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61) 49th parallel
Series
Criterion collection volume 376
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States.
62) U-571
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the Nazis' top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
63) Battle machines
Publisher
Ticktock
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
112 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Description
"From medieval battles to supersonic and stealth technology, discover fascinating facts about military machines and how they've developed to meet the ever-changing demands of warfare"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifty years after World War II, a team of divers discovered an unidentified German U-boat off the New Jersey coast. What boat was it? And what secret mission had brought it there? This video also traces the history of submarines and undersea warfare from the American Revolution through World War II.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Merging the stealth and tactical advantages of sea and sky, the I-401 aircraft carrier submarine carried three specially designed Seiran attack bombers. The vessel had the potential to change the course of the war in the Pacific. Japanese SuperSub, investigates Japan's efforts to take submarine technology where it had never gone before, and reveals how close the Japanese came to using the sub for an attack on the U.S.
66) Pacifiction
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official De Roller is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high-end' establishment' as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumor has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Nonfiction
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
136 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Description
Describes the creation of an underwater ship called the American Turtle by Yale graduate David Bushnell in 1776, and its use in an attempt to sink the British navy's flagship, the HMS Eagle, in New York harbor.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Survivors of a storm at sea are rescued by Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus and his crew. The survivors are taken to a secret city located 10,000 fathoms under the sea where they soon realize that the Captain has no intention of ever letting them return to land. The captain doesn't want anyone telling the world about his astonishing ocean realm.
69) Black wind
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 18
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
13 CDs (16 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure-a different kind of kamikaze mission, this one carried out by two submarines bound for the West Coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological virus. Neither sub made it to the designated target. But that does not mean they were lost.
70) Das boot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar/ Sony Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c1997.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "Gray Wolves" that sought to harass and destroy British ships during World War II. Portrays the crew as they struggle to maintain their professionalism as soldiers while trying to understand and obey the ideology of the German government which they served.
71) Das boot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (209 min.) : sd., col., double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves." The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn.
Author
Series
Bitty Bot volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Description
Bitty Bot is initially unhappy while on vacation at the beach with his family until he makes two new friends and they build a submarine, setting off for adventure under the ocean.
75) The keeper's son
Author
Series
Josh Thurlow novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
353 p. : map ; 25 cm.
76) The enemy below
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set during the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, the film tells the story of the cat and mouse hunt between the USS Haynes, a destroyer escort, and a German U-Boat. Captain Murrell, a former Merchant Mariner, saw his wife killed when his freighter was torpedoed by the Germans. Von Stolberg, the veteran U-Boat commander, sees no honor in the German aims of the war. Both of these highly experienced men must now try to outthink and outmaneuver...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 390 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community's monumental contribution to that effort.
One of the indelible images of World War II is of an explosion at sea-- a U-boat attack, a ship in flames, and an ocean full of men swimming for their lives. The Mathews Men tells the story of what it was like...
80) Gray lady down
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charlton Heston stars as a hard-bitten captain making his last voyage in command of the U.S.S. Neptune, a nuclear submarine that is sunk in a collision with a Norwegian freighter. The only hope for the forty-one men trapped 1450 feet down is a pair of maverick inventors racing to clear the blocked escape hatch with an experimental submersible.
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