Viking chieftains, flaming torches and outlandish costumes liven up a dark January day in Lerwick, Shetland, as the townsfolk celebrate 'Up Helly Aa'.
The devil makes the biggest splash at Cookham's famed regatta.
Russian émigrés in Paris after World War I train to take up arms against the new Bolshevik government.
The film offers an insight into the history of the A38 Ship from the conception of its idea to its rich and complex current operation
On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship ‘Hans Egede’. He received a hero’s welcome as the first man to set foot on the North Pole. He was greeted by the king, and given an honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen. Only a few days later, however, his endeavor was questioned, and in December the University rejected Cook’s documentation. Carl Th. Dreyer is seen as one of the journalists taking notes.
Moments before her son Satv'k's retrieval by the state, Parser makes one last attempt at bolstering his faith in the fabled Indigo Child.
A young seaman who is being hit by various problems related to his rights as a worker in private shipping company.
Sail away to a bygone Cornwall in this wistful coastal travelogue.
Goofy visits a ship.
On a deserted beach, a little guy embarks on a mysterious ship. This is how his journey starts, a journey between dream and reality.
Navigating the Indian Ocean in a reconstruction of a 1,200-year-old Arab ship, held together by 100km of rope and 127,000 hand-sewn stitches. The Jewel will sail more than five thousand kilometres across the Indian Ocean and do battle with the Monsoon – but for sailors it can spell danger and even death. It took a year to build: the Jewel of Muscat – a reconstruction of a 1200 year old Arab ship, based on an ancient shipwreck. Built from more than 18 tonnes of wood, the ship is held together entirely by 100 km of rope in over 127,000 hand-sewn stitches. Now the Jewel will sail more than five thousand kilometres across the Indian Ocean and do battle with the Monsoon – the mighty rain soaked wind that turns the arid land it touches green. But for sailors it can spell danger and even death.
When Ernest Shackleton is given the ship Endurance to reclaim the record for the furthest south expedition, his journey is cut short when his ship becomes trapped in the ice pack and begins to sink.
While our photographers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean a most wonderful and sensational picture was secured, showing a storm at sea. The picture was secured by lashing the camera to the after bridge of the Kaiserine Maria Theresa, of the North German Lloyd Line, during one of its roughest voyages. The most wonderful storm picture ever photographed. Taken at great risk. (Edison Films, 1901)
A castaway and an eccentric sailor hunt down an ancient creature that may or may not be real.
The fate of the RMS Titanic - the 'unsinkable' ship that never completed its maiden voyage - has enthralled us all for over a hundred years. Her power to captivate the world has only grown with every year she has lain on the seabed, so tantilizingly out of reach. Now, join a voyage of discovery as one man sets out to see the wreck of RMS Titanic with his own eyes. The result is a unique film that show the enduring passion for the Titanic story, the enormous challenges that must be conquered in order to visit the site and the amazing remains that still lie on the ocean floor, waiting for those brave and dedicated enough to make the long journey down.
Follows Lewis Carroll’s characters on a quest to find the elusive Snark creature on a tropical island. They encounter surreal adventures and twisted logic as they search for meaning and understanding.
This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions. Every time they play, they remind someone of a lost love, so they are hired immediately hired by nightclub owners, ship captains and even a pirate... wherever circumstances take them.
A young slave whishes returning to his homeland, the Canary Islands, after twenty years of captivity in Spain. For that reason he will travel as stowaway on a ship but instead he will arrive at the mysterious Island of Hell.