This Was America - The Sea--Episode 09 [1981]

DateMarch 24 1981

Can DescriptionsThis Was America X1504 BBIC #9 The Sea

AbstractSlate: “Date 3/24/81 Length 24:52 Title: This Was America “The Sea” Product Master Client WCVB-TV Boston”. Title: “This Was America with William Shatner”. William Shatner hosts an episode about the transition from sail to steam powered ships. Uses historical still photographs and voiceover. Includes photographs of fishing, sailing ships, steam ships, and the US Navy. [This episode was remade in 1991 with newer footage of William Shatner. See acc. 2716.1425.]

OtherCredits: With William Shatner; Written by Martin Sandler, Sherry Reisner; Music by Robert Cavicchio, Edward Korvin, Ron Frangipane; Executive Producer: Steve Schlow; Produced by Claude Pelanne; Photographs Compiled by Martin Sandler, Sherry Reisner; Animation: Gary Granato; Editing: David Teixeira; Director of Photography: Ed Dadulak; Assistant Director: Scott Philbrick; Sound: Richard Bock; Assistant Cameraman: Charlie Lew; Key Grip: Sam Kauffmann; Audio Mixer: Michel Carton; Associate Producer: Peter Fiedler; Production Manager: Alan Ritsko; Historical Consultant: Oscar Handlin; Project Consultant: Robert Gardner; Photographs Courtesy of Library of Congress, Peabody Museum, S.P.N.E.A., National Maritime Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum, U.S. Navy, Dept. of Naval History, Museum of the City of New York, The Sandler Collection; Camera Courtesy of Jack Naylor Collection; Program Executive: Bruce Marson; Filmed on Location at the National Academy of Sciences, Falmouth, Ma.; Endorsed by the National Education Association