Encounter with Disaster (1979)

Overview : 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).

Release Date : March 7, 1979

Runtime : 93m

Genre : Documentary, History  

Companies : Sunn Classic Pictures, Jensen Farley Pictures

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : natural disaster, earthquake