Comment Re: The NOVA/PBS film title (Score 1) 144
The NOVA film you're thinking about is -- "Lost at Sea - The Search For Longitude."
It talks about how Harrison had sailed from Portsmouth, England to Bridgetown, Barbados(West Indies).
I have the link to that NOVA episode on my personal website.
http://www.geocities.com/baddboychris/carib/bb_bas ics.htm
Unfortunantly it appears as though Slashdot may word-wrap the URL so make sure you remove any spaces in the URL.