LONGITUDE (Record no. 23986)
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| fixed length control field | 01321 g a2200145 4500 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | LONGITUDE |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | RATED PG 2000 In the eighteenth century, the only way to navigate accurately at sea was to follow a coastline all the way, which would not get you from Europe to the West Indies or the Americas. Observing the sun or stars would give you the latitude, but not the longitude unless done in conjunction with a clock that would keep time accurately at sea, and no such clock existed. After one too many maritime disasters due to navigational errors, the British Parliament set up a substantial prize for a way to find the longitude at sea. This movie's main story is that of craftsman John Harrison (Sir Michael Gambon). He built a clock that would do the job, what we would now call a marine chronometer. But the Board of Longitude was biased against this approach and claiming the prize was no simple matter. Told in parallel is the twentieth century story of Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons), for whom the restoration of Harrison's clocks to working order became first a hobby, then an obsession that threatened to wreck his life. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | Rated PG13 |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 7.9 ON SCALE OF 10 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | DRAMA |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | KARL MALDEN |
| Relator term | actor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | GEORGE C. SCOTT |
| Relator term | actor |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | DVD |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | D8342 | 11/07/2024 | 11/07/2024 | DVD |