Disaster Movies

On April 15, 2019 600 firefighters of the Paris Fire Brigade fought for over 7 hours to save the Notre Dame Cathedral from fire. In this stunning...

The sinking of the Lusitania and the impact it had in determining the fate of World War I is widely known. But few know the stories of the passengers...

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...

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...

This shows the heart of one of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of dead bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and...

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

A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from...

David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.

Virus alert in Cologne: a deadly influenza pathogen has been released. Shortly afterwards, Sonja Kessler finds her husband Reinhard, a virus...

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.

On a stormy day in May of 1889, the South Fork Dam impounding Conemaugh Lake exploded, unleashing a 40-foot wall of water. The bustling industrial...

Documentary short about the disastrous dangers of aging, ailing dams.

Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at...

This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco...

The earth is dying, and those still alive must fight to survive within the wake of unrivaled disasters.

Reg Sherren revisits the players and the places that were critical in the Gimli Glider incident of July 1983.

2010 on the Canterbury Plains and all is well. Lambs, blue skies and daffodils. In Cathedral Square choir boys sing to their God. Punts push new...

An in-depth look at how Italy's largest cruise ship ran aground off the Italian coast.