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Engineering Catastrophes

New York City, a financial, commercial,and cultural powerhouse, is also home to someof...

[narrator] New York City, a financial, commercial,
and cultural powerhouse, is also home to some
of the finest skyscraping
structures on Earth. Former New Yorker Stefan Al is an architect
and skyscraper designer

Full Transcript

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[narrator] New York City,
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a financial, commercial, and cultural powerhouse,
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is also home to some of the finest skyscraping structures on Earth.
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Former New Yorker Stefan Al
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is an architect and skyscraper designer.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:43
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
10
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 NARRATOR: When building big, engineers must always consider - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
NARRATOR: When building big, engineers must always consider
S06 • E08 [narrator] For residents like Larry and Harry, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] For residents like Larry and Harry,
S06 • E04 But at the same time, there's a lot of people trying to come up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
But at the same time, there's a lot of people trying to...
S06 • E02 [narrator] Cuenca in Southern Spain. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] Cuenca in Southern Spain.
S06 • E07 Any vulnerability, and the outcome could be devastating. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Any vulnerability, and the outcome could be devastating.
S06 • E03 [narrator] This tightly-pack and growing city - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] This tightly-pack and growing city
S06 • E09 Every morning, I wake up and take a look out my window, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Every morning, I wake up and take a look out my window,
S06 • E05 Like this catastrophe in the UK, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Like this catastrophe in the UK,
S06 • E01 Nobody in their wildest drea expected problems like this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Nobody in their wildest drea expected problems like this
S06 • E07 Like this disaster in New Zealand that - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Like this disaster in New Zealand that
S06 • E09 SZULGIT: With more than 60 mountains over 12,000 feet tall, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
SZULGIT: With more than 60 mountains over 12,000 feet tall,
S06 • E08 You know, we got to do something to help ourselves - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
You know, we got to do something to help ourselves
S06 • E05 Then I seen the crane on top of the building. The severe shock. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Then I seen the crane on top of the building. The severe sho...
S06 • E07 A minor leak can turn into a major disaster. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
A minor leak can turn into a major disaster.
S06 • E09 The towering peaks and stunning landscape - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
The towering peaks and stunning landscape
S06 • E02 There's a fortified citadel - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
There's a fortified citadel
S06 • E05 [narrator] A sudden crane collapse - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
[narrator] A sudden crane collapse
S06 • E06 [narrator] San Francisco, the stunning city by the bay sprung up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] San Francisco, the stunning city by the bay sprun...
S06 • E03 And yet, there are still parts of the city that aren't connected. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
And yet, there are still parts of the city that aren't ...
S06 • E01 [Brendan] Tiles were crashin down from the roof. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[Brendan] Tiles were crashin down from the roof.