Milo The Raccoon

Historical photo of a massive 50-foot tall, 90-foot wide steel tank bursting open, with floating 2.3 million gallons of molasse from it.

Wide shot of a towering, ominous steel storage tank looming over small brick homes and a firehouse in Boston in 1919 year

Thermometer animation showing a rapid temperature spike from freezing to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Interior view of the tank, dark liquid bubbling and expanding, pressing against the metal walls.

Historical photo of a towering, 25-foot wave of dark brown molasses rushing down a city street at high speed.

Historical photo of a massive 50-foot tall, 90-foot wide steel tank bursting open, with floating molasse from it.

Historical photo of a towering, 25-foot wave of dark brown molasses rushing down a city street at high speed.

Historical photo of a Steel girders of an elevated train track buckling and twisting under the force of a dark wave of molasse.

Silhouettes of people and horses struggling in waist-deep, viscous sludge in 1919 year Boston.

Historical photo of a massive steel tank bursting open, with floating molasse from it.

Silhouettes of people and horses struggling in waist-deep, viscous sludge in 1919 year Boston.

Cinematic animation of a massive steel tank bursting open, with floating molasse from it.

A montage of steel tank for molasses blueprints being stamped with an 'APPROVED' seal.

A row of makeshift stretchers covered in blankets, attended by Red Cross nurses (different) in vintage uniforms.

A row of makeshift stretchers covered in blankets, attended by Red Cross nurses (different) in vintage uniforms.

Aerial view of 1919 year's Boston's North End covered in a massive, dark brown stain of molasse, a little bit of destruction.

Aerial view of 1919 year's Boston's North End covered in a massive, dark brown stain of destruction.

Fullscreen shot of a disgruntled former employee of Boston molasses factory of 1919 year holding a brown paintbrush and crouching near h...

Fullscreen shot of a disgruntled former employee holding a brown paintbrush.

A municipal building inspector of 1919 year examining the steel framework of a new construction project of steel storage tank.

Fullscreen avatar of a disgruntled former employee holding a brown paintbrush.

A municipal building inspector of 1919 year examining the steel framework of a new construction project.

Fullscreen avatar of a bespectacled metallurgical expert pointing to a stress fracture. Not looking into the screen

Fullscreen avatar of a gritty factory worker in a flat cap, arguing with his boss about storage tank.

Wide shot of Boston Harbor 1919 year, the water stained a deep, unnatural brown color.

Boston Firefighters of 1919 year using high-pressure hoses spraying salt water to wash dark sludge off cobblestone streets.

Nighttime rescue scene lit by gas lamps, showing people digging through the wreckage of a collapsed home.

A Boston school being violently pushed off its foundation by a flood of molasses.

A vintage passenger train teetering dangerously on the edge of a broken elevated track into molasse wave.

Steel girders of an elevated train track buckling and twisting under the force of a dark wave of molasse.

Cinematic animation of a massive steel tank bursting open, with floating molasse from it.

Wide shot of a towering, ominous steel storage tank looming over small brick homes and a firehouse.

A municipal building inspector examining the steel framework of a new construction project.

A modern-day view of Langone Park in Boston's North End, peaceful and sunny.

Fullscreen avatar of Arthur Jell, an accountant in 1919 attire, speaking defensively.

A brick firehouse being violently pushed off its foundation by a flood of molasses.

Newspaper headline flashing on screen: 'Anarchists Blamed for Molasses Explosion!'

A subtle, ghostly overlay of the destroyed 1919 streets fading into the modern park.

A corporate executive in a 1910s suit pointing defensively at a map in a boardroom.

Fullscreen avatar of a gritty factory worker in a flat cap, looking frightened.

Close-up of thick molasses rapidly cooling and hardening into a cement-like texture.

A heavy gavel striking a wooden sounding block in slow motion.

Colonel Hugh Ogden, a distinguished military auditor in uniform, taking notes in a courtroom.

Title card with bold text: 'WATCH PART 2' over a background of rushing, turbulent water.

A vintage typewriter typing out a legal verdict finding USIA guilty of negligence.

Close-up of a tiny, high-pressure water leak spraying from a fissure in a concrete wall.

A vintage passenger train teetering dangerously on the edge of a broken elevated track.

Heat waves rising from old cobblestone streets on a hot summer day.

A row of makeshift stretchers covered in blankets, attended by Red Cross nurses in vintage uniforms.

Fullscreen avatar of a disgruntled former employee holding a brown paintbrush.

A montage of modern building blueprints being stamped with an 'APPROVED' seal.