N.G. Explorer - The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (NGC) (1993)
N.G. Explorer - The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (NGC) (1993)
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Genre: Documentary
The island of Guadalcanal may not be the first name that comes to mind when asked to recall the epic battles of World War II, but it's significance is greater than most people think. This program from the National Geographic channel illustrates how thin small island in the south Pacific witnessed some incredibly turbulent times during the heat of battle, culminating in over 50 sunken warships being laid to rest around the tiny coast.
In 1942, World War II raged around a previously obscure island in the southwest Pacific called Guadalcanal. Six months of savage fighting transformed the channel north of the island into a final resting place for some fifty Allied and Japanese warships. The saga of Guadalcanal, as effectively traced through modern interviews, archival film footage, and still photographs, is gripping on its own terms: following a series of victories in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Japanese were poised to forge an air link to Australia with an airstrip on the jungle island. An invasion force of U.S. Marines took the airstrip, but a swift enemy counterattack shattered supporting naval cruisers, isolating the ground troops. Over the next six months, reversals of fortune–including oversight and arrogance in the Japanese command and incompetence and indecision among U.S. brass–provided added suspense. By the time Guadalcanal was firmly held by an occupying Allied force, the northern water passage, dubbed Iron Bottom Sound, was strewn with the wrecks of some 50 warships from both sides.
Fifty years later, Dr. Robert Ballard, the explorer who found the wre of the Titanic and Bismarck, leads a joint National Geographic Society/U.S. Navy expedition to explore this watery graveyard of "Iron Bottom Sound" in the Southwestern Pacific. His expedition, assisted by the U.S. Navy, located 14 U.S., Japanese, and Australian destroyers and cruisers lost for some 50 years. Join in his discovery of ships unseen for half a century!
This documented expedition is offering some spectacular sights as we plunge beneath the waves and discover a veritable graveyard of ships, which took many crew members with them. Veterans of the battle and military historians help identify the ships, share their vivid, searing memories of those who fought and survived, and witness their touching reunions with their ships and former enemies. Experience the excitement and life-threatening dangers of undersea exploration, and relive some incredible moments in the histories of war and exploration as you discover THE LOST FLEET OF GUADALCANAL.
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00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:03:58.440 : Chapter 2
00:12:05.480 : Chapter 3
00:18:21.160 : Chapter 4
00:22:15.160 : Chapter 5
00:25:13.240 : Chapter 6
00:32:26.200 : Chapter 7
00:37:56.520 : Chapter 8
00:42:05.120 : Chapter 9
00:45:01.080 : Chapter 10
00:50:01.000 : Chapter 11
00:53:18.960 : Chapter 12
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N.G. Explorer - The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (NGC) (1993)
N.G. Explorer - The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (NGC) (1993)
N.G. Explorer - The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (NGC) (1993)
N.G. Explorer - The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (NGC) (1993)
