
Encounter with Disaster
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr.
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).
In brief
Encounter with Disaster (1979) is a documentary, history film. With an average rating of 6.0/10 from 4 votes, viewer opinions are mixed. The film runs 1h 33min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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Encounter with Disaster runs 93 minutes (1h 33min).
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Encounter with Disaster has an average rating of 6.0/10 based on 4 viewer votes on TMDB.
What year is Encounter with Disaster from?
Encounter with Disaster was released in 1979.
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