Encounter with Disaster

Out of all the newer disaster documentaries, this oldie is still great. It shows fantastic footage of the TEXAS CITY explosion, Hurricane Camille, Le Mans & Indy deadly crashes, and more. Besides the normal footage we learn how these disasters could have been possibly stopped.

This Sun Classic produced documentary sadly goes a different direction then most Sunn Classic documentaries and does not focus on on fun, fringe theories. Instead it cycles through several disasters by providing narration and relevant footage of the event. The cause and the aftermath of each disaster is examined while the narrator provides a, thankfully, professional description; putting it a step above some of it's mondo/faces of death siblings. The film mostly avoids an exploitative use of this footage with the exception of some footage of an apartment fire that shows not only people falling to their deaths but also their uncovered corpses.

I searched for 10 years to find a copy of this movie...I orginally watched it in 1979 with my father and we recorded to our betamax deck. Over the years our family had recorded over portions of the video and I was disappointed that we had lost it. After searching ebay...I found a copy of this movie and now am enjoying this scary docu-drama as I did at the age of 10. By far the best 'disaster' movie ever made! San Fransisco EarthQuakes Alaska EarthQuakes Hurricane Camille Xenia, Ohio Tornado Outbreak Volcanoes Hindenberg Racing Car Disasters Texas City Texas Explosions...and much more!!! This is one to watch!!!