Encounter with Disaster (1979)

DIRECTOR: Charles E. Sellier Jr (Silent Night, Deadly Night)

STARS: Brad Crandell (narrator)

SYNOPSIS: The “Sunn Classic Pictures” studio famous for such iconic 70’s documentaries as The Search of Noah’s Ark, The Bermuda Triangle, The Outer Space Connection, etc. takes a mondo turn with this collection of real-life disasters. Some of the more shocking footage includes a Le Mans race car flying into the stands and killing dozens of spectators and an oil refinery explosion in Texas that’s otherworldly. Subjects include:

• Long Beach earthquake

• The Great Alaska earthquake

• Hurricane Camille

• Mount Etna eruption

• The Hindenburg

• Sinking of the Andrea Doria

• Le Mans race car crashes

• Texas oil refinery explosions

• A skyscraper on fire in Brazil

Note: Some footage from this film also appears in Catastrophe

Fullscreen / Color
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R