American Experience
Season 11 Episode 5 - Rescue at Sea
On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York City, the other, American tourists to Europe -- collided in dense fog off Nantucket Island. In a moment, more than 1,500 lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy, and on Jack Binns, a twenty-six-year-old wireless operator on board one of the ships. A story of courage, luck, and heroism at sea.
Episodes in Season 11
America 1900
55 min
Race for the Superbomb
55 min
Hoover Dam
55 min
Alone on the Ice
55 min
Rescue at Sea
55 min
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
55 min
Lost in the Grand Canyon
55 min
MacArthur (1): Destiny
55 min
MacArthur (2): The Politics of War
55 min
Fly Girls
55 min