2014
    Gimli Glider: 30 Years Later

    Gimli Glider: 30 Years Later

    Gimli Glider: 30 Years Later

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    Reg Sherren revisits the players and the places that were critical in the Gimli Glider incident of July 1983.

    Gimli Glider: 30 Years Later
  • 2018
    13 seconds

    13 seconds

    13 seconds

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    In November 2017, a devastating earthquake hit western Iran. It took only 13 seconds to lose everything. This is a fleeting observation of the days...

    13 seconds
  • 1970
    Earth Under Fire

    Earth Under Fire

    Earth Under Fire

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    Ancient myths tell of catastrophic destruction by fire and flood. The legends are so extreme that they are often dismissed. Earth Under Fire connects...

    Earth Under Fire
  • 2015
    The Day West Shook Texas

    The Day West Shook Texas

    The Day West Shook Texas

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    The film is a documentary on the day April 17, 2013, when West, a small farm community in Texas was changed forever by a devastating explosion.

    The Day West Shook Texas
  • 1983
    The Plane That Fell From the Sky

    The Plane That Fell From the Sky

    The Plane That Fell From the Sky

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    On April 4, 1979, TWA Flight 841 came within seconds of crashing following a mysterious nosedive. In an exceptional television documentary, CBS News...

    The Plane That Fell From the Sky
  • 1998
    Jameln Cafe Grenzbereiche

    Jameln Cafe Grenzbereiche

    Jameln Cafe Grenzbereiche

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    A found footage experiment made using footage from a 50s disaster film. Slowed down audio and lots of distorted textures are present.

    Jameln Cafe Grenzbereiche