Title: Great disasters
Description: Consists of stock footage from ITN/Reuters of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse, the aftermath of Pan Am flight 103's mid-air explosion over Lockerbie, and the 1998 high-speed train crash at Eschede. Clips of natural disasters include flooding in New England; Florida hurricanes; earthquakes in Turkey, Taiwan, and Mexico City; avalanches in France and Austria; volcanic eruptions in Hawaii, New Zealand, Montserrat, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Subjects: Stock footage, Disasters, Modern History, Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988, Chi-chi Earthquake, Taiwan, 1999, Izmit Earthquake, Turkey, 1999, Hurricane Georges, 1998, Railroad accidents, Avalanches
Places: Germany, Eschede, France, Austria, Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1940), Pacaya Volcano (Guatemala), Colima (Mexico : Volcano), Cerro Negro (Nicaragua)
Time periods: 20th century