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[narrator] New Zealand's Southland region
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Engineering Catastrophes

New Zealand'sSouthland region. This remotewindswept landscape -is more suitedto sheep...

[narrator] New Zealand's
Southland region. This remote
windswept landscape -is more suited
to sheep than people.
-[sheep bleats] New Zealand
sits right in the path of powerful winds that whip around
the southern hemisphere, known as the Roaring Forties

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[narrator] New Zealand's Southland region.
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This remote windswept landscape
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-is more suited to sheep than people. -[sheep bleats]
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New Zealand sits right in the path
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of powerful winds
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that whip around the southern hemisphere,
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known as the Roaring Forties.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:08
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 • E06 [narrator] But nonconformity and free thinking - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] But nonconformity and free thinking
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: With iconic structures, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
NARRATOR: With iconic structures,
S06 • E04 [narrator] A catastrophic failure - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] A catastrophic failure
S06 • E08 [narrator] Despite this disastrous start, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] Despite this disastrous start,
S06 • E09 But sometimes, that ambition comes at a cost. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
But sometimes, that ambition comes at a cost.
S06 • E01 [narrator] Auckland, on New Zealand's north islan - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
[narrator] Auckland, on New Zealand's north islan
S06 • E03 Heavy loads that the new bridge would have to be able to carry. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
Heavy loads that the new bridge would have to be able to ...
S06 • E10 And right at the far southern tip, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
And right at the far southern tip,
S06 • E04 [narrator] This disaster left residents reeling. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[narrator] This disaster left residents reeling.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: By 2003, it was clear that the old customs bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
NARRATOR: By 2003, it was clear that the old customs bridge
S06 • E09 Like this story in Madrid that - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Like this story in Madrid that
S06 • E04 We saw the highway and the whole structure just fall. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
We saw the highway and the whole structure just fall.
S06 • E02 [narrator] Brothers, Paul and Charlie Cross - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Brothers, Paul and Charlie Cross
S06 • E10 [narrator] This includes Invercargill, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[narrator] This includes Invercargill,
S06 • E06 And he wanted to remake the entire place - Engineering Catastrophes 00:41
And he wanted to remake the entire place
S06 • E08 [narrator] The Transcona elevator - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] The Transcona elevator
S06 • E09 This monument was designed to make waves, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
This monument was designed to make waves,
S06 • E04 [narrator] The United States requires a vast network - Engineering Catastrophes 00:34
[narrator] The United States requires a vast network
S06 • E02 It's the base of all communities - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
It's the base of all communities
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: A huge obelisk that had - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
NARRATOR: A huge obelisk that had