Disasters Of The Century

Explosion in Halifax in 1917, the most powerful in the pre-nuclear era; the biggest accident in motorsport history at the famous Le Mans race in 1955; the eruption of the Mont Pele volcano on the island of Martinique, which destroyed the city of Saint-Pierre with its 30,000 inhabitants; the earthquake on the Kwanto Plain in Japan in 1923, which went down in history as the most destructive. This is a far from complete list of catastrophes that are studied in the series.

Each episode features unique archival footage and photographs, interviews with eyewitnesses of the cataclysms, reconstruction of historical events, verified facts about the consequences and victims of disasters.