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  • Nova Lincoln's Secret Weapon (Season 27, Episode 15)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | Documentary

Nova

Lincoln's Secret Weapon (Season 27, Episode 15)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Documentary
This is the story of an armored combat vessel that opened up an entirely new chapter in naval warfare. At a critical moment of the American Civil War in 1861, the Navy commissioned the USS Monitor to test a daring idea-that a mechanical ...See moreThis is the story of an armored combat vessel that opened up an entirely new chapter in naval warfare. At a critical moment of the American Civil War in 1861, the Navy commissioned the USS Monitor to test a daring idea-that a mechanical fighting machine could inflict a crushing defeat on Confederate forces. Not long after its legendary confrontation with the ironclad Merrimack, the Monitor sank in stormy seas off Cape Hatteras. Almost a century and a half after these stirring events, NOVA's cameras follow the Navy's risky efforts to salvage the secrets of the Monitor as it lies rusting on the ocean bottom. Written by NOVA/PBS See less
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Director
Kirk Wolfinger
Composer
Robert Neufeld
Cinematographer
D.J. Roller
Editor
Bobby Jones
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Status
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Updated Oct 24, 2000
Release date
Oct 24, 2000 (United States)
Awards
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Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 22 wins & 63 nominations

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