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  • USS SCORPION Documentary for Discovery Channel

    5 August 2015

    Our latest animation project was for a three-hour series on nuclear submarine accidents as part of the Discovery Channel’s new series called “On the Inside”. The USS Scorpion episode first aired on 4 January 1999 and will be rebroadcast throughout the coming months. (Check your local listings for rebroadcast information in your area.) The series…

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  • Ocean Ranger Documentary

    5 August 2015

    JMS completed work this past November on a computer animation project for CineNova Productions. The Ocean Ranger oilrig was lost with all 84 hands on February 15, 1982 to a violent Nor’easter in the Hibernia oil field off Newfoundland. JMS provided the documentary writers with technical advice and content review of the script as well…

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  • Whaleship ESSEX Documentary

    5 August 2015

    CineNova, a documentary production company located in Toronto, requested an engineering analysis and supporting computer animation for their Discovery Channel production investigating the Whaleship ESSEX incident. The story of the ESSEX involves the sinking of the whaleship in 1820 by a seemingly enraged giant sperm whale. A famous detailed narrative of the alleged incident was…

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  • National Geographic Documentary: OCEANOS

    5 August 2015

    JMS has been developing advanced visuals for documentary broadcasters, major maritime law firms and government organizations since 1995. Some of our clients include the Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel and this latest project for the National Geographic Channel. In 1991, the South African cruise ship OCEANOS suffered a sea chest failure with 600 passengers and…

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  • Litigation Support for Containership Casualty

    5 August 2015

    A 937’ containership was transiting from France to Boston with a full load of containers when it encountered a storm with 30-foot seas and broke in half. Half of the vessel sank, along with its cargo of French wine. A shipyard had elongated the vessel 13 years earlier by installing a mid-body insert. When the…

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  • On-line Exhibit for HMS CHALLENGER

    5 August 2015

    The historic voyage of HMS CHALLENGER, conducted from 1872-1876, is considered to be the first expedition undertaken specifically to conduct oceanographic research. The vessel was a three-masted square-rigged wooden ship of 2,300 tons displacement and 200 feet overall. It was essentially a sailing ship though it was modified to include a triple expansion steam engine…

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  • OSHA Shipyard Safety Videos

    5 August 2015

    JMS completed production in March 2005 of Volume 2 of a series of shipyard safety videos for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This 25-minute video relies exclusively on the use of 3D computer animation. Eight actual shipyard accidents, investigated by OSHA, are reconstructed in each video and are examined to clearly illustrate what…

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