Disasters of the Century

Season 4

TV-PG
Many disaster occurred throughout the 20th century, both natural and caused by humans. While some have been largely forgotten, man should remember and learn from each on of them.

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28 Episodes

  • Soldiers at Rest
    E1
    Soldiers at RestA head-on train collision kills four railroad workers and 17 soldiers.
  • Typhoon Freda
    E2
    Typhoon Freda
  • Full Stop
    E3
    Full Stop
  • New London School Fire
    E4
    New London School FireA gas explosion destroys a school and kills 455 people.
  • Out of the Blue
    E5
    Out of the BlueA fire traps people inside Montreal's Blue Bird Café and the Wagon Wheel; Flight 261 struck the runway ending in an explosion.
  • Blink of an Eye
    E6
    Blink of an EyeA storm claims the lives of 35 men and boys, devastating a small fishing village.
  • The Blons Avalanche
    E7
    The Blons AvalancheAs survivors try to dig out victims of an avalanche, a second avalanche hits them.
  • The Knickerbocker Theater Collapse
    E8
    The Knickerbocker Theater CollapseDuring a concert at the Knickerbocker Theatre a wall cracks open, and the roof collapses killing 95 people.
  • The CF100 Convent Crash
    E9
    The CF100 Convent CrashA jet fighter crashes into a convent in 1956.
  • The Eastman Bus Tragedy
    E10
    The Eastman Bus TragedyA bus carrying volunteers and the handicap plunges into an icy lake.
  • Head On
    E11
    Head OnIn Pictou County, Nova Scotia the dangers of mining are real and present, never so clearly than on May 9, 1992. Despite the latest safety devices, methane gas released by mining coal was somehow ignited, and 26 miners died.
  • The Dryden Air Crash
    E12
    The Dryden Air CrashThe snow is falling on March 10, 1989 and the temperature is dropping. A Fokker F28 with 69 passengers aboard attempts to lift off from Dryden Ontario. Speeding down the runway, ice forms on it's wings. and the aircraft fails to lift, crashing at the end of the runway. 24 passengers die in the jet fuel accelerated inferno.
  • Islands Under Attack
    E13
    Islands Under AttackIn 1965 Mt. Taal in the Philippines erupted killing 350 people; in 1929 a submarine earthquake triggered a tsunami.
  • Collision Course
    E14
    Collision CourseExamines the Truxtun and Pollux and the PWA 737 Cranbrook crash.
  • Death From Above
    E15
    Death From AboveAllegheny Airlines flight 736 takes off from Erie, Pennsylvania at 7:45 PM on December 24, 1968. On approach into Bradford, light snow obscures the runway lights and the pilots make a critical error by descending too quickly. The Corvair CV-580 slams into a hillside and kills 20 passengers. Sweeping changes to navigation in poor weather follow the avoidable crash.
  • Frozen Hell
    E16
    Frozen HellIn 1941, a blizzard swept through Canada and the United States, taking the lives of eight Canadians and at least 70 Americans.
  • Coast to Coast
    E17
    Coast to CoastNorth America's most destructive hurricane to date.
  • Safe Passage
    E18
    Safe PassageDirector Varrick Frissel dies on March 15, 1931, aboard The Viking while shooting action sequences for a new film.
  • North Sea Flood
    E19
    North Sea FloodA huge tidal wave hits England and the Netherlands in February 1953 and claims 2000 lives.
  • Queen Mary/Curacoa Crash
    E20
    Queen Mary/Curacoa CrashThe Queen Mary plows through the Curacoa's stern, cutting the smaller ship in half.
  • Malpasset Dam Failure
    E21
    Malpasset Dam FailureOn December 2nd 1959 the Malpasset Dam burst with explosive force and a wall of water swept through the Reyran Valley killing 421 people.
  • Oppau Factory Explosion
    E22
    Oppau Factory ExplosionWorkers at the BASF nitrate plant in Oppau, Germany prepare to break up gigantic blocks of chemical fertilizer with dynamite.
  • Up in Flames
    E23
    Up in FlamesHigh winds blowing through the forests of Northern Ontario turned a small fire into an inferno.
  • All Fall Down
    E24
    All Fall DownThe Malpasset Dam bursts, killing 421 people; the new Second Narrows Bridge collapses into the water.
  • Industrial Nightmares
    E25
    Industrial NightmaresExplosion at a nitrate plant in Germany; weather front traps a layer of air under fog in Belgium.
  • Loki's Revenge
    E26
    Loki's RevengeDry temperatures and strong winds cause a destructive wall of fire that destroys townships and kills 71 people.
  • Hinton Train Crash
    E27
    Hinton Train CrashExamines the 1986 crash of two trains east of Hinton, Alberta.
  • St. Joseph Bus Crash
    E28
    St. Joseph Bus CrashA bus in rural Quebec plunged off an embankment killing 43 of it's 48 passengers.

 

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