Engineering Disasters 3
Brief Synopsis
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A look at five instances where flawed design has led to embarrassment and in many cases, death and destruction. Included are such engineering disasters as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, an explosion at an Idaho Falls nuclear reactor, the ill-fated Soyuz 11 Soviet space flight resulting in the death of t
Cast & Crew
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Bruce Nash
Creator
Donald R Abbott
Interviewee
Matthew Bencke
Interviewee
Robert Culter
Interviewee
Peter Dirkmaat
Interviewee
Egon Lamprecht
Interviewee
Film Details
Also Known As
Modern Marvels (04/16/01)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Actuality Productions; Hearst Entertainment & Syndication
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
A look at five instances where flawed design has led to embarrassment and in many cases, death and destruction. Included are such engineering disasters as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, an explosion at an Idaho Falls nuclear reactor, the ill-fated Soyuz 11 Soviet space flight resulting in the death of three cosmonauts, the Texas Tower radar station tragedy and NASA's two recent failed Mars projects.
Director
Bruce Nash
Creator
Cast
Donald R Abbott
Interviewee
Matthew Bencke
Interviewee
Robert Culter
Interviewee
Peter Dirkmaat
Interviewee
Egon Lamprecht
Interviewee
Matthys Levy
Interviewee
Donna Shirley
Interviewee
Susan M Stacy
Interviewee
Charles Zimmaro
Interviewee
Crew
Donald Abbott
Historical Consultant
Maryalice R Aragon
Production Assistant
Giles Baker
Camera
Scott Berkson
Post-Producer
Don Cambou
Executive Producer
Linda K Clark
Production Manager
Maurizio Della Costanza
Camera
Beth Dietrich-segarra
Executive Producer (History Channel)
Pete Dirkmaat
Historical Consultant
Kristina Djokic
Researcher
Jim Dowd
Publicist (History Channel)
Paul Dzilvelis
Line Producer
Dani Eslin
Production Auditor
Alan Ett
Music
Kathlene Exner
Production Coordinator
Stephen Franklin
Post-Production Assistant
Julian Gomez
Editor
Barry Hill
Director Of Research
Nilda Jensen
Archivist
Peter Krajewski
Camera
Michael Lim
Assistant Editor
Rob Maerz
Field Audio
Detricia Meza
Assistant Production Accountant
Rex Morris
Camera
Bruce Nash
Producer
Suni Nivens
Production Assistant
David Oglevie
Camera
Kathryn Oglevie
Field Audio
Paul Ray
Sound Mixer
Gary Reid
Post-Production Coordinator
David Rex
On-Line Editor
Mark Savage
Research
Henry Schipper
Associate Supervising Producer
Lee Schneider
Writer
Lee Schneider
Producer
Pietro Scorsone
Field Audio
Linda Scribner
Assistant Production Accountant
Susan Stacy
Historical Consultant
Jason Steinberg
Post-Production Supervisor
Barbara Streng
Clearance Coordinator
David W Thompson
Animation
Ted Troll
Footage Consultant
Michael Vukas
Field Audio
Mark Whaley
Camera
Robert Ziel
Associate Producer
Charles Zimmaro
Historical Consultant
Film Details
Also Known As
Modern Marvels (04/16/01)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Actuality Productions; Hearst Entertainment & Syndication
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
