Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Ken Parham
• Directors: Chris Pechin, Dan Jackson, Mark Cole
• Producers: Chris Pechin, Ann Dunsford, Jonathan B. Taylor, Karen S. Shapiro, Kelly McPherson
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: First Look Home Ente
• VHS Release Date: May 27, 1997
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304463278
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,561 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay!, December 4, 2009

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J. Mooers (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rescue 911: World's Greatest Rescues [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an interesting video, but without the personality and narration of William Shatner, the stories lacked the excitement and drama of the TV show Rescue 911. The best story on the entire video was the last one about the Charles Stuart case. This one story was well done and fascinating. The story took place in the United States while the others rescues took place in: New Zealand, Russia, Austria, and Belgium. All of these were slow-moving and protracted. Although I enjoyed watching the stories, I would not buy the video if I had it to do over again. I thought I was getting the TV shows, but this is a remake Of Rescue 911 footage.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping International Incidents, January 31, 2006

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goosefish (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rescue 911: World's Greatest Rescues [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A spectacular conflagration in New Zealand, where a tanker truck engulfed in flames traps a 12-year-old girl; a car in Belgium with 4 passengers, hanging only by a trailer hitch from a tall bridge; an Austrian skier who fell through the snow to a subterranean glacial river...

These are some of the captivating situations featured. Watching the successful rescue operations unfold, one can't help but admire humanity's selfless propensity to save its most helpless victims.

The final segment captures an odd twist: a high profile Boston murder defined futility. One of the critically injured, who was saved after immense efforts, turned out to be a prime suspect, and he later took his own life. Perhaps there is no greater danger than a man's own guilt.