Disaster Special: Kansas City[title cover] [DVD] : producer/director, Ian Bremmer.

Material type:

PictureSeries: Disaster specialPublication details: London : BBC, c2002 ; North Sydney : BBC Worldwide (distributor), c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (9 p.)Other title:

Disaster special : Kansas City - death by design

DDC classification:

303.485/09778411 22

Production credits:

Series producer: Laura Granditer

Presenter: John Nettles.Summary: The Disaster programs look at how and why major disasters happen, and what can be learned from them. This program looks at the disaster which occurred in Kansas City, July 1981, where 2000 people at the recently opened Hyatt Regency hotel were involved when one of the walkways collapsed onto the catwalk below, then crashed to the floor beneath where a tea dance was in progress. More than one hundred people were killed, and hundreds were injured and mutilated. This program reveals a catalogue of horrific human error, architectural flaws and tragic occurances that culminated in one of the worst accidential structural failures in American history.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	303.485 KAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900188451
Videos and DVDs	Australian Emergency Management Library	VIDEO	303.485 KAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900184631

"BBC Learning"--Video jacket.

Video jacket title: Disaster special. Kansas City - death by design.

Series producer: Laura Granditer

Presenter: John Nettles.

The Disaster programs look at how and why major disasters happen, and what can be learned from them. This program looks at the disaster which occurred in Kansas City, July 1981, where 2000 people at the recently opened Hyatt Regency hotel were involved when one of the walkways collapsed onto the catwalk below, then crashed to the floor beneath where a tea dance was in progress. More than one hundred people were killed, and hundreds were injured and mutilated. This program reveals a catalogue of horrific human error, architectural flaws and tragic occurances that culminated in one of the worst accidential structural failures in American history.

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