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201945 minPGdocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

True Crime Architecture

Genoa Bridge Disaster

201945 minPGdocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Unraveling the personal stories behind the Genoa Bridge collapse.

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Unraveling the personal stories behind the Genoa Bridge collapse.

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Martin Gorstdirector

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The story of some of the people on the Polcevera Bridge on the day of its collapse, investigating what caused the bridge to fail so catastrophically.

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