Great Events Of Our Century Vol. 1, The (1999) Rating: Starring: Great Events of Our Century Director: Category: Special Interest Studio: Madacy Subtitles: [None] Length: 120 mins     Disaster Throughout the 20th century the spectre of "Disaster" has cast a shadow over almost every aspect of man's relationship with the world of inhabits. Our heading rush to improve and expand has carried with it the inherent danger of spectacular failure. Just as it has throughout history, the unpredictable world of nature has often exploded with devastating results. Earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and hurricanes have left whole nations reeling their best efforts to predict and control the elements. But the greatest disasters of the century have been of man's own making. Our advances in science, technology and innovation, designed to make our lives easier, have come with a heavy price. The race for industrial and economic power has contaminated the environment and threatened the very existence of the planet. This disturbing and often spectacular episode charts 100 years of disaster and raise the greatest question of all: Can mankind and the planet survive the legacy of the twentieth century? Freedom There are many kinds of freedom - political and civil, sexual and racial, the freedom of belief and the freedom of expression. In the name of freedom, systems born in this century have died in this century, established empires have been dismantled. "Freedom" explores the 20th century phenomenon of people power, from the individual freedom fighters to the millions of ordinary people who have campaigned to change the course of history.