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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 06 July, 2000 DVD Release : 14 November, 2000 |
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The Perfect Storm - Rescues description When a monster storm hits the open sea, even the toughest ship is at risk. Watch as some truly spectacular retrievals unfold in The Perfect Storm: Rescues, including some from the 1991 event of the same name. With some waves reaching hundreds of feet, luck can be just as important as skill and determination; though there are interviews with rescuers and rescuees, the footage speaks for itself. These well-timed missions are starkly beautiful ballets and demand just as much from their participants as any of the more glamorous work such as firefighting. An additional tape covers the training of U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, an elite team who go into desperately risky, life-threatening situations to bail out stranded or submerged boaters. Fast-paced, breathtakingly exciting, The Perfect Storm: Rescues beats Hollywood's best action flicks. --Rob Lightner |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Hooray for the USCG, if not this video |
| This video actually contains two fairly short programs. The first looks at a series of rescues at sea using actual footage. The second examines the USCG rescue swimmers and also has footage from actual rescues as well as of interviews with swimmers and an examination of the history of the program and its training.
The first program is not particularly exciting. It shows some rescue footage but is really rather dry. This is a shame since these people, the USCG, put their lives on the line to help people in dire straits. I came away from this program with a healthy respect for their motivation and dedication but, as I said, the footage was not too great. The program dealing with rescue swimmers is actually much more interesting. It too contains footage of actual rescues but it also looks at the training program for the rescuers. Apparently, the job is one of the most coveted in the USCG. You cannot help but have a tremendous amount of respect for these people and wonder what makes them WANT to do this. |
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