Disaster Eyewitness

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Disaster Eyewitness
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Title card for Disaster Eyewitness
Genre Documentary
Science
Created byGraeme Thomson [1]
Narrated by Dean Lennox Kelly
[ citation needed ]
Country of originUnited Kingdom[ citation needed ]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1 [2]
No. of episodes10 [1]
Production
Camera setupHome Video, CCTV and Mobile Phone Footage [1]
Running time30 minutes [1]
Distributor Discovery Communications
Raw Cut TV [1]
Release
Original network Discovery Channel
Original releaseFebruary 2011 (2011-02) [3] [ citation needed ]

Disaster Eyewitness is a TV program reviewing various disasters, produced by Raw Cut TV for Discovery Channel. It features footage recorded by mobile phones, CCTV cameras and digital cameras. The program interviews survivors of the disasters, as well as the people who recorded the footage. Detailed computer graphics show exactly what caused the disasters. [1] One recent disaster shown was the Enschede fireworks disaster in the eastern Dutch city of Enschede, which was caused by mishandling of 900 kg of fireworks, leading to another 177 tons of fireworks to explode. Another disaster shown was the US Airways Flight 1549, which crashed into the Hudson River after hitting a flock of Canada geese [3]

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References

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  2. "Disaster Eyewitness". LocateTv. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
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