Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The Defeat of the Spanish Armada: Twelve Summer Days, 1588

The Defeat of the Spanish Armada: Twelve Summer Days, 1588

In the summer of 1588, Philip II of Spain sent an armada of 130 ships to England in order to avenge the death of Mary Stuart, remove Elizabeth from the English throne, and reestablish Catholicism in England. A smaller fleet of English ships, led by Sir Francis Drake, met the Spanish armada off the southern coast of England. The battle was joined on July 31 and raged with uncertain results until a series of storms dispersed the Spanish fleet. This program covers the events of this critical battle as the television news would have covered them, with military correspondents, weathermen, and studio reporters, as well as computer graphic reenactments and period paintings. (56 minutes)

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