This program about volcanoes includes Martinique's Mount Pelee, which claimed more than 30,000 lives in a 1902 eruption.
The 1937 Ohio River flood is recalled by Rosemary Clooney and A.B. Chandler, who was the governor of Kentucky at the time of the disaster. Vintage news clips are also shown.
The Welsh village of Aberfan lost more than 100 children in 1966 when a coal-waste heap slid onto a schoolhouse. Bereaved parents and survivors recall the tragedy.
This show features dramatic footage and incredible interviews from survivors of various shipwrecks. Andrea Doria, Stockholm, Titanic, SS Eastland, Mont Blanc, Morro Castle, and Santa Ana.
This episode contains dramatic re-creations and real footage of various bridge collapses as well as interviews from survivors. The 1940 Tacoma Narrows also known as Galloping Gertie, the 1879 Tay Bridge, and the 1967 Ohio Silver Bridge are just some of the bridge collapses covered.
Host-narrator Glenn Ford and Zsa Zsa Gabor add their recollections to film of a 1961 fire in the Los Angeles suburb of Bel Air. The blaze destroyed hundreds of homes.
Footage of airplane disasters is combined with information about measures taken to minimize mechanical failure and human error in aviation. Disasters covered include the 1977 runway crash of two planes on the Canary Island of Tenerife, and the 1974 crash of a Turkish jumbo jet near Paris.
A Grand Prix accident that killed more than 80 people at Le Mans in 1955 illustrates the risks of racing. Also: comments from drivers, including James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Mario Andretti and Peter DePaolo.
Earthquakes that struck such places as San Francisco (1906); Tokyo (1923); Agadir, Morocco (1960); Skopje, Yugoslavia (1963); and Anchorage, Alaska (1964).
The story of Hurricane Camille, which swept the American Southeast in 1969, is told in newsreels and photos, and interviews with survivors.
Ill-fated airships are the subject of this program, which includes footage of the destruction of the Hindenburg in 1937 at Lakehurst, N.J.; and interviews with survivors of airship disasters. Glenn Ford is the host-narrator.
The drought of the 1930s that turned part of the U.S. into "The Dust Bowl.