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Longitude / a Granada Film production for Channel Four in association with A & E Television Networks ; producer, Selwyn Roberts ; written and directed by Charles Sturridge. Videorecording.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : A & E Home Video, c2000.Description: 2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 076702771x
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1992.77
Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon.Summary: Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals Audio-Visual DVD55 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DVD55 Available

Originally produced for television in 1999.
Based on the book by Dava Sobel.
Includes behind-the-scenes featurette, interactive menus, and scene selection.

Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon.


Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.