Hell Below (TV series)


Hell Below is a TV series on The Smithsonian Channel produced by Parallax Film Productions Inc. The series is narrated by Canadian voice-over artist Mark Oliver, charting the stealth game of subsea warfare and the narrative from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II. Six initial episodes cover the rise of the Wolfpack to the drive for victory in the Pacific. Expert analysis and stock footage are woven with re-enactments filmed on authentic Second World War era submarines.

Episodes

Season 01
Season 02
Season 03

Production

As it has many fully restored and working parts, the World War II museum ship moored in Cleveland, Ohio was used for interior and exterior scenes to depict the USS Tang, and.
The film crew travelled to Laboe, Germany to film in U-995, a Type VIIC/41 U-boat which is now used as a museum. HMCS Sackville, a small, surface vessel used as a museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was also used.
Much of the footage inside the submarines was filmed using hand-held cameras. Because space was so tight there was often no room for the director.