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Title:

The storm [videorecording] / produced by Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith ; written by Martin Smith ; a Frontline coproduction with Rainmedia ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Widescreen format.

Publisher:

PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricanes--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Natural disasters--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Emergency management--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Emergency management--United States.
United States.--Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Gaviria, Marcela.
Smith, Martin (Martin E.)
Lyman, Will.
Rain Media, Inc.
WGBH Educational Foundation.

Other Titles:

Frontline (Television program)

Notes:

Reporter, Martin Smith ; narrator, Will Lyman. Originally produced as an episode of the documentary television program Frontline in 2005. Special feature: optional audio commentary (by Gaviria and Smith). "Enhanced for 16x9 televisions"--Container.

Summary:

"'The Storm' examines the first critical hours of local, state, and federal emergency response to Hurricane Katrina. Why were there so many bureaucratic and communication failures? Why did decades of disaster planning still leave New Orleans unprepared? FRONTLINE investigates the decisions made before Katrina and in the desperate moments when New Orleans devolved into chaos"--Container.

ISBN:

9780793690985
0793690986

UPC:

841887005999

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)