Format:
Video disc
Title:
Into the deep : America, whaling & the world
Other title(s):
Into the deep
America, whaling & the world
America, whaling and the world
Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program). Into the deep.
ISBN:
9781608832521
Distribution:
Arlington, Va. : PBS Distribution, [2010]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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General Note:
Originally produced in 2010 as an episode of American experience.
Special features: Deleted scenes that take a closer look at whales, the history of Nantucket, and the whaling industry (ca. 23 min.); Bonus reenactment footage, featuring whaling sea shanties being sung aboard the Charles W. Morgan (ca. 15 min.).
Contents:
Prologue: setting sail (Essex, part 1) -- Into the deep -- Loomings -- Nantucket -- Around the Horn -- The offshore grounds (Essex, part 2) -- The hunt -- Nov. 20, 1820 (Essex, part 3) -- The golden age -- Melville at sea -- 93 days (Essex, part 4) -- Moby-Dick -- Zenith and decline -- Epilogue: The grand armada.
Special features: Deleted scenes that take a closer look at whales, the history of Nantucket, and the whaling industry (ca. 23 min.) ; bonus reenactment footage, featuring whaling sea shanties being sung aboard the Charles W. Morgan (ca. 15 min.).
Summary:
The history of the American whaling industry, from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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American experience (Television program)