Killer hurricanes / a NOVA production by Blink Entertainment Ltd. for WGBH Boston in association with Channel 4 and SBS-TV Australia with the support of Creative Europe--MEDIA Programme of the European Union ; series produced and directed by Oliver Twinch ; filmed and directed by Paul Williams ; produced by WGBH.
Publication Info.
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2018]
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; wide screen presentation; stereo.
Note
Documentary.
Performer
Narrator, Craig Sechler.
Credits
Editor, Ben Lavington Martin ; music, Stephen Baystead.
Note
Originally aired on PBS on November 1, 2017.
Running time incated on container: approximately 60 minutes; program running time: 53 minutes.
Wide screen.
Audience
Rating: TV-PG.
Summary
Killer Hurricanes pursues the riddle of an 18th century Caribbean super storm that killed 20,000, the highest known death toll of any single weather event. To reconstruct its epic scale and investigate what made it so devastating, NOVA joins historians and storm sleuths as they track down clues in eyewitness chronicles, old ruins, and computer simulations.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).