On the Edge of Destruction: The Frank Slide Story

On the Edge of Destruction: The Frank Slide Story

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 1, 2003

Runtime

0h 48m

Original Title

On the Edge of Destruction: The Frank Slide Story

Production Companies

Echoes From the Pass Productions

Director

Matt Palmer

Description

April 29, 1903, the coal mining town of Frank, in the Crowsnest Pass of the southern Canadian Rockies, was shattered by the sudden roar of a landslide, earning Frank a place of history as the site of North America's deadliest rockslide. This film explores the coincidences and explains its geological conditions.