| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 51 min. 39 sec.) ; 669276153 bytes |
| Summary |
For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world - illuminating and powering the start of the industrial revolution, and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. From its stunning rise as an economic force in the 18th century, to its precipitous decline in the decades following the Civil War, the whaling industry mapped millions of miles of uncharted ocean, opened new seaways and markets, employed the world's most multicultural workforce, and shrunk the globe by bringing once remote reaches of the earth into contact as never before - all the while capturing the American imagination.Narrated by Willem Dafoe, the program tells the riveting and extraordinary story of the American whaling industry, from its origins off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the great golden age of deep-ocean whaling, to the industry's spectacular demise. Narrated by Willem Dafoe. (From the US) (Documentary) PG CC |
| Event |
Broadcast 2011-03-29 at 22:05:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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American Civil War (1861-1865)
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Jellyfishes.
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Underwater exploration.
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Whalers (Persons)
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Whaling.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Burns, Ric, director
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Dafoe, Willem, cast
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