Seconds from Disaster
This documentary series revisits major man-made and natural disasters from the 20th century, breaking down what happened moment by moment. Using re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI, each episode traces the chain of decisions and conditions that led to catastrophe and explains the key causes in clear detail.
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Season 5
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Japan's Nuclear Nightmare
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami off Japan’s coast caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Mar 11, 2012 · 45m -
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Bismarck
Maritime Historian Andrew Lambert looks at the Royal Navy's battle with the German battleship Bismarck.
Mar 18, 2012 · 45m -
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Mountain Tsunami
In 1963 a landslide from Monte Toc into the reservoir of the Europe's highest dam caused a giant flood wave that destroyed the village of Longarone and other villages, claiming over 2,000 lives.
Mar 25, 2012 · 45m -
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E4
Waco Cult
After a 51-day siege at the ranch of an armed religious cult, the FBI tries to force people out with tear gas, but a fire breaks out and almost 80 people die.
Apr 1, 2012 · 45m -
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Deepwater Horizon
A look at the series of decisions and mistakes that led to the world's largest oil spill disaster, and that 11 workers on the rig died.
Apr 15, 2012 · 45m -
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Massacre in Mumbai
On 26 November 2008, terrorists attacked two luxury hotels (one of them the famous Taj Mahal Hotel), a Jewish educational center, a café and a train station in Mumbai, killing 166 people.
Apr 22, 2012
