Fire at Sea
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Beau Billingslea
Fred Addis
Ronald F Anderson
David Barnett
John K Belling
Eric Blau
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
From ancient Greek boats to modern cruise ships, every vessel that heads to sea is at risk of one of the most dangerous and deadly disasters that can happen aboard a ship -- fire. The program recounts some of the most famous fires at sea and how fire has been used as a potent maritime weapon of war. Senator John McCain reveals how he escaped certain death as a Navy pilot by leaping from his burning plane aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal. The program also features footage that chronicles the General Slocum disaster of 1904, which took the lives of over 1000 women and children in New York City's East River as hundreds of people watched helplessly from the river bank. Other fire-at-sea disasters featured in the documentary include: the 1865 fire aboard the steamship Sultana as it was transporting 2,500 former Union soldiers from Confederate prison camps; and the mysterious 1934 fire aboard the Morro Castle as it was approaching New York harbor.
Cast
Beau Billingslea
Fred Addis
Ronald F Anderson
David Barnett
John K Belling
Eric Blau
Kit Bonner
Lawrence J Bowling
Robert E Cahill
Bill Dunn
Robert M Egizi
Thomas Farnquist
Donald Ferry
Daniel Finamore
Freddy Gebhardt
Ricky Heyd
Bill Humphreys
Kenneth V Killmeyer
Everett T Little
Larry Mcandress
