(Remember the Sultana)

Content: Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.

Countries:

Genres:

Documentary,

History

Runtime:

96 minutes

Year:

2018

Directors:

Mark Marshall

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Production companies:

River Rock Entertainment LLC,

Purple Ace Productions

Actors:

Narrator

Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

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Editor

Director

Director

Executive Producer

Executive Producer