Disaster Specials - BBC DVD [BJ 54.086 DVD] | |
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Disaster Specials - BBC DVD | £310.00
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These specially commissioned and created programmes are specifically intended to focus and inform you and your colleagues on issues relating to health and safety, crisis management and post-disaster supervision.
Episode 1: Kings Cross
Over thirty people died in the Kings Cross underground fire, which broke out as commuters headed home on November 18, 1987. At around 19.30 a passenger on an escalator lit a cigarette and dropped the match. The results of this seemingly tiny action were disastrous. The miniscule fire fed on grease on the moving stairway and in 10 minutes had engulfed the wooden treads on the steps. Fifteen minutes later the flames had reached the Kings Cross ticket hall, then erupted in a fireball, filling the crowded station with poisonous black smoke. Many of those who died were killed instantly. Almost 15 years on, King's Cross - Beneath the Flames, examines one of the UK's worst ever disasters. Also contains three 5-minute modules addressing key elements of the catastrophe.
Episode 2: Kansas City
On a hot July evening in 1981, 2000 people were enjoying a tea dance at the recently opened Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Kansa City, Missouri. A few minutes after 7pm one of the walkways collapsed onto the catwalk below, then crashed to the floor beneath. Over one hundred people were killed. Hundreds more were injured and mutilated. This comprehensive and dramatic film recreates that fatal evening, explaining why so many people lost their lives and how many more were saved by the rescue operation. Kansas City - Death by Design reveals a catalogue of horrific human error, architectural flaws and tragic occurrences that culminated in one of the accidental structural failure in American history. Also contains three 5-minute modules addressing key elements of the catastrophe.
Disaster Specials
Episode 1: Kings Cross
Episode 2: Kansas City
Duration 2 x 30 minutes.
Certificate UC
Released 2002
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