Ships, seas, power - beginning of globalization

Oct 4, 2025

1h 27m

★ 0.0

Overview

People have always wanted to reach the horizon and go beyond it. It wasn't and isn't just about discovering for the sake of discovering. Exotic goods, wealth and power were the driving forces of these people. The steamship ultimately brought the breakthrough for global mobility and trade. In the past, as now, shipping is the engine of globalization.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Loopfilm

ZDF/Arte

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Cast

Narrator (Voice)

Gabi Hinterstoisser

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

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Ships, seas, power - beginning of globalization

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