Nova: The Day the Earth Shook | 
| Actor: Nova
Studio: Wgbh Boston
Buy New: $56.00
New (1) Used (7) from $19.99
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 7220
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 3.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304794991
UPC: 783421271739
EAN: 9786304794999
ASIN: 6304794991
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Release Date: March 28, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: *Brand new and factory wrapped* Same WGBH/NOVA tape with the alternate cover art: photo of post-quake highway. I ship daily. Out to you 1st class w/tracking or insurance.
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Description
Does a devastating earthquake lurk beneath Los Angeles? Have we learned any lessons from the past? Watch terrifying scenes from Kobe, Japan, and Northridge, California, and find out how new warning and rescue technology could protect us if it's put into place in time.
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Excellent Informative and Exciting Video!! July 6, 2001
Sabrina Massey (New Berlin, Wisconsin)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This video is an excellent informational earthquake video. I show this movie EVERY year when I teach earthquakes. It is 60 minutes long but the students love every minute! It talks about the similarities and differences of 2 earthquakes. The one that occured in Northridge, CA and the one that occured exactly one year to the day later in Kobe, Japan. The irony is a young Japanese teacher who survived the Northridge earthquake and returned to her home in Kobe, Japan only to become a victim again in that earthquake. The footage is great. Afterall, it is a Nova. If you only show one earthquake video, make it this one! For as many times as I have seen it--at least 4 times a year!--I still thoroughly enjoy it!
the shaking truth December 22, 2004
B. Janssen (HEERLEN, Limburg Netherlands)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like the other reviewer said, if you want an earthquake docu, make it this one; besides the usefull and interesting information given in this one hour tape, you'll also get a piece of the action, and that's in the end what everyone wants to see.
Yes, you do see actual earthquake footage, of a disasterous Japan earthquake and of a Californian quake, taped by security cameras, and given that, the material is in actual good shape, no foggy black and white shots, but good quality footage, very shaking! And shocking to see what could happen again, when an earthquake strikes anywhere.
I also find it very scaring, but that's because I live in an earthquake zone myself. I experience 4-8 earthquakes each year in my homecity here, between 3.0 and 4.8 on the scale, and like LA we're also waiting for the big one. Although we had a big one (5.8) here in 1992, lots of damage, but no bodycount, because thankfully we also build "earthquake safe" here, but after seeing this you'll know if earthquake safe-buildings really exist. RECOMMENDED!
Just Excellent August 12, 2008
Theseus (US of A)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The other reviewers pretty much said it all, but I wanted to add that this is a program that actually analyzes the dynamics. It looks at science in context -- why would 2 earthquakes with such similar makeups produce utterly different results in terms of casualties and damage? What can scientists and governments do in the face of this? What new hardware can science develop to more accurately measure and capture data about earthquakes? Can quakes be predicted -- why or why not? And the big one: how do humans adapt and learn from catastrophes?
Great stuff.
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