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1) Last words
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
What if the last five people on earth in 2085 found joy and delight? A story of astonishing human tenderness and creativity in the face of ecological catastrophe.
Publisher
NGHT, LCC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Catastrophic tornadoes, historic floods, destructive fires, violent earthquakes: through eyewitness video, historical archives, and cutting edge CGI, National Geographic provides a comprehensive, yet intimate look at the most significant natural disasters of all time. A team of world experts reveal the pivotal moments that turned the top ten from natural phenomenon into human catastrophe and explain why these disasters became genuine game-changers....
Publisher
Balance Media and GO Alliance
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Elemental takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. We visit fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes burn and others survive. We learn from Native Americans as they employ fire to benefit nature and increase community safety as they...
4) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dramatized global warming event triggers a barrage of epic natural disasters: tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. An assortment of individual narratives are threaded together to follow the various catastrophes and their effects on local populations, including the stories of climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and other small bands of survivors as they ride...
Series
Publisher
NGT
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods: these colossal powers of nature have had dramatic consequences for humankind. But as massive as these forces are, the stories of heroism and tragedy are very personal. You'll meet heroes, fighting to save homes and lives, but see victims, too, suffering unspeakable tragedies. Join scientists as they study the elemental killers.
Publisher
American Home Treasures
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Virus: It's one of the most deadly "bugs" ever created, unstoppable, incurable, uncontrollable and it's accidentally unleashed on the world. The population begins to die by the thousands and the only people who are safe are in Antarctica, but they face another equally terrifying disaster.
Hurricane: A storm of unprecedented power is growing, headed straight for a tiny Mississippi town and is certain to destroy it. Hurricane watchers desperately race...
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Experience the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and severe storms as National Geographic cameras travel the world, venturing to the very brink of erupting volcanoes, into the paths of deadly pyroclastic flows, along massive fault lines, and aboard vehicles barreling toward massive tornados, all in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Stunning visual footage and a powerful soundtrack bring natural disasters to life like never before.
10) Big Pacific
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
As a deadly storm descends upon Earth, officials scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is the suspect, scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. She must enter the storm itself to stop it.
12) The impossible
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
15) Nature's fury
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the power and unpredictability of natural disasters: earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods. Concentrates on the Loma Prieta earthquake, the preparedness level of Japan for an earthquake, Hurricane Andrew, and the Mississippi floods of 1993. Also focuses on efforts being made to improve prediction of such natural events.
16) The rains came
Series
Studio classic volume 36
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced with disaster.
18) Raging planet
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Brace yourself for impact! Brave the fury of the elements to explore the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters our world can dish out in these eight mind-blowing programs. You'll travel with the experts to the ends of the Earth and witness some of the best footage and archival images of history's most destructive natural phenomena. Includes nine episodes.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
One of multiple "disaster" collector's sets, containing four fictional films with the common theme of disasters.
Crash landing: a private flight for a billionaire's daughter becomes a hellish ordeal when the plane is taken over by terrorists. Now it is up to one man to take out their captors and crash land the damaged plane safely.
Nature unleashed : avalanche: In Russia's Ural mountains snowmobile guides Thom and Jack Cussler survive a massive...
20) Warning
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Set in the not too distant future, this intense sci-fi thriller explores the repercussions that mankind faces when their omniscient technology becomes a substitute for human contact. But life begins to unravel when a global storm causes electronics to go haywire, leading to terrifying, deadly consequences.
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