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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:

Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

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

Subject:

DVD videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Hurricanes--Caribbean Area--History.
Hurricanes--Caribbean Area--18th century.
Hurricanes.
Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.
Environmental television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Twinch, Oliver, television director. television director.
Sechler, Craig, narrator.
Baysted, Stephen, 1969- composer (expression)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.
Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster. broadcaster.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Titles:

Nova (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary. Narrator, Craig Sechler. Originally aired on PBS on November 1, 2017. Running time incated on container: approximately 60 minutes; program running time: 53 minutes. Wide screen.

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.

ISBN:

1531702317
9781531702311

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1015252064

UPC:

841887034005

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)