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starring: Burgess Meredithdirected by: Nicolas Noxon, Robert Guenette, Bert Haanstra, Irwin Rosten, Nicholas Clapp
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792293057
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0792293053
Label: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Manufacturer: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Release Date: September 19, 2000
Sales Rank: 26461
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This documentary from National Geographic tells the fascinating story of an enormous Japanese submarine that was carrying a cargo of gold to Nazi Germany late in World War II. American torpedo bombers ambushed it and sent the sub to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Decades later, an American treasure hunter, Paul Tidwell, learned of sub I-52 while conducting research in the U.S. National Archives. Tidwell's original intent was to raise the gold, and he spent years finding investors for the elaborate search and salvage expeditions chronicled in this video. Yet, as a decorated Vietnam vet, he also has a keen interest in military history, and he located American Navy veterans who participated in the sinking of the sub in 1944. The American vets accompanied the expedition to the submarine, and Tidwell later brought artifacts from the wreck to family members of the sub's doomed crew in Japan. The attempt to salvage the gold from the I-52 was troubled, and the documentary is candid in displaying the tensions aboard ship. Deep below the waves, the shattered hull of the submarine is the subject of some magnificent underwater filming, which is full of touches to be expected from National Geographic, such as a stunning close-up of deck guns on the submarine that are now covered with delicate sea anemones. --Robert J. McNamara
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Engaging WW-II Submarine Story
I would have to say this is one of the most interesting lesser known tales from the World War Two. the trajic end of this Japanese Sub and it's journery to rediscover it's last days is truley riveting. Great computer animation reconstruction of events!!
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