Special Boat Service

In early 1915, Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare which meant they could torpedo and sink armed merchant ships but not passenger ships. They broke this policy on march 24th 1916 by attacking a French cross-channel passenger ferry called the Sussex. 50 people died and even though no US citizens were killed, the attack caused president Woodrow Wilson to declare that if Germany continued with this behavior, the US would break diplomatic relations with them. In 1915, the first…

are positioned to sympathise with the adventurous fisherman through events showcased in the documentary. Produced by Garry Mcnab, Lost at Sea follows Ross Chapman a young and daring fisherman swept into an unfortunate ordeal after falling from his boat. Infatuated with fishing from a young age, Ross Chapman often fished alone on a small tinny in open waters. He is portrayed as courageous, brave and extremely lucky within the documentary, and the viewers are positioned to see him as Australia’s…

“The Open Boat” Four men are in a lifeboat, lost at sea, off the coast of Florida. The oiler and the correspondent are taking turns paddling with the oars they have. They eventually see a lighthouse. As they try to get closer to the lighthouse, they use the captain’s jacket to make a sail. It works until the wind dies down. Eventually they get closer to the land but they are amazed that nobody sees them. They try to paddle towards the land but the waves are too strong and are kicking the boat…

deep sea divers who discover a U-boat, a World War 2 era German submarine, sunken in the deep waters off the coast of New Jersey. The sea divers eventually find out that there are no official records listing a sunken sub at that location and later set out to determine the lost identity of the mysterious U-boat. Kurston focuses on the two main divers who obsessed over the U-boat, John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, who first meet each other while exploring the U-boat. Chatterton is a former…

How boring would life be without musical theatre entertainment? I can answer that—boring. Entertainment in this industry has proved the world that musical theatre is just as amusing as a football event played on the weekends. Acquiring a job in this field can be difficult, but with hard work it can be done. Musical theatre has been around for a long time and has changed over decades. Entertainment in this industry started in the nineteenth century and still thrives today. It started off…

Although Signature Theatre has not yet produced Guys and Dolls, it is one that their company could undoubtedly do in the future. The theatre certainly has the capabilities and facilities necessary to produce a high quality version of this musical. However, this fact, although relevant is not the most important factor in deciding whether or not they would choose to produce the show. The theatre must also have a desire to pick this specific musical out of the hundreds of other choices that exist.…

A rising art form in popular culture today is none other than the American musical theatre. An array of factors have emerged and collided over the past decade to bring what was once a niche staple of American culture to the forefront of the media and culture around the world. The sum of an evolving variety of music genres within the form, an increased interest and engagement by A and B list celebrities, an increasingly globalized Western culture, among other influences have allowed for the…

In “The Open Boat”, it is instantly recognizable that the men aboard the dinghy have no control over every aspect their situation. The crew steer the boat and row the oars, however as the men squeeze inside this tiny boat, they fall victim to naturalism. Naturalism says, mother nature is truly in control of the vessel, having no feelings of compassion or hatred towards it. Nature’s divine and uncharismatic power, is seen as nature hurls wave after wave toward the dinghy, sinks the captain’s ship…

Weaponry has played a large part in shaping history into what it is today: it's toppled nations, built empires, and destroyed them all the same. With this humanity has continued to improve it, from spears and bows to bombs capable of leveling cities in seconds. This massive change in weaponry begins to raise the question, at what point have we gone too far? To answer this, we must look at the evolution of weaponry, especially around World War 1 and World War 2 where this evolution was most…

Interpretation A supports the view that the First World War was the main reason for the booming economy as it gave impetus to agricultural and industrial expansion which is shown by the annual Gross National Product of the USA increasing by 40% during 1922-29. Furthermore, there was an increase of machinery and productivity, shown by the introduction of the assembly line which allowed for faster manufacturing, due to labour shortages during the war as the workers were at war this is a further…