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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Killer hurricanes / a NOVA production by Blink Entertainment Ltd. for WGBH Boston in association with Channel 4 and SBS-TV Australia with the support of Creative Europe--MEDIA Programme of the European Union ; series produced and directed by Oliver Twinch ; filmed and directed by Paul Williams ; produced by WGBH.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]

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

Description:

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

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

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.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TV-PG.

Subjects:

Hurricanes -- Caribbean Area -- History.

Hurricanes -- Caribbean Area -- 18th century.

Hurricanes.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Science television programs.

Environmental television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.