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Sealab [videorecording (DVD)].

PBS Distribution, 2019.

DVD 551.460723 S438 Doc

United States. Navy Department.

Project Sealab.

Manned undersea research stations.

Underwater exploration.

American experience (PBS Distribution)

Alternate title:

American experience. Sealab [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (55 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based in part on the book 'Sealab : America's forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor' by Ben Hellwarth.

Originally broadcast as an episode of the documentary TV series "American experience" on the PBS network on February 12, 2019.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

An Insignia Films production for American experience ; WGBH ; American Experience Films, PBS ; produced by Amanda Pollak ; written and directed by Stephen Ives.

Narrator, Michael Murphy.

"On a February day in 1969, off the shore of northern California, a US Navy crane carefully lowered 300 tons of metal into the Pacific Ocean. The massive tubular structure was an audacious feat of engineering -- a pressurized underwater habitat, complete with science labs and living quarters for an elite group of divers who hoped to spend days or even months at a stretch living and working on the ocean floor. The Sealab project, as it was known, was the brainchild of a country doctor turned naval pioneer who dreamed of pushing the limits of ocean exploration the same way NASA was pushing the limits of space exploration. As Americans were becoming entranced with the effort to land a man on the moon, these divers, including one of NASA's most famous astronauts, were breaking depth barrier records underwater. Sealab tells the little-known story of the daring program that tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized the way humans explore the ocean."--Container.

Documentary television programs.

Science television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Hellwarth, Ben. Sealab.

Murphy, Michael, 1938-

Insignia Films.

American Experience Films.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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