Encounter with Disaster (1979)

• Documentary
• History

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).

Rating

6 / 10 (4 votes)

Release date

March 7, 1979

Runtime

1h 33m

Language

English

Director

Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Status

Released