Death, Destruction & Disasters: A Collection of Vintage Newsreels

Catastrophic calamities are spotlighted in this collection of vintage newsreels.
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Format:  DVD-R
item number:  3FQYE
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DVD-R Details

  • Run Time: 1 hours
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: February 24, 2015
  • Originally Released: 1910
  • Label: Alpha Video

Entertainment Reviews:

Description by OLDIES.com:

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!!

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 19,348
  • UPC: 089218757098
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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