Title Why ships sink / produced by Pioneer Productions for Nova/WGBH in association with Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Jonathan Challis.

Publication Info.

[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 623.82 NOV	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	DVD 623.8 WHY	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 620.4162 WH	Check Shelf

Edition	[Widescreen].
Description	1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, NTSC, widescreen.
Performer	Narrated by Eric Meyers.
Note	Originally broadcast as an episode of NOVA in 2012.
Summary	Picking up from this winter's Costa Concordia disaster and looking both back to the Titanic disaster a century ago, and into the future of sea travel, Nova looks at questions about cruise ship safety and the science of the ships' buoyancy.
Contents	Preview -- Similar voyages -- a ship's structure -- Modern designs -- At the helm -- Last minute decisions.
Language	Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Cruise ships -- Safety measures.
	Shipwrecks.
	Marine engineering.
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs.
	Nonfiction television programs.
	Science television programs.
	Television news programs.
	Television programs -- United States.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Challis, Jonathan. Producer. Director.
	Pioneer Productions.
	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
	Channel Four (Great Britain)
	PBS Distribution (Firm)
Added Title	Nova (Television program)
ISBN	9781608836840
	1608836843
Standard No.	841887016872
Music No.	NOVA6241 PBS Home Video

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