Into the deep : America, whaling & the world [DVD] / 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.
Narrator, Willem Dafoe ; voices, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Kartheiser, Callie Thorne, Philip Bosco. Originally produced in 2010.
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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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.