A city destroyed: The Halifax Explosion, 100 years later in 360-degrees

The casualties from the Halifax explosion could've been worse had it not been for a brave man that sent out a message saying "Ship on fire in harbor. Stop all trains. This is my last message. Good bye, boys.".

In response, Boston sent a relief train plus a ship full of supplies, doctors, nurses and support staff. In return, Nova Scotians now send a tremendous spruce Christmas tree to the city of Boston every year. Its arrival is always a big story in Boston local news - and the tree lighting is attended by the mayor and thousands of grateful citizens (I'm one of em). Thank You Nova Scotia!

My father's mother (my grandmother) was a young girl that lived in Halifax. She was there when the ships exploded. Beatrix Hay (my grandmother) was a young petite teenager. After the explosion, my grandmother climbed through the massive destruction in the wreckage of the shops and homes looking for survivors and to locate bodies. Years later, when I was about twelve year olde my grandmother told me her whole story. Years later when I am in my late fifties in age I saw a dramatization on the internet. WOW! She passed away at the age of 99. eleven months and just a day or so before her 100th birthday. She was a wonderful and kind lady. I do love her greatly.

I was 4 minutes into the video when I realized I could rotate the view.

My infant mother and my grandmother had left Halifax on a train just hours before.

"halifax is buzzing with life" shows less than 5 people on the streets

You can still find pieces of metal in the older trees around Halifax today

As horrific as the explosion was, things got much worse. The explosion virtually emptied the narrow harbor of water causing a tsunami. It was breakfast time so every house had a stove (coal or wood) going so fires broke out all over the city. Many people were blinded by shattered windows a mile away. The area was then hit by a blizzard preventing any assistance reaching the city by railroad. This was an amazing event in history. It was the largest man-made explosion until nuclear weapons were developed.

Who is here after the Beirut blast

There is a guy in the window of that green house. He got vaporized

Would have been more understandable if viewed from above.

I didn't realize it was a 360 video and thought it was the worst thing in the world... Now I see that's it's just a video with dated 3D graphics.

Fun (well not fun this is serious) fact: The SS Imo was originally called SS Runic and operated by the White Star Line. This means the top 3 ship disasters closest to Halifax were: 1871 RMS Atlantic operated by WSL 1912 RMS Titanic operated by WSL 1917 SS Imo, once operated by WSL

0:05 ARE YOU READY, KIDS??? AYE AYE, CAPTAIN!!

YouTube: Let's recommend this after the Beirut explosion

The Imo survived the explosion and was thrown onto the Dartmouth harbor. It was restored and continued sailing until it ran aground at the Falkland Islands where it still remains today. That means that you can still visit the ship that was one of the leading causes of the Halifax explosion.

This is an amazing use of the 360 technology. Could still use some work but it was informative and interesting!

After reading about this disaster a number of times over the years, this finally has made it clear to me where things were and why so much of the city was damaged or destroyed.

Beirut Lebanon explosion brought me here. R.I.P to all the victims of 1917 Halifax and 2020 Beirut explosion 😔

Well presented! I loved this I kept spinning around in my living room. Well put together!