| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
American experience |
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American experience.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Willem Dafoe ; voices, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Kartheiser, Callie Thorne, Philip Bosco. |
| 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. This two-hour film will tell 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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Whaling -- United States -- History.
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Nantucket (Mass.) -- History.
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Essex (Whaleship)
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
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Whalers (Persons)
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Whaling masters.
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Whaling ships.
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Whaling in literature.
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Whaling stations.
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Whalers' writings, American.
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Whale oil.
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Whale oil -- Law and legislation.
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Whaling -- Environmental aspects.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ric, screenwriter, television director, television producer.
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Lafave, Bonnie, television producer.
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Recine, Mary, television producer.
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Espinola, Robin, television producer.
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Bellows, Susan, television producer.
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Samels, Mark, television producer.
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Dafoe, Willem, narrator.
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Leonard, Robert Sean, 1969- voice actor.
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Hamilton, Josh, voice actor.
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Kartheiser, Vincent, 1979- voice actor.
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Thorne, Callie, voice actor.
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Bosco, Philip, voice actor.
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Yu, Li-Shin, film editor.
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Keane, Brian, composer (expression)
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Squires, Buddy, director of photography.
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Goldsmith, Paul, director of photography.
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True story that inspired (work): Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Moby Dick.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Into the deep |
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America, whaling & the world |
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America, whaling and the world |
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American experience (Television program)
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| Music No. |
MWT10084471 |
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