The Storm that drowned a city / a Pioneer production for Nova in association with WGBH/Boston, Five, Spiegel TV and Arte ; executive producer for Pioneer Productions, Mike Beckham.

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Featuring eyewitness testimony, Nova takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast. In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurric...

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Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Pioneer Productions
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Channel Five (Great Britain)
Spiegel TV
ARTE France
WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Penry-Davey, Caroline
Chinn, Peter
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned ; described video for the visually impaired.
Published: [Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2006]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Cyclonic Storms.
Disasters.
Louisiana.
New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Emergency management > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Hurricane protection > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Hurricanes > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Hurricanes.
Emergency management.
Hurricane protection.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
2005
Documentaries and Factual Films.
Documentary television programs.
Nature television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Documentary > Television special.
Genre:
Documentaries and Factual Films.
Documentary television programs.
Nature television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Documentary
Television special.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Hurricane Katrina: the storm that drowned a city.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Featuring eyewitness testimony, Nova takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast. In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, leading to more than a thousand deaths and transforming a city of over one million into an uninhabitable swamp. "Storm That Drowned a City" is NOVA's definitive investigation into the science of Hurricane Katrina, combining a penetrating analysis of what went wrong with a dramatic, minute-by-minute unfolding of events told through eyewitness testimony. What made this storm so deadly? Will powerful hurricanes like Katrina strike more often? How accurately did scientists predict its impact, and why did the levees protecting New Orleans fail?
Note:Region 1; Dolby Digital; letterboxed presentation.
Documentary.
Special features: Printable PDF material for educators, access to the NOVA website (requires DVD-ROM capability).
Videorecording.
Call Number:CN3 D0061999 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:1593755422
9781593755423
Credits:Written, produced, and directed by Caroline Penry-Davey, Peter Chinn ; editors, Huw Jenkins, Francis Robertson, Elliot McCaffrey ; camera, Robert Bock ... [et al.] ; music, Guy Dagul.
System Details:DVD format.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Neil Ross.
Event Details:
Originally broadcast on Nova in 2005.