**Hazard & Disaster Film and Video Annotation Project**

Emergency Management Higher Education Project

Emergency Management Institute

Federal Emergency Management Agency

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

June 26, 2006

Created by:[^1]

Richard T. Weber

**[Table of Contents:]{.underline}**

Statement of Purpose for the Project
............................................ 3

Overall Description of Project
..................................................... 3

Orientation to Annotation Format
..................................................... 3

Film List
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3

Documentaries/Video List
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Considerations for Obtaining Videos
............................................ 106

Selected Bibliographies of Disaster Film Related Material
................. 106

[Statement of Purpose of this Project:]{.underline}

FEMA requests an annotated listing of specified and additional
disaster-related films and videos, including DVD footage where
appropriate, for utilization by faculty teaching hazard, disaster,
emergency management and homeland security college courses, as well as
by instructors in training courses.

[Overall Description of List:]{.underline}

This list provides a cross-section of fiction and non-fiction films
pertaining to a host of natural, technological and man-made hazards. The
intent of this project is to assist course facilitator s to choose
relevant films for classroom viewing and discussion.

[Annotation Format:]{.underline}

Annotation to include: Title, Director, Producer, starring, date of
release, plot summary, runtime, color system, hazard(s) associated with
film (if any), narrative on rationale for film/video inclusion in the
listing (such as positive and/or negative examples of emergency
management issues), source (where and how to access/acquire the film or
video), appropriate example sequences (clips) for class (with time
and/or chapter in film)

[]{#films .anchor}[Films]{.underline}:

**[Arlington Road]{.underline}**[^2]

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| Directed  | Pellington, Mark                                         |
| By:       |                                                          |
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| Produced  | Columbia TriStar                                         |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Gorai, Tom (Producer)                                    |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Samuelson, Marc (Producer)                               |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Samuelson, Peter (Producer)                              |
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| Released  | 1999                                                     |
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction                                           |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed in an FBI anti-terrorist    |
| operation gone wrong, a college professor (Bridges) becomes           |
| increasingly obsessed with the culture and sub-society of these       |
| dangerous groups. The arrival of new neighbors (Robbins, Cusack),     |
| gives him new spirit, as they are gregarious and friendly, with two   |
| children (Gamble, Green) that his son (Clark) can be friends with. He |
| is even beginning to see another woman (Davis). However, he begins to |
| suspect something is odd about the neighbors, something about the way |
| they don\'t want him to see certain parts of the house, or a set of   |
| blueprints they have there. Are his neighbors terrorists\... or is    |
| the stress of losing his wife merely driving him past the point of    |
| paranoia?                                                             |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Arlington Road provides an interesting depiction of domestic          |
| terrorism and extremist groups. This movie provides a solid backdrop  |
| to discuss domestic terrorism as it shows fictional but paralleling   |
| true events of terrorism.                                             |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :30 Child walking down street with injured and bloodied hand; Michael |
| finds boy he does not know                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 3:50 Title sequence                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 5:52 Michael Faraday is waiting for boy at hospital; Oliver Lang      |
| enters with wife; boy was supposedly playing with fireworks           |
|                                                                       |
| 7:25 Shot of Michael Faraday's neighborhood; Michael laments his not  |
| knowing the neighbor                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 9:50 Faraday starts a course on separatist groups and terrorism in    |
| U.S. history                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 10:49 Faraday visits his slain wife's grave; Michael and Graham       |
| Faraday lie flowers on her grave; Wife's partner shows up to pay his  |
| respects with Faradays.                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 13:45 Michael and family attend the birthday party for Oliver Lang's  |
| son; discussion ensues of Michael dating his graduate student         |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Graham Faraday begins building "compound" with Lang's son in    |
| living room                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 18:40 Michael sees disturbing plans and doubts it is a shopping mall  |
|                                                                       |
| 19:40 Michael discusses with Brooke his doubts of the previously      |
| mentioned plans                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 20:50 "Roosevelt Federal Building" bombing is discussed as part of    |
| Faraday's class; argument ensues as to the truth of the lone bomber   |
| explanation provided by government                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 25:10 Graham Faraday is inducted into a discoverer troup              |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Dinner with Faradays and Langs; intense conversation over the   |
| truthfulness of government and who is accountable for their actions   |
|                                                                       |
| 31:40 While at batting cage, Oliver tells Michael his son wants       |
| someone "to pay" for his mother's death                               |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Michael F. orders Oliver's transcripts as he is researching his |
| past                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 Faraday realizes Oliver Lang is actually William Fenimore from  |
| Kansas, a convicted mail bomber                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 39:15 Faraday describes a Ruby Ridge type scenario of Seaver Parsons  |
| in West Virginia; Faraday's wife died at this event; reasons for      |
| shooting are described                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 46:00 Michael F. permits son to go to Discoverer Camp with Lang's     |
| son, against his better judgement                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 47:30 Faraday determines reason for name change of Lang; day after    |
| Lang's death                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 52:00 Faraday searches the Lang home for clues                        |
|                                                                       |
| 55:40 Farraday searches at library to find additional information     |
| about Lang (Fenimore)                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 58:05 Faraday discusses Lang's past with Brooke; she doesn't believe  |
| him and leaves him                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:02:20 Lang finds out Michael is researching his past and confronts  |
| him; describes reason for bombing and name change                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:07:40 Brooke sees exchange of cars and brief case in parking deck   |
| (with student of Faraday); Brooke tails Oliver to Liberty Delivery    |
| Company                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:11:20 Brooke calls Michael from strip mall to tell him she believes |
| him; she leaves a message on the answering machine                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:12:50 Michael sees Brooke's wrecked car on the news as he gets home |
| and rushes to her; he confides afterwards to the Langs; Brooke's      |
| message was erased from Michael's machine                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:15:00 Michael calls Graham to find out how camp is going            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:17:07 Michael receives call from Agent Carver and realizes his      |
| phone is being tampered                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:19:50 Faraday goes to St. Louis to get information on Dean Scobe,   |
| Roosevelt Federal Building bomber; Faraday realizes Discovery Troup   |
| is a front for right wing extremist groups; He flies home to get      |
| Graham out of camp; Upon arrival at camp, Faraday realizes his son    |
| has been abducted by someone posing as him                            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:26:00 Michael attend Oliver Lang's party uninvited; Suspects        |
| working with Lang throughout movie are in attendance; Lang threatens  |
| Faraday with the loss of his son                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:30:31 Agent Carver does research about Lang; his record is clean    |
| since the bombing                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:33:00 Faraday rents a car to do recon; He calls Lang's office from  |
| car phone; Michael finds the phone booth Brooke used to call him; He  |
| sees the Liberty Delivery truck; Finally, he sees man load grey       |
| hard-base boxes into van                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:36:03 Liberty driver sees he is being tailed; Michael sees Graham   |
| in rear window of van; Lang intercepts Faraday as he is chasing van   |
| with Graham; Lang and Faraday fight; Lang explains his views on       |
| extremism and hints to Faraday the location of the next bombing       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:40:30 Faraday escapes Lang and attempts to catch van                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:44:00 Faraday tries to enter FBI Headquarters chasing the van; He   |
| succeeds believing the bomb and Graham are in the Liberty van         |
| entering headquarters                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:46:00 Agent Carver realizes the bomb may be in his car; Faraday     |
| rushes to vehicle and opens trunk                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:47:50 Bomb explodes in parking deck of FBI Headquarters             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:48:20 News reports and footage of rushing people, frantic calls and |
| wounded leaving scene                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:49:50 News reports showing Faraday as lone bomber                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:51:20 Lang burns file of Faraday in his fireplace                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:52:16 Lang and Family are looking forward to moving someplace       |
| "someplace safe"                                                      |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Jeff Bridges -- Michael Faraday                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Tim Robbins -- Oliver Lang/William Fenimore                           |
|                                                                       |
| Joan Cusack -- Cheryl Lang                                            |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Available in most rental stores                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Blockbuster.com                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Amazon.com                                                            |
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  Color System      Run Time (full)   MPAA Rating       Language

  Color             117 min.          R                 English
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**[Armageddon]{.underline}**[^3]

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| Directed  | Bay, Michael                                             |
| By:       |                                                          |
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| Produced  | Touchstone Pictures                                      |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Bay, Michael -- Producer                                 |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Bruckheimer, Jerry -- Producer                           |
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| Released  |                                                          |
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Asteroid                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Global Killer                                                         |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Due to a shuttle\'s unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes   |
| aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with       |
| Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill  |
| into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA\'s        |
| under-funded yet resourceful team train the world\'s best drillers    |
| for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as    |
| the information reaches the public and hysteria results. As           |
| high-ranking officials play politics with the effort, the drilling    |
| team all faces deep personal issues which may jeopardize humanity\'s  |
| last chance\...                                                       |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Armageddon is a good example of the traditional stereotypes and       |
| format of a disaster movie. This film provides examples of disaster   |
| myths and disaster movie myths.                                       |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :35 Opening sequence; comet hits Earth                                |
|                                                                       |
| 3:30 Comet fragments hit space shuttle; engineers scramble to         |
| understand                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 6:20 Shuttle explodes; asteroids begin to hit New York City           |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 President learns of problem in space; asteroid is the size of   |
| Texas; 18 days until impact with Earth                                |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Focus of films changes to Stamper Oil                           |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Feasibility planning meeting at NASA; Oil is struck by Stamper  |
| Oil                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 22:30 Harry Stamper is taken to NASA to talk with engineers           |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 Stamper begins to round-up his crew of roughnecks to assist     |
| NASA                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 Stamper's crew accepts the challenge to go to space             |
|                                                                       |
| 35:00 Crew preparedness and training program is performed             |
|                                                                       |
| 42:00 Shots of asteroid are shown; flight plan is explained           |
|                                                                       |
| 48:00 Armadillo drilling rig is tested                                |
|                                                                       |
| 51:00 Astronauts are permitted a night out before the launch          |
|                                                                       |
| 58:00 Media learns of problems; report from Cape Canaveral            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:01:00 Astronauts prepare for trip                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:03:00 President announces Armageddon                                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:06:00 Astronauts in shuttle                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 1:08:00 Lift-off of shuttle to intercept asteroid                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:11:00 Shuttle rendevouz with Russian space station; several         |
| problems are encountered with refueling the shuttle                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:23:00 Astronauts and Stamper Oil Crew begin attempt to intercept    |
| asteroid                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:37:00 Drilling to insert the nuclear devices begins                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:41:00 President decides to wait to override the explosion of the    |
| nuclear devices; Harry Stamper's crew continue to attempt to drill to |
| depth; numerous problems with Armadillos                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:59:30 Comets strike Europe; Martial Law is ordered                  |
|                                                                       |
| 2:09:20 The crew draws straws to determine who stays to explode       |
| devices                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 2:16:30 Shuttle leaves comet                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 2:18:40 Harry presses detonation button on bomb                       |
|                                                                       |
| 2:20:10 Numerous shots of saved Earth                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 2:21:30 Shuttle lands and crew leaves ship                            |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Bruce Willis -- Harry Stamper                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Billy Bob Thornton -- Dan Truman                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Ben Frost -- AJ Frost                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Liv Tyler -- Grace Stamper                                            |
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  Color System      Run Time (full)   MPAA Rating       Language

  Color             144 min.          PG -- 13          English
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**[The Core]{.underline}**[^4]

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| Directed  | Amiel, Jon                                               |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Paramount Pictures                                       |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Bailey, Sean (Producer)                                  |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Foster, David (Producer)                                 |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Layne, Cooper (Producer)                                 |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2003                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| Starring                                                              |
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| Aaron Eckhart -- Josh Keyes                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Christopher Shyer -- Dave Perry                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Hilary Swank -- Rebecca Childs                                        |
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**[Dante's Peak]{.underline}**[^5]

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| Directed  | Donaldson, Roger                                         |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Twentieth Century Fox                                    |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Herzberg, Ilona (Executive Producer)                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1997                                                     |
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}: (if any)                  |
|                                                                       |
| Volcanic Eruption                                                     |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Dr. Harry Dalton discovers that Dante\'s Peak, which has recently     |
| been named the second most desirable place to live in America, is     |
| being threatened by a volcano that hasn\'t been live for years.       |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Numerous fallacies and disaster myths make this movie entertaining to |
| watch. Boating in acid and driving through lava are just a few of the |
| improbable events that take place during this film.                   |
|                                                                       |
| It is also interesting to note, Dr. Harry Dalton's USGS crew serves   |
| as the mouthpiece for the entire response network during this movie   |
| for nearly all levels of government.                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Emergency management was not mentioned during this film except in the |
| very last scenes of search and rescue.                                |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 Opening sequence foreshadows eruption and death of Harry's girl  |
| (Mary Ann)                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 9:30 Ceremony for Dante's Peak; 2^nd^ best place to live in U.S. --   |
| Towns under 20,000                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 10:40 Couple swimming near volcano die in hot spring that begins to   |
| boil                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 16:30 Harry checks the Ph level of "High Lake" near peak              |
|                                                                       |
| 17:30 Harry notices the natural conduit of valley from volcano to     |
| town of Dante's Peak                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 18:30 While researching, children notice dead squirrels near hot      |
| spring                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 19:10 Graham, Rachel's son, attempts to jump into hot spring; Harry   |
| saves Graham and dead couple is                                       |
|                                                                       |
| found                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 20:30 City Council meeting is called by Mayor Rachel Wando in lieu of |
| Harry's findings on the mountain;                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Harry's boss calms council with his cautious words                    |
|                                                                       |
| 21:20 During council meeting, Mayor recommends getting the town's     |
| "Emergency Evacuation Plan" out                                       |
|                                                                       |
| to review; plan was filed and hard to find                            |
|                                                                       |
| 25:50 High Lake begins to show gas bubble emissions                   |
|                                                                       |
| 29:10 Helicopter flies around top of volcano to measure gas emission  |
| readings                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 36:00 Harry and USGS crew place detection equipment around the        |
| volcano                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 41:25 Seismic readings indicate larger quake                          |
|                                                                       |
| 51:10 Mayor Wando fills drinking cup with polluted water from her     |
| home's faucet                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 53:10 Evacuation of town recommended by USGS; Innkeeper begins to ask |
| frantic questions; Ruth,                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Wando's mother-in-law, refuses to evacuate home                       |
|                                                                       |
| 55:10 Public meeting held to discuss the evacuation of town; again,   |
| mentioning of Emergency                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Evacuation Plan of Dante's Peak                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 56:00 Earthquake during meeting; citizens panic towards exits;        |
| volcano begins to spew ash                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 59:00 Panic of evacuation of town; bridges begin to collapse;         |
| buildings collapse                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:06:4 1^st^ mention of fire department (and response agencies)       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:11:00 Harry, Rachel and family attempt to take boat across lake now |
| turned to acid; boat begins to                                        |
|                                                                       |
| disintegrate; Harry paddles boat through acidic water with shirt      |
| wrapped around arm; Ruth                                              |
|                                                                       |
| finishes family's journey across lake by jumping into water and       |
| walking boat in to shore                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:16:30 Police and National Guard attempt to finalize the evacuation  |
| of the town                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 1:18:40 Flash-flooding begins and dam collapses                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:23:30 Harry drives stolen U.S. Forest Service truck across lava to  |
| save Rachel and her family                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:27:30 Volcano fully erupts                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:28:55 Harry, Rachel and children hide in an abandoned mine shaft    |
| during eruption                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:32:50 Harry is trapped away from Rachel and her kids while          |
| attempting to retrieve "ELF" location                                 |
|                                                                       |
| device from NASA                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:36:30 USGS crew finds beacon lighting on panel and realize Harry is |
| still alive                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 1:36:50 Search and Rescue team (wearing FEMA vests) extract Harry     |
| from mine shaft; Wando and family                                     |
|                                                                       |
| are saved seconds after Harry                                         |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Pierce Brosnan \-- Harry Dalton                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Linda Hamilton \-- Rachel Wando                                       |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Blockbuster                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Hollywood video                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| DVD Empire                                                            |
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**[The Day After Tomorrow]{.underline}**[^6]

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| Directed  | Roland Emmerich                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Roland Emmerich (Producer)                               |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Ute Emmerich (Executive Producer)                        |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Stephanie Germain (Executive Producer)                   |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2004                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Global Warming                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Winter Storm                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Hurricane                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Tornado                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Hail                                                                  |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| A climatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from      |
| abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York,      |
| which is being taken over by a new ice age.                           |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This film provides some excellent computer generated footage of       |
| natural disaster agents.                                              |
|                                                                       |
| There is little to no mention of emergency management or emergency    |
| managers in this film with the exception of FEMA vests at the refugee |
| camps in Mexico.                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| The President mentions taking mitigation actions to environment by    |
| changing use of natural resources.                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Numerous disaster myths are portrayed in this film.                   |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 4:01 Initial collapse of ice shelf while taking ice core samples      |
|                                                                       |
| 8:21 Snow begins falling in India                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 9:09 Buoys in north Atlantic begin to note changes in sea temperature |
|                                                                       |
| 10:54 Rain in Tokyo; Rain turns to giant hail                         |
|                                                                       |
| 12:32 Hurricane strikes                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 13:30 NOAA begins to discuss weather phenomena and theorize its       |
| implications                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 16:00 Space station notes giant storms; Sam's plane into New York     |
| City experiences severe turbulence                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 Sam and academic decathlon team get out of can in New York;     |
| seagulls are flying inland; animals                                   |
|                                                                       |
| in zoo are riled over environmental changes                           |
|                                                                       |
| 25:30 Giant hail begins falling in Los Angeles; numerous tornadoes    |
| begin to form over city and ravage                                    |
|                                                                       |
| downtown                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 Discuss change in climate from NOAA staff; work to understand   |
| Hall's paleoclimatological shifts                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 36:00 Scenes of citizens laying in provisions mentioned by a          |
| newsperson                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 37:15 Jack Hall requests large scale evacuations for northern half of |
| country because of impending                                          |
|                                                                       |
| storms                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 Helicopters attempt to fly into giant storms; choppers wreck    |
| from fuel line freezing; survivors of                                 |
|                                                                       |
| crash freeze immediately from severe cold                             |
|                                                                       |
| 43:00 Flooding of MTA station in New York City; Nova Scotia mentioned |
| for having 20 ft. storm surges;                                       |
|                                                                       |
| flooding continues in New York City                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 48:00 Statue of Liberty is hit be waves and flood off Ellis Island    |
|                                                                       |
| 48:50 Tsunami impacts New York City                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:02:00 Ship begins sailing up street in Manhattan                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:02:59 Policy meeting is in session on how to properly respond to    |
| the agents at work in U.S. People                                     |
|                                                                       |
| begin fleeing illegally into Mexico                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:13:00 Mexico closes borders to US                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:17:50 President issues national emergency alert; warns of freezing  |
| temps; US citizens requested to                                       |
|                                                                       |
| flee south towards Mexico                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:28:00 President leaves Washington for camp in Mexico; FEMA reps     |
| pass out food; President dies in                                      |
|                                                                       |
| storm attempting to leave Washington                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:32:30 Looting by academic decathlon team and others who chose to    |
| weather ice storm in New York                                         |
|                                                                       |
| City Public Library to keep warm and fed                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:39:40 Extremely rapid freezing begins in New York and Philadelphia  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:46:30 Storm begins to dissipate                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:47:00 Jack Hall walks past statue of liberty                        |
|                                                                       |
| 1:53:20 Search and rescue for survivors in northern portion of        |
| country begins                                                        |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Dennis Quaid as Jack Hall                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Jake Gyllenhaal as Sam Hall                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Emmy Rossum as Laura Chapman                                          |
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|                                                                       |
| Blockbuster                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Hollywood Video                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| DVD Empire                                                            |
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**[Daylight]{.underline}**[^7]

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| Directed  | Cohen, Rob                                               |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Universal Pictures                                       |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Davis, John (Producer)                                   |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Friendly, David (Producer)                               |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Singer, Joseph (Producer)                                |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1996                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flooding                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Tunnel Collapse                                                       |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| When an explosion blocks New York\'s Hudson Tunnel at both ends, ex   |
| Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura is the only one with the  |
| know-how and experience to save the day. Risking his life to join the |
| survivors in the tunnel; he finds a feisty writer, an elderly couple, |
| a famous action-man, a quarreling family, some young hoodlums, a      |
| security guard and even a Weimaraner dog. Can he put his own past     |
| tragedies behind him and bring this disparate group to safety?        |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Daylight provides the viewer a number of the myths, such as panic,    |
| shock, psychological dependence                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Kit (Stallone) provides a one man search and rescue team for the      |
| citizens.                                                             |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Daylight                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| :54 Film starts                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 2:09 Loading of Haz-mat onto military style vehicles                  |
|                                                                       |
| 2:55 Change of shifts for security guard                              |
|                                                                       |
| 3:20 Bridge security control center is shown                          |
|                                                                       |
| 4:30 Hazmat moves towards NJ tunnel                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 7:10 Montage of plot members enter the film via automobiles in tunnel |
|                                                                       |
| 11:15 Hazmat enters tunnel; thieves enter tunnel                      |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Explosion of chemicals occur                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Explosion ends; Stallone begins assisting with triage of        |
| victims                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 19:30 Girl tries to reach George in Tunnel; NJ side has collapsed;    |
| Stallone tried to enter tunnel; first attempts to establish commo;    |
| 1994 terrorism drill discussed                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 23:20 Evacuation of south tube; panic/quick evacuation occurs         |
|                                                                       |
| 24:40 Family unites with George; Girl helps prisoners escape from     |
| bus; Mikey is in shock, or "scared"                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 32:30 Girl catches electrical transmission line with shoes and saves  |
| people                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 36:00 Decision making is shown as weak and apathetic; Viggo tries to  |
| escape tunnel with climbing gear                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 47:00 Stallone gets through fan system to reach victims               |
|                                                                       |
| 52:00 Tunnel collapses on Viggo                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 54:50 Water seeps into tunnel from hole in ceiling                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 Discussion of how to fix water problem; explosion is used to     |
| stop hole                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:08:00 Concern of build up of pressure is discussed by group         |
|                                                                       |
| 1:15:00 Stallone tells the reason he is fired from New York EMS       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:18:00 Try to reach hog room may save group                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:26:00 Survivors swim for safety; rats swarm room trying to save     |
| themselves                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:39:30 Blowout occurs and saves personnel                            |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Sylvester Stallone -- Kit Latura                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Amy Brenneman -- Madelyne Thompson                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Viggo Mortenson -- Roy Nord                                           |
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##### [Deep Impact]{.underline}[^8]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Leder, Mimi                                              |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Paramount Pictures                                       |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Bradshaw, Joan (Executive Producer)                      |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1998                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Global Killer                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Asteroid                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Tsunami                                                               |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| A high school student discovers an unidentified object in the sky.    |
| After being confirmed by an astronomer, plans are created to destroy  |
| the comet and preserve civilization. An extinction level event is     |
| reported by Jenny Learner as she tries to break a story about a       |
| treasury secretary that steps down. The Messiah rocket is sent to use |
| nuclear weapons to destroy the comet. All the while, caverns are      |
| created in Missouri to protect one million Americans and ensure our   |
| way of life. Ultimately the comet is exploded into two pieces. The    |
| larger piece is exploded by the sacrificial bombing of the Messiah    |
| crew and the smaller asteroid splashes into the Atlantic Ocean        |
| causing a tsunami that reaches as far inland as the Ohio River        |
| Valley.                                                               |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Many of the "disaster myths" are portrayed in this film. Panic        |
| behavior, evacuation behavior, looting, price gouging, and several    |
| others are all talked about or portrayed.                             |
|                                                                       |
| This movie provides students the opportunity to see fictional         |
| catastrophic disaster planning enacted. It is also useful in showing  |
| a fictional account of media response to disasters.                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :50 Title sequence                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20 Bederman discovers asteroid during an astronomy club meeting     |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Wolf confirms asteroid and realize trajectory will cause impact  |
| with Earth; frantically attempts to contact others                    |
|                                                                       |
| 6:40 Wolf's Jeep wrecks in frantic attempt to deliver findings        |
|                                                                       |
| 8:30 Jenny Learner and MSNBC news team are shown in news meeting      |
|                                                                       |
| 9:20 Jenny and her mother have lunch to discuss the wedding of        |
| father/ex-husband to girl two years older than Jenny                  |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 Jenny meets with secretary who describes "another woman" by the |
| name of "Elle" that caused Treasury Secretary to step down; secretary |
| supposes the President is aware of situation                          |
|                                                                       |
| 12:40 Jenny goes to talk with former Treasury Secretary about his     |
| affairs; he tells her she is breaking "the biggest story in history"; |
| Jenny is unaware of the full meaning of the phrase                    |
|                                                                       |
| 15:50 FBI Agents garner Jenny and take her to talk with President     |
|                                                                       |
| 17:40 White House Press Secretary meets with Jenny prior to talking   |
| to President                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 18:10 President discusses E.L.E. with Jenny. However, Jenny is still  |
| unaware of the implications of her findings                           |
|                                                                       |
| 21:30 Jenny searches internet and realizes what E.L.E. actually is    |
|                                                                       |
| 22:30 Jenny meets with father and new wife for dinner                 |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Jenny goes to white house for press conference and is given the |
| first three questions of the President                                |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 President begins to describe Wolf-Bederman Comet                |
|                                                                       |
| 28:15 MSNBC newsroom scrambling for information, experts, graphics,   |
| and sound bites for breaking news story                               |
|                                                                       |
| 29:30 NASA Team for intercepting comet is introduced and interviewed  |
| for Americans                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 30:45 President discusses his measures to freeze wages, prices and    |
| other items for Americans                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 33:40 Leo Bederman begins his assent to fame at school                |
|                                                                       |
| 35:00 Messiah Mission Astronauts are shown at a picnic talking with   |
| family and friends describing mission and fears                       |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 Younger astronauts describe problems with Spurgeon Tanner's age |
| and credentials                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 39:15 Launch sequence of astronauts from Cape Canaveral               |
|                                                                       |
| 40:45 "Orion" propulsion system is engaged to intercept comet         |
|                                                                       |
| 41:20 Jenny Learner is promoted to lead anchor for work on finding    |
| E.L.E. story                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 42:20 Nuclear weapons begin being loaded to explode on comet          |
|                                                                       |
| 44:00 Jenny explains the mission of astronauts in bombing asteroid    |
|                                                                       |
| 47:10 Astronauts land on comet and begin drilling; news people        |
| explain the problem of not finishing drilling and improper explosion  |
| of nuclear devices                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 55:00 Astronaut Partenza is lost from outburst of gas; Captain Hatch  |
| of mission is blinded from sun Tanner reports to NASA after remaining |
| astronauts return to ship                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 58:50 Bombs are exploded on Wold-Bederman                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00:00 President learns of failed attempt of Messiah; President      |
| explains the "Noah's Ark" concept to protect one million people from  |
| impact of comets in Missouri man-built caverns; martial law is        |
| enacted by President; mandatory curfew is also enacted                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:05:00 Jenny give details of the lottery associated with Noah's Ark  |
| selection                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:07:20 Damage report of ship is taken from astronauts                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:08:30 Jenny and mother discuss problems and solutions of not being  |
| picked for the ark                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:10:00 Bederman's neighbor is shown putting bars on windows of       |
| house; large dog is also shown to protect the home                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:11:30 Views and descriptions of looting, arson, and similar are     |
| portrayed                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:12:30 Bederman gets married to Sara in an attempt to save her and   |
| family from not being selected to Noah's Ark                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:18:10 Bederman and his family are picked up to be taken to ark.     |
| Sara's family is not listed. She opts to stay with parents instead of |
| going with husband, Leo.                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20:07 Jenny learns of her mothers death, an apparent suicide; she   |
| goes to hospital to claim body and belongings                         |
|                                                                       |
| 1:22:50 Shots of the entry for the ark are shown; protestors and      |
| others are at gates                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:24:30 Leo decides to not enter ark, but to go and protect Sara      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:27:45 Rockets launched to intercept comets as each bears down on    |
| Earth; rockets fail                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:32:00 Tanner recommends astronauts fly bombs into comet and explode |
| in effort to save earth                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:35:20 Bederman returns home to find empty house as Sara and family  |
| have fled; Leo takes a dirtbike to find his wife; shots of massive    |
| evacuation traffic jams are shown                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:36:50 Jenny and MSNBC staff attempt to evacuate the new station     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:38:00 Choppers take off avoid escape; numerous other helicopters    |
| are also evacuating                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:38:50 Leo finds Sara in the traffic jam; he and Sara attempt to     |
| escape with Sara's baby sister                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 1:41:30 Jenny goes to beach house to be with father                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:43:15 Asteroid breaks through atmosphere                            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:44:07 Tsunami begins after impact; shots of New York City being     |
| impacted; World Trade Center is shown be toppled; Jenny and Father    |
| are shown being struck                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:46:20 Astronauts attempt to intercept ; Bederman and Sara climb     |
| hill to avoid tsunami                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:50:50 Wolf is detonated by atomic devices aboard Messiah; shooting  |
| stars are shown as bits of comet impact Earth                         |
|                                                                       |
| 1:51:40 President speaks of recovery from event and resiliency of     |
| people                                                                |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Tea Leoni -- Jenny Lerner                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Robert Duvall -- Spurgeon Tanner                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Elijah Wood -- Leo Beiderman                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Morgan Freeman -- Tom Beck                                            |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Most movie rental stores                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Amazon.com                                                            |
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##### [Dirty War]{.underline}[^9]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Perceval, Daniel                                         |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | British Broadcasting Corporation                         |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | HBO                                                      |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Marshall, Liza (Executive Producer)                      |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Thompson, David (Executive Producer)                     |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Woolwich, Paul (Executive Producer)                      |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2004                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Radiological                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| "Dirty Bomb"                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching |
| its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they |
| are in a race against time but don\'t yet know it. As the operation   |
| unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected  |
| by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly    |
| dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the   |
| head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to       |
| protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland    |
| Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too   |
| late to stop the attack. Outside Liverpool Street station suicide     |
| bombers detonate a large bomb, killing scores of commuters and        |
| sending a radioactive plume high into the morning sky. For the        |
| police, a desperate struggle to find and stop secondary attacks       |
| begins. For the fire service, the difficult and dangerous task of     |
| carrying out search and rescue in a heavily contaminated area. And    |
| for emergency service controllers, a mammoth operation to contain and |
| decontaminate thousands of terrified people caught up in the          |
| aftermath of the explosion. Based on extensive research, DIRTY WAR    |
| asks whether as a nation we are prepared to face such an attack.      |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This fictional film provides an adequate presentation of the planning |
| issues; information on terrorism cells; and post-event issues for a   |
| primer in nuclear, chemical and biological (NBC) attack. The movie    |
| shows preparedness activities for NBC scenarios, preparation of the   |
| device and post-event response issues from a government and           |
| individual responders perspective.                                    |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :58 Hazardous materials team enters parking deck during exercise      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:57 Responder begins to panic and doffs protective suit              |
|                                                                       |
| 2:30 Mass decontamination practice is performed; also shows an        |
| example of a decontamination corridor                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 3:45 Responder in decontamination corridor is shown to have been      |
| exercising with torn equipment                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 4:50 Minister is informing press during briefing of exercise          |
|                                                                       |
| 8:50 Radiological agent is shown being packaged and shipped from      |
| Turkey                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 9:50 Parliamentary hearings on chemical, biological, radiological,    |
| nuclear weapons (CBRN) by government representatives                  |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Discussion of preparedness, lack of budget, lack of training by |
| responders to government personnel                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 13:15 Radiological agent continues to get closer to the United        |
| Kingdom                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 15:30 Description of Islamic cells is explained by personnel at       |
| Scottish Yard: discussion includes description of logistics,          |
| reconnaissance, attack and agent cells                                |
|                                                                       |
| 18:48 Extremist chastise mother of Islamic girl for baring midriff    |
|                                                                       |
| 19:50 Fear of panic discussion from Minister of London                |
|                                                                       |
| 25:30 Discussion of why extremists perform acts of terrorism is       |
| explained                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 27:20 Discussion of preparedness of London is again discussed         |
|                                                                       |
| 30:40 Description by first responders of lack of zeal for job with    |
| poor equipment and lack of training                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 33:00 Questioning of neighbors intent; woman saw man carrying drums   |
| of material into apartment                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 Meeting between agent and logistics cells member at a café      |
|                                                                       |
| 40:50 Driver of truck carrying Cesium from Turkey to UK is found dead |
| in Bulgaria                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 42:30 Mixing of bombs takes place in basement of apartment;           |
| discussion of making bombs                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 47:00 Discussion of intelligence and how to handle incident from      |
| intelligence personnel                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 48:35 Bombers begin taping last testaments for families               |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Raid begins on safe house of the logistics cell                 |
|                                                                       |
| 52:40 Bomb explodes; first responders move towards area; Ministers    |
| are alerted to bombing; plume of smoke and agent begin to disburse on |
| crowded Liverpool Street; Responding engines dosimeter begins to      |
| alert them of problem; Request for mass casualty incident plan        |
| activation; response services recalled because of radiological agent  |
|                                                                       |
| 56:35 Emergency Operations Center is assisting with control of        |
| incident                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 58:00 Police attempt to cordon off area and quarantine                |
|                                                                       |
| 58:40 Edge of warm zone area shown                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00:00 Discussion of various impacts from radiological agent are     |
| described                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:01:10 Intelligence personnel realize the incident is a suicide      |
| bombing                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:02:10 Intelligence personnel realize there are more potential       |
| bombings                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:04:44 Find out the agent has both alpha and gamma radiation in      |
| bomb; recommendations are for full personal protective equipment      |
| (level A suits)                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:05:30 Attempts begin to fully establish a hot zone; mass            |
| decontamination corridors are set up                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:08:00 Statement of attack by Minister Avery                         |
|                                                                       |
| 1:09:30 Problems associated with CBRN in the quarantine area are      |
| discussed; victims are unable to eat, smoke; or drink                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:11:15 Raid on bomb makers apartment is performed by police          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:18:15 Radiation continues to spread throughout the area;            |
| decontamination corridor requested to be moved further back;          |
| quarantined begin to get more hostile towards police                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20:30 Responders doff gear after prolonged exposure (beyond safe    |
| levels) to further assist victims and put out fires in ground zero    |
| area                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:23:10 Interrogation of the agent to obtain more information         |
|                                                                       |
| 1:25:30 First responders are in hospital with severe exposure         |
| problems to radiological agents                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:28:00 Long term effects of incident are discussed as shots of       |
| isolation perimeter are shown; effects such as economic, housing,     |
| radiation, etc.                                                       |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Gavin Abbott as Bomb Incident Officer 2                               |
|                                                                       |
| Joanne Adams as Control Officer 1                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Shamshad Akhtar as Falzah                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Dean Ashton as RSM Officer                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Paul Antony-Barber as Commander Paul Hardwick                         |
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|                                                                       |
| Amazon.com                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
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**[Fearless]{.underline}**[^10]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Weir, Peter                                              |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Warner Brothers                                          |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Beasley, William (Co-producer)                           |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Forman, Robin (Co-producer)                              |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1993                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Airline Crash                                                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed   |
| person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he     |
| feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is     |
| unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo,  |
| who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash   |
| which she and Max survived.                                           |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Max has a number of flashbacks to the events leading up to and        |
| including the crash of the plane. These graphic examples show a       |
| number of disaster myths including disaster shock and psychological   |
| dependency.                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This film provides insight into Hollywood's version of Critical       |
| Incident Stress Debriefings and post-traumatic stress disorder        |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :25 Cornfield with smoke; people wandering through cornfield in a     |
| daze; Jeff Bridges carries a baby helping several people escape the   |
| wreckage                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1: 27 People at crash site kneel to pray; Tail section of plane is    |
| shown; EMS is working the scene trying to treat survivors             |
|                                                                       |
| 2:20 An overview of the crash site is shown                           |
|                                                                       |
| 4:11 Shock and dependency of boy                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 9:45 Jeff Bridges begins to tempt fate by eating strawberries; he is  |
| allergic to them                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 12:40 FBI finds Bridges at hotel and request he come with them        |
|                                                                       |
| 15:50 Airline representative tries to comfort Bridges by giving him   |
| train ride home                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 23:43 Byron, saved by Bridges, meets him outside his home with media  |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 First glimpses of memory of crash                               |
|                                                                       |
| 33:40 Rosie Perez remembers part of crash                             |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 Bridges and Perez go to church to pray over loss of Perez's     |
| infant son                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 51:40 Post Traumatic Stress Debriefing meeting at hotel of crash      |
| survivors and some family members; Rosie accuses stewardess of        |
| helping kill baby                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00:00 Mann, Rosie's boyfried, tries to get money from airline       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:13:30 Jeff Bridges remembers more of crash scene; buys presents for |
| deceased                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:25:40 Max crashes his car to prove to Perez that she was unable to  |
| hold onto her child                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:39:00 Rosie comes to terms with death of her child                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:48:00 Lawyer for Max claims PTSD and is looking for big reward;     |
| Bridges nearly dies from strawberry                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:49:30 Final glimpses of wreckage of plane                           |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Jeff Bridges -- Max Klein                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Rosie Perez -- Carla Rodrigo                                          |
|                                                                       |
| John Turturro -- Bill Perlman                                         |
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**[Hard Rain]{.underline}**[^11]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Salomon, Mikael                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Paramount Pictures                                       |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Bryce, Ian (Producer)                                    |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Gordon, Mark (Producer)                                  |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Levinsohn, Gary (Producer)                               |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Levinsohn, Art (Producer)                                |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1998                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flooding                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Dam Failure                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Looting                                                               |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Set during a massive flood started by a dam accident in a small town, |
| Christian Slater is an armored truck guard who gets robbed by Morgan  |
| Freeman. Slater gets away with all the money and hides it. In a       |
| panic, Slater tells the sheriff about the area he hid the money in    |
| and the sheriff locks him up. Now Slater has to get to the money and  |
| keep himself alive battling the sheriff, Morgan Freeman and his crew  |
| and the elements.                                                     |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| One of the major premises of the film is the looters who have         |
| pre-planned to rob the bank truck.                                    |
|                                                                       |
| This film also perpetuates the myths associated with evacuation.      |
| Nearly everyone in town, less three people and law enforcement, had   |
| evacuated. All three stayed in town to protect against looters.       |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 0:30 Shots of dam, rain via a flight up river                         |
|                                                                       |
| 2:40 Shots of loaded cars evacuating town; driving through water      |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Mayor evacuates town; discussion of burning house and blaming it |
| on looters                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 5:20 Bank truck is shown leaving bank with all the money              |
|                                                                       |
| 8:30 Shots of dam gates being opened                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 10:20 Truck gets stuck in water; town is evacuated; lights go out in  |
| truck; few stragglers stay behind in town                             |
|                                                                       |
| 18:40 Slater escapes truck with cash from bank                        |
|                                                                       |
| 20:18 Thieves steal boats and try to find Slater                      |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 Slater escapes and enters church protected by sandbags and      |
| pumps                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 28:15 Slater is placed in local jail                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 31:00 Sheriff leaves for cemetery to search for bank's money          |
|                                                                       |
| 33:30 More dam gates opened; water flows into town                    |
|                                                                       |
| 35:30 Sheriff's office begins to flood                                |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 Telephone pole opens gate for Slater to escape jail; LPG tanks  |
| burst into flames as they float away                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 44:50 Transformers crackle as Slater and Driver swim past; thieve is  |
| electrocuted                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 54:50 Caskets are floating in grave yard                              |
|                                                                       |
| 59:00 Sheriff shoots most of the thieves; Slater escapes back to      |
| church                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:12:00 Wayne tries to rape Driver                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:19:20 Dam siren begins sounding to alert of dam failure             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:24:00 Water washes through town; several building washed away       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:26:30 State police arrive                                           |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Morgan Freeman -- Jim                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Christian Slater -- Tom                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Randy Quaid -- Sheriff                                                |
|                                                                       |
| Minnie Driver \-- Karen                                               |
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**[Outbreak]{.underline}**[^12]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Peterson, Wolfgang                                       |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Warner Brothers                                          |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Henderson, Duncan -- Executive Producer                  |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Kopelson, Anne -- Executive Producer                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1995                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Biological                                                            |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| When a disease in Africa is discovered, Colonel Sam Daniels of the    |
| United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases |
| or USAMRIID, is sent to investigate. When he reports back to his      |
| superior officer General Ford and tells him that they should put out  |
| an alert on this disease but the General that since the disease is so |
| far away and not airborne that it can\'t possibly reach the U.S.      |
| However, a monkey from that part of Africa was captured and brought   |
| to the U.S. and a man who works at the customs house took it and      |
| tried to sell it but when the person he tried to sell it to rejected  |
| it he released it. Later the man who arrived in Boston collapses and  |
| dies, Col. Daniels wants to look into it but General Ford denies his  |
| request so he turns to his ex-wife, who works at the Center for       |
| Disease Control or CDC to look into and they discover it\'s the       |
| African disease but since it kills very quickly, Col. Daniels feels   |
| that it\'s been contained until another outbreak!                     |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This film perpetuates several myths and stereotypes. These include    |
| martial law and panic flight                                          |
|                                                                       |
| This movie would be ideal to help reinforce aspects of quarantine for |
| consideration of bird flu and other widespread disease.               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :24 Film starts in Mutawba, Africa with civil war in 1967             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:24 US helicopter lands with American victims including Billy and    |
| McClintock examining persons infected with disease                    |
|                                                                       |
| 3:30 Bomb explodes to annihilate village; monkeys escape carrying     |
| virus                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 4:15 Hall of Fort Detrick are shown with escalating levels of         |
| biohazard to BL-4                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 7:30 Sam gets call from Billy about potential outbreak of hemoraggic  |
| fever in Africa                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 10:15 Loading plane to leave for Africa; Billy talks with Sam         |
|                                                                       |
| 12:50 Arrival in Africa; Medicine man is only person not sick in      |
| village                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 14:50 Team encounters dying victims; Cuba Gooding becomes ill from    |
| experience                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 17:30 As team leaves, monkeys run and swing through forest; one       |
| monkey is caught in trap and sent be ship to US                       |
|                                                                       |
| 29:00 Sam is taken off Motawba case by Billy; boat arrives dropping   |
| off monkey; man conspires to take monkey                              |
|                                                                       |
| 32:30 Monkey spits on man; scratches store owner; monkey set free in  |
| mountains of California                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 38:40 Health workers refuse to work on dead patient as they realize   |
| severity of cause of death                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 41:10 Man coughs in theater, spreading disease; people begin being    |
| admitted to hospital as they are rapidly becoming sick                |
|                                                                       |
| 45:20 Sam redirects flight to CA; martial law is opened as armed      |
| forces roll into Cedar Creek, CA                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 48:50 Media is reporting from immediately outside quarantine area     |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Isolation of infected patients; virus mutates and goes airborne |
|                                                                       |
| 52:30 Angry mob tries to attack workers                               |
|                                                                       |
| 57:30 People attempt to escape town and are shot                      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 description of town as "war zone" by media                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:01:50 E-1101 is attempted to be used as antidote                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:03:30 Recommended to hang pillow cases outside of house to alert of |
| sickness; sick taken to field hospital in park                        |
|                                                                       |
| 1:08:40 White House discusses action, including bombing town          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:15:30 E-1101 works for sick animal                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:23:10 Attempt to find bill of lading for ship with host animal      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:32:50 Find host animals picture on Tai Cook; Casey gets             |
| progressively worse                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:33:50 FEMA mentioned as part of news report; host animal caught     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:38:50 Billy sends message to plane to bomb Cedar Creek; arrival     |
| with monkey to begin creating anti-body                               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:52:18 Bombing run is begun; Sam averts bombing as charge explodes   |
| over water                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 2:00:00 General McClintock is taken prisoner by Billy                 |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Dustin Hoffman -- Sam Daniels                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Rene Russo -- Robby Keough                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Morgan Freeman -- Billy Ford                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Kevin Spacey -- Casey Schuler                                         |
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**[Tidal Wave: No Escape]{.underline}**[^13]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | George Miller                                            |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Artisan Entertainment                                    |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Harman, J. Boyce (Producer)                              |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Halmi, Robert (Executive Producer)                       |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1997                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Tidal Wave                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction (Nuclear)                                 |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| When brutal tidal waves suddenly destroy many coastal communities in  |
| a short period of time, John Wahl, a Nobel prize winner, is brought   |
| out of his lazy retirement and back into service as a consultant. He  |
| teams up with a Navy officer to find out the cause of the disaster.   |
| But when a ransom of one billion dollars is demanded, Wahl is the     |
| government\'s number one suspect.                                     |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This made-for-TV movie perpetuates many of the movie myths discussed  |
| in the Webb et al article.                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Mitigation was not mentioned in the film                              |
|                                                                       |
| No mention of federal multi-agency coordination or state and local    |
| resources needed to respond to incident                               |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 20:50 Panic Behavior as 1^st^ large tsunami looms                     |
|                                                                       |
| 23:50 Disaster response and recovery -- images of search and rescue   |
| being performed in                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| damaged areas                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 Disaster shock portrayed by John Wahl                           |
|                                                                       |
| 31:00 Several flyover shots of wreckage                               |
|                                                                       |
| 50:10 Panic behavior ensues on and near Queen Mary ship from pending  |
| tsunami                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 53:00 Wahl and Weaver loot Wahl's ex-wives home for sustenance        |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Corbin Bernsen -- John Wahl                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Julianne Phillips -- Jessica Weaver                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Gregg Henry -- Edgar Purcell                                          |
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| [Availability:]{.underline}                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Movies Unlimited                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Personal copy obtained in WalMart bargain bin                         |
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**[The Towering Inferno]{.underline}**[^14]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Allen, Irwin                                             |
| By:       |                                                          |
|           | Guillermin, John                                         |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | 20^th^ Century Fox                                       |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Warner Brothers                                          |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Allen, Irwin (Producer)                                  |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1974                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| High Rise Fire                                                        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Construction magnate Jim Duncan (Holden) has teamed with architect    |
| Doug Roberts (Newman) to build a 135-storey structure named \'The     |
| Glass Tower\' in San Francisco. On opening night, many dignitaries    |
| including a U.S. Senator, San Francisco\'s Mayor & his wife and       |
| others are celebrating in the ballroom/restaurant on the top floor.   |
| On the 81st floor, in a utility room, an overloaded circuit breaker   |
| starts a fire in a can of oily rags. While the party is still going   |
| on, Roberts is inspecting the wiring in the building and discovers it |
| is very low standard - a serious fire hazard. In the Security HQ, a   |
| guard, Jernigan (Simpson) spots smoke crawling out from under a door, |
| and activates the alarm. The San Francisco Fire Department            |
| immediately comes out, with Chief O\'Hallorhan (McQueen) commanding.  |
| By now fires are starting all over the building, and the enraged      |
| Duncan discovers that his son-in-law, Simmons (Chamberlain) is the    |
| one who chose the cheaper wiring to save money. As the night goes on  |
| the fire races closer and closer to those trapped in the Tower, until |
| the Chief discovers that detonating the water tanks above them will   |
| likely drown the fire - but will it kill the remaining men trapped    |
| inside?                                                               |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Poor Mitigation                                                       |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 11:43 Two small fires ignite in building from electrical fire         |
|                                                                       |
| 16:00 Mitigation and the lack of adherence to building codes are      |
| discussed                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 18:30 Compound and complex disaster = electrical problems related to  |
| the security system                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 20:30 Discussion of building codes and the importance of adherence to |
| them                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 26:20 Federal Urban Renewal Administrator and other dignitaries begin |
| arriving at The Glass Tower party                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 Start of large fire; The probable cause from overload of having |
| all the lights in building on for grand opening event                 |
|                                                                       |
| 40:30 Call from Doug Roberts to James Duncan about fire; Duncan       |
| doubts the severity of fire and continues gala                        |
|                                                                       |
| 44:00 Command system set-up to respond to fire; Discussion by         |
| O'Halloran of the problems of fighting high rise fires                |
|                                                                       |
| 48:50 Problems of risk communication is discussed between the         |
| participants; Chief afraid of panic before telling occupants of the   |
| fire below them                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 53:40 Flashover on the 81^st^ floor; Entire floor is consumed with    |
| fire                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 54:15 Roberts has a discussion with Duncan about cost-cutting         |
| measures to get building completed                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 56:20 Fire Chief begins to fight fire as responder                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:10:00 Push for elevators                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:11:35 South exit from Promenade is blocked                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:17:30 Women walking out of building notes The Glass Tower was       |
| supposed to have fire drills                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20:00 Triage center is set-up to deal with injured                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:31:00 Firefighter discusses fear of panic from occupants            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:36:00 Explosives are attempted to be used to blow fire door of top  |
| floor                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:45:00 Building codes, fire stops, and fire doors are all discussed  |
| as part of response                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:50:00 People Run towards helicopter; The chopper crashes            |
|                                                                       |
| 2:07:00 Discussion by builder that occupants may not live             |
|                                                                       |
| 2:15:30 Discussion begins to blow water tanks                         |
|                                                                       |
| 2:18:30 Panic ensues as son-in-law of contractor attempts to escape   |
| from building                                                         |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Steve McQueen -- Michael O'Hallorhan                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Paul Newman -- Doug Roberts                                           |
|                                                                       |
| William Holden -- James Duncan                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Faye Dunaway -- Susan Franklin                                        |
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**[Twister]{.underline}**[^15]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | De Bont, Jan                                             |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | MCA/Universal Pictures                                   |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | MacDonald, Laurie (Executive Producer)                   |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Molen, Gerald (Executive Producer)                       |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Parkes, Walter (Executive Producer)                      |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Salloum, Glenn (Executive Producer)                      |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Speilberg, Steven (Executive Producer)                   |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1996                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Tornado                                                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  [Plot Summary]{.underline}:\
  TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife,
  Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But
  Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping
  across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team
  of storm-chasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring
  device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.

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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}:                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Jo attempts to rectify the death of her father through the study of   |
| tornadoes. She hopes to increase tornado warnings by using Bill's     |
| concept of "Dorothy". This action movie provides many scenes of       |
| actions people should not take in the event of being near a tornado.  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 0:39 Opening sequence with Jo as a child in tornado; she loses her    |
| father in the storm                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 14:30 Description of "Dorothy"; tornado information gathering         |
| technology created by Bill and Jo                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 15:50 Crew begins first series of storm-chasing                       |
|                                                                       |
| 23:50 Bill begins to "sniff dirt" in attempt to determine direction   |
| of storm during break                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 29:30 First sighting of tornado                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 32:15 Bill and Jo hide under farm bridge to escape tornado            |
|                                                                       |
| 36:01 Start out to chase 2^nd^ set of tornadoes                       |
|                                                                       |
| 38:46 2^nd^ tornado sighted                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 41:40 Water spouts sighted; called "sisters" for the multiple         |
| cyclones                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 51:30 Start of chasing 3^rd^ set of tornadoes                         |
|                                                                       |
| 57:30 Begin deploying equipment and attempt to use "Dorothy II";      |
| which fails                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 1:12:00 Tornado impacts city where crew is staying                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:14:40 Tornado bears down on Wakita; town where Jo's Aunt lives      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:18:00 Crew enters Wakita; Aunt and Jo note the lack of warning      |
| system for community                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:22:45 Warnings begin for forth and last/largest set of tornadoes    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:25:30 Crew embarks on final journey to tornadoes                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:29:00 "Dorothy III" deployed and fails                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:33:45 Jonas and driver are pulled into tornado for not heeding Bill |
| and Jo's advice                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:37:20 "Dorothy IV" flies into tornado and recovers information for  |
| future analysis and potential better                                  |
|                                                                       |
| preparedness                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:41:30 Bill and Jo are forced to strap themselves to well shaft to   |
| avoid being pulled into tornado                                       |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Bill Paxton -- William Harding                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Helen Hunt -- JoAnne Thornton-Harding                                 |
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|                                                                       |
| Blockbuster Video                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Hollywood Video                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Movies Unlimited                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
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**[Volcano]{.underline}**[^16]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Jackson, Mick                                            |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | 20^th^ Century Fox                                       |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Donner, Lauren Shuler (Executive Producer)               |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1997                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Volcano                                                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| A volcano erupts in downtown L.A., threatening to destroy the city.   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This movie provides an overview of Roark's job as emergency manager   |
| for the City of Los Angeles. While undoubtedly not showing the actual |
| use of emergency managers in disaster, this film did bring emergency  |
| management to the forefront.                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Volcano had little mention of recovery aspect of Los Angeles'         |
| response methods.                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Roark and company used a very technological approach to response.     |
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|                                                                       |
| :34 Description of Office of Emergency Management for the City of Los |
| Angeles                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 2:31 Political dispute of stop on the transit line                    |
|                                                                       |
| 4:16 First Earthquake strikes                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 7:35 Mentioning of mitigation measures taken on building by Emmit     |
| Reese                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 9:05 Gas explosion at MacArther Park                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 10:50 Response and recovery mentioned during discussion of whether or |
| not to shut down red line of                                          |
|                                                                       |
| train service                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 12:30 Roark enters sewer pipe to determine the nature of the gas leak |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 La Brea Tar Pits begin to increase gas emissions                |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Emergency Operations Center Roark and Reese work in EOC         |
|                                                                       |
| 22:00 Dr. Barnes notes a geological event of warming the pond         |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Elephant in tar pits begins to sink                             |
|                                                                       |
| 27:15 2^nd^ large earthquake; Dr. Barnes assistant perishes in heat   |
|                                                                       |
| 29:10 EOC in Los Angeles is back-up and running immediately after     |
| quake                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 31:00 Manhole covers begin blowing off street on Wilshire during      |
| Roark's attempt to get to work                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Lava rocks continue to fly through air causing fires            |
|                                                                       |
| 34:30 A-train lost in tunnel; Metro administration sets out to rescue |
| personnel                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 36:00 Fire apparatus struck by projectile                             |
|                                                                       |
| 36:30 Looting begins on Wilshire; National Guard is activated         |
|                                                                       |
| 38:50 Roark attempts to save trapped firefighter                      |
|                                                                       |
| 43:30 Roark helps run disaster from scene; caught running down street |
| by news helicopter                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 49:30 Art is attempted to be saved from impending lava by two         |
| security guards                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Roark and first responders attempt to roll bus in path of lava  |
|                                                                       |
| 52:30 Roark and Dr. Barnes attempt to rescue person on ground; hang   |
| off back of fire ladder over lava                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 56:40 Metro administration reaches trapped train and attempt to save  |
| personnel                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 58:30 Field hospital created in attempt to setup triage points for    |
| injured                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:02:40 FAA closes airports in area of Los Angeles                    |
|                                                                       |
| 1:05:00 K-Rails are used to pool lava flowing down street             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:08:00 Animals in disaster report by newsperson                      |
|                                                                       |
| 1:09:40 American Red Cross Shelters were mentioned as part of a news  |
| report                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20:00 Request of evacuation of hospital in 30 minutes because of    |
| impending lava eruption in parking                                    |
|                                                                       |
| lot of hospital                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:26:20 EOC shots as parts of panning around disaster scene; building |
| is started to charged for exposion                                    |
|                                                                       |
| to protect hospital                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:31:10 Building is imploded and street is exploded to move lava into |
| ocean                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 1:36:10 Discussion of tactics between Roark and Barnes; discussion of |
| earlier warning for citizens                                          |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Tommy Lee Jones -- Mike Roark                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Anne Heche -- Amy Barnes                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Don Cheadle -- Emmit Reese                                            |
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|                                                                       |
| Blockbuster                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Hollywood Video                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| DVD Empire                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Netflix.com                                                           |
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**[Documentaries/Videos:]{.underline}**

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| # A&E Videos                      | **Inecom Entertainment Company**  |
|                                   |                                   |
| # [***The New Face of Terr        | [*Johnstown                       |
| orism***](#thenewfaceofterrorism) | Flood*](#the_johnstown_flood)     |
|                                   |                                   |
| #                                 | **Information Television          |
|                                   | Network**                         |
| # The American Experience         |                                   |
|                                   | [El Nino: Disaster on the         |
| [*The Great San Francisco         | Wind](#elnino)                    |
| Earthquake*](                     |                                   |
| #GreatSanFranciscoEarthquake1906) | # National Geographic             |
|                                   |                                   |
| [*The Johnston                    | # [***Cyclone!***](#cyclone-1)    |
| Flood*](#johnstown_flood_nova)    |                                   |
|                                   | *[Nature's Fury](#naturesfury)*   |
| [*Meltdown at Three Mile          |                                   |
| Isl                               | **Nine Elleven Productions**      |
| and*](#meltdownatthreemileisland) |                                   |
|                                   | [Remember September 11,           |
| #                                 | 2001](#remembersept11)            |
|                                   |                                   |
| # Appalshop, Inc.                 | # NOVA                            |
|                                   |                                   |
| [*Buffalo Creek                   | [*Bioterror*](#bioterror)         |
| Re                                |                                   |
| visited*](#buffalocreekrevisited) | [*Ebola: The Plague               |
|                                   | Fighters*](#ebola)                |
| # CDC                             |                                   |
|                                   | [*Flood!*](#nova_flood)           |
| [*CDC & US Department of          |                                   |
| Education Collaborate to Help     | [*In the Path of a Killer         |
| Schools Prepare for Possible      | Volc                              |
| T                                 | ano*](#inthepathofakillertornado) |
| errorism*](#CDC_School_terrorism) |                                   |
|                                   | [*The Day the Earth               |
| # The Discovery Channel           | Shook*](#thedaytheearthshook)     |
|                                   |                                   |
| [*Air Crash*](#air_crash)         | [*Tornado!*](#ebola)              |
|                                   |                                   |
| [*Flood of the                    | **PBS**                           |
| Mi                                |                                   |
| llennium*](#floodofthemillennium) | [Blue Planet: Planet              |
|                                   | Earth](#blueplanet)               |
| [*WTC: The First 24               |                                   |
| hours*](#wtc_the_first_24_hours)  | **Scott Resources**               |
|                                   |                                   |
| # Films for the Humanities        | [Hurricane: Earth's Greatest      |
|                                   | Storm](                           |
| [*Bhopal: The Second              | #hurricane_earthsgreateststorm-1) |
| Trag                              |                                   |
| edy*](#bhopal-the-second-tragedy) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [*Winds of                        |                                   |
| Cha                               |                                   |
| nge*](#inthepathofakillertornado) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **The History Channel**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [*First                           |                                   |
| Response*](#first-response)       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [Back to Films](#films)           |                                   |
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# 

[]{#air_crash .anchor}**[Air Crash]{.underline}**[^17]

  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------
  Directed By: Green, Howard

  Produced by  Green, Howard

  Released     1991 & 2002
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Air disaster                                                          |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| "Shows actual footage of fiery air catastrophes, then goes behind the |
| scenes for a firsthand look at the technology and methods             |
| investigators are using to determine causes of air crashes"           |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 Footage of an airliner crashing                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 2:42 Soiux City, Iowa crash footage is shown                          |
|                                                                       |
| 3:05 Discussion of crash investigation systems; Explanation is given  |
| for what is being looked at during crash investigation                |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Explanation of the importance of speed and angle that the plane  |
| prior to crash; Air France crash during French air show crash footage |
| is shown                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Lockerbie, Scotland crash is discussed                           |
|                                                                       |
| 5:40 Crash investigators are interviewed                              |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Discussion of the importance of determining the position of the  |
| control machinery is shown; Use of a systematic approach to crash     |
| investigation is explained                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 9:30 University of Southern California students learn how to perform  |
| airplane crash investigations; Determinations of cause and origins    |
| are explained; Finding clues on the crash site is shown               |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Case study of a Cesna plane crash is described                  |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Flight recorders are discussed; 14^th^ Street Bridge crash in   |
| Washington, D.C. is shown as case study; discussion of human errors   |
| coupled with snow and ice                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 23:00 The importance of a Flight Data Recorder examined; Technical    |
| data is given such as 300 bits of information and the various types   |
| of planes that are not required to have a flight data recorder        |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Material failure of the plane is discussed; Factors include:    |
| fatigue, overloading, and bombings                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 27:30 Use of amateur video as part of the investigation process is    |
| explaned                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 30:30 United Flight 173 of 1988 case study is shown; Factors of crash |
| included human error in fuel estimate                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 35:00 Final segment of movie shows mitigation actions taken to assist |
| in flight crashes; Communication classes have been started for        |
| cockpit members; Flight Simulators are used to assist in practicing   |
| landings of compromised aircraft                                      |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| [www.discoverychannel.com](http://www.discoverychannel.com/)          |
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# [Bhopal: The Second Tragedy]{.underline}[^18]

  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------
  Directed By: Not stated

  Produced by  Not Stated

  Released     1995
  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Chemical Release                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Hazardous Material                                                    |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| In 1984, the city of Bhopal in India was the site of one of the       |
| world's most devastating chemical disasters. Over the ten years since |
| the gas leak from the Union Carbide factory, the death toll stands at |
| 20,000 and more than 600,000 personal injury suits have been filed.   |
| Although the signs of the poisoning are still clearly visible on the  |
| streets and people are still dying in scores, the victims have        |
| received little compensation for their suffering. This program        |
| returns to the scene of the accident and uncovers a story of secrecy, |
| corruption, mismanagement, and misinformation on the part of both     |
| Union Carbide and the Indian government. This thoughtful and moving   |
| program shows how much of the suffering in Bhopal could have been     |
| avoided.                                                              |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This film provides the chronic effects of the Bhopal Tragedy. Through |
| victim interviews and footage, it provides a graphic example of the   |
| impact of hazardous material releases.                                |
|                                                                       |
| It is an excellent resource to examine long term recovery from        |
| chemical spills.                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| It also provides a unique perspective on developing countries and     |
| large disasters as well as international disasters.                   |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20 Shots of factories are shown as part of opening of documentary   |
|                                                                       |
| 2:00 Footage of injured and dead; Discussion begins of the methyl     |
| isocyanate release and the Union Carbide plant; additional footage of |
| the animals and the dead                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 3:00 Title sequence                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 3:50 Facts of release are provided; 2,000 dead in two days            |
|                                                                       |
| 4:15 Victim interviews describing the event are provided              |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Information provided such as the largest industrial disaster     |
| thus far; Factory was abandoned after event                           |
|                                                                       |
| 5:30 Statistics provides: 15,000 death claims; 600,000 injury claims  |
|                                                                       |
| 6:00 Union Carbide Chief Executive Officer statements; Narrator       |
| states that Union Carbide is "passing the buck" to Indian government  |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Narrator describes the Union Carbide officials diverted disaster |
| to Indian government                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 8:00 Attorney Coale went to India to get money for victims; class     |
| action suit of nearly 60,000 people                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 Victim interview; still living near abandoned plant in meager   |
| space                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 11:30 Description of how the United State responded to this event;    |
| Indian people denied trial in the U.S.; Union Carbide was provided    |
| "fortress for companies" to keep away lawsuits                        |
|                                                                       |
| 14:00 India accepts the trial of Union Carbide                        |
|                                                                       |
| 15:30 Victims that need constant and expensive medication are         |
| interviewed                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 16:30 \$470 million dollars is decided for the victims of the Bhopal  |
| tragedy by Indian Supreme Court; No victim is permitted to testify or |
| be interviewed                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 18:10 Many victims are still waiting on their payment as part of      |
| settlement; 10% has reached victims; Special courts have been created |
| to assist victims; Corruption by judges is rampant; Victim advocates  |
| see this process as a "failure of government"                         |
|                                                                       |
| 22:50 A hearing for victim settlement is provided                     |
|                                                                       |
| 23:30 The area is still feeling the affects                           |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 The focus of the documentary switches to Institute, West        |
| Virginia and the numerous chemical plants dotting the area; A release |
| sends 135 people to hospital                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Congressman Jim Florio is interviewed; he discusses the         |
| cost/benefits or chemical industry                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 28:20 The "Responsible Care" initiative is discussed; Emergency       |
| procedures are also discussed                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 29:30 Discussion of leaks, reportable quantities and accountability   |
| are described                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 31:40 Victim morale meetings in Bhopal are provided to keep victims   |
| encouraged                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 32:40 First aid stations in the Bhopal area profit from victims       |
| ailments                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 35:10 Description of chemical industry from Brownsville, Texas to     |
| Mexico; 2,000 factories in Mexico; Workers live just outside chemical |
| plants with little environmental regulation                           |
|                                                                       |
| 39:20 Indian Government refuses to release medical findings of victim |
| studies                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 42:00 Several hypothesis are examined in the Bhopal release; Sabotage |
| is examined; Unprofitable plant is examined; Poor maintanence is      |
| explored as cause                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 45:00 Bayer incident in Rio de Janero incident is explored;           |
| Discussion is provided as growing economies are becoming involved in  |
| industrial activities                                                 |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| www.primedia.com                                                      |
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[]{#bioterror .anchor}**[Bioterror]{.underline}** [^19]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Wolfinger, Kirk                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Collins, Matthew                                         |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | WGBH, Boston, MA                                         |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2002                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Biological Terrorism                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Biological (virus)                                                    |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This program shows the viewer the brief history of biological war     |
| over the past century. This brief history is then used to explain the |
| 2001 anthrax mailings in the U.S.                                     |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This program discusses much of the history of the biological warfare. |
| It provides the viewer a good background of how the agents came to be |
| used for war.                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| It does not provide a good overview of the local preparedness and     |
| response to biological weapons. The show discusses the 2001 anthrax   |
| cases and discusses the first TOPOFF exercise in Denver.              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :39 Introduction to film; Discussion of impact of September 11^th^    |
| and the anthrax scares                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 2:00 Germ warfare is introduced                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 3:15 NOVA opening                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 4:26 Program begins; Iraq war is discussed; Potential use of          |
| biological weapons is discussed by Hussein                            |
|                                                                       |
| 6:00 Interview with Judith Miller and the book she helped produce     |
|                                                                       |
| 8:00 Biological weapons history in the past century                   |
|                                                                       |
| 11:40 2001 anthrax scares; Department of Defense use of agent and its |
| dispersal method                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Nixon's attempt to stop germ warfare production during his      |
| presidency                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 17:20 Kazakhstan case study; Largest bio-logical weapon facility in   |
| the world created in 1982                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 Smallpox is discussed; Soviets kept agent after world-wide      |
| inoculation                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Attempts to increase security to stockpiles of biological       |
| agents; Biological war scientists are tracked to ensure their proper  |
| employment                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 26:30 Finding work for former bio-weapons experts                     |
|                                                                       |
| 28:30 Studies performed by DoD to determine the feasibility of        |
| creating small bio-weapons facilities; Pentagon created small         |
| facility in desert to determine capability                            |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 Vaccination and dispersal techniques for agent are discussed    |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Powdered Anthrax attacks of 2001 again discussed                |
|                                                                       |
| 36:50 Discussion of using martyrs to introduce biological agents      |
|                                                                       |
| 38:40 Salmonella outbreaks in Oregon as biological agent              |
|                                                                       |
| 42:30 Soviets attempted to make new agents based on combination of    |
| agents                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 48:30 Genetic engineering for terror; Current terrorist groups        |
| unlikely to be able to support a program; Most likely to use anthrax  |
| or plague                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 49:00 Are we prepared for biological war: Discussed problems with     |
| primary agency for Denver exercise; Biological warfare training       |
| programs are discussed                                                |
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  Lyman, Will (Narrator)
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| [www.pbs.org](http://www.pbs.org/)                                    |
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[]{#blueplanet .anchor}**[Blue Planet: Planet Earth]{.underline}**[^20]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Information unavailable                                  |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Thomas, Theodore                                         |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | KERA -- Dallas, Texas                                    |
|           |                                                          |
|           | WQED -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                         |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | Information unavailable                                  |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Global warming                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| El Nino                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Ocean Circulation Changes                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Explores physical oceanography and ocean-atmosphere interaction,      |
| focusing on the ocean circulation, the currents, El Niño, the Gulf    |
| stream, and how they affect navigation, weather, temperature, and     |
| life on earth.                                                        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This film provides long-term effects of disaster agents such as       |
| global warming. It shows the impact of El Nino on the entirety of the |
| world, nut just the coast.                                            |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 3:00 Credits begin after introduction                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 4:30 Footage of swirling eddy in water                                |
|                                                                       |
| 6:00 Discover link between weather and wave movement; it is called    |
| "weather of the sea"                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 7:30 National Center for Atmopheric Research in Boulder, CO; research |
| agencies attempts to create 3-D models of the water's movement        |
|                                                                       |
| 10:00 Discussion of the Gulf Stream in Atlantic Ocean                 |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Use of the currents to win races from Nantucket to Bermuda      |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Antarctica and its currents; deep currents are extremely slow   |
| moving; discussion of how the food chain in Antarctica is impacted by |
| ocean currents                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 23:00 Goddard Space Center in Maryland; Center creates maps of the    |
| seaboard and plankton movement; measure plankton amounts in the       |
| currents; it impacts production of oxygen and food for animals, for   |
| example tuna follow the plankton                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 Numerous examples of current actions because of fluctuations in |
| 1983; sea life impacted by temperature; all the changes are proposed  |
| as an impact of El Nino.                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 Description of El Nino and its history of being studied         |
|                                                                       |
| 42:00 Sounds of the sea; explanation of whales hearing across ocean   |
| basin; echo sounding the bottom of the ocean                          |
|                                                                       |
| 48:00 Core samples taken to determine temperature and climate/glacial |
| activities                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Sea cliff and deep dive vehicles; can dive to 20,000 feet;      |
| searching for vent areas, meaning cracks in bottom of ocean; hot      |
| water from molten rock seep into the ocean; creates oasis in bottom   |
| of ocean; it has its own ecosystem, including bacteria to sustain     |
| life                                                                  |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary Loan                                                     |
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[]{#buffalocreekrevisited .anchor}**[Buffalo Creek
Revisited]{.underline}**[^21]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Pickering, Mimi                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Pickering, Mimi                                          |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Appalshop, Inc.                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1985                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Dam Failure                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flooding                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This documentary uses numerous victim interviews to describe the      |
| collapse of the Buffalo Creek Dam. It also provides background        |
| information on the dam failure and company that operated the facility |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| The black and white documentary talks to numerous victims and persons |
| involved with the Buffalo Creek disaster. It provides a victim's      |
| perspective on the event.                                             |
|                                                                       |
| The viewer must pull out the various principles and theories of       |
| emergency management as concepts were not explicitly stated. However, |
| the short video is worth viewing.                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Victims trying to cope and recover with the event are one of the more |
| striking aspects of the film. It describes the problems people had    |
| with alcoholism, drug abuse and lack of resources to rebuild are all  |
| described. It shows men crying from seeing people in houses being     |
| washed downstream.                                                    |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :41 Victim describing water washing away homes                        |
|                                                                       |
| 2:20 West Virginia Coal Patrol on screen                              |
|                                                                       |
| 2:30 Victim interview who describes seeing woman and her baby being   |
| rushed by; describes the wall of water flowing down with 14 houses on |
| front of it that are destroyed as they hit a bridge                   |
|                                                                       |
| 4:20 Song about Buffalo Creek is played                               |
|                                                                       |
| 5:15 Consulting engineer is interviewed; he explains the use of dam   |
| to wash coal                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 6:40 Worker explains reports from federal bureaus; dam was not built  |
| for load of water and coal wash                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 8:15 Dam system is explained and diagramed; failure sequence is shown |
| to viewer via diagrams                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 10:00 Explanation of human error before the break; this is why no     |
| evacuation was ordered according to victim                            |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Pittston Coal Company discussion -- owner of dam; it describes  |
| their poor safety record and failure to pay fines                     |
|                                                                       |
| 15:30 Citizens commissioner interviewed; describes the coal companies |
| lack of adherence to laws governing coal mining                       |
|                                                                       |
| 18:30 Governor's written comment on Buffalo Creek is provided on      |
| screen                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 21:00 Many other dams were subject to failure similar to Buffalo      |
| Creek according to Interior Department warnings                       |
|                                                                       |
| 23:00 In Richmond, VA, the Pittston Coal Company had its annual stock |
| holders meeting; impacted citizens sent representatives from the      |
| community to try and get restitution from the company                 |
|                                                                       |
| 24:40 CEO of Pittston company is interviewed; stated that restitution |
| would be made                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 26:15 Victim described the importance of volunteer organizations in   |
| recovery from disaster; \$3-5,000 of the \$15,000 requested was given |
| to the families                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 29:40 Initially, the coal company claimed the dam failure was an "act |
| of God" in that he provided more water than the dam could hold        |
|                                                                       |
| 31:41 "Federal Assistance Area" sign was shown; numerous mobile homes |
| in large groupings were shown to house families                       |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder was discussed from victims of    |
| incident; alcohol abuse, drug abuse                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 33:30 The coal company felt little impact because of small payout to  |
| victims                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 36:30 A properly built dam would have cost approximately \$55,000     |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| http://www.appalshop.org                                              |
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[]{#CDC_School_terrorism .anchor}**[CDC & US Department of Education
Collaborate to Help Schools Prepare for Possible
Terrorism]{.underline}**

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  Directed By: None Provided

  Produced by  None Provided

  Released     2002
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Instruction video created by the Centers for Disease Control and      |
| Prevention to educate school personnel on issues related to           |
| terrorism.                                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This streaming video is an excellent primer for biological terrorism. |
| While it uses public schools as the primary audience, emergency       |
| management students will find the information extremely valuable.     |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :01 Credits begin                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20 Host discusses the importance of preparation for disasters       |
|                                                                       |
| 2:12 Rod Paige welcome                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 4:15 Tommy Thompson welcome                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Lisa Rayman welcome and discussion of the objectives for program |
|                                                                       |
| 10:15 Description of terrorism and its agents                         |
|                                                                       |
| 11:00 Types of biological agents are described                        |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Routes of exposure are explained                                |
|                                                                       |
| 12:50 Chemical terrorism and its routes of exposure are described     |
|                                                                       |
| 14:10 Radiological terrorism and its routes of exposure are described |
|                                                                       |
| 14:55 Identifying types of terrorism in a school environment          |
|                                                                       |
| 17:30 Resources for schools and government, including federal         |
| resources                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 19:40 FBI response to terrorism by Craig Walz; FBI resources used in  |
| terrorism response; other agencies the FBI works with in response to  |
| incidents                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 26:30 Recommendations for school in preparation process such as       |
| parent contact lists                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 28:00 Procedures recommended for school personnel that receive threat |
|                                                                       |
| 28:30 School plan recommendations                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 30:46 Description of Smallpox is given                                |
|                                                                       |
| 32:15 Information dissemination procedures from law enforcement to    |
| FBI                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Getting schools and universities involved in planning process   |
| is explained                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 End of Segment One                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 45:10 Start of Segment Two                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 47:00 Adequacy of school plans to all-hazards planning; Importance of |
| drills and communication                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 48:00 Department of Education has materials to assist schools in      |
| emergency planning                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 51:30 State of Arizona experience in emergency planning               |
|                                                                       |
| 52:00 Video showing state of Arizona experience in planning           |
|                                                                       |
| 54:00 School evacuation as part of response effort even if they are   |
| not directly impacted by event                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 55:00 Recommendations for schools to get involved with local          |
| community response agencies as well as risk assessment;               |
| considerations for school officials to learn ICS/UCS system           |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00:05 School safety legislation in Arizona from Columbine shooting  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:04:50 DOE services for schools dealing with disasters; resources    |
| for schools to learn more about training                              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:07:00 Information/resources for schools to learn about training     |
|                                                                       |
| 1:10:05 Evacuation recommendations for different threats are          |
| described                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 1:15:01 Getting buy-in from people not interested in disaster         |
| preparedness                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:16:10 End of Segment Two                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 1:17:05 Start of Segment Three                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 1:17:50 State of Alabama representatives are introduced               |
|                                                                       |
| 1:18:50 Interagency agreements are explained; Examples from the       |
| Alabama Department of Public Safety; Requirements for comprehensive   |
| written plan                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 1:25:00 Adjusting plans for terrorism related response in schools;    |
| Educating people on the proper actions to be taken during a response  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:27:30 Discussion of steps taken to get Alabama prepared for         |
| terrorism related events prior to September 11^th^, 2001              |
|                                                                       |
| 1:31:00 Importance of getting involvement from the response agencies; |
| Creating communication networks                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:33:30 The importance of joint public information centers to work    |
| with media                                                            |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Streaming Webcast:                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| <http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/schools/default.asp#webcast>           |
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# [Cyclone!]{.underline}

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  |                                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Bernanke, Jaime (Producer)                               |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Rosenfeld, Michael (Executive Producer)                  |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1994                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Tornadoes                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Hurricane/Cyclone                                                     |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Anyone, at any time, can fall victim to nature\'s raging furies.      |
| Around the globe, hurricanes, tornadoes, and typhoons strike without  |
| mercy and often without warning. In the last century, more than half  |
| a million lives were lost to the violent forces of cyclones, tropical |
| storms, and the wicked weather swirling in and around them. National  |
| Geographic chronicles some of the world\'s most shocking storms with  |
| gripping footage and scenes of heart-thumping, real-life drama: roofs |
| ripped from houses, trees snapped like toothpicks, and trucks tossed  |
| about like children\'s toys. From twisters sweeping across the        |
| Midwest\'s \"Tornado Alley,\" to the vicious force of Florida\'s      |
| Hurricane Andrew, to the deadly powerful forces of nature are among   |
| the most powerful forces on earth. Before the next killer storm,      |
| scientists are rushing to unlock the mysteries of the *Cyclone!*      |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}:                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Cyclone is an excellent film for introductory material on             |
| wind-related events. It discusses the implications of these events on |
| our society and sets a historical context for examining tornadoes and |
| hurricanes.                                                           |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 0:00 Opening sequence provides visuals of tornado and hurricane       |
| related film footage during storms                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 4:15 Narrator provides a description of the formation of a tornado    |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Discussion of the April 26, 1991 outbreak of tornadoes; includes |
| dramatic footage of film crew in an                                   |
|                                                                       |
| underpass while tornado moves over                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 13:30 Overview of the April 3^rd^ and 4^th^, 1974 tornado; describes  |
| this storm as the biggest outbreak of                                 |
|                                                                       |
| tornadoes                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 14:30 Dr. Fujita and his rating system for tornadoes is explained     |
|                                                                       |
| 17:30 Examination of the attempts to study tornadoes by weather       |
| balloons and launching projectiles                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 23:00 Segment pertaining to water spouts and attempts to study them   |
| in relation to tornadoes                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Footage shown of hurricane from space                           |
|                                                                       |
| 28:20 Segment of film on storm chasers                                |
|                                                                       |
| 33:20 Discussion of Cyclones in Bangladesh                            |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Footage of planes flying through hurricanes to gather data;     |
| segment on the social cost of                                         |
|                                                                       |
| hurricanes for several families                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 46:00 Dr. Fujita flies to Florida in wake of Hurricane Andrew to      |
| study damage.                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 47:50 Discussion of our increasing vulnerability to these types of    |
| natural phenomenon; film used                                         |
|                                                                       |
| case study of New Orleans.                                            |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| National Geographic Society:                                          |
| [www.nationalgeographic.com](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/)      |
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[]{#thedaytheearthshook .anchor}**[The Day the Earth
Shook]{.underline}**[^22]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Whittlesey, Rob                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
|           | Buckner, Noel                                            |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Jacobovici, Simon                                        |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Halpern, Elliot                                          |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Bienstock, Ric Esther                                    |
|           |                                                          |
|           | WGBH (Series NOVA) Boston, MA                            |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1996                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Earthquake                                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This film examines the impact of earthquakes. It uses quakes such as  |
| the Kobe, Japan and several California earthquakes as case studies.   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This is an excellent video to provide basic information on earthquake |
| related information. It provides information on all phases of         |
| emergency management. The film also discusses several recent large    |
| earthquakes and provides footage of the damage and recovery process.  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:55 (VHS version starts) Case study of Kobe, Japan earthquake; 5,000 |
| persons died in plant; additional information on earthquake; Footage  |
| of victims                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Victim (teacher) interview that moved from Los Angeles to Kobe   |
|                                                                       |
| 6:20 Shots of fire from Kobe quake; problems such as firefighters     |
| running out of water from broken water lines                          |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Discussion of construction techniques; search and rescue for    |
| trapped persons is described                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Seismologists study the problems and attempt to determine       |
| method of earthquake prediction                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 18:00 The various elements of earthquakes explained to the viewer;    |
| the use of video to examine quakes as a means to determine the        |
| movement of ground                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 23:20 Comparison of two quakes; Northridge earthquakes moved away     |
| from the central city; A comparison of occupancy of quakes (both were |
| generally empty)                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 29:00 Building codes and standards explained; reinforced buildings    |
| less likely to collapse; elevated highway and expressway collapse     |
|                                                                       |
| 31:30 LA Freeway Collapse; modern bridges survive in Kobe; older      |
| structures and docks collapse                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 33:15 Soil types impact on soil; explanation of soil liquefaction in  |
| Kobe                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 35:00 Bridge to Orange Island moved one meter from mainland           |
|                                                                       |
| 36:00 Wave motion of earth explained; stated that movement is like    |
| ripples in pond                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 38:20 Tokyo's preparation strategy for quake; emergency supplies are  |
| stored throughout Japan for disasters                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 Earthquake simulation room is used for public education; shows  |
| the difference between P&S waves of ground                            |
|                                                                       |
| 42:00 Seismometers (used to measure movement) are explained           |
|                                                                       |
| 43:20 Alerts devices for trains described; Tokyo Gas sensor system to |
| prevent conflagration                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 48:45 Use of information by California first responders such as GIS   |
| systems for search and rescue and victim location                     |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Description of the response network based on prepared cities    |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS or DVD                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| [www.pbs.org](http://www.pbs.org/)                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary loan                                                     |
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**[Ebola: The Plague Fighters]{.underline}**[^23]

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Bienstock, Ric Esther                                    |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Jacobovici, Simon                                        |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Halpern, Elliot                                          |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Bienstock, Ric Esther                                    |
|           |                                                          |
|           | WGBH, Boston, MA                                         |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1996                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Biological (virus)                                                    |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Examines the discovery of the Ebola virus, a virulent hemorrhagic     |
| fever, first seen decades ago, and reaching current world notice with |
| a recent outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire                                    |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 2:00 Footage of mass burials in April 1995, Zaire, Africa             |
|                                                                       |
| 2:55 Group of Centers for Disease Control experts examine Ebola       |
|                                                                       |
| 3:50 Medical teams go to examine and treat victims of outbreak        |
|                                                                       |
| 6:10 Footage of isolation of sick; documentation of virus; importance |
| of finding all cases to cease outbreak; search for more cases of      |
| Ebola                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 7:15 Case study discussed of previous Ebola outbreak                  |
|                                                                       |
| 8:10 1995 outbreak discussion; footage of doctors responding to       |
| Zaire; descriptions of symptoms and problems associated with disease; |
| discussion of the lack of cure or adequate treatment for patients     |
|                                                                       |
| 13:10 In Marburg, German an outbreak in 1967; first case in Europe;   |
| one week from onset to death                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 14:40 Small outbreak near Washington, DC; Reston, Virginia saw        |
| monkeys killed by Ebola from the Department of Defense; disease was   |
| feared to be spread through ventilation system                        |
|                                                                       |
| 16:30 Description of the "chain of death" was described; doctors      |
| discussed how they attempted to break the chain                       |
|                                                                       |
| 18:20 Funeral ritual of the dead was shown; Red Cross teams attempt   |
| to deal with cultural issues while providing for safe medical         |
| conditions of citizens                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 Spread of disease and description of Kickwit Village, Zaire;    |
| village had no public health system; insects and rats are carriers of |
| disease; attempts at public education for villagers                   |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 Footage of Ebola ward at village hospital; used bleach to       |
| disinfect; Personal protective equipment was burned; doctors are      |
| unable to leave infected area because of travel constraints; doctors  |
| try to calm family fears as they travel to assist villagers           |
|                                                                       |
| 26:30 Video on Ebola is shown as local entertainment for citizens on  |
| old television and VCR                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 31:40 200 villagers were killed from 1995 outbreak                    |
|                                                                       |
| 32:30 Explanation of first victim of 1995 outbreak (index case); many |
| attempts to find the host animal                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 38:20 Abandonment and hiding of victims was aftermath of public       |
| education program                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 41:20 Worker with personal protective equipment becomes sick;         |
| treatment methods include a transfusion with clean blood              |
|                                                                       |
| 51:00 In total, 244 died of Ebola o f 361 infected.                   |
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  Keach, Stacy (Narrator)
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| [www.pbs.org](http://www.pbs.org/)                                    |
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[]{#elnino .anchor}**[El Nino: Disaster on the Wind]{.underline}**

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | Lerner, Ana                                              |
| By:       |                                                          |
|           | Lerner, Ed                                               |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Douglas, Penelope                                        |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Information Television Network                           |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1998                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| El Nino                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Drought                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Hurricane                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Typhoon                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Landslide                                                             |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Presents information on the history and the negative and positive     |
| worldwide effects of El Nino, especially the one occurring in         |
| 1997-1998.                                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This film provides emergency management students an excellent         |
| overview of El Nino. It discusses the factors causing the formation   |
| as well as the worldwide impact.                                      |
|                                                                       |
| The video describes the mitigation, preparedness and response         |
| activities involved in El Nino.                                       |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:40 Footage of tornado strikes, flooding, hurricanes, drought, and   |
| ice storms all related to El Nino                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 2:30 Description of the El Nino event; Interviews with federal        |
| officials studying events                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Case study from Peru in 1891; Peruvians discovered the El Nino   |
| effect and named occurrence                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Explanation of how El Nino occurs; Uses the 1997 events as a     |
| case study                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 7:10 A Florida Storm victim explains how his home was destroyed from  |
| tornado                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 9:00 Ice storms in northeast are explained as part of the effects of  |
| El Nino                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 9:30 Preparedness for El Nino is discussed; FEMA representative is    |
| interviewed and describes the attempts to educate and prepare for     |
| event                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 The hype of El Nino is described including misinterpreting the  |
| effects in micro scale                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 13:20 The impacts of La Nina are described                            |
|                                                                       |
| 15:30 A case study of the 1982 El Nino effects are compared to the    |
| 1997 storms                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 18:30 The biological consequences of El Nino is explained; Losses and |
| gains of plankton are used to monitor impact                          |
|                                                                       |
| 20:50 Records established by 1997 storm are shown in US               |
|                                                                       |
| 22:50 Research efforts on El Nino and La Nina are discussed from      |
| academics and federal officials                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Attempts to increasing the ability to predict and forecast El   |
| Nino is discussed; Increasing lead time provided ability to save many |
| citizens in small Peruvian town                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 The positive side of El Nino is discussed such as the lack of   |
| hurricanes on east coast of US                                        |
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS or DVD                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| [www.films.com](http://www.films.com/)                                |
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[]{#floodofthemillennium .anchor}**[Flood of the
Millennium]{.underline}**[^24]

  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------
  Directed By: 

  Produced by  Smith, Dan

  Released     2000
  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flooding                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| A compilation of video taken in the Grand Forks area plus interviews  |
| with officials and citizens describing the events surrounding the Red |
| River flood in 1997.                                                  |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Documentary describes the daily fight to survive of several towns     |
| along the Red River. The film includes the interviews of a number of  |
| victims as well as political appointees and responders.               |
|                                                                       |
| This film is an excellent movie to show during an introduction course |
| in emergency management. It shows the people, politics and technology |
| involved in responding and recovering from floods.                    |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :00 Red River Pictures                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 Discussion of events leading up to event; blizzard occurred      |
| prior to flood                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20 More background information on the flood; description of the Red |
| River; richest farmland in the world; geology of region               |
|                                                                       |
| 3:35 Flood of 1997 information given; 500 year flood; student died; 8 |
| blizzards; temperatures 80 degrees below zero; Grand Forks had 98.6   |
| inches of snow; Fargo and nearly 117 of snow                          |
|                                                                       |
| 6:30 Red River area is flood prone because of the northward flow of   |
| river; river flows into colder (frozen) regions                       |
|                                                                       |
| 8:30 Citizens begin the preparation for the flood                     |
|                                                                       |
| 9:15 Shots of people working to sandbag                               |
|                                                                       |
| 11:00 Hurricane force ice storm; 300,000 people lose power and        |
| ability to cook                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 13:30 Discussion of trying to use frozen sandbags to stop river       |
|                                                                       |
| 14:30 Flood water frozen in streets; 50 ft. flood crests are          |
| estimated in Fargo, ND                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 17:30 Red River begins to drop in some areas; 2^nd^ crest is then     |
| predicted for river, higher than previously predicted                 |
|                                                                       |
| 18:40 New high, above levees; no one in the area has fought a flood   |
| of this height before                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 20:50 Mayor discusses emergency management as part of his interview   |
|                                                                       |
| 21:30 Dike breaks and floods; people continue to sandbag as part of   |
| response to flooding                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Decision is made to cease sandbagging operations; attempts are  |
| made now to save people                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 Dikes begin to failing                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 28:20 Victim interviews; discussions of leaving homes and losing      |
| homes to flood                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 35:00 River Crests; begins to recede; Shots of Grand Fork and East    |
| Grand Fork                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 Evacuation discussion and descriptions including 11,000         |
| University of North Dakota students                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 39:00 Fires starts in a downtown; 11 buildings are lost               |
|                                                                       |
| 44:00 Descriptions of people returning home                           |
|                                                                       |
| 45:00 Discussion of recovery; \$1 billion; 5years to rebuild; Buyouts |
| are performed; many people chose to leave town                        |
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|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary Loan                                                     |
|                                                                       |
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**[Flood!]{.underline}**

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| Directed  | Campbell-Jones, Suzanne                                  |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Jones, Peter (Series Producer)                           |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | WGBH -- Boston, MA                                       |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1996                                                     |
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flooding                                                              |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Examines the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River in the Midwest.   |
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|                                                                       |
| This documentary provides an excellent overall view of flooding using |
| the 1993 event as a case study. The video provides information on the |
| factors of flooding, impact of levees and channeling water as well as |
| mitigation measures taken to save citizens from being impacted again. |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 2:00 Factors causing the 1993 flood                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 3:45 Army Corps of Engineers and other resources used to combat       |
| flooding is discussed                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 4:50 Evacuation and self-preservation of animals and people is        |
| described                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 5:30 Information given such as this flood being the most costly flood |
| in American history                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 5:50 Weather factors that influenced the flood; history of            |
| Mississippi River disasters; "Taming" of disasters is discussed       |
|                                                                       |
| 9:30 Explanation of different portions of the floodplain is given;    |
| importance of flooding is explained                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 10:45 Case study of Quincy, IL is given; community experienced 500    |
| year flood; methods of flood fighting used; victims of flood          |
| interviews                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 St. Louis, MO case study is examined; on July 22, 1993, city    |
| experienced a leak in the flood wall; implications of the flood wall  |
| for area described                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Hazardous materials in flooding is explained; case study of     |
| propane leak in south St. Louis; Kansas City, KS had small propane    |
| explosion                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 21:30 August 1^st^, Columbia, IL case study is examined; city chose   |
| to relieve pressure on tanks; created a suction away from St. Louis;  |
| Valmeyer, IL was impacted instead                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 Case study of Valmeyer, IL                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Prairie du Roche, IL case study is examined; their flood fight  |
| is shown; to save town, dynamite was used to create hole in dyke      |
|                                                                       |
| 32:40 Explanation of poorer communities (such as Valmeyer, IL) with   |
| smaller levees succumbed to flooding; Relocation after flooding was   |
| used to protect citizens from additional problems                     |
|                                                                       |
| 38:00 St. Charles County had the 3^rd^ highest flood claims; numerous |
| attempts at mitigation measures such as buy-outs and elevation are    |
| discussed                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 44:00 Mitigation measures are described further; soil usage and       |
| erosion problems; understanding crop loss by farmers; buy-out         |
| meetings are shown; the concept of acceptable risk is discussed       |
|                                                                       |
| 53:00 100 and 500 year flood-plains are explained for viewer          |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Holbrook, Had (Narrator)                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Layman, Will (Narrator)                                               |
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### 

### **[First Response]{.underline}**[^25]

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| Directed  | None Stated                                              |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Cole, Elizabeth (Producer)                               |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Lim, Lillian (Producer)                                  |
|           |                                                          |
|           | Bar-on, Shachar (Producer)                               |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2001                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Building Collapse                                                     |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| "First Response relives the stories of sacrifice, courage, dedication |
| and daring that emerged from the tragedy. From the first impact to    |
| the increasingly desperate attempts to locate survivors, every phase  |
| is documented through incredible news footage and moving interviews   |
| with the heroes of Ground Zero. City officials, including Mayor Rudy  |
| Giuliani, reflect on how their practiced emergency plans helped New   |
| York handle the crisis, and reveal where preparations went horribly   |
| wrong. And we\'ll hear from the members of Ladder Company 6, who      |
| survived only because a woman they were saving was slow in coming     |
| down the stairs."                                                     |
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|                                                                       |
| This documentary provides a unique look at the actions of several New |
| York City senior administrators on the morning of September 11^th^,   |
| 2001. It includes the operational hurdles experienced by Mayor        |
| Guiliani, Police and Fire, as well as the relocation of the emergency |
| operations center.                                                    |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20 Footage of first responders                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 2:35 Brief discussion of the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 |
| and its impact; Explanation of the use of a fifth alarm for fire      |
| department which is its largest recall of personnel                   |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Impact after the South WTC tower collapsed                       |
|                                                                       |
| 5:20 Shots of ferrying of stranded citizens                           |
|                                                                       |
| 5:50 Jersey City provides reserve of officers to work the incident    |
|                                                                       |
| 6:30 Interviews of personnel from Ladder Six and the impact of        |
| Josephine; Personnel waited three hours after collapse of towers to   |
| be rescued in stairwell                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Guiliani and his work with Commissioner Van Essen; Joint press  |
| conference footage after attack with both men                         |
|                                                                       |
| 13:30 Descriptions of how Mayor Guiliani learned of the World Trade   |
| Center incident; Mayor learns of other incidents at Pentagon and      |
| Shanksville from Vice President Cheney                                |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Mayor was trapped in building after collapse of towers; A       |
| janitor was able to save the mayor because of his knowledge of back   |
| exit                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Command post is moved to a fire station near the site; Governor |
| Pataki mobilizes the National Guard to assist with security           |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 Description of the PATH train to World Trade Center is held     |
| from site                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 21:00 Evacuation problems from the WTC and surrounding area are       |
| discussed                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Port Authority call-takers are inundated with calls; Scene      |
| security and accountability are explained                             |
|                                                                       |
| 27:30 Emergency medical system is discussed as part of response to    |
| incident; New York University Medical Center is discussed; NYU        |
| Downtown mobilized its Mass Casualty Plan; Improvisation of medical   |
| staff examined                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 31:40 Patient flow at NYU Downtown stopped and is described           |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Office of Emergency Management Director talks of his and        |
| agency's role                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 The \$13 million emergency operations center for New York City  |
| is destroyed; EOC is moved to New York Police Department's Police     |
| Academy                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 48 hours after incident, a new EOC is open with a staff of 500  |
| people                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 41:00 Wall Street reopens six days after incident                     |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| www.thehistorychannel.com                                             |
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**[The Great San Francisco Earthquake: 1906]{.underline}**

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| Directed  | No director's credit given                               |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | WGBH Boston                                              |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Weidlinger, Tom (Produced and Written by)                |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1988                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Earthquake                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Fire                                                                  |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| In the early 1900s, San Francisco stood as a proud and flourishing    |
| symbol of America's recent subjugation of the once-wild west. But on  |
| April 18, 1906, the city would experience an awesome reminder of the  |
| uncontrollable forces lying dormant just beneath the splendors of its |
| cosmopolitan surface. The earthquake measured 8.3 on the Richter      |
| Scale, resulting in the worst catastrophe ever suffered by a North    |
| American City. (Quote taken from tape jacket)                         |
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|                                                                       |
| Little to no mention of non-structural or structural mitigation       |
| requirements before or after earthquake and fire.                     |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Discussion of 1865 earthquake and its part in the folklore of    |
| San Francisco                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 5:30 City had nearly burnt to ground six times by 1906                |
|                                                                       |
| 5:40 Mentions modern fire department as part of preparedness program  |
|                                                                       |
| 6:00 1/3 of city's people are special population -- non-American,     |
| non-English speaking                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 6:45 City's construction described as house of cards                  |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Discussion of special population -- City's residents in          |
| Chinatown                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 10:00 Narrator explains the Palace Hotel is protected by sprinkler    |
| system                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 13:00 Few buildings in San Francisco are built of steel, concrete and |
| brick; most buildings are framed and                                  |
|                                                                       |
| sided in wood                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 14:00 Fire department consists of 38 steamer wagons; 584 fireman; and |
| 320 horses                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 14:25 Narrator notes insurance underwriters state that city goes      |
| against all underwriting principles by not                            |
|                                                                       |
| burning to the ground                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 15:20 Several interviews of earthquake providers are shown            |
|                                                                       |
| 16:00 Description of damage occurs along 300 miles of San Andreas     |
| fault; quake equivalent to 6 million                                  |
|                                                                       |
| tons of TNT; described as greatest natural disaster to occur in North |
| America                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 17:45 Disaster shock described as people wandered the streets "as if  |
| a good friend had wronged them."                                      |
|                                                                       |
| People continued to wait for commuter trains after quake              |
|                                                                       |
| 18:25 People requested to watch buildings for potential looting       |
|                                                                       |
| 20:50 Narrator mentions hospitals are overcrowded, began to use dance |
| halls as triage centers                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 21:50 Gas mains are snapped; 50 fires are burning across the city;    |
| fire department has no water for                                      |
|                                                                       |
| steamers as water mains are also damaged; and telephone/telegraph     |
| lines are down                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 22:31 Mayor issues decree that looters will be shot on sight          |
|                                                                       |
| 22:45 Army is requested to assist in response and recovery; narrator  |
| mentions some soldiers were                                           |
|                                                                       |
| looting                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Army decides to use dynamite in response to fires to create     |
| fire breaks                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 27:00 Fire storms were reported; several citizens were reported to    |
| have been consumed by fire storms                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 28:15 Women interviewed recalls having post-traumatic stress          |
| nightmares as a child from seeing fires                               |
|                                                                       |
| 28:50 Attempts were made at mandatory evacuations of impacted         |
| portions of city                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 29:30 Looting was reported by adolescents; pictures shown of two boys |
| wearing signs stating they were                                       |
|                                                                       |
| caught looting                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 31:30 Sensationalism was discussed of the newspapers description of   |
| scenes                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 32:15 Disaster shock mentioned as citizens returned to their damaged  |
| and/or destroyed homes                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 33:00 Man being interviewed stated his family was subject to price    |
| gouging for wagon rides out of town                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 34:30 Damage estimated to be 50,000 homeless and 3,000 killed by      |
| earthquake and subsequent fire                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 37:40 Narrator discusses pillaging of survivors for cans of food and  |
| water as both are sparce                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 200,000 sheltered in tents                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 43:00 Fear of epidemics from blocked sewers and rats (bubonic         |
| plague); city paid bounty for dead rats                               |
|                                                                       |
| 44:00 \$170 million in insurance claims                               |
|                                                                       |
| 45:00 Walls of impacted buildings razed; bricks discarded or cleaned  |
| for use on new buildings; city spent                                  |
|                                                                       |
| \$20 million in debris removal                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 46:00 First line of trolley system working 10 days after quake        |
|                                                                       |
| 47:15 Notes the local relief agencies set up to respond to citizen    |
| and community needs                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 48:00 Convergence of tradesmen to assist in rebuilding city           |
|                                                                       |
| 49:20 28,000 buildings were destroyed in earthquake and fire; over    |
| 25,000 were rebuilt in 3 years                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 51:20 San Francisco lobbied and was able to host World's Fair by 1915 |
| showing impact of short and                                           |
|                                                                       |
| long-term recovery                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 54:00 By 1915, the city switched entirely from horse-drawn steamers   |
| to fire trucks; installed high pressure                               |
|                                                                       |
| water mains to serve citizens and serve fire fighters                 |
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|                                                                       |
| No longer commercially available\                                     |
| Local university or community library                                 |
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**[Ground Zero America: First Response]{.underline}**[^26]

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  Produced by  N/A

  Released     N/A
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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| First Response relives the stories of sacrifice, courage, dedication  |
| and daring that emerged from the tragedy. From the first impact to    |
| the increasingly desperate attempts to locate survivors, every phase  |
| is documented through incredible news footage and moving interviews   |
| with the heroes of Ground Zero. City officials, including Mayor Rudy  |
| Giuliani, reflect on how their practiced emergency plans helped New   |
| York handle the crisis, and reveal where preparations went horribly   |
| wrong. And we\'ll hear from the members of Ladder Company 6, who      |
| survived only because a woman they were saving was slow in coming     |
| down the stairs.                                                      |
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|                                                                       |
| This film provides discussion of the first moments during the         |
| response to the World Trade Center attack. Discussions include mass   |
| casualty incidents, media relation, EOC relocation and survivor       |
| interviews.                                                           |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 Program Starts                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 1:20 Shots of first responders                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 2:35 Mentioning of first WTC incident in 1993; Largest recall in      |
| history of New York City Fire Department                              |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Impact of the South Tower                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 5:20 Ferrying of victims mentioned as part of response                |
|                                                                       |
| 5:50 Jersey City provides resources to FDNY                           |
|                                                                       |
| 6:30 Josephine describes her story with Ladder 6 of FDNY              |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Ladder 6 in the stairwell told be persons who were trapped in    |
| the building                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Guiliani and discussion of FDNY personnel                       |
|                                                                       |
| 12:30 Thomas Van Essen and Mayor Guilliani's press conference         |
|                                                                       |
| 13:30 Mayor's learning of the incident                                |
|                                                                       |
| 14:00 Mayor's information dissemination                               |
|                                                                       |
| 16:00 Mayor learns of other events in U.S.                            |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Mayor is trapped in building and saved by janitor               |
|                                                                       |
| 18:00 Mayor begins briefings with reporters                           |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Incident command is moved to fire station near; Governor Pataki |
| mobilizes National Guard troops for New York                          |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 PATH Train held from WTC                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 21:00 Discussion of evacuation problems and actions                   |
|                                                                       |
| 22:09 WTC Police desk receive massive call volume                     |
|                                                                       |
| 25:00 Port Authority scene security and accountability is discussed   |
|                                                                       |
| 27:30 Emergency Medical Services is explained                         |
|                                                                       |
| 28:30 NYU Downtown hospital mass casualty plan is examined;           |
| improvisation of staff to prepare for potential influx of patients;   |
| staff for hospital are interviewed                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 31:40 Patient flow to NYU Downtown stops                              |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Office of Emergency Management's Sheirer is interviewed about   |
| response                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 WTC #7 is where the emergency operations center is located;     |
| \$13 million is lost from collapse and fire                           |
|                                                                       |
| 39:00 EOC is moved to police academy                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 48 hours after incident, a new EOC is opened capable of         |
| staffing 500 people                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 41:00 Wall Street opens six days after event                          |
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|                                                                       |
| DVD or VHS: [www.aetv.com](http://www.aetv.com/)                      |
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[]{#hurricane_earthsgreateststorm-1 .anchor}**[Hurricane: Earth's
Greatest Storm]{.underline}**

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  Directed By: Saperstone, Herb

  Produced by  Scott Resources

  Released     1991
  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Hurricane                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Storm Surge                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Wind related damage                                                   |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This documentary follows the development and paths of two hurricanes, |
| Wilma and Hugo. It then compares and contrasts the two storms and the |
| impact by each.                                                       |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| A quick video on hurricanes. It provides basic information on         |
| hurricanes, the development and some positive and negative            |
| consequences of these types of storms.                                |
|                                                                       |
| The video briefly covers Hurricane Wilma and Hurricane Hugo. Some     |
| footage of damage from Hugo as well as weather maps from the time of  |
| the storms are shown.                                                 |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:50 Hurricane formation; weather systems that create hurricanes      |
|                                                                       |
| 2:50 Hurricane Wilma is discussed                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 3:20 Types of storms are explained                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 3:40 Wind in the ocean is described; trade winds                      |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 The various types of storm clouds are explained                  |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 The formation of Hurricane Wilma and how hurricanes develop are  |
| explained                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Three features of a hurricane were discussed -- Rain bands,      |
| wind, and an eye                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 9:20 The eyewall of a hurricane is described                          |
|                                                                       |
| 11:00 A discussion of Hurricane Hugo begins; development of Hurricane |
| Hugo over the Caribbean                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 13:00 Hurricane warnings for the southeast because of Hugo are        |
| discussed                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 14:00 Landfall of Hugo near Charleston, SC; storm surge from Hugo is  |
| discussed                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 16:50 Bangladesh Cyclone discussed; estimates over 100,000 people     |
| were killed from a single storm                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 17:30 Narrator stated that estimates from a hurricane like Hugo would |
| supply enough energy for US for six months                            |
|                                                                       |
| 17:50 The benefits of a hurricane are discussed; dissipation of       |
| warmth; restocks wetlands and works on shorelines                     |
|                                                                       |
| 18:20 The problems of development are discussed; people building near |
| hurricane prone lands                                                 |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary Loan                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| http://www.accumall.com                                               |
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**[In the Path of a Killer Volcano]{.underline}**[^27]

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| Directed  | Whittlesey, Rob                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
|           | Buckner, Noel                                            |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Whittlesey, Rob                                          |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Buckner, Noel                                            |
|           |                                                          |
|           | WGBH (Series NOVA) Boston, MA                            |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1992                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Volcanic activity                                                     |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This film examines the impact of earthquakes. It uses quakes such as  |
| the Kobe, Japan and several California earthquakes as case studies.   |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :58 (VHS version begins) with NOVA information                        |
|                                                                       |
| 1:35 Credits begin                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 2:07 Footage of volcano activity; USGS personnel interview            |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Attempts to predict the eruption of a volcano; case study of     |
| Mount St. Helens; new technology is explained in volcano research     |
|                                                                       |
| 4:50 Mount Pinatubo, Philippines case study is examined; victim       |
| interviews                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 9:00 Explanation of sulfer dioxide measuring                          |
|                                                                       |
| 11:00 An examination of the historical perspective of Mount Pinatubo  |
| is taken                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 12:30 Pyroclastic clouds and lava are shown and discussed             |
|                                                                       |
| 16:50 Eruptions levels of volcanoes are explained to viewer           |
|                                                                       |
| 18:00 Scientists describe the problem of evacuation in volcano        |
| related events; decision process for ordering mandatory evacuations   |
| is discussed                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 22:01 The meeting between scientists and Clark Air Force Base in the  |
| Philippines is shown and discussed; decision process of raising level |
| to "Alert 4" is discussed; 110,000 total were evacuated               |
|                                                                       |
| 31:50 Pinatubo erupts on June 12                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 34:20 Shots of eruption of Mount Pinatubo                             |
|                                                                       |
| 35:00 Ash clouds were reportedly going 50 miles; a typhoon is headed  |
| in the direction of the volcanoes eruption                            |
|                                                                       |
| 36:30 Descriptions of survivors are played                            |
|                                                                       |
| 40:00 More evacuations are required from Mount Pinatubo; instruments  |
| measuring volcanic activity ceased operation                          |
|                                                                       |
| 41:40 Footage of General Studor of Clark AFB at a new conference;     |
| survivors describe their evacuation experience                        |
|                                                                       |
| 45:00 Description of damage from volcano and the typhoon; survivors   |
| describe their experience                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 48:00 Recovery process of the Mount Pinatubo area is explained        |
|                                                                       |
| 49:00 Narrator tells of the Pinatubo eruption was ten times more      |
| powerful than the Mount St. Helens eruption                           |
|                                                                       |
| 50:30 Footage of the ash flow                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 52:10 Enduring economic impact of the eruption discussed; 650 jobs    |
| lost; Clark AFB closed; were small eruptions over one year afterwards |
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| Starring                                                              |
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| Holbrook, Hal                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Layman, Will                                                          |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS or DVD                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| [www.pbs.org](http://www.pbs.org/)                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary loan                                                     |
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[]{#the_johnstown_flood .anchor}**[The Johnston
Flood]{.underline}**[^28] **[(Inecom)]{.underline}**

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| Directed  | Bussler, Mark                                            |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Burkett, Richard                                         |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Ingram, Dan                                              |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2003                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flood                                                                 |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| "At 3:37p.m., the massive dam explodes, unleashing 20 million tons of |
| water that crash down the Conemaugh Valley, wiping out half a dozen   |
| towns and taking with it nearly everything on its way to Johnstown.   |
| The people of Johnstown never imagined that they could experience     |
| such horror and ruin. When the flood hits the busy town, it flattens  |
| almost everything in its path. The mass of water travels fiercely,    |
| crashing into a stone railroad bridge, which it cannot destroy.       |
| Everything the flood gathers smashes into the bridge, further damming |
| up the water and creating a giant whirlpool. When a railroad car      |
| catches fire, it further adds to the destruction."                    |
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|                                                                       |
| This documentary provides a solid victim's perspective of the         |
| disaster that occurred after a damn break. The events leading up to   |
| the flood are explained. Problems with recovery are discussed by      |
| townspeople who tried to keep order and rebuild.                      |
|                                                                       |
| The DVD has additional footage with the narrator of the Johnstown     |
| Museum and provides great data about this event.                      |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :23 30,000 people were killed; Cambria Iron works discussed           |
|                                                                       |
| 2:20 May 1^st^, 1889; Description of events leading up to the flood   |
| including long week of rain                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 7:10 Mentioning of school being in session; Conemaugh Lake Reservior  |
| and the Southfork Dam were discussed as part of events causing flood  |
|                                                                       |
| 8:30 In the year 1857, railroad bought Southfork Dam; mud, hay and    |
| horse manure were used to repair the dam; Pipes used to regulate the  |
| dam were removed; Reservior was only meant to be 10 feet deep;        |
| Conemaugh Lake was 3 miles long and one mile wide                     |
|                                                                       |
| 10:40 Several citizens were described as fearing dam would break      |
|                                                                       |
| 11:20 Friday, May 31^st^, seepage through dam and the dam was         |
| overtopped; Rate of 1ft per hour                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 12:50 The dam stoves begin to sink                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 14:00 Town of Southfork was struck with flood water from dam          |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Stone viaduct between Southfork and Mineral Point was hit by    |
| rushing flood water                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 15:40 Mineral Point was struck; town was washed away and carried on   |
| the waves of flood                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 16:30 Penn Railroad lost roundhouse and many trains                   |
|                                                                       |
| 20:15 Woodvale struck by water                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 22:50 At 3:37 PM, Johnstown is struck by water                        |
|                                                                       |
| 28:00 Descriptions of the survivors who were in hotel                 |
|                                                                       |
| 29:30 200 people were saved in Alma Hall                              |
|                                                                       |
| 30:20 Remnants of Johnstown smash into railroad bridge then is        |
| repelled back into Johnstown; Water is swirled from backlash of       |
| hitting bridge causing more damage                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 32:40 Fire began to burn from oil near bridge; Debris caught in       |
| railroad bridge began to burn                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 36:30 By 4:00 PM, Johnstown is gone                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 38:00 June 1^st^ arrives as cold day with light rain; Cambria Iron    |
| Company (largest steel mill) is ruined or destroyed                   |
|                                                                       |
| 41:00 Citizens wandered streets to find homes and families            |
|                                                                       |
| 41:40 Remains of victims were found under most debris piles           |
|                                                                       |
| 43:00 Schoolhouse used as morgue; large number of victims were        |
| children who were unable to swim                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 44:30 Letter read from Anna Fern Maxwell who lost her husband and     |
| seven children from flood                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 46:00 Doctors believed many victims died from violent contact with    |
| objects                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 48:35 Some believe ample warning was given; many heeded warning and   |
| left town for higher ground                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 49:19 Looting is described; overall many helped with the recovery     |
| efforts                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 50:20 Some men tried to impart law on destroyed town                  |
|                                                                       |
| 52:20 Citizens cleared the town with pick axe and shovels as part of  |
| recovery efforts                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 53:00 Reports flooded from Johnstown; Clara Barton came as part of    |
| recovery effort; Tomb of Unknown Victims was created for victims      |
|                                                                       |
| 54:30 No lawsuits were filed against Southfork Hunting and Fishing    |
| Club; Johnstown Dam is still there; Alma Hall still stands            |
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  Richard Dreyfus (Narrator)
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| [www.johnstownflood.com](http://www.johnstownflood.com/)              |
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[]{#johnstown_flood_nova .anchor}**[The Johnston
Flood]{.underline}**[^29] **[(The American Experience)]{.underline}**

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| Directed  | Guggenheim, Charles                                      |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Guggenheim, Charles                                      |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | WGBH -- Boston, MA                                       |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2003                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Flood                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Dam Failure                                                           |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| The true story of one of the most devastating disasters in American   |
| history, the 1889 dam break that killed more than 2000 people in      |
| Johnstown, Pa.                                                        |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| The Johnstown Flood documentary gives good information into the human |
| factors leading up to the dam failure. This documentary focuses on    |
| the individuals and groups responsible for the disaster.              |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :34 Start of film (VHS copy)                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 4:40 Documentary starts with pictures of river; A brief description   |
| of the town was given including information on the Cambria Iron Works |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 The social life of Johnstown is described                        |
|                                                                       |
| 9:20 Explanation of the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club;          |
| membership in the club is described                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 11:45 The narrator describes the dam at South Fork; the club removed  |
| several feet from top of dam; it also placed silt screens over        |
| spillway to keep fish in lake; The drainage pipes were removed as     |
| well                                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 13:15 Many of the South Forks distinguished members are profiled in   |
| this portion of the tape; brief history of Carnegie, Mellon, Clark    |
| Family among others                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 Dam failure is initially described                              |
|                                                                       |
| 21:00 A description of the ride to the club via train is described;   |
| on one occasion the president of the club argued for repairs to be    |
| made to the dam                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 Social life at the club is described                            |
|                                                                       |
| 29:00 Morrell (ranking operator of Cambria Iron Works) requests site  |
| visit and work done to dam to protect towns along the way             |
|                                                                       |
| 32:30 Storms are explained; 8'' of rain falls in the Kanawha Valley;  |
| streets were being flooded; stretch of the track is washed out        |
|                                                                       |
| 38:30 An engineer from Cambria inspects dam and provides letter to    |
| South Fork operators alerting them of dam problems                    |
|                                                                       |
| 42:30 The dam break is described                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 45:00 Large fires are created as part of the flooding from hazardous  |
| materials; flash flood lasted approximately 10 minutes                |
|                                                                       |
| 48:20 Social recovery from event is explained; mortuaries in several  |
| buildings; letters inquiry to find missing loved ones; Long term      |
| recovery is described; organizations set up to rebuild; offers to     |
| volunteer were given from all over the country                        |
|                                                                       |
| 52:40 Clara Barton set up services and stayed for nearly 5 months     |
|                                                                       |
| 53:00 Donations were given from all over country to help in effort    |
|                                                                       |
| 54:17 The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club never reopened          |
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  McCullough, Roger (Narrator)
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| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS and DVD                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| [www.pbs.org](http://www.johnstownflood.com/)                         |
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**[Meltdown at Three Mile Island]{.underline}**[^30]

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| Directed  | Gazit, Chana                                             |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Gazit, Chana                                             |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Stewart, David                                           |
|           |                                                          |
|           | WGBH (American Experience) Boston, MA                    |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1999                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Nuclear Accident                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Radiation                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This film describes the events leading up and the response to the     |
| Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant reactor meltdown.               |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Using actual footage, politician, responder and victim interviews,    |
| this documentary provides a solid examination of the problematic      |
| response to the TMI meltdown. This film touches on the fears and      |
| concerns of risk communication to the public. It also discusses the   |
| problems of communication between the various levels of government    |
| and the power plant.                                                  |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 1:00 (VHS begins)                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 2:25 David McCullough provides background to film                     |
|                                                                       |
| 4:30 Three Mile Island (TMI) footage                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Description of community surrounding TMI                         |
|                                                                       |
| 5:40 Explanation of the how the release started; human error leading  |
| up to the meltdown                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 Footage of the control room at TMI                               |
|                                                                       |
| 7:30 Description of the radiator core problems; controllers did not   |
| believe it would happen                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 9:40 The general emergency is called by the plant                     |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 Local media learn of the problem and begin seeking information  |
|                                                                       |
| 11:50 Governor of Pennsylvania interviewed                            |
|                                                                       |
| 13:25 Description and footage of the media who converged on TMI to    |
| obtain more information                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 15:40 Footage of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the opening of |
| the Emergency Operations Center for the TMI incident                  |
|                                                                       |
| 16:40 Communications problems between the plant and the personnel on  |
| site; personal protective equipment causing communication problems;   |
| no direct line of communication between the NRC and the TMI           |
| personnel; designers of the reactor were unable to get through to TMI |
| personnel for five hours                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 19:20 Footage of the NRC commissioner at a congressional hearing      |
|                                                                       |
| 21:00 NRC personnel describe the problem of reviewing plans to build  |
| power plants                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 22:00 Numerous problems had occurred with the valve that              |
| malfunctioned prior to TMI meltdown                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 23:30 Governor is frustrated with the lack of information coming from |
| the plant; some senior administrators for governor dawn PPE and enter |
| plant                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Plant goes out of control again on Friday morning; evacuation   |
| is considered                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| 26:50 Documentary mentions the state and local emergency operations   |
| plans; two local plans had evacuation routes opposing each other over |
| the same bridge                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 28:20 Harrisburg, PA civil defense system is activated; try to decide |
| shelter in place or evacuation; impact of film "The China Syndrome"   |
|                                                                       |
| 29:30 Interview of resident is shown; officials are afraid of panic   |
| behavior in evacuation                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 31:00 Media personnel are requested to watch "China Syndrome" in      |
| order to prepare themselves for reporting at TMI                      |
|                                                                       |
| 33:00 Women and children are requested to evacuate the area near TMI; |
| nearly 140,000 people evacuate                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 36:30 Howard Denton is dispatched to scene by President Carter; he    |
| begins to restore trust in skeptical crowd                            |
|                                                                       |
| 38:00 Gas bubble is found in reactor; fear from scientists of a       |
| hydrogen explosion                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 42:05 Media hears of possible explosion; information seeking from     |
| media during press conference becomes hostile as limited information  |
| is given                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 44:05 President Carter comes to tour TMI to restore hope in citizens  |
|                                                                       |
| 45:20 A scientist goes to church and hears priest give General        |
| Absolution to congregation; rite only given when death is eminent     |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Scientists realized a wrong formula was used to determine       |
| amount of hydrogen                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 51:30 Situation comes to a close; people begin to return home;        |
| problem reactor is shut down                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 53:20 Meltdown of reactor is confirmed; nearly 50% of the core was    |
| gone from heat                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 54:00 New safety and training standards were created in wake of       |
| event; no nuclear power plant has been built since TMI incident       |
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| Starring                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Schrieber, Live (Narrator)                                            |
|                                                                       |
| McCullough, David (Host)                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| www.pbs.org                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary Loan                                                     |
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[]{#thenewfaceofterrorism .anchor}**[The New Face of
Terrorism]{.underline}**

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Directed  | NA                                                       |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Newman, Barbara                                          |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Harris, Bob                                              |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1996                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Domestic terrorism                                                    |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| The spread of terrorism and its heightened volatility, especially in  |
| the United States with numerous militia groups, are discussed.        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 2:50 Start of Program (from beginning of VHS tape)                    |
|                                                                       |
| 4:00 Randy Weaver interview; discussion on the patriot movement;      |
| approximate number of extremists at time of this films release was    |
| approximately 30 to 40,000; Ruby Ridge incident of 1992               |
|                                                                       |
| 6:40 Depictions of Neo-Nazi movement                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 8:30 New World Order belief system briefly explained; "ZOG" term      |
| explained                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 9:30 Jubilee Newspaper discussed                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 Estes Park meeting footage shown; 400 militias currently exist  |
| in the US                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 12:00 Long term impact of Ruby Ridge incident on the Weaver Family    |
| discussed; explanation of how children were scarred from incident     |
|                                                                       |
| 14:00 Cal Greenup interview from the patriot movement                 |
|                                                                       |
| 15:30 Ken Toole is interviewed on behalf of Human Rights              |
|                                                                       |
| 16:30 Several incidents carried out by extremist groups including the |
| attack of Karen Matthews in Modesto, CA                               |
|                                                                       |
| 23:35 Mary Ronin discusses the need to indoctrinate children with     |
| extremist ideals                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 26:00 Joe Roy interviewed from the Southern Poverty Law Center        |
|                                                                       |
| 27:30 William Pierce discussed; he was author of "Turner Diaries";    |
| Timothy McVeigh carried a copy of this document                       |
|                                                                       |
| 29:00 Use of the internet to get extremist information out to masses  |
|                                                                       |
| 31:30 Interview with Morris Dees and his 2^nd^ Amendment argument     |
|                                                                       |
| 32:00 Robert Brown (Soldier of Fortune) interviewed                   |
|                                                                       |
| 36:30 Montgomery County, MD case study; community prepares by having  |
| a Sarin gas exercise; Randy Weaver feels new extremists may use WMD   |
| to disrupt government                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 39:00 Methods of obtaining WMD discussed; terrorists ability to cook  |
| Ricin; ability of groups to obtain plague                             |
|                                                                       |
| 41:40 Responding to WMD events is shown                               |
|                                                                       |
| 42:20 Sarin Gas incident in Tokyo, Japan is discussed                 |
|                                                                       |
| 43:30 Mass decontamination scenarios are examined.                    |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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  Starring

  Curtis, Bill (Host)
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Availability:                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| VHS                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| [www.aetv.com](http://www.aetv.com/)                                  |
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[]{#naturesfury .anchor}**[Nature's Fury]{.underline}**[^31]

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| Directed  |                                                          |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Bernanke, Jaime (Producer)                               |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Rosenfelf, Michael (Executive Producer)                  |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1994                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Earthquakes                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| Tornado                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Flooding                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| For thousands of years, people have struggled to survive the          |
| devastating power of savage natural calamities. Now, witness          |
| spectacular scenes of cataclysmic destruction---and inspiring human   |
| courage---captured by the acclaimed filmmakers of National            |
| Geographic. See the city-shattering power of earthquakes in urban     |
| epicenters from San Francisco to Tokyo. And experience the moving     |
| human side of the story, from tales of heroism and tragedy to the     |
| dedicated scientists racing to understand and, ultimately, better     |
| predict the deadly forces of *Natures Fury!* Approximately 60         |
| minutes.                                                              |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| An excellent video to help introduce several types of natural         |
| phenomena. This film also touches on the mitigation, preparedness and |
| response to the various types of disaster agents included in this     |
| film.                                                                 |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 0:00 Dramatic footage of disasters                                    |
|                                                                       |
| 3:00 Footage of earthquakes during quake                              |
|                                                                       |
| 5:20 Survey of historic quakes in Japan and Mexico City               |
|                                                                       |
| 8:00 San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is discussed.                   |
|                                                                       |
| 11:30 Earthquake construction in San Francisco, Los Angeles and other |
| cities around the globe are                                           |
|                                                                       |
| examined                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 13:20 Problems of responding to earthquakes including                 |
|                                                                       |
| 14:30 Tokyo earthquake problems are discussed. Preparedness and       |
| mitigation programs are explained                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 17:20 Tornadoes are shown including footage of storm chasers          |
|                                                                       |
| 23:00 Hurricanes segment begins                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 23:30 Typhoon in Bangladesh is investigated                           |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 Hurricane Andrew is discussed with facts and interviews of      |
| survivors                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| 28:00 The environmental toll of Hurricane Andrew is examined          |
|                                                                       |
| 31:30 Coastal development is considered by documentary                |
|                                                                       |
| 32:10 Segment on flooding begins                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 33:00 Analysis of the Mississippi Flood of 1993 and its response      |
| begins                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 38:30 Description of the Army Corps of Engineers levee system;        |
| subsequent breaks during storm of                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 1993\. Case Studies of several towns along the river describe fights  |
| to protect the town from                                              |
|                                                                       |
| flooding                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 46:40 Segment on prediction of natural disasters begins with          |
| earthquakes in Parkfield, CA                                          |
|                                                                       |
| 48:30 Discussion of severe weather technology from DOPPLAR and NEXRAD |
| to storm chasing is                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| described                                                             |
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|                                                                       |
| National Geographic Society:                                          |
| [www.nationalgeographic.com](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/)      |
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[]{#remembersept11 .anchor}**[Remember September 11,
2001]{.underline}**[^32]

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| Directed  | None Listed                                              |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Cartwright, Ben                                          |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Nine Elleven Productions                                 |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 2001                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This film is a documentary explaining the days events of September    |
| 11, 2001. It provides an excellent overview of all the flights        |
| involved.                                                             |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Remember September 11, 2001 provides the viewer a great summary of    |
| the day with footage and interviews of the survivors.                 |
|                                                                       |
| This video provides a detailed description of the flight paths of the |
| planes.                                                               |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :07 Quote from Tony Blair is shown on screen                          |
|                                                                       |
| :22 Footage of smoking World Trade Center towers; Film of the planes  |
| hitting the WTC                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| 1:50 Summary of the other acts of terrorism against the US            |
|                                                                       |
| 3:00 Description of the American Flight 11                            |
|                                                                       |
| 3:20 Description of the United Airlines Flight 93                     |
|                                                                       |
| 3:32 Description of the American Airlines Flight 77                   |
|                                                                       |
| 3:48 Description of the United Airlines Flight 175                    |
|                                                                       |
| 4:20 Footage of the first flight into WTC Building One; Survivors     |
| discuss their experience                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 5:40 Second plane strikes the south building; first responders        |
| describe their actions                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 7:00 People describe their experience attempting to evacuate and      |
| leave the area as well as provide assistance to other citizens        |
|                                                                       |
| 9:00 The flight path into the pentagon is described                   |
|                                                                       |
| 11:03 United Flight 93 flight path is explained                       |
|                                                                       |
| 13:00 Effects of the attacks are discussed: grounding of flights,     |
| stock market closures, streets and bridges around New York City are   |
| closed                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Collapse of the south tower is shown; survivor interviews are   |
| played                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 16:20 North tower collapse is covered; firefighter interviews are     |
| played while shots of collapse are displayed                          |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Facts such as amount of office space lost is equal to Miami and |
| Atlanta central business districts is given                           |
|                                                                       |
| 21:10 Clips of the President's speech the night after September       |
| 11^th^, 2001 are shown                                                |
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|                                                                       |
| DVD or VHS                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Interlibrary Loan                                                     |
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[]{#ebola .anchor}**[Tornado!]{.underline}**[^33]

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| Directed  | Engel, Larry                                             |
| By:       |                                                          |
|           | Lucas, Thomas                                            |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Engel, Larry                                             |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | Lucas, Thomas                                            |
|           |                                                          |
|           | WGBH (Series NOVA) Boston, MA                            |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1985                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

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| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Tornado                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Wind-related                                                          |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| This program presents current scientific research on tornadoes.       |
| Tornadoes have long eluded systematic investigation, but now a large  |
| number of scientists are recording data in the field and modeling     |
| tornado phenomena in the laboratory. Direct field observations and    |
| new technologies such as advance radar-tracking system provide        |
| detailed information and may improve early detection systems.         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This documentary uses several case studies from Wisconsin, Oklahoma   |
| and Texas to examine thunderstorm behavior that produces Tornadoes.   |
| It follows several academics while they try to chase storms in        |
| Oklahoma and Texas.                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Tornado provides and excellent footage and narrative on how storms    |
| are studied. Also the film provides a great description of how severe |
| weather is formed with footage of actual clouds/storms and            |
| animations.                                                           |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :35 (start of VHS copy) Wisconsin tornado damage shown                |
|                                                                       |
| 2:11 Credits start with shots of several tornadoes; narrator explains |
| several historical storms including the April 1974 super outbreak     |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Description begins of measuring storms; Footage and description  |
| of "Toto" the storm measuring device; use of weather balloons;        |
| DOPPLAR radar for tracking storms is discussed                        |
|                                                                       |
| 8:30 Detailed explanation of how severe storms are created; explains  |
| cloud formations; shows footage of the storms                         |
|                                                                       |
| 12:30 Follows several academics (storm chasers) attempting to find a  |
| tornado and gather additional information; they are attempting to     |
| gather data to further predict the location of storms/tornadoes       |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Footage of the preparation process for storm chasing;           |
| discussion of the problems of communication systems; attempting to    |
| predict the path of storms; footage of the team tracking storms       |
|                                                                       |
| 23:00 After not seeing tornado activity; attempt to study the data    |
| team was able to gather                                               |
|                                                                       |
| 25:30 Wisconsin tornado victim interviews; damage from the storm;     |
| tornado occurred at 1:00 AM                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 32:20 Discussion of Texas Tech Wind Engineering Program               |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Recovery of the Wisconsin storm; citizens decide to whether to  |
| leave or not; stress from storm is discussed                          |
|                                                                       |
| 37:00 New radar techniques to track storms                            |
|                                                                       |
| 40:30 Severe weather station in Boulder, CO is examined               |
|                                                                       |
| 43:45 A description of the tornado is given by describing wind        |
| direction changes                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 50:00 Attempt to deploy "Toto" to learn more about storms             |
|                                                                       |
| 51:20 More recovery problems discussed via interviews and church      |
| services held outdoors                                                |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS                                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| www.pbs.org                                                           |
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**[Winds of Change]{.underline}**[^34]

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| Directed  | Peck, Daniel                                             |
| By:       |                                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Produced  | Peck, Daniel                                             |
| by        |                                                          |
|           | BBC & The Learning Channel                               |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Released  | 1998                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Climate change                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| earthquakes                                                           |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| See how 7 million years ago, as a result of India colliding with the  |
| Asian land mass, Africa became drier, and our ancestors were driven   |
| out of the forests onto the savannah. In Asia, this collision         |
| resulted in monsoon rains that became linked to the tides in the      |
| western Pacific. This comprehensive explanation details how any       |
| oscillation in this pattern can result in typhoons and crop failures  |
| from California to Kenya                                              |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| This documentary provides an interesting example of geological and    |
| other physical factors that are causes to earthquakes and severe      |
| weather.                                                              |
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| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :40 (VHS) BBC                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| :51 The Credits start                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 2:40 Title sequence                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 5:30 The global network of seismometers is explained; sought to find  |
| the testing of nuclear devices                                        |
|                                                                       |
| 6:20 Plate tectonics is explained                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 7:20 Case study of Nepal is used; Himalayan earthquakes are described |
| as part of mountain building process; land is rising; the Himalayans  |
| have 15 earthquakes per day                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 12:30 A description of mountains and formation is given; seeks to     |
| explain why fossils are found on top of mountains                     |
|                                                                       |
| 16:30 Continent formation is described by narrator; attempts to       |
| determine how high mountains will grow in terms of them being like a  |
| fluid;                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 24:00 Greece is shown as mountains flow down into seas                |
|                                                                       |
| 34:00 Scientists attempt to find "normal" faults                      |
|                                                                       |
| 36:00 Monsoons are described as air comes down off the mountains;     |
| Tibet is the cause of them; the higher the mountains, the greater the |
| monsoons                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 40:20 Plants are studied to explain the changes in climate, terrain   |
| and height increase                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| 44:00 Death Valley (Lowest point in North America) used to be part of |
| mountain range according to scientists in film                        |
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|                                                                       |
| VHS or DVD                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| [www.primedia.com](http://www.primedia.com/)                          |
|                                                                       |
| [www.films.com](http://www.films.com/)                                |
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[]{#wtc_the_first_24_hours .anchor}**[WTC: The First 24
hours]{.underline}**[^35]

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  Directed By: Sauret, Etienne

  Produced by  Not Provided

  Released     2002
  ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [Hazards Associated with Film]{.underline}:                           |
|                                                                       |
| Terrorism                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Building Collapse                                                     |
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| [Plot Summary]{.underline}:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| "Beginning with the North Tower afire and billowing dense smoke, and  |
| ending with the vast expanse of ash-brown debris the following        |
| morning, WTC: THE FIRST 24 HOURS documents "ground zero" in the       |
| immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade       |
| Center, September 11, 2001.This documentary was shot independently    |
| over a 24-hour period. It is first a witness to the fall of the twin  |
| towers, as a line of fire and a buckle in the armature signal         |
| imminent collapse. It is then an intimate view of the smoldering      |
| monocromatic site and the surrounding solitary streets; the ashen     |
| outskirts of New York's financial center, desolate and strewn with    |
| debris, and the epicenter, a steel moonscape of Dresdenesque remains. |
| People on the site work monotonously\--first in a fervor, then dazed  |
| and trance-like. The images speak for themselves, intentionally       |
| devoid of any commentary or musicThis presentation contains two       |
| versions of WTC: THE FIRST 24 HOURS, the expanded documentary and the |
| original version, which began as a raw reflection of "ground zero" in |
| the wake of the World Trade Center collapse.                          |
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| [Narrative/Rationale]{.underline}: (Appropriate Examples)             |
|                                                                       |
| Somber original footage of the first 24 hours of the response and     |
| recovery efforts in and around ground zero.                           |
|                                                                       |
| There is no narration to this film, however, the images conveyed show |
| the valiance of the first responders and problems inherent with the   |
| response.                                                             |
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| [Chronology of Film]{.underline}: (Appropriate Emergency Management   |
| Related Information)                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| :01 Numerous angles/shots of video of the World Trade Center (WTC)    |
| with second plane striking the towers                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 2:30 Video of second tower collapsing                                 |
|                                                                       |
| 3:46 Footage of collapse                                              |
|                                                                       |
| 5:00 Images from inside the WTC after planes struck building          |
|                                                                       |
| 6:18 Shots of ground zero from inside building near area              |
|                                                                       |
| 7:10 Shots of responders near destroyed fire apparatus                |
|                                                                       |
| 8:00 Shots of responders staging for entry into ground zero           |
|                                                                       |
| 9:30 Impacted automobiles with hazard lights flashing                 |
|                                                                       |
| 10:30 Series of quick images around ground zero and immediately       |
| surrounding area                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 12:30 Responders walking into ground zero                             |
|                                                                       |
| 13:14 Shots near ground zero with streets empty; New York Stock       |
| Exchange is shown empty and lifeless                                  |
|                                                                       |
| 15:00 Shots of search and rescue workers as well as iron workers in   |
| ground zero                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| 17:00 Several shots of responders rehabilitating at a Burger King     |
| Restaurant                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| 18:30 Shots of ground zero through window of building                 |
|                                                                       |
| 19:00 Workers resting on floor of a convenience store                 |
|                                                                       |
| 20:00 Shots of Ground Zero from inside restaurant                     |
|                                                                       |
| 20:30 Walking through Ground Zero                                     |
|                                                                       |
| 25:30 Shots of the next morning at Ground Zero                        |
|                                                                       |
| 27:30 Close-up shots walking through WTC ruins                        |
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|                                                                       |
| DVD and VHS                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| [www.newvideo.com](http://www.newvideo.com/)                          |
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[]{#nova_flood .anchor}

[Considerations for obtaining film and video:]{.underline}

Blockbuster Video: <http://www.blockbuster.com/>.

> From Blockbuster.com, one may check availability of rental videos at a
> local store or purchase videos online.

DVD Empire: [http://www.dvdempire.com](http://www.dvdempire.com/).

DVD Empire provides an additional source of purchasing movies online.

Movies Unlimited:
[http://www.moviesunlimited.com](http://www.moviesunlimited.com/)

> Movies unlimited provides numerous titles that a local video store may
> not have in stock.

Netflix. <http://www.netflix.com/>.

> Netflix is an online video rental company. For those without a library
> or university budget to obtain videos, this option provides the
> instructor an option to rent numerous films that may not be available
> at a local store.

[Selected Bibliography of Disaster Film related material]{.underline}

[(Academic, Governmental, and Non-profit Sources):]{.underline}

Broderick, M. (1991). [Nuclear Movies : A Critical Analysis and
Filmography of]{.underline}

> [International Feature Length Films Dealing with Experimentation,
> Aliens, Terrorism, Holocaust, and Other Disaster Scenarios,
> 1914-1989]{.underline}. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Pp. 219.

Couch, S. (2000). The Cultural Scene of Disasters: Conceptualizing the
Field of

> Disasters and Popular Culture. [International Journal of Mass
> Emergencies and Disasters. 18]{.underline}(1). Pp. 21-37.

Emergency Preparedness News. (2005). [Box Office Disaster: Help or
Hindrance in Public Emergency]{.underline}

[Preparedness?]{.underline}. Silver Spring, MD: Business Publishers,
Inc. Pp. 31-32.

Fischer, H. (1994). [Response to Disaster: Fact vs. Fiction & It's
Perpetuation:]{.underline}

> [The Sociology of Disaster]{.underline}. University Press of America.
> Lanham: MD. pp. 11-22.

Keane, S. (2001). [Disaster Movies: The Cinema of
Catastrophe]{.underline}. London:

Wallflower. Pp. 133.

Meisenhelder, T. (1979). The Social Meaning of "Disaster" Films.
American

Sociological Association (Conference Paper).

Mitchell, J., Thomas, D. Hill, A, and Cutter, S. (2000). [Catastrophe in
Reel Life]{.underline}

> [versus Real Life: Perpetuating Disaster Myth through Hollywood
> Films]{.underline}. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and
> Disasters. 18(3), pp. 383-402

Schechter, H. & Molesworth, C. (1978). [\"It\'s Not Nice to Fool Mother
Nature\":]{.underline}

> [The Disaster Movie and Technological Guilt]{.underline}. Journal of
> American Culture. Spring. Pp. 44-50.

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change. (2004). [The Day After
Tomorrow:]{.underline}

> [Could It Really Happen?.]{.underline} Accessed via World Wide Web on
> June 23, 2004 at <http://www.pewclimate.org/dayaftertomorrow.cfm>.

United States Geological Survey. (May 6, 2004). [Earthquakes, Mega
Quakes,]{.underline}

> [and the Movies: Lights! Cameras! Disaster!]{.underline}. Unites
> States Department of the Interior. Accessed via World Wide Web on June
> 23, 2004 at <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/megaquakes.html>

Webb, G. Wachtendorf, T, and Eyre, A. (2000). [Bringing Culture Back
In:]{.underline}

> [Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Disaster]{.underline}.
> [International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters.
> 18]{.underline}(1). Pp. 5-19.

[Additional Resources:]{.underline}

Morgan, K. (2004). [Disaster Piece Theater: It's the End of the World As
We]{.underline}

> [Know It]{.underline}. MSN Entertainment. Accessed via World Wide Web
> on June 23, 2004 at
> <http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=159032>.

Reeves, C. 2004. [Colby Reeve's Disaster Online! The Worlds
Only]{.underline}

> [Comprehensive Source of Information on Disaster Movies]{.underline}.
> <http://www.disasteronline.com/>.

[^1]: Special assistance provided by Dr. William Waugh, Georgia State
    University in getting his annotation list of disaster related film.

[^2]: Information on [Arlington Road]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^3]: Information on [Meteor]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^4]: Information on [The Core]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^5]: Information on [Dante's Peak]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^6]: Information on [The Day After]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^7]: Information on [The Core]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^8]: Information on [Deep Impact]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^9]: Information on [Dirty War]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^10]: Information on [Fearless]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.
    MPAA rating found at
    [www.moviesunlimited.com](http://www.moviesunlimited.com/).

[^11]: Information on [Hard Rain]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^12]: Information on [Outbreak]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^13]: Information on [Tidal Wave: No Escape]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^14]: Information on [The Towering Inferno]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.
    MPAA rating found at
    [www.moviesunlimited.com](http://www.moviesunlimited.com/).

[^15]: Information on [Twister]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^16]: Information on [Volcano]{.underline} was taken from
    http://[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^17]: Information on [Air Crash]{.underline} was taken from
    <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^18]: Information on [Bhopal: The Second Tragedy]{.underline} was taken
    from [http://www.primedia.com](http://www.primedia.com/) unless
    otherwise noted.

[^19]: Information on [Ebola: The Plague Fighters]{.underline} was taken
    from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^20]: Information on [Blue Planet: Planet Earth]{.underline} was taken
    from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^21]: Information on Buffalo Creek Revisited was taken from
    <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^22]: Information on [The Day the Earth Shook]{.underline} was taken
    from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^23]: Information on [Ebola: The Plague Fighters]{.underline} was taken
    from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^24]: Information on [Flood of the Millennium]{.underline} was taken
    from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^25]: Information on [First Response]{.underline} was taken from
    [http://www.thehistorychannel.com](http://www.thehistorychannel.com/)
    unless otherwise noted.

[^26]: Information on Ground Zero American: First Response was taken
    from [http://www.aetv.com](http://www.aetv.com/) unless otherwise
    noted.

[^27]: Information on [In the Path of a Killer Volcano]{.underline} was
    taken from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^28]: Information on [Johnstown Flood]{.underline} was taken from
    [http://www.johnstownflood.com](http://www.johnstownflood.com/)
    unless otherwise noted.

[^29]: Information on [Johnstown Flood]{.underline} was taken from
    <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^30]: Information on [Meltdown at Three Mile Island]{.underline} was
    taken from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^31]: Information on [Nature's Fury]{.underline} was taken from
    [www.nationalgeographic.com](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/)
    unless otherwise noted.

[^32]: Information on [Remember September 11, 2001]{.underline} was
    taken from <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^33]: Information on [Tornado!]{.underline} was taken from
    <http://www.unt.edu/library> unless otherwise noted.

[^34]: Information on [Winds of Change]{.underline} was taken from
    [www.primedia.com](http://www.primedia.com/) unless otherwise noted.

[^35]: Information on [WTC: The First 24 Hours]{.underline} was taken
    from [http://www.newvideo.com](http://www.newvideo.com/) unless
    otherwise noted.