Disaster in the Sky - Behind the Scenes of the Airport Movies

Disaster movies have been around since the early days of film, but not until 'Airport' in 1970 did the disaster movie become a genre unto itself. What followed was a decade of films that brought disaster to the forefront. From upsidedown ocean liners in 'The Poseidon Adventure' to burning skyscrapers in 'The Towering Infernos, Hollywood gave us avalanches, hurricanes, meteors and everything in between. But through it all, the 'Airport' movies carried moviegoers up and away to the dangerous skies. From the original in 1970 to the final in the series in 1979 and various copies and parodies, airliners in danger and their star-studded casts of passengers drew us to the big screen. Now, take a look back at the making of one of the most successful film series of all time. From behind the scenes, we see how the films were made, who made them possible and how we responded to them.