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There is one known amateur film of the disaster, a 25-second 8mm home movie by Harold N. Schenck, [12] [21] giving a side-rear view of the disaster. [11] While it was known by the Lakehurst Historical Society for many years and shown at an event for the 50th anniversary of the disaster, it was not publicly broadcast until May 2014 by NBC.
It includes a legal definition of genocide. Before the creation of the term "genocide", the destruction of the Ottoman Greeks was known by Greeks as "the Massacre" (in Greek: η Σφαγή), "the Great Catastrophe" (η Μεγάλη Καταστροφή), or "the Great Tragedy" (η Μεγάλη Τραγωδία). [142]
This list of disaster films represents over half a century of films within the genre. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing disaster as a central plot feature. The films typically feature large casts and multiple storylines and focus on the protagonists attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster ...
The footage of the Hindenburg disaster in 1937. The tornado that hit Xenia, Ohio in 1974; Hurricane Camille in 1969. The Dust Bowl during the Great Depression; The 1974 Joelma fire in Brazil. The eruption of Mount Etna in Italy in 1971. The sinking of the SS Andrea Doria in 1956. The accidents during the 1973 Indianapolis 500.
Disasters of the Century is a documentary television series that airs on History Television.The program is produced by Regina, Saskatchewan-based Partners in Motion.. Each episode documents two different disasters from Canada and around the world, using a mixture of re-enactments, photographs, and interviews with survivors and family members of victims.
His life experiences were featured in the TV movie called Onassis, The Richest Man in the World. [75] During the Smyrna catastrophe, the Onassis family lost substantial property holdings, which were either taken or given to Turks as bribes to secure their safety and freedom. They became refugees, fleeing to Greece after the fire. However ...
Japanese commentators interpreted the disaster as an act of divine punishment to admonish the Japanese people for their self-centered, immoral, and extravagant lifestyles. In the long run, the response to the disaster was a strong sense that Japan had been given an unparalleled opportunity to rebuild the city and rebuild Japanese values.
In 1963, in John Sturges's The Great Escape, Bronson was part of an ensemble cast who played World War II prisoners of war. [89] The film received acclaim. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the critics consensus reads, "With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic."