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Modern Marvels. More Engineering Disasters
Title
Modern Marvels. More Engineering Disasters [electronic resource (video)] / A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c1999.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Often a huge disaster is traced back to a tiny cause, insignificant in itself but capable of triggering a domino effect. In some cases negligence is responsible for major catastrophes.
Variant and related titles
More Engineering Disasters
Films on demand.
Modern marvels (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: A&E Television Networks, LLC, 1999.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
10 & up.
Contents
The Rockets (2:36)
Wernher von Braun (3:21)
Failed Launch Attempts (1:59)
The Chauchat 1917 (4:30)
U.S.S Thresher (7:32)
Liberty Ships 1943-1945 (4:34)
Andrea Doria 1956 (3:44)
Hartford Civic Center 1978 (4:02)
St. Francis Dam 1928 (3:20)
Northeast Blackout 1965 (6:52)
Credits: Modern Marvels: More Engineering Disasters (1:00)
Videorecording number
42867 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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