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A technical and historical account of the process of making a rope at H M Dockyard, Chatham, told by the foreman of the Ropery.
Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) was one of the pioneers in the development of scientific cinema and was one of its great popularisers. Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland looks at the...
Archive film from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing yachting in the 1930s. Film of four great yachts - ‘Britannia’, ‘Velsheder’, ‘Astra’ and ‘Westward’ in action in the...
The only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was born on September 7 1533 in Greenwich Palace. From her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, she was a great, beloved, feared, complex,...
Archive film from the Museum’s collection, including sections on the Battle of Jutland, the ‘Pedestal’ convoy to relieve Malta, wartime shipyards, the WRNS, and shipping today.
Three archive films from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing ships of the Ericksen Line before World War 2. SV VIKING was shot by Harold Wigram in 1938, some of it on early colour stock, and...
Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. The notion of "hard air" (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks...
Looks at the shipwrecks ‘Braer’ (1993), ‘Crondale’ (1911), the ‘Monitor’ (1862) and many other examples stretching back to the Roman period. Covers early diving, measuring and mapping of sites,...
During the 17th century many advances in practical and instrumental navigation took place. These were aided by other scientific developments, and in turn navigational requirement gave impetus to developments...
Discusses the Liberty ships built in the USA during World War 2 using the then comparatively new technique of welding. Caught up in the speed of their construction, the ships contained a serious flaw causing...
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