Thomas P. Grazulis

Internationally acclaimed as the most complete tornado program in existence, and recommended by The New York Times and 100 other newspapers, Tornado Video Classics is a three-part ultimate tornado experience. Filmed by witnesses on the ground and in the air, Volume 1 of the educational disaster series features a spectacular collection of 71 tornadoes.

Storm Chasers test their courage by capturing on video the fury of some of the most destructive tornadoes that have occurred in the United States.

With the roar of a thousand freight rains, tornadoes inflict the awesome fury of nature few people ever dare to experience. Driven by their life threatening obsession, storm chasers repeatedly test their courage in a brave attempt to record these natural wonders on videotape. Now for the first time, you can witness some of the most destructive, mesmerizing twisters of recorded history in this real life video. Every inch of footage in this video is real... not just a Hollywood simulation. Real storm chasers captured giant Twisters throwing real cars in the air like toys, crushing real houses in seconds, and wiping out whole communities like blades of grass. Plus, from the safety of your living room, you'll witness an extraordinary event as a stranded news crew clings to the underside of a highway overpass and a killer tornado rips directly over their heads with their camera running!

Join storm chasers, scientists and video camera amateurs as they film the fury of tornadoes. In the first part of the video, it features scientists using "Project Vortex" as they place instruments around the twisters to record data and following storm chasers with their best video sequences on the dangerous cyclones. In part two, watch as amateurs capture video sequences and witness the damage after the storm is over. It also features a countdown of the top ten most destructive video sequences.

Tornado lovers and storm chasers may well be interested in the frightening footage shot by both amateurs and professionals. Features a multiple-vortex tornado and examines how damaging one can be after it traverses a patch of land. Terrifying funnels threaten homes and businesses as footage is shot from extremely close range. Aerial shots provide another view of how the tornadoes move through the skies. Excited storm chasers share some of their most harrowing experiences seeing trees snap and house roofs fly upwards into the sky.