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The Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick

44 minutes 1 seconds

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Color illustration of men in a small rowboat with a giant whale breaching in front of them. Caption. Soon there is the cry from the mast of, "Thar she blows!"

Draws on the accounts of two survivors and the research of scholars to bring the incredible story of the doomed ship to life. Recounts the attack of a bull sperm whale that sank the ship and records the travails of the crew's desperate attempt to sail to safety in three small whaleboats. The handful who survived did so by reverting to the "law of the sea."

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Runtime: 44 minutes 1 seconds

Topic: History
Subtopic: Documentaries
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2000
Producer/Distributor: A & E Television Network
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A senior man pushing a senior woman using a wheelchair in a living room. Caption. And caregivers at home just got forgotten.

Close up of the World Trade Center towers obscured by an explosive plume of fiery smoke. Right tower gapes open near top.

Teenage boy with his arm over a girl's shoulder as they walk down a school hallway. Text over the image reads, Carnel ranks in the nation's top 5% of public high schools in academics. Caption. People talking and laughing.

Woman wearing a white blouse and black vest sits behind a desk and gestures at camera. Title card below reads, "Olga Block, Co-Founder and CEO of Basis". Caption. They wanted to get rid of me in kindergarten.

Digital rendering. Aerial view of 2 switchback staircases with white figures walking downwards on a level labeled, "sixty-ninth floor."

Closeup of a boy laying with his head next to another person and smiling with his eyes closed. Caption. Sound of crowd cheering.

Person lightly touches a hand to a newborn baby hooked up to tubes. Caption. She depends on a mechanical ventilator.

Black and white photo of Black girl and father speaking to senior White man. Caption. I had my big daddy's hand to walk with.

Group of teenagers getting ready in a gym locker room, some wearing bathing suits, others in shirts and shorts.

Teenage boy staring seriously at a teenage girl, speaking. Caption. What did you just say to me?