The Defeat of the Spanish Armada: Twelve Summer Days, 1588 - Region 0

Phillip II of Spain sent an armada to England to avenge the death of Mary Stuart, remove Elizabeth from the throne, and reestablish Catholicism in England; it was met by a smaller fleet of English ships. This program covers the events as the TV news would have covered them, with military correspondents, weathermen, reporters, and computer graphic reenactments.