Whaler out of New Bedford(1961)

Name: Whaler out of New Bedford
Director: Francis Thompson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1961-01-01
Duration: 24 min

Pictures made from an 1800-foot panorama painted in 1848 and authentic songs of the period sung and played by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacCall are used in portraying a whaling voyage around the world. Includes views of New Bedford, Mass., the Azores, Hawaii, Tahiti, the Alaskan whaling grounds, the Horn, and the harbors of Typee and Rio.