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Life After People Season 1

Life After People

Life After People Season 1

History Channel (2009)
DVD
8713045223625
TV Series | Documentary | Science-Fiction
Netherlands | Engels | Color | 07:30

What would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear forever? Would ecosystems thrive? What remnants of our industrialized world would survive? What would crumble fastest? From the ruins of ancient civilizations to present day cities devastated by natural disasters, history gives us clues to these questions and many more in the visually stunning and thought-provoking special "Life After People."


Episodes View details

1 The Bodies Left Behind 44 min | Apr 21, 2009

Looks at the future of Boston and Houston after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to the mummified and cryogenically frozen bodies that are left behind.

2 Outbreak 44 min | Apr 28, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of Chicago, Atlanta, and London after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to the dogs and pigs that humans have left behind.

3 The Capital Threat 45 min | May 05, 2009

Life After People looks at what happens to Washington, Los Angeles, and Hollywood after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to the zoo animals and the ocean garbage that have been left behind.

4 Heavy Metal 45 min | May 12, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of New York and St. Louis after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to gold at the Federal Reserves, the horses of Manhattan, and the Gateway Arch after people are gone.

5 The Invaders 45 min | May 19, 2009

Life After People looks at what happens to Miami, Phoenix, and Shanghai after people disappear. It visits the abandoned village of Tyneham and looks at what will happen to the invasive species that have been left behind.

6 Bound and Buried 45 min | May 26, 2009

Life After People looks at what happens to several landmarks including the Liberty Bell, Mona Lisa, and Golden Gate Bridge after people disappear. It also looks at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and visits the abandoned town of Centralia.

7 Sin City Meltdown 45 min | Jun 02, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of Las Vegas and Atlantic City after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to cats and the Voyager spacecraft and visits Americana Amusement Park in Monroe, Ohio.

8 Armed and Defenseless 44 min | Jun 09, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of military hardware like the USS Missouri in a world without people. It also looks at the future of dairy cows and visits North Brother Island in New York and the Atlantic Wall.

9 Roads to Nowhere 43 min | Jun 16, 2009

Life After People examines at the future of Detroit and San Antonio. It also looks at what will happen to oil refineries, longhorn cattle, and the Alamo and visits Detroit's abandoned Packard Plant.

10 Waters of Death 45 min | Jun 23, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of Seattle and New Orleans. It also looks at what will happen to off shore oil platforms and weather satellites and visits parts of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Cast View all

James Lurie Narrator
Steven S. Ross Self - Author / 'Construction Disasters'
Jan Zalasiewicz Self - Author / 'The Earth After Us'
Gordon Masterton Self - Royal Academy of Engineering
Ray Coppinger Self - Author / 'Dogs'
David Brin Self - Author / 'Earth'
Howard Oliver Self - Forensic Pathologist
John Anderson Self - College of the Atlantic
Frank Lowenstein Self - Ecologist / The Nature Conservancy
Gene Kritsky Self - Entomologist / College of Mount St. Joseph
Stein Sture Self - Civil Engineer / University of Colorado
Richard Gutkowski Self - Civil Engineer / Colorado State University
Timothy Watson Narrator
Alan W. Pense Self - Metallurgist / Lehigh University
John Hadidian Self - Urban Ecologist / The Humane Society of the U.S.
Paul Bahn Self - Author / 'Cave Art'
William Leffler Self - Author / 'Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language'
Tanya Wattenburg Komas Self - Historical Concrete Investigator / California State University / Chico
Jimmy Brooks Self - National Lacy Dog Association
Eva Perón Self
Richard Bruce Winders Self - Historian and Curator - The Alamo
Cary Fowler Self - Global Crop Diversity Trust
David DeKok Self - Author / Fire Underground
Alain Robert Self - Urban Climber
Cheryl Porter Self - Detroit Water and Sewerage Department

Edition details

Nr Discs 3
Screen Ratios 1.78:1
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles Dutch
Edition Release Date 11 Nov 2010

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