The Marine Video Library
The seafaring world in moving pictures and available for download
Authored by: Martin Leduc
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| Original Productions | Engine Room and Machinery | Accidents | Awesome Weather |
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51 mb | Take a walk down the center axis of the engine room on the Disney Magic. A 83,000 ton passenger ship. An original production from www.dieselduck.net |
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22 mb | The Capt Bob is a large tugboat on Canada's west coast, see it unload 15,000 ton of logs in a few seconds. Drop by the webpage for more info. An original production from www.dieselduck.net |
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15 mb | Dramatic video of the fire onboard the cruise ship Star Princess in Jamaica. An original production from www.dieselduck.net with exclusive footage. |
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44 mb | The Holland America Line cruise ship Zuiderdam departs Nassau on a brisk evening. Not the most exciting but my first attempt a filming. An original production from www.dieselduck.net. |
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214 mb | A large video file of the engine room on the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas and the people who tend to it. A sentimental end but interesting overall I think. An original production from www.dieselduck.net. |
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2.6 mb | A flyover by the USCG of the world largest semi submersible oil platform after Hurricane Dennis passed by. Check out our webpage about this event. |
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1.9 mb | This one is not all that spectacular except that I am on tugboat about that size of late and it is a bit scary how fast this thing goes down. |
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145 mb | This is an in-house training video by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line of fire safety systems onboard their ships, and an excellent real world example of Hi Fog mist systems in action. An excellent video. |
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9.4 mb | The final voyage of the cruise ship Sea Diamond in Santorini, Greece. The Fred Olson Line ship hit bottom and sank about 6 hours later with the lost of two French citizen. |
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10.9 mb | The Great Lakes bulker Windoc hits Bridge 11 on the Welland Canal and gives the house works quite a haircut. The bridge operator is suspected to have been impaired as he lowered the bridge, before the ship had fully transited. Read the TSB report here. |
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0.9 mb | The bulker MV Bright Field hit the New Orleans pier after losing steering causing severe damage. Poor video quality, but still neat. |
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2.1 mb | The MV Cougar Ace is over flown by USCG plane in Alaska. The ship listed suddenly and heavily, reportedly after a ballast operation. One Naval Architect was killed during the salvage operation, but the crew and ship was saved, and the Mazdas were offloaded, but sent to the scrapyard. |
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0.9 mb | A mobile crane at a container terminal topples into the drink. |
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1.3 mb | A still picture montage of a collision between a Maersk Chemical tanker and a bulker. I believe this occurred in 2006 in the English Channel. Poor quality but scary nonetheless. |
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5.2 mb | A fire breaks out on both ships involved in a collision. Pretty scary. |
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2.7 mb | A ship hits a container crane toppling part of the crane. I believe this occurred in the Mississippi in 2005. If it is, an electrician working on the crane was killed and the master of the vessel was imprisoned for few years without charges, to much condemnation of the seafaring community. The bowthruster failed and the ship hit the crane. |
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15 mb | Local Victoria TV station goes over a list of BC Ferries accidents. Poor quality but interesting footage nonetheless. |
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0.9 mb | A small tugboat is in a bad spot; short but a classic. |
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8 mb | A car carrier makes a wide turn and runs over a buoy. |
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A video of medical evacuation by United States Coast Guard helicopter of an 83 year old cruise ship passenger. An interesting observation if, god forbid, you have ever have to be evacuated from a ship. |
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A hazy, long distance, video of a container ship undergoing some kind of drastic occurrence, probably an engine room fire. |
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5.3 mb | This is some awesome footage. Required viewing for all that design and build ships. Most seafarers are well aware of the various forces that affect a ship, this video bring it to the common person. |
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1 mb | A short collection of videos of the USCG testing its new 47 foot lifeboats at Coos Bay Oregon, near the Columbia Bar, a notorious piece of water. |
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5.8 mb | A ferry heads out to seas, taking a beating at the entrance of the harbour. I hope those vehicles are well lashed down. |
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4.6 mb | This is awesome footage of a large tug heading out to sea. It hits some pretty rough seas, hard to imagine, there is people in there. I believe this is tug "Flanders" from Les Abeille in France, once part of Bourbon Group. |
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1.9 mb | This boat is quite rolly ! I have been on a few of these, and they're not that much fun. |
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14.6 mb | Footage of a day at sea in the North Atlantic, onboard a Royal Canadian Navy frigate. |
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This
is some dramatic footage of the Grand Voyager, a modern
cruise ship caught in a Mediterranean storm. It had
passenger onboard and suffered broken bridge windows, as
seen in the last few seconds of this video. Pretty scary,
and I imagine a great day for the china salesperson.
Click here to see a promotional pamphlet of the engine plant installed on Olympic Voyager (AKA Grand Voyager) by Wartsila. |
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4.7 mb | P&O Pacific Sun gets out of Sidney Harbour on a bit of a rough start to the cruise. |
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6.8 mb | The tanker Ata in some rough seas. |
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10 mb | Some big seas are recorded on this video. |
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6 mb | Not really marine engineering related, but a great display of some big waves. |
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3.5 mb | A bulker rolls in rough seas. Plain overall, but watch it long enough and you'll get sea sick am sure. |
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1.8 mb | A cargo ship gets tossed around in a beam seas. Not the greatest quality, but pretty rough looking. |
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An educational video on ice navigation, and precautions to be taken while in the Baltic Sea, but applicable to any cold weather navigation. |
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A platform supply ship maintains position in some good swells. |
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This showed up in my email box, from my sister. Her friend forwarded to her while on a US aircraft carrier on exercise just off Hawaii in late 2007. |
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Interested in maritime theme films ? Here, we review films, mostly documentaries, and let you know our opinion of them. They are an interesting look into the life and business of being a seafarer on today's oceans.
Please let me know of other marine theme documentaries or movies that we should see (or not).
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I
just finished catching the second half of Discovery Channel's
Mighty Ship. If you are in North America, I am pretty sure you
can catch this new series on your local cable TV signal. In
Canada its on
Discovery Channel on Tuesday, 21:00 hrs - which I believe
repeats every four hours after, for the duration of the day.
I was pretty impressed with the quality of the show and the
material covered. Like usual, the most featured area is of the
bridge / deck operations, but in the Becrux episode (a livestock
carrier - pictured), they featured an unscheduled engine
shutdown to investigate an overheating problem. For seasoned
seafarers it is a very topical look at life on board, but I
think overall its a great view of ships and shipping. I would
encourage you to catch all six episodes, filmed in High
Definition which premiered in late July and is produced by a
Canadian team -
Exploration
Productions.
The original show featured the
Queen Mary 2, which you can catch, commercial free,
online, from their website. The subsequent episodes features the
worlds largest container ship
Emma Maerks,
the Becrux
livestock carrier, and Wilhelmson car carrier
Faust,
Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker
Henry
Larsen, the Great Lakes bulk carrier
Paul R.
Tregurtha, and the Tyco cable layer
Resolute.
You can find show time and details
here.
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The
National Film Board of Canada has recently put up much of its
collection online, for all to access. This is a fantastic
resource for all that is Canadian, but also an interesting look
back at seafarers and technology. Most films are quite dated and
specific maritime films are somewhat difficult to find, but
within a few minutes I was looking at arctic exploration
documentary, another was a 1979 production on oil conservation,
featuring a good deal of offshore platforms, tankers, navy ships
and such from the period. You can access the
archive online.
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50,000 ships transit the Straits of Malacca every year; the world's busiest shipping channel. Not only is it a navigation challenge, but it has become a notorious area for pirate attacks - a major security challenge. This 2005 documentary films starts out by laying out the piracy problem through the experiences of various ship captains, as well as introduce the viewers to the greater geographical, economic, and military importance of the Malacca Straits. In a post September 11 world, this particular problem of piracy, originating primarily from the Malaysia archipelago, invokes a heightened level attention due to the predominately Muslim populace and the poverty of that country. The modern day piracy acts in the area started out as "simple" theft, over the years it has escalated with more serious consequences of murders, kidnappings, and hostage taking. The logical conclusion points to a more sinister use of pirate tactics by fundamentalist, and or terrorists, to carry out a spectacular attack. This is the background of the report.
Filmmaker and expert in the area, Mr. Eric Frecon, is followed by a camera crew into Malaysia, just across the straits from opulent Singapore (pictured), in an attempt to meet the pirates and to explain the scope of the problem, and the various challenges of tackling it. Although unable to reach the the upper echelons of the pirate groups, Mr. Frecon does a good job of introducing us to the "foot soldiers" involved, their situation, and the benefits as seen from the pirates point of view. The film then concludes with steps taken, and those needed to mitigate this escalation of piracy incidents and possible terrorism implications. Overall I found the film to be an informative, not overly alarmist (as sometime this topic has become), well packaged documentary of a relevant topic, presented in a professional manner with flawless filming.
The film is just over 50 minutes long and made by Patrick Benquet and Eric Frecon. It is a production of "Beau Comme Une Image" with the participation of France 2 and France 5. It looks like it was originally in French; the version I obtained was from Australia, and was reworked for an English audience, with a clear narration and easy to read subtitle where necessary. The regional maps of the area and the country names, though, remain in French, but most people should have no problem understanding the geographical locations highlighted. I am uncertain where you can obtain this film; you can try various peer to peer networks for possible copies or look for it to be broadcast on television.

I received this short video, in DVD format, from the International Chamber of Shipping, a UK based organization representing Shipping Associations from numerous countries across the world. They put out this video to educate the general public of the importance of shipping and its effect on everyone's daily lives. Basically it's a promotional video for shipping. The project is part of a larger promotional campaign, another part being the website, www.shippingfacts.com, which offers much of the same information, but in an online format.
It is narrated in six different languages and is a little over eight and half minutes long. The video offer insight and information on the benefits of shipping. It exposes the viewer to some of the regulatory framework and how they come about. It also introduce the viewer to the most common types of ships they may see, and their purpose. The presentation also offers the average non nautical viewer facts about the role shipping plays in the daily financial lives.
It is filled with lots of clips of ships and seafarers in action, which is certain to keep your attention. It is also peppered with many facts that are sure to make the average person think allot more about the impact shipping has on their daily lives. I enjoyed it and I would expect people who see this, may be more appreciative of seafarers and shipping in general. The video can be obtained free of charge, yes, free, from the website above. Since I have some bandwidth, I have made it available for download (in English only) on this website by clicking here or on the picture above.

At a recent Vancouver Island Branch meeting of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering, a presentation was made by Capt. Ed Lien, a pilot with the Pacific Coast Pilotage Authority. He showed numerous pictures and explained some of his experiences in the role of a BC pilot. One of the features of the night was the showing of "Master's Orders, Pilot Advice"; a documentary on a day in the life of a Marine Pilot in British Columbia.
The documentary was first released in 2002 by Triad Communications, but has been recently update, to include a focus the security benefits of Pilots. Regardless of where you are in the world, you are sure to be impressed by the quality of the production with plenty of action shots and insightful narrative. The film follows several pilots on their journeys aboard visiting ships, from cruise liner leaving Vancouver bound for Alaska, to assisting a US Navy aircraft carrier getting into harbour, and several other types of ships in between.
The film not only gives a detailed look of a pilot's work, but is a real treat for any professional seafarer or ship enthusiast. It provides such a rare and modern glimpse of ships and seafarers and the important work they do. The film is smoothly made up of sweeping aerial sights and tight "people action" footage onboard ships on Canada's beautiful British Columbia Coast.
"Master's Orders, Pilot Advice" is occasionally shown on the television's Knowledge Network in British Columbia, Canada. It comes in DVD or VHS format and most likely available at your public library. It can be ordered from Vancouver based Triad Communications at their E Store for about $30 Canadian dollar.

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I had long heard about this video documentary “Betrayed;
The story of Canadian Merchant Seaman”. A film by
It’s a story of the “not so long ago” in our Canadian maritime world, told by several members of the Canadian Seamen’s Union . It has a bit of rhetoric, which always turns me off, but it’s only a small part of the piece. Overall it gives good insight into the current condition of the Canadian (which is very similar to allot of other former maritime nations) commercial maritime industry.
It covers the time after the Second World War, with the
abandonment of the merchant navy by the Canadian government;
subsequently, the creation of the Canadian Seamen Union. Then
it’s brutal dismantling by US and Canadian shipping interest,
aided by the government and the American Seafarer International
Union using force and McCarthyism tactics. It touches on the
shipbuilding industry and of course current events as a result,
namely Canada Shipping Line. CSL is Canada’s
former prime minister’s company, which evades taxes and
responsibility by using Flags of Convenience. Furthermore,
exporting that mentality to modern day
I found the documentary satisfying and interesting. In today’s world it’s very easy to get lost in our own environment and forget to see around us, the effects that complacency has on us all. This film gives us some depth and insight in our maritime world.
You can purchase it through email at the creator's website. You can borrow the video (for free!) at the Victoria Public Library and I imagine at most reputable public libraries.

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I had the pleasure of running across is “Turbulent Waters” a documentary by Malcolm Guy and Michelle Smith, co produced by the National Film Board and Multi Monde in 2004. I really liked this one because it is very current, is not ancient history, although the problems are age old. You see faces that could be on any of today’s commercial ships.
It tells the story of three International Transport
Federation (ITF) inspector as they go about their business,
representing seafarers being bullied by unscrupulous “business
practices” and ship owners. One is in
I give this one "Four Anchors". Well done, great insight, and timely. This is a great glimpse of life at sea, which the majority of the public is not aware exists, or believe to be much more romantic.
This video is available to borrow, for free at the
Victoria Public Library, if you are in
| Marine Biz TV streams to your desktop maritime programming, with an Asian feel. | |
| Souled Out Films produced the film Liverpool's Cunard Yanks, about the "transportation" of culture by seafarers in the 1950's | |
| A neat little site about search and rescue service, check out the many interesting video clips |
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