British Steam Railway Disasters 1913-1967

Erebus: Operation Overdue

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary polic

2014

Tenerife

March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runw

2005

The Johnstown Flood

On May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very heav

1989

The Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes

Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes follows the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew, specifically Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian to

2016

Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster

Three years in the making in conjunction with the BBC. Using never seen before home movies, photos and eye witness accounts - this is the inside story

2010

La tragique histoire de l'incendie du Bazar de la Charité

2019

Pike River

On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had h

2016

Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster

The Ashtabula train disaster and bridge collapse was the worst train disaster of the 19th century, claiming the lives of 97 people. The engineering an

2022

Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the St. Francis Dam

The largest man-made disaster of the 20th century, now largely lost to history. A journey through the early history of Los Angeles and the city's wate

2018

The Devil’s Fire

THE DEVIL'S FIRE is an original documentary from WSKG Public Television and filmmaker Brian Frey. Utilizing never-before-seen photographs and investig

2021

In the Absence

When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years late

2018

Comet: A Great British Air Disaster

The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into service, two aircraft blew up in mid-air, killing al

2013

Asian Tsunami: The Deadliest Wave

Re-examines the dramatic events of Boxing Day 2004, and investigates the new science of Tsunami forecasting.

2014

Roads from Hell: Caught on Camera

Jaw-dropping real-life footage, from the funny to the dramatic, reveals exactly what can go wrong when we venture onto the roads

2019

Lève-toi et marche - 4 ans plus tard

2018

Czech Dream

Two students from the Czech Film Academy commission a leading advertising agency to organize a huge campaign for the opening of a new supermarket name

2004

Titanic: The Complete Story

The "unsinkable" Titanic was a dream come true: four city blocks long and a passenger list worth 250 million dollars. But on her maiden voyage in Apri

1994

Extreme Life & Death: The Blair Witches of Shockumentaries, Part One

A compilation of various accidents, disasters, executions, and other acts of mayhem and human feats caught on film.

2000

Last Days on Earth

How secure is our future? This eye-opening documentary -- which uses computer-generated imagery to illustrate an asteroid collision, black holes and w

2006

1985: Heroes among Ruins

"1985: Heroes among Ruins" is a reflection of disaster. It is about the human solidarity, the search and rescue and the importance of civil protection

2021