Rent The Liners: Maiden Voyage (1997)
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- Synopsis:
Ocean liners were far more than simply giant ships that carried passengers across the seas. They were bold statements of national power and technological might; pawns in a giant, volatile game of one-upmanship between rival nations. Like rocket ships in the space race of the 1970s, liners were the symbols of ultimate power in the early struggle between the superpowers for dominance of the world. Maiden Voyage begins by looking at the initial move away from traditional sail ships and the development of the first ocean-going steam powered ships and the subsequent formation of the major cruise lines P&O and Cunard. As the years pass we see how the rivalry between Germany and Britain intensified with Germany's launching of the world's first superliner, the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse in 1897, a four-stacker that went on to capture the much coveted Blue Riband from Britain. We see how the British responded with the production of two of their own giant liners, Mauretania and Lusitania, ostensibly to win back the Blue Riband and dominance of the North Atlantic passenger trade. Maiden Voyage also focuses on the building and subsequent sinking of the Titanic, whilst also providing an insight into the events leading up to World War One. With a combination of superb archive footage, expert commentary and fascinating interviews this DVD is much more than simply a story about big, beautiful ships. It is a saga of the volatile changing world of the last 150 years, a world in which these giant transoceanic people movers became the conduit for enormous technological, social and political change. - Directors:
- Peter Butt
- Producers:
- Rob McAuley
- Narrated By:
- Sandy McCutcheon
- Writers:
- Peter Butt
- Studio:
- Demand DVD
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
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