Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.
Is there an effective tsunami warning system?
What is a tsunami? Why do tsunami waves grow taller the closer they get to shore?
What is a tsunami? How is it caused?
When an earthquake-caused tsunami crashes ashore, it is moving so fast that it cannot be outrun.
This clip, from "Harvest of Despair," continues the story of the great Ukrainian famine of 1932-33.
The great famine of 1932-33, in Ukraine, took the lives of millions of people - yet, it is little known in the rest of the world.
After delivering parts of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, the USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sinks in July of 1945. Years later, a 12-year-old school bo...
Germany had a plan for the battle of Verdun.
The historic city of Verdun had special meaning for the French people in February of 1916.
As another German assault against Verdun began on the 23rd of June, 1916, French troops remembered the words of their General to not let the enemy pas...
Themistocles - an Athenian leader in 480 B.
Universal Newsreel provided coverage of the attack in Pleiku in February of 1965.
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