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City that Waits to Die, The

• 1971 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- 16mm
• Scientists say San Francisco is a doomed city unless earthquake research and prediction progresses rapidly enough to avert a major disaster. Historic footage of the earthquake of 1906 and also of Alaskan and Nagata quakes. Laboratory experiments and animations show earthquake processes. The area of the San Andreas Fault is also explored. (NOTE: Long version of: San Francisco: The City That Waits to Die)
• Topics: (Geography, Geology, United States)

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