Product Details

• Actors: Tierre Turner, Shelly Juttner, David Pollock, Wright King, Reuben Collins
• Directors: Richard Kinon
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rating: 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.com Sales Rank: #21,452 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
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

From Parents' Choice®
Feeding the sense of wonder in our world, these videos are collages of fascinating facts. The series does a compelling job of highlighting a smorgasbord of topics. Plant and Natural Disasters provide a menu of research directions for learners. Whether they be volcanoes or venus flytraps, the choices are there. The interest in natural disasters is a natural phase for growing children. And the varied nature of plants is simply fascinating. Not to be confused with in-depth treatments, these feasts for eyes and ears are the video equivalent of browsing the shelves in the library. Pacing is swift and visual production is state-of-the-art. Parents and children alike will be hooked by these videos. They clearly demonstrate that "the world is so full of a number of things..." A 1998 Parents' Choice® Gold Award.

Reviewed by Yvonne Coleman, Parents' Choice® 1998

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	ingotx (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

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

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

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.