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81) Earthquake
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"When the most catastrophic earthquake in history rips through Southern California, it levels Los Angeles and sends shockwaves through the lives of all who live there. Now strangers must become heroes as the city struggles to get to its feet before the next terrifying afterschock hits"--Container.
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Two years ago a Tsunami ravaged the coast of Tailand and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. This story follows a group of people whose lives are irrevocably transformed in the aftermath including: a young couple searching for their child; a Thai survivor who loses his family and tries to prevent developers from seizing the land his village is built on; an Englishwoman whose husband and son are missing; an ambitious reporter; a relief worker;...
83) Earthquake
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A Los Angeles construction engineer must deal with the "big one".
85) Noah's ark
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Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save his family and the faithful from a devastating flood, a seemingly impossible task, especially when his sons refuse to believe him and lend their help. Noah risks ridicule from his loving but exasperated family and humiliation from the townsfolk in his quest to carry out his God-given task.
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In the heart of San Francisco, the finishing touches have just been made to the Glass Tower, a 138-story skyscraper. A huge celebratory gala, complete with VIP guests, has been planned to celebrate the dedication of what has been promoted as the world's tallest building. But Doug Roberts, the building's architect, suspects all is not right with the building. He discovers that the contractors have used shoddy wiring, not the heavy-duty wiring he had...
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Based on the true story about the sailors who gave their lives for freedom, and the horrible cost of war. Upon completing a top-secret mission to deliver an atomic bomb to a U.S. port at the end of WWII, the U.S.S. Indianapolis is torpedoed by enemy fire and sinks. Because of the classified nature of its mission, its surviving crew members become helplessly stranded in shark-infested waters for 5 grueling days. The tragedy that occurred on the U.S.S....
89) Miracle mile
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When Harry picked up the pay phone he could hardly believe what he heard. Harry thought it was a joke, but the more he considered it, the clearer it became. America had 70 minutes until the bomb would be dropped. And Harry had to spread the word.
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Nature unleashed : Earthquake : Josh, a respected engineer, travels to Russia to inspect a nuclear power plant. Coincidentally, his ex-wife Rachel works at the facility and lives nearby with their kids. During the inspection, a catastrophic earthquake hits the Russian countryside. Josh and Rachel's daughter is caught in a subway tunnel by the quake. Now Josh and Rachel must rescue their daughter and deal with a second earthquake.
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In his unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord's book of the same name, A Night To Remember, the acclaimed British director Roy Ward Baker depicts with sensitivity, awe, and a fine sense of tragedy the Titanic's final hours. Featuring remarkably restrained performances, A Night To Remember is cinema's subtlest, finest dramatization of this monumental twentieth-century catastrophe.
92) Meteor
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Science fiction drama about a five-mile-wide meteor on a collision course with Earth. A scientist is summoned to Washington by NASA and is informed that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. There is one slim chance to divert disaster, but it means cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and neither side trusts the other.
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When a driven HR exec loses her job, she travels to Puerto Rico to try to save her career at a business conference. But as the trip quickly becomes a disaster and a hurricane shuts down the whole island, she meets a handsome traveler who gives her a new perspective on finding passion in life, and love.
97) Snowmageddon
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The Miller family discovers a mysterious gift outside their home on Christmas Eve. The gift contains a snow globe with a perfect reflection of their own town inside. When they shake it snow even begins to fall, whatever happens inside the snow globe happens to their town for real. Then buttons on the snow globe unleash terrible disasters on the town and the family must band together and find a way to destroy it, before it's too late.
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Shirley Temple volume 18
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Believing that it is good for their daughter Wendy, Joe Ballantine and his wife Kit decide to retire their vaudeville act and move the family to a small New England town. But despite Wendy's many attempts to charm the locals, she and her family are given the cold shoulder. This is, until a hurricane hits the town, and because of their generosity, strength and conviction in the face of disaster, it appears that the troupers just might win over the...
99) Collision Earth
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When a massive comet strikes the Sun, it knocks Mercury out of orbit and sends it hurtling towards Earth. But each day the now magnetized planet gets closer, it triggers gravitational chaos around the world: Flaming meteors crash into the ground. Automobiles are sucked into the sky. And the worst is still to come.