Death, Destruction And Disaster On DVD

Actor:          N/A
Director:     N/A
Genre:         Documentary
Year:            N/A
Studio:         Alpha Video
Length:        1 hours
Released:   February 24, 2015
Rating:         Not Rated
Format:        DVD (NTSC/Region 1)
Misc:             Black & White
Language:   English
Subtitles  :   N/A

DESCRIPTION:

This collection of vintage newsreels showcases famous catastrophes, disasters, and fatalities from the first half of the twentieth century. Even the most jaded viewers will find themselves slack-jawed in awe at the shocking events depicted.

Highlights from this collection include:

• Atom Bomb Decimates Hiroshima And Nagasaki (1945)
• The Reign Of Terror Of "Il Duce", Benito Mussolini (1922-1936)
• London Blitzed During WWI (1916)
• Massacres Along The Siegfried Line (1938-1944)
• President Harding Watches As U.S. Treasury Building Goes Up In Flames (1922)
• Hedrick, Indiana Destroyed By Tornado And Flood (1922)
• Knickerbocker Theatre Collapses (1922)
• R101 Dirigible Crashes In France, Killing 48 (1930)
• Record-Breaking Passenger Train, The "Nellie Bly", Comes To A Bloody End (1926)
• Fire Rages On Governor's Island (1927)
• Pueblo, Colorado Pulverized By Raging Arkansas River (1921)
• Tornado Sweeps Thru Southern States, Dozens Killed (1936)
• Greenwich Village Tenement Collapses, Killing Sleeping Tenants (1930)
• Government Proves Charles Ponzi A Swindler (1919)

….and much more!!