Rickover : the birth of nuclear power
(DVD)
Contributors
Pack, Michael, screenwriter,
Hausman, Michael, producer.
Allen, Joan, 1956- narrator.
Nelson, Tim Blake, actor.
Wiedenmayer, Joseph, editor.
Hausman, Michael, producer.
Allen, Joan, 1956- narrator.
Nelson, Tim Blake, actor.
Wiedenmayer, Joseph, editor.
Published
Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2014]
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 359.0092 Ric
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DVD 359.0092 Ric
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Published
Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2014]
Language
English
UPC
841887023184
Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Michael Hausman, producer of dramatic scenes ; Joseph Wiedenmayer, editor ; James Callanan, director of photography.
Participants/Performers
Tim Blake Nelson (Rickover).
Participants/Performers
Joan Allen, narrator.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast on PBS in 2014.
Description
Rickover built the world's first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many questioned Rickover's goal of an all nuclear navy, and others questioned his creation of a technocratic elite, his own navy within the Navy.
Description
Documents Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover as he oversaw the development and launch of the first U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen; stereo.
Language
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Admirals -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Nuclear submarines -- United States -- History.
Nuclear warships -- United States -- History.
Rickover, Hyman George.
United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographies.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Nuclear submarines -- United States -- History.
Nuclear warships -- United States -- History.
Rickover, Hyman George.
United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects