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Engineering Catastrophes

It's like assemblingflatpack furniture. {\an8}But the big differenceis that people and...

It's like assembling
flatpack furniture. {\an8}But the big difference
is that people and vehicles {\an8}would depend on this structure
holding together perfectly

Full Transcript

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It's like assembling flatpack furniture.
00:00:03.005 --> 00:00:06.333
{\an8}But the big difference is that people and vehicles
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{\an8}would depend on this structure holding together perfectly.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:45
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
6
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E07 But the first crossing of its kind in this province - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
But the first crossing of its kind in this province
S06 • E03 It was gut-wrenching. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
It was gut-wrenching.
S06 • E08 [narrator] Holding back the water is a 2,000 foot long earthen embankment - Engineering Catastrophes 00:42
[narrator] Holding back the water is a 2,000 foot long earth...
S06 • E01 [narrator] Gainesville, Florida, October 22nd, 2020 - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] Gainesville, Florida, October 22nd, 2020
S06 • E05 [narrator] Jose's instinct was right. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
[narrator] Jose's instinct was right.
S06 • E09 A crane was lifting a floor supporting beam - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
A crane was lifting a floor supporting beam
S06 • E06 [narrator] And like flatpack product, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] And like flatpack product,
S06 • E04 I was employed to keep the plant running and producing malt. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
I was employed to keep the plant running and producing malt.
S06 • E02 Eventually, somebody saw our flares - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Eventually, somebody saw our flares
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Sunday, January 10th, 2016, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: Sunday, January 10th, 2016,
S06 • E09 More than 3,000 tons of parking garage pancake to the ground. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
More than 3,000 tons of parking garage pancake to the ground...
S06 • E10 [narrator] January 24th, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
[narrator] January 24th, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas.
S06 • E04 It was like, that was it. No more work there. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It was like, that was it. No more work there.
S06 • E07 The first half of a new bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The first half of a new bridge
S06 • E09 It was really apparent that the situation was really dire. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
It was really apparent that the situation was really dire.
S06 • E02 [narrator] Their quick thinking and inspired use - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] Their quick thinking and inspired use
S06 • E06 When I put this together and twist it together, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
When I put this together and twist it together,
S06 • E03 [narrator] A city bus crossing the bridge dropped into the Danube. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:36
[narrator] A city bus crossing the bridge dropped into th...
S06 • E01 I went to go investigate what the smell could be coming from. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
I went to go investigate what the smell could be coming f...
S06 • E04 [narrator] But this building wasn't going down without a fight. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[narrator] But this building wasn't going down without ...