Bibliograph

Remember the Sultana, Summer Hill Entertainment and River Rock Entertainment in associaion with Lava Entertainment and Purple Ace Productions; written by Brendan Hedges ; produced and directed by Mike Marshall, Mark Marshall

Type

Label

Remember the Sultana, Summer Hill Entertainment and River Rock Entertainment in associaion with Lava Entertainment and Purple Ace Productions; written by Brendan Hedges ; produced and directed by Mike Marshall, Mark Marshall

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Remember the Sultana

Oclc number

1128047821

Responsibility statement

Summer Hill Entertainment and River Rock Entertainment in associaion with Lava Entertainment and Purple Ace Productions; written by Brendan Hedges ; produced and directed by Mike Marshall, Mark Marshall

Runtime

Summary

Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat's boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history. This documentary features interviews with preeminent Sultana historians Jerry O. Potter and Gene Salecker, as well as descendants of the survivors

Technique

live action

Classification