Mapping Disaster

Lac-Mégantic - This Is Not an Accident

2023

Lac-Mégantic investigates one of the worst oil train tragedies in history: a foreseeable catastrophe ignited by corporate and political negligence.

Mayday

2003

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Surviving Disaster

2006

Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.

Descent from Disaster

2013

Retrace some of NZ's darkest days to reveal the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from our most famous disasters. 

Seconds From Disaster

2005

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

What Happened Next?

2008

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.

Days That Shaped America

2018

Historic events that forever transformed the United States.