Broadcast: 9th September 1950

Starring: Joel McCrea

Added: Jul 22 2004

At exactly 9:13 am on Wednesday April 16th 1947 a French freighter carrying a highly explosive cargo of ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up in the harbour of Texas City, Texas. It was the first in a chain of explosions as chemical plants; tin smelters and oil refineries disappeared in black and flames. Shortly after 1 am the next morning the major chain reaction was set off the explosions rocking the city of Galworth and ten miles across the bay where excited crowds gathered in the street watching the amazing flame seared sky…