Killer hurricanes [DVD video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Twinch, Oliver, television producer, television director.

Williams, Paul (Director), director of photography, television director.

Sechler, Craig, narrator.

Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2018]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781531702311

Abstract:

Killer Hurricanes pursues the riddle of an 18th century Caribbean super storm that killed 20,000, the highest known death toll of any single weather event. To reconstruct its epic scale and investigate what made it so devastating, NOVA joins historians and storm sleuths as they track down clues in eyewitness chronicles, old ruins, and computer simulations.

General Note:

Documentary.

Originally aired on PBS on November 1, 2017.

Running time incated on container: approximately 60 minutes; program running time: 53 minutes.

Wide screen.

Performers:

Narrator, Craig Sechler.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; wide screen presentation; stereo.

Subject Term:

Hurricanes -- Caribbean Area -- History.

Hurricanes -- Caribbean Area -- 18th century.