Rescue at Sea

About

On January 23, 1909, a dramatic story unfolds as two ships-- the "Florida" carrying Italian immigrants to New York and the other, the "SS Republic" carrying American tourists to Europe-- collided in the dense fog off Nantucket Island. In a moment, more than 1500 lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy, and its 26-year old wireless operator, Jack Binns. Includes archival footage as well as interviews with descendants of passengers and crew.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in

VHS, stereo

Host: David McCullough

Cinematographers, James Callanan [and others] ; editor, James Rutenbeck ; narrator, David McCullough ; voices, Matthew Broderick, Stephanie Castellarin, Paul Guilfoyle ; music, Brian Keane

Originally broadcast on the television program: The American experience

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Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

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Credit

Ben Loeterman, David G McCullough, WGBH Educational Foundation., Ben Loeterman Productions., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Home Video.

Language

English

Subtitles

English

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