Pompeii with Michael Buerk

British progressive rock band Pink Floyd perform at the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy in 1971. Although the band perform a typical live set from the era, there is no audience beyond the basic film crew.

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Adrian Maben

Cast

Roger Waters, David Gilmour

In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Peter Nicholson

Cast

Alisdair Simpson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Carter

The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.

Runtime

59m

Cast

Mary Beard, Fabian Kanz, Mattia Buondonno

George Albert Smith and Charles Urban snaffled the plum job of travelling to Italy to take a series of views of Italy for the Warwick Trading Company, including this one. The long panning shots of Pompeii linger respectfully, as a tourist would, before the camera finally raises its eye to the mighty volcano looming in the distance beyond.

Runtime

8m

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

Runtime

46m

Cast

Maite Jáuregui