An episode of the documentary series Americans at Work, produced by Norwood Studios for the AFL-CIO. From week to week, the series looked at different jobs and described the work of those professions through proud narration and striking photography. This installment focuses on all of the people who work onboard ships: captains, mates, engineers, cleaners, stewards, tug operators, and more!
An episode of the documentary series Americans at Work, produced by Norwood Studios for the AFL-CIO. From week to week, the series looked at different jobs and described the work of those professions through proud narration and striking photography. This installment focuses on all of the people who work onboard ships: captains, mates, engineers, cleaners, stewards, tug operators, and more!
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.
An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.