Month: January 2020

Award For Helping To Find A Lost D-Day Wreck
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Award For Helping To Find A Lost D-Day Wreck

By Max James

A diving club’s help in finding the wreck of a ship lost during D-Day for one of the few who survived its sinking 75 years ago was rewarded with an award at the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) annual conference this month.

Southsea Sub Aqua Club had joined the search for the ship that went down in 1944 with the loss of 35 of the 40-man crew. It started with the chance meeting of archaeologist John Henry Phillips, 25, and naval veteran Patrick Thomas, 95, during a D-Day commemoration. Patrick told John the story of how he had escaped but the ship had never been found and how he wished to honour his teenage friends who died in the sinking.

The story of how John found the wreck and the friendship between the two has been made into a feature-length documentary called No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave.

The role of Southsea Sub Aqua Club in helping to identify the wreck has honoured with the Adopt A Wreck Award at the NAS conference in Portsmouth.

The club did extensive research into wrecks in the Baie de Seine and their detailed survey work is to be used in a bid to gain these rapidly decaying ships better protection.

Alison Mayor from the club said: ‘The wreck is just one of at least 150 in the Baie de Seine believed to be associated with the Allied forces invasion. Our report has been submitted to the French Maritime Cultural Department and will form part of the documentation supporting the application for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation. We hope that our work will help keep the memory of these events alive and properly recorded within history’.

Read the article on divemagazine.co.uk

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Think you know NASA? Think again.

A World Without NASA premiers January 9

Go Button Media’s (2 x 50’) A World Without NASA invites you to imagine what life on earth might look like if NASA never was. The two-part special, premiering on CuriosityStream January 9th 2020, explores what would happen if the everyday space technology we take for granted simply didn’t exist?

From online dating to the smart watch, from GPS to groceries, from fire safety to tracking endangered species . . . follow along with a star-studded cast of astronauts, engineers, and other out of this world experts to discover the inexorable ways space technologies completely changed life on earth.

“A World Without NASA is a ticket to experience a joyride through innovation, bringing the far away concepts of space technology down to earth“ said Rob Burke, Head of Content for CuriosityStream. “At its heart, the series is a really fun journey giving us a peek at the unthinkable – how we’d live without so many of the cutting-edge technologies we often take for granted.”

‘We wanted to rocket into how NASA and the space race are critically relevant to everyone, regardless of interest in space or science or age,” said Daniel Oron, the series’ Executive Producer. “Forget the stars, wherever you are, whatever you do, you’re using NASA technology in your daily existence.”

 ‘The Pulse of Tech’ and ‘The Fires of Science,’ episodes 1 and 2, enter a world where innovations disappear in the blink of an eye. Then, follow the space race back to present day to learn what challenges and questions drove the development of the NASA technology. Experts trace the hardware under the hood, always uncovering roots in space tech.

On working with the team at CuriosityStream, Go Button Media’s Oron said, “CuriosityStream is an incredibly creative partner in that they truly thrive on originality and empower filmmakers to do the same. Right from the start, the back and forth of ideas was inspiring and exhilarating, leading to a final product that we are proud to share with CuriosityStream’s millions of subscribers.”

A World Without NASA premieres on CuriosityStream January 9, 2020. Both episodes will be available to stream any time. The series will air on documentary Channel February 19th at 10 pm ET.

A World Without Nasa was commissioned by Steve Burns for CuriosityStream. Executive Producer for CuriosityStream is Rob Burk. Executive producers for Go Button Media are Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan. DCD Rights distributes the show internationally.
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About Go Button Media

Go Button Media is a boutique production company, imagined and made mortar by two showrunners, that builds and creates compelling, unique and punchy projects for all screen sizes.
https://www.gobuttonmedia.com/

About CuriosityStream

Launched by media visionary John Hendricks, CuriosityStream is the world’s leading independent factual media company. Our award-winning documentary series and features cover every topic from space exploration to adventure to the secret life of pets, empowering viewers of all ages to fuel their passions and explore new ones. With thousands of titles, many in Ultra HD 4K, including exclusive originals, CuriosityStream features stunning visuals and unrivaled storytelling to demystify science, nature, history, technology, society, and lifestyle. CuriosityStream is available worldwide to watch on TV, desktop, mobile and tablets. Find us on the web and via Roku, Apple TV Channels and Apple TV, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV and Sprint and Google Chromecast, iOS and Android, as well as Amazon Prime Video Channels, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DISH, Comcast Xfinity on Demand, Cox Communications, Altice USA, Suddenlink, T-Mobile, Sony, LG, Samsung and VIZIO smart TVs, Liberty Global, Airtel, MultiChoice, StarHub TV, Totalplay, Medianet, and other global distribution partners and platforms. 
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About documentary Channel

documentary Channel is Canada’s signature destination for provocative, thoughtful, and entertaining factually-based programming. Canada’s only documentary channel, it brings viewers documentary programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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