20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 American silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The film's storyline is based on the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. It also incorporates elements from Verne's "The Mysterious Island". This was the first motion picture filmed underwater. Actual underwater cameras were not used, but a system of watertight tubes and mirrors allowed the camera to shoot reflected images of underwater scenes staged in shallow sunlit waters. The film was made by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company (now Universal Pictures), not then
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a 2005 BBC television serial depicting the lives of three working class Londoners in the inter-war period. The series is based on the trilogy '’20,000 Streets Under the Sky'’ by British author Patrick Hamilton. It stars Sally Hawkins, Zoe Tapper and Bryan Dick. The three-part drama was shown on BBC Four, accompanied by the documentary "Words, Whisky and Women" and was also released on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray. The series was released in the United States on 11 February 2006 on BBC America. The "Los Angeles