Product Details

• Actors: Tierre Turner, Shelly Juttner, David Pollock, Wright King, Reuben Collins
• Directors: Richard Kinon
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: DK VIDEO
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1997
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0789421399
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,233 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Japanese folk wisdom states that a natural calamity will strike as soon as the terror from the last one is forgotten. Eyewitness: Natural Disasters will definitely refresh your memory.

In another installment of its award-winning Eyewitness series, DK pulls out all the stops--as usual--with snappy pacing, catchy writing, ominous mood music, and clip after hair-raising clip of stock disaster footage. In a tight half-hour, Natural Disasters explores the origins and effects of every act of God imaginable, from volcanoes to tornadoes to asteroid impacts. Classic DK visuals reinforce each idea: a cute, seismograph-watching bunny illustrates a discussion on whether animals can predict disasters, while blue army men (a cold front) face off against red army men (a warm front) to show how hurricanes are born. At times, Eyewitness: Natural Disasters may overstate (avalanches are breathlessly called "the white death") and oversimplify (lava doesn't exactly shoot out of the Earth's core), but it succeeds in creating excitement and inspiring interest in some pretty fascinating phenomenon. --Paul Hughes

Product Description

We inhabit a planet that is ruled by the laws of physics, and as we learn in Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Video Natural Disasters, natural disasters are only natural processes pushed to the limits of science. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, tsunamis, and volcanoes are forces to be reckoned with, and those who survive are often left powerless and stunned in their aftermath. If you think that natural disasters are not your concern, think again; you do not need to live along the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire" to be in harm's way, chances are you live in an area that is potentially threatened by one of these occurrences. This exciting and informative video takes you inside each disaster, so the viewer has a full scientific understanding of how each storm is born, what the physical impact can be and the possible benefits of a natural disaster such as increased rainfall or re-enriched topsoil. Furthermore, the social impact and emotional toll on survivors is discussed so that the true fury of these disasters isn't glossed over in favor of mere scientific understanding. Plus, further events that can be catastrophic, but not always immediately thought of as natural disasters, such as droughts are profiled. While coming to understand the awesome power of nature, the viewer will come away with a clear sense of how to survive such an event and hopefully be inspired to help the victims of natural disasters in any way they can.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be Prepared, January 25, 2003

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ingotx (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness - Natural Disasters [VHS] (VHS Tape)

On a whim I grabbed this video for my four year old son at the library and within three days I would say he had watched this video fifteen times. he loves it and I now have to buy a copy for us!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VOLCANOES,EARTHQUAKES,, March 6, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Eyewitness - Natural Disasters [VHS] (VHS Tape)

i loved this video because it has VOLCANOES,EARRTHQUAKES,
AVALANCHES,HURRICANES,AND TORANDOES.i would like to watch
this video about 100 times because it has volcanoes in it
VOLCANOES ARE MY LIFE

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too Scary!, January 9, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Eyewitness - Natural Disasters [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My Class Saw This Video But I Had A Test Lucky Me! The Other Kids Said They Would Not Be Scared Of This Video. We Did That Because Of The Fire That Happened In Alpine On Jan,2,2001. I Hate Having Nightmares That Is Why I'm Scared.