Disaster Eyewitness

Disaster Eyewitness is a TV program reviewing various disasters, produced by Raw Cut TV for Discovery Channel. It features footage recorded by mobile phones, CCTV cameras and digital cameras. The program interviews survivors of the disasters, as well as the people who recorded the footage. Detailed computer graphics show exactly what caused the disasters.[1] One recent disaster shown was the Enschede fireworks disaster in the eastern Dutch city of Enschede, which was caused by mishandling of 900 kg of fireworks, leading to another 177 tons of fireworks to explode. Another disaster shown was the US Airways Flight 1549, which crashed into the Hudson River after hitting a flock of Canada geese[3]

Disaster Eyewitness
Title card for Disaster Eyewitness
GenreDocumentary
Science
Created byGraeme Thomson[1]
Narrated byDean Lennox Kelly
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1[2]
No. of episodes10[1]
Production
Camera setupHome Video, CCTV and Mobile Phone Footage[1]
Running time30 minutes[1]
DistributorDiscovery Communications
Raw Cut TV[1]
Release
Original networkDiscovery Channel
Original releaseFebruary 2011[3]
External links
Website

References
  1. "Disaster Eyewitness". Raw Cut TV. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  2. "Disaster Eyewitness". LocateTv. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  3. "Disaster Eyewitness". LocateTv. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2011-02-05.


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