Seapower - Battleships through the ages
6 x 48 minute programmes
Some of history’s most crucial battles have
been fought on the high seas of the world. The Seapower series
uses the very latest computer-generated animation techniques to
recreate the galleys of the ancient world, the wooden men-o-war of
Nelson’s day and the very first dreadnoughts.
The series also features many full scale replicas
of Elizabethan privateers, Viking longships, a Greek trireme and an
eighteenth century sailing brig.
The series features
• Undersea photography
• Superb graphics and animation
• First hand accounts from veterans
• Interviews with leading authorities
• The surviving relics
• Contemporary views
• Period images and paintings
Titles in the series
1. The First Warships: From Ancient Times to the
Medieval World
2. The Tudor Navy: From the Mary-Rose to the Armada
3. Nelson’s Victory: Wooden Ships and Iron
Men
4. The First Ironclads: Into the Modern Era
5. U-Boat 534: Echoes from the Ocean Floor
6. The Ghost Ships of Truk Lagoon: Operation
Hailstone
