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American Experience: Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World

American Experience (2010)

Documentary | United States

Director: David Grubin, Stephen Ives

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SEASON: 22

EPISODE: 8 - Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World

SYNOPSIS

The 300-year saga of the American whaling industry, from its origins off the coast of New England, through the age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the Civil War.

Actors

Voice: Callie Thorne, Jefferson Mays, Nancy Groce, Ron Bobb Semple, Peter Hermann, Jay Gregory, Ping Wu

Writer: David Grubin, Mark Zwonitzer

Narrator: Will Lyman, Philip Bosco

RUNTIME: 55 min

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