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Your Chance to Live: Hurricane

Mar 2, 1972
0h 13m
★ 0.0

Overview

Released by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in 1972, Your Chance to Live is a series of films which cover threatening events, from forest fires, to floods, tornadoes and nuclear disasters. Hurricane tells the story of two parents who revisit the beach town where their children were killed in a violent storm the previous summer.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

Your Chance to Live: Hurricane Trailers

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