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The Johnstown Flood (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 26 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Charles Guggenheim
- Starring
- Len Cariou
On May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, built to create a leisure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists, failed after heavy rains and poor maintenance. The resulting torrent, 40 feet high and half a mile wide, raced 14 miles downstream, devastating Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and killing over 2,000 people. The documentary recounts the tragedy and argues that it was entirely preventable.
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