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American Experience; Rescue at Sea
01/05/1999
TRT: 56:46 Ch1: Stereo Left Ch 2: Stereo Rt Ch 3: Mono Mix

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- Series
- American Experience
- Program
- Rescue at Sea
- Program Number
1105
- Series Description
Premiered October 1988 As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Now in its eighteenth season, the series has produced over 180 programs and garnered every major broadcast award. Series release date: 10/1988
- Program Description
On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York, the other, American tourists to Europe -- collided in a dense fog off Nantucket Island. Suddenly, more than 1,500 lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy, and a 26- year-old wireless operator who sent a steady stream of distress signals as his cabin filled with water. Courage and luck saved the day, and a week after the collision, a bill requiring wireless on every ship carrying more than 50 passengers was introduced to Congress.
- Duration
00:56:46
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- History
- Citation
- Chicago: “American Experience; Rescue at Sea,” 01/05/1999, GBH Archives, accessed February 27, 2021, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_818C80EBCB584EE09709934BE445D6A4.
- MLA: “American Experience; Rescue at Sea.” 01/05/1999. GBH Archives. Web. February 27, 2021. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_818C80EBCB584EE09709934BE445D6A4>.
- APA: American Experience; Rescue at Sea. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_818C80EBCB584EE09709934BE445D6A4