Connections Series 1 part 1.

Spanning three decades, James Burke made three fabulous series about the serendipitous connections between cultural events and scientific innovation.

This is the first program, made in the mid 70’s. It explores the events surrounding the cascading failure that wiped out New York City’s power supply in the 60’s. It opens in New York at the World Trade Center. Co-incidentally, it shows that the power blackout could have caused commercial airliner to crash into Manhattan had the pilot not averted disaster. The flight number of the plane was 911.

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The Power of Nightmares Part 1 of 3

Part 1 of Adam Curtis’ 3 part series on terror and politics.

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