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Title Into the deep [videorecording] : America, whaling & the world / American Experience Films presents, A Steeplechase Films Production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Series producer, Susan Bellows ; senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; producers, Bonnie Lafave, Mary Recine, Robin Espinola, Ric Burns ; written and directed by Ric Burns.

Imprint Arlington, Va. : PBS Distribution, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  639.2809 In8 2010    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. w/ b&w seq. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Language Optional English SDH for the hearing impaired ; closed-captioned.
Performer Narrator, Willem Dafoe ; voices, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Kartheiser, Callie Thorne, Philip Bosco.
Credits Editor, Li-Shin Yu ; music, Brian Keane ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Paul Goldsmith.
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.
Contents 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.).
Audience Not rated.
Note Originally produced in 2010.
Subject Whaling -- United States -- History.
Nantucket (Mass.) -- History.
Essex (Whaleship)
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Whalers (Persons)
Whaling masters.
Whaling ships.
Whaling in literature.
Whaling stations.
Whalers' writings, American.
Whale oil.
Whale oil -- Law and legislation.
Whaling -- Environmental aspects.
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical reenactments (Television programs)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Burns, Ric.
Recine, Mary.
Lafave, Bonnie.
Espinola, Robin.
Dafoe, Willem.
Leonard, Robert Sean, 1969-
Hamilton, Josh.
Kartheiser, Vincent, 1979-
Thorne, Callie, 1969-
Bosco, Philip.
Keane, Brian, 1953-
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Steeplechase Films Inc.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
American Experience Films (Firm)
Added Title America, whaling & the world
Other Title America, whaling and the world
Added Title American experience (Television program)
ISBN 9781608832521
160883252X
Standard No. 841887012553
Music No. AMX62208 PBS Distribution

 
    
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