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Life After People

لايف أفتر بيبول

E4 • Heavy Metal

حلقة 4 • معدن ثقيل

2009
42m
PG15
If people disappeared from Earth, what would happen to metallic objects? Would bridges and buildings collapse? And what would become of the US's secret stash of gold?
Documentary

More episodes from Season 1

The Bodies Left Behind

E1 • The Bodies Left Behind

What if every human on Earth disappeared? Discover what would happen to the world we have created, including our animals, buildings, landscape and bodies.

41m2009

What if every human on Earth disappeared? Discover what would happen to the world we have created, including our animals, buildings, landscape and bodies.

Outbreak

E2 • Outbreak

What would happen to Earth if all humans vanished? Outbreak examines the possibility of escaped animals, invasive vines and a deadly virus taking over control from humans.

41m2009

What would happen to Earth if all humans vanished? Outbreak examines the possibility of escaped animals, invasive vines and a deadly virus taking over control from humans.

The Capital Threat

E3 • The Capital Threat

What would happen if all humans vanished? Would LA's palm trees spark a huge inferno? What would become of New York? And which animals would take control from man?

43m2009

What would happen if all humans vanished? Would LA's palm trees spark a huge inferno? What would become of New York? And which animals would take control from man?

Heavy Metal

E4 • Heavy Metal

If people disappeared from Earth, what would happen to metallic objects? Would bridges and buildings collapse? And what would become of the US's secret stash of gold?

42m2009

If people disappeared from Earth, what would happen to metallic objects? Would bridges and buildings collapse? And what would become of the US's secret stash of gold?

The Invaders

E5 • The Invaders

In a world devoid of people, pythons begin to challenge alligators for control of the Everglades. Elsewhere, Shanghai sinks under the weight of its empty skyscrapers.

43m2009

In a world devoid of people, pythons begin to challenge alligators for control of the Everglades. Elsewhere, Shanghai sinks under the weight of its empty skyscrapers.

Bound And Buried

E6 • Bound And Buried

Discover what would happen to priceless artefacts such as the Mona Lisa, the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Bell if humans were no longer around.

42m2009

Discover what would happen to priceless artefacts such as the Mona Lisa, the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Bell if humans were no longer around.

Sin City Meltdown

E7 • Sin City Meltdown

With no humans around, discover the fate of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, where the ocean would tear apart casinos and a new rat pack would take over.

42m2009

With no humans around, discover the fate of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, where the ocean would tear apart casinos and a new rat pack would take over.

Armed And Defenseless

E8 • Armed And Defenseless

Discover the fate of mankind's machinery of war in a world with no people, in which Pearl Harbor comes under renewed attacks, and snow causes urban avalanches.

42m2009

Discover the fate of mankind's machinery of war in a world with no people, in which Pearl Harbor comes under renewed attacks, and snow causes urban avalanches.

Roads To Nowhere

E9 • Roads To Nowhere

What happens to the world when mankind stops travelling around it? Oil refineries keep pumping out fuel, but they're turning into ticking time bombs. In Texas, a life-giving river turns into a destroyer.

42m2009

What happens to the world when mankind stops travelling around it? Oil refineries keep pumping out fuel, but they're turning into ticking time bombs. In Texas, a life-giving river turns into a destroyer.

Waters Of Death

E10 • Waters Of Death

Water gives life, but it can also destroy. Rain will flood New Orleans, and when power goes out in the city's aquarium, it spells doom for thousands of animals.

43m2009

Water gives life, but it can also destroy. Rain will flood New Orleans, and when power goes out in the city's aquarium, it spells doom for thousands of animals.

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PG15

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