Disasters of the Century
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Disasters of the Century is a television series that airs on The History Channel (History Television).
Each episode documents two different disasters from Canada and around the world, using a mixture of re-enactments, photographs and interviews with survivors and family members of victims. Some episodes include:
- Ep#1 Living on the Edge
The 1903 Frank Slide
1914 Hillcrest Mine
- Ep#2 Black Week
The Senghenydd mine collapse
Liverpool train collision
Zeppelin airship disaster
- Ep#3 Nature's Fury
1912 Regina Tornado
American Super Outbreak of 1974
- Ep#4 Washed Away
1954 Hurricane Hazel
1960 Great Chilean Tsunami
- Ep#5 Out of Control
1949 Noronic Fire
1942 Cocoanut Grove Fire
- Ep#6 Human Error
1917 Halifax Explosion
1955 Le Mans Race car crash
- Ep#7 From the Inside Out
1953 Tangiwai Christmas Eve Express
1902 Mont Pelee Martinque eruption
- Ep#8 Critical Mass
1907 Quebec Bridge collapse
1919 Boston Molasses Flood disaster
- Ep#9 Lost at Sea
1967 U.S.S. Forestal
1939 HMS Thetis
- Ep#10 It Came from the Sky
1945 Empire State Building crash
1954 Moose Jaw Air crash
- Ep#11 Final Destination
1947 Minaki Train crash
1944 Naples Black Market Express
- Ep#12 In an Instant
1910 Rogers Pass avalanche
1963 Vaiont Dam disaster
- Ep#13 When the Earth Moves
1923 Kwanto Earthquake
1972 Managua, Nicaragua earthquake
- Ep#14 Up in Flames
1916 Matheson Forest Fire
1960 Windsor Gas Explosion
- Ep#15 Lost in Transit
1978 Eastman Bus Tragedy
1956 CF100 Convent Crash
- Ep#16 Eye of the Storm
1913 Great Lakes Storm
1914 Newfoundland Sealing disaster
- Ep#17 Death by Water
1921 Britannia Beach Disaster
1958 Second Narrows Bridge Collapse
- Ep#18 Communities Under Siege
1958 Springhill Mine Disaster
1929 Grand Banks Tsunami
The program is produced by Regina, Saskatchewan based Partners in Motion.
