Devastating Landslides / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

When vast amounts of rock, earth and mud pour downhill, landslides destroy whole towns and villages. In 1968, 20,000 people lost their lives in Peru as the side of a mountain broke free; and in 1985, a massive mudslide triggered by a volcano in Columbia claimed at least 23,000 victims. More than 30,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand. World's worst disasters.
Corporate Authors:	BBC Worldwide Ltd (Production company) Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2008]
Series:	Films on Demand. World's worst disasters.
Subjects:	Landslides. Volcanoes > Peru. Educational films. Internet videos.
Genre:	Educational films. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (46 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Mount St. Helens (1:29)
Human Landslide Factors (1:35)
Landslide Definition (2:41)
Rock Slides and Slumps (2:40)
Aberfan Disaster (2:03)
Search and Rescue Efforts (2:51)
Community in Mourning (2:13)
Aferban Tribunal (4:55)
Armero Disaster (3:23)
Armero Landslide (3:22)
Armero Rescue Efforts (2:04)
Vargas Disaster (2:56)
Vargas Rescue Efforts (4:06)
El Salvador Earthquake (3:35)
Deforestation and Destruction (1:47)
Predicting Landslides (1:59)
Credits: Devastating Landslides: The World's Worst Disasters (0:50)