Product Details

• Directors: David Hoffman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Varied Directions
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2003
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001LQL6A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,152 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Captain John Vick, USN Submarine Captain (Retired).

"This film captured the essence of submarining: the people, their heritage, training, dedication, fierce competitiveness, immense personal and professional pride."

Product Description

The is the only program (A Prime time PBS Special) where the US Navy allowed a film crew to go down with a sub to see what really happens below the waves. As a result, the film presents a never before seen look inside a state of the art nuclear powered sub on patrol. It show in extraordinary detail, the daily ordinary and extraordinary lives of submariners. You will see and hear things that you have never seen before.

Steel Boats also shows the training, family life,off time activities, etc. Viewers visit a "wet trainer" at Sub School to see what these submariners endure when they climb inside one of these remarkable ships.

Who are these men, who live confined in a steel tube deep in the ocean for months at a time, surrounded by a hostile environment, in constant danger? What do they do and why do they do it?

Reviews: "Steel Boats - Iron Men captured the essence of submarining: the people their heritage, training, dedication, fierce competitiveness and immense personal and professional pride. A most powerful film which should appeal to all ages in all walks of life." - Captain John Vick, USN Submarine Captain (Retired).

"Crowded into the U.S.S. Hyman Rickover, the filmmakers powerfully convey the confinement and brotherhood on board as the crew participates in stressful fire and attack drills. The history of submarining is chronicled, and the rigorous testing of prospective submariners is shown for the first time. Plunging into the psyche of these highly intelligent sailors and probing the allure of their undersea life, this production fascinates and informs." - Video Review Magazine

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb in every way, February 17, 2003

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David Hoffman (Santa Cruz, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Submarines: Steel Boats - Iron Men [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am a Navy submariner's wife. This one hour program shows what it is REALLY like and shows the life on board without all the PR baloney. Lots of great stuff that I and my family and friends had never seen or heard about. A dramatic story also. It had me in tears. I am proud of my husband and others like him.

2.0 out of 5 stars Used Used Used, November 9, 2006

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Brent W. Febo "STSCS/SS" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Submarines: Steel Boats - Iron Men [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The VHS recieved was a pirated copy! Black and White case covers, nothing like the photo. The tape wasn't even rewound when I received it. Basically I received an illeagle copy of this product.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Submarines, December 5, 2003

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John S. Reynolds "Till the wheels fall off" (Santa Barbara, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Submarines (DVD)

While this film looks and sounds very much like a documentary on Submarines, its merely a mediocre drama that deals with terrorists and a hijacked Russian nuclear Sub!! If this sounds like your bag then this film could be for you. I thought it to be an interesting Documentary but found I was wrong. It was just packaged to appear that way.