Over the Seas to Belfast (1946)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 9分
シノプシス
This Traveltalk series short begins aboard the RMS Scythia as it exits Halifax Harbor. The Scythia is a cruise ship that was converted to a troop transport during World War II; in 1940 it carried children from Liverpool to New York as part of an evacuation program set up by the Children's Overseas Reception Board. The present voyage is among the first to carry civilian passengers from North America to the British Isles following the end of the war. Among the passengers are 150 child evacuees, who have spent several years growing up in Canada or the USA.
Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
伝説の探検家トール・ヘイエルダールが、コロンブス以前の時代に南米人がポリネシアに定住していた可能性を証明するために、1947年にバルサ材のイカダで太平洋を横断した際の真実の物語です。
両親と上の兄姉が渡米中、エドマンドとルーシーのペベンシー兄妹はいとこのユースチスの家に預けられた。ある時、壁に掛けられた船の絵を見ていた3人は、突然動き出した絵の中に吸い込まれ、ナルニアの海へと放り出された。王となったカスピアンやネズミの騎士リーピチープが乗る船・朝びらき丸に救われた彼らは、懐かしい友人たちとの再会を喜ぶ間もなく、ナルニアを悪から守る7つの魔法の剣を探す冒険に加わることになる。
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
トロイ戦役で木馬作戦を発案した知将ユリシーズに降りかかる艱難辛苦の歳月を、愛と冒険をちりばめて描き上げる。ホーマーの叙事詩「オデッセイ」をカーク・ダグラス主演で映画化した1954年製作の歴史大作。
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A Swedish peasant family, ravaged by poverty, privation and misery in mid-19th century Sweden, set out on a perilous journey to America in hope of a better life.
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A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own. The woman's friends gladly assist in the deception.
The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.
A young divinity student helps and protects a down and out prostitute, at the cost of his own standing in the community.
Navigating the Indian Ocean in a reconstruction of a 1,200-year-old Arab ship, held together by 100km of rope and 127,000 hand-sewn stitches. The Jewel will sail more than five thousand kilometres across the Indian Ocean and do battle with the Monsoon – but for sailors it can spell danger and even death. It took a year to build: the Jewel of Muscat – a reconstruction of a 1200 year old Arab ship, based on an ancient shipwreck. Built from more than 18 tonnes of wood, the ship is held together entirely by 100 km of rope in over 127,000 hand-sewn stitches. Now the Jewel will sail more than five thousand kilometres across the Indian Ocean and do battle with the Monsoon – the mighty rain soaked wind that turns the arid land it touches green. But for sailors it can spell danger and even death.
An Blascaod Mór, Great Blasket Island, is an islet off the southwest coast of the Irish mainland. For years, a declining population and treacherous waters had made life there risky. In 1953, the Irish government evacuated the 22 remaining residents of An Blascaod Mór to the nearby village of Dún Chaoin. This documentary examines aspects of the island's history and literary legacy, and features interviews with former islanders.
The history of Norwegian seamen goes from the Viking Age, and over to the present time when young people want to go to the sea.
On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son he's not seen since infancy.
