Nova: Hitler's Lost Sub

Rated: Unrated (Not Rated)

Dive in dangerous waters with deep sea detectives as they attempt to retrieve clues that will reveal this decaying U-boats identity. See how the breaking of Nazi codes altered the outcome of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 783421324398
• Release Date: January 2004
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: PBS
• Runtime: 2 hours
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A better presentation than you suspect

Nova Season 27 Episode 17 aired Nov 14, 2000 This presentation is a lot more than just dry facts. It is more than some weird speculation like “did aliens bump off H-i-t-l-e-r-’-s sub?” In 1991, a fisherman caught his net on something 60 miles off the shore of New Jersey. It turns out to be the remains of a G-e-r-m-a-n U-boat from December 1941. Now Nova takes us on a six-year quest for discovery as we endeavor to find the name and number of the boat and its story. Some presenters: Horst von Schroeter (Watch Officer of U-123) Erich Topp (commander of U-552) Gordon Vaeth (US Navy Air Intelligence, Airships) Bernard Cavalcante (US Naval Historical Center) Richard Kohler (diver) Author Burk (Engineer, Naval Torpedo Station) Clay Blair (Historian) Gary Weir (US Naval Historical Center) Timothy Mulligan (German Naval Historian) John Chatterton (Diver) Werner Rahn (Historian, German Navy (Ret’d)) Dean Allard (US Naval History Center) John Yurga (diver) This is a very well-presented mystery. A real plus in this presentation is that it is in soundbite form, but so well assembled that you do not notice. We get interviews from people who are alive at the time the missing submarine is missing, relatives of the missing people, and experts on the subject. There are a few spots where you would want them to just hurry up and get on with it; then you realize that this is a two-hour presentation. Another benefit from this production is the history lessons. Many people know the history in general, but it becomes more personal as you find out the actual details and find yourself saying, “Why didn’t anybody tell me that before?”