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    American Experience: Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World

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    Poster of the movie American Experience: Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
    2010     Biography documentary    
    USA
    1h 54min

    For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world, illuminating and powering the start of the industrial revolution and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. This is the riveting and extraordinary story of the American whaling industry, from its origins off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the great golden age of deep-ocean whaling, to the industry's spectacular demise.

    Directed byRic Burns
    Written byRic Burns
    CompanyPBSPBSPBS

    Featuring

    Philip Bosco
    D. Graham Burnett
    Willem Dafoe
    Josh Hamilton
    Vincent Kartheiser
    Robert Sean Leonard
    Callie Thorne
    + MORE

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