Encounter with Disaster (1979)

Depicts assorted natural and human disasters, including the crash of the Hindenburg (1937), earthquakes in Alaska (1964) and Long Beach (1933), the LeMans auto racing crash at which 82 people were killed (1955), Hurrican Camille (1964), the eruption of the Mt. Etna volcano (1971), a tornado (1974), the collapse of Idaho's Teton Dam (1976), the sinking of the Andrea Doria (1956) and the Texas City explosion which devastated Galveston (1947).

Released

1979-03-07

Genres

Documentary, History

Runtime

93 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Charles E. Sellier Jr.

TMDB rating

6.0/10 from 4 votes