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Spiral to Disaster
Title
Spiral to Disaster [electronic resource (video)] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c1997.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (29 min.)) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 31, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
On the night of July 6th 1988, the Piper Alpha oil rig was destroyed by fire and explosion .There were 226 men on board; 167 perished. This film focuses on one crucial hour in the disaster when lives could have been saved.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1997.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Disaster (Series 1)
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Piper Alpha Explosion (1:29)
Offshore Engineering Compromise (0:57)
Permit to Work System (2:34)
Spiral to Disaster (2:49)
Piper Alpha Explosion (2:47)
Evacuation Failure (2:21)
Production over Safety (2:42)
Gas Explosion (1:32)
Piper Alpha Escape Attempts (1:48)
Final Escape Route (1:06)
Piper Alpha Collapse (1:21)
Piper Alpha Victims (2:37)
Piper Alpha Investigation (2:07)
Piper Alpha Legacy (1:57)
Credits: Spiral to Disaster: Disaster (Series 1) (0:41)
Videorecording number
57466s Infobase
57471 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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