1755 - the Lisbon Earthquake
(2009)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Giant Pictures, 2009
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 52 min.)) : sd., col

ISBN/ISSN
MWT18755304, 18755304
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Directed by Martin Papirowski

Andrew Solomon

The great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 was the first great natural disaster to strike the heart of a large European city. For six minutes the earth shook, bringing down churches, palaces, and thousands of houses. After a 15-meter-high tsunami submerged the lower city, fires broke out and wrought more damage. The program shows how the quake unfolded and draws many parallels to the tsunamis of 2004 and the perpetually threatened California coastline, including crisis management and city planning

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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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