Make It Out Alive
★ 5 · 2017 · 46m · Documentary · Drama
The untold human stories behind some of the world’s greatest disasters.
Episodes
1. Mount St. Helens46m · From scientists to campers to residents, discover the stories of those who were there when Mount St. Helens erupted.
2. San Francisco Quake46m · Discover the devastation a 7.1-magnitude earthquake can wreak on a city as we revisit the San Francisco quake of 1989.
3. Oklahoma Tornado46m · Rarely seen footage and nerve-wracking stories place you in the middle of the Oklahoma tornado of 1999.
4. Oil Rig Explosion46m · Follow a handful of men as they race for survival through the smoke and fire-filled labyrinth of the Piper Alpha Oil Rig.
5. USS Indianapolis46m · Witness the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and the horrors that ensued.
6. Dam Disaster46m · See how a massive landslide into a dam reservoir caused a wave of disaster to hit the village of Longarone, Italy.More Like This
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2019 · ★ 8.1
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2024 · ★ 7.9
The definitive story of the deadly 2004 tsunami as it travels from country to country, with unseen archive video and untold stories of survival.
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2009 · ★ 6.4
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2006 · ★ 6.7
Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.
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2020 · ★ 7.2
After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.
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Tsunami
2021
Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave tell the dramatic story of the Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed more than 250,000 people.
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2024
A minute-by-minute account of the December 2004 tsunami, which destroyed towns and villages across the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000.
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The Great Kanto Earthquake: Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo
2023
A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.
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2007 · ★ 6.9
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