Shipwreck DVDs
2 Pack Special
Shipwrecks of North America
The Edmund Fitzgerald Controversy
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Edmund Fitzgerald Anthology
Edmund Fitzgerald: Past & Present
The Mystery of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Edmund Fitzgerald Trilogy
Mark Gumbinger (left) Director of Edmund Fitzgerald documentary presenting DVD to legendary singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, author of the song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes Trilogy
Haunted Tales of the Great Lakes
Great Stories of the Great Lakes
Straits of Mackinac Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan
Linda-E
Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters
S.S. Cedarville
The Eastland Disaster
LadyElgin
Andrea Doria
Carl D. Bradley
Daniel J. Morrell
Whitefishbay Shipwrecks
Ghostships of Isle Royale
Car Ferry, Milwaukee
S.S. Wisconsin
Rouse Simmons ( The Christmas Tree Ship)
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Shipwrecks of North America
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In the middle of the night a giant speeds towards New York City crossing the Atlantic Ocean at speeds undreamt of by ship builders a half century earlier. She is The RMS Titanic.
From the destiny of the Titanic at the dawn of the Twentieth Century to the tragic sinking of the Andrea Doria, to the Loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the Fatal capsizing of the Eastland in the Chicago River, to the collision of the San Juan off the California coast. This program is a tour de force of the most famous shipwrecks of North America.
With expert analysis from noted historians, enhanced with rare photographs, live footage of the wrecks, you will be thrilled and intrigued to learn about the human struggles and the drama entwined within these doomed vessels.
- The “Unsinkable” Titanic on her maiden journey. Discover the series of events that lead to sealing her fate and those aboard her.
- The Eastland, her victims an unintended consequence of the Titanic, as her victims filled the Chicago River.
- The luxury liner The Andrea Doria. Experience her destruction when she collided with The Stockholm and sank off Nantucket.
- The Edmund Fitzgerald, the most recent shipwreck with the most modern technology and engineering, yet still no match for Lake Superior who it is said, never gives up her dead.
- Off the shore of California, the San Juan sinks in a matter of minutes to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
This sixty minute exploration into the greatest shipwrecks of North America is both educational, touching, fascinating and informative. Packed with expert interviews, actual footage and rare photographs, it promises to be a riveting program that will leave viewer pondering the implications long after the credits roll.
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