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Destroyed in Seconds (2008)

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Original title
Destroyed In Seconds
Genre
docu-soap, documentary
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 76 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The show presents real videos of things like explosions, crashes, and natural disasters. The host and commentary describe the destruction as it happens in short clips.

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What happens

Destroyed in Seconds is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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