Irish escape
(Video)
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Published
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video, c2007.
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Published
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video, c2007.
Format
Video
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
841887008648
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally produced as an episode of the television series Secrets of the dead.
Participants/Performers
Liev Schreiber, narrator.
Description
In 1876, after eight years of incarceration at Fremantle Prison in Western Australia, six Irish political prisoners escaped to America on board the American whaler Catalpa. Under the pretext of a whaling voyage, the Catalpa and its courageous and unassuming captain, George Smith Anthony, were part of an ambitious plan to liberate the prisoners. Their story is one of swashbuckling adventure and heroism.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen.
Language
Closed-captioned.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Anthony, George Smith, -- 1843-1913.
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900.
Catalpa (Bark)
Documentary television programs.
Escapes -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Fenians.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fremantle (W.A.) -- History.
Ireland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Irish -- Australia.
Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century.
Penal colonies -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Treason -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Whaling ships -- United States.
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900.
Catalpa (Bark)
Documentary television programs.
Escapes -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Fenians.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fremantle (W.A.) -- History.
Ireland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Irish -- Australia.
Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century.
Penal colonies -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Treason -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Whaling ships -- United States.