Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.
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Historical footage of the German invasion of Poland, in 1939, released by the U.
World War II began when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.
In 1937, a film called "In Old Chicago" was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
On the evening of October 8, 1871 a spark set Chicago ablaze. Learn what made it such an at risk city.
While the Great Fire of 1871 was terrorizing people in Chicago, a town located 250 miles to the north - Peshtigo, Wisconsin - was also burning.
Chicago was a city with many wooden structures when a massive fire started on October 8, 1871.
London was devastated by the Great Fire of 1666, which began - in Pudding Lane - on September 2.
In 1923, a major earthquake - known as the "Great Kanto" quake - devastated Tokyo and nearby Yokohama on September 1.
As they drifted at sea, the castaways were visited by a Great White.
This clip is from GULAG, a documentary by Angus Macqueen which tells the story of Soviet forced-labor camps, and their prisoners, during the Stalinist...
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO CLIP IS FROM A DOCUMENTARY ON THE GULAG AND SOVIET-ERA FORCED LABOR CAMPS.
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