Title Into the deep : America, whaling & the world / 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.

Publication Info.	Arlington, Va. : PBS Distribution, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color w/ black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Performer	Narrator, Willem Dafoe ; voices, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Kartheiser, Callie Thorne, Philip Bosco.
Credits	Editor, Li-Shin Yu ; music, Brian Keane ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Paul Goldsmith.
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.
Contents	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.).
Audience	Not rated.
Note	Originally produced in 2010.
Language	Optional English SDH for the hearing impaired ; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Whaling -- United States -- History.
	Nantucket (Mass.) -- History.
	Essex (Whaleship)
	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
	Whalers (Persons)
	Whaling masters.
	Whaling ships.
	Whaling in literature.
	Whaling stations.
	Whalers' writings, American.
	Whale oil.
	Whale oil -- Law and legislation.
	Whaling -- Environmental aspects.
Genre/Form	Historical television programs.
	Documentary television programs.
	Nonfiction television programs.
	Historical reenactments (Television programs)
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Burns, Ric.
	Recine, Mary.
	Lafave, Bonnie.
	Espinola, Robin.
	Dafoe, Willem.
	Leonard, Robert Sean, 1969-
	Hamilton, Josh.
	Kartheiser, Vincent, 1979-
	Thorne, Callie.
	Bosco, Philip.
	Keane, Brian.
	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
	PBS Distribution (Firm)
	Steeplechase Films Inc.
	WGBH Educational Foundation.
	American Experience Films (Firm)
Other Title	America, whaling and the world
Added Title	American experience (Television program)
ISBN	9781608832521
	160883252X
Standard No.	841887012553
Music No.	AMX62208 PBS Distribution

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