The Liners(1997)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1997-10-11
Average Runtime: 54m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Since their development in the 1850s, ocean liners have been far more than simply passenger ships - they were also the conduit for enormous technological, social and global cultural change. This four-part series is an international story told from a uniquely Australian point of view about the most romantic ships ever built.
Keywords
ocean linertravelcruise shipocean voyageships
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 4E01
Maiden Voyage
Air Date: 1997-10-11
The history of passenger ships begins with the move from sail to steam and the formation of major cruise lines P&O an...
E02
Ships of War
Air Date: 1997-10-18
The passenger-ship history continues, looking at the liners' role as troop ships and immigration transports, and movi...
E03
The Great Duel
Air Date: 1997-10-25
Intense rivalry between Britain's Queen Mary and France's Normandie liners drove transatlantic speed records faster a...
E04
Endless Voyage
Air Date: 1997-11-01
The final episode tells of the post-Boeing years, when the liners were running half-empty and all seemed doomed to th...
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