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Krakatoa: The Last Days

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Just after Captain Lindeman leaves the cargo bay and heads to the ship's deck, one of the girls begins to sing a song to calm down the nervous passengers. The song is "
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with more than 100 passengers trapped at sea when the final collapse of Krakatoa island at the end of the eruption generates a massive
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coast of Sumatra.The film also portrays a family trying to escape the devastating volcano, and a
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in less than 48 hours, and killing about 36,500 people. The film refers to an account in the
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BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries
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song. It was written in 1922, 39 years after the Krakatoa eruption.
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on 7 May 2006 and drew 6.4 million viewers (27% audience share)
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The series was produced by the BBC in co-production with
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2006 British TV docudrama film directed by Sam Miller
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Docudrama
Disaster
Michael Olmert
Sam Miller
Rupert Penry-Jones
Olivia Williams
BBC One
Discovery Channel
BBC Television
docudrama
BBC One
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
stratovolcano
Sumatra
Java
Indonesia
Discovery Channel
RTL Television
France 2
BBC One
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
volcanic eruption
recorded history
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
tephra
Pustaka Raja
Rogier Verbeek
computer-generated imagery
ash cloud

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