Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A & E Dod
• DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• ASIN: B000WJIJY8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,923 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

It has sometimes been said that the sea is a more hostile environment than space, yet the U.S. Navy has not lost a submarine in over forty years. But when the crew of a modern submarine hear the command to dive, they know that danger is never far away. MODERN MARVELS® plumbs the depths from the Revolution to today, examining the tragedies that claimed hundreds of lives and revealing what engineers and naval architects learned from each one. Watch as a modern crew undergoes disaster training in simulators. Naval historians detail famous sinkings throughout history. And get an up-close look at the latest generation of rescue equipment, which can extract sailors from life or death situations on the ocean floor.