Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1964 1968 Voyage chronicled the adventures of the worlds first privately owned nuclear submarine, the SSRN Seaview Designed by Admiral Harriman Nelson, she was a tool of oceanographic research for the Nelson Institute of Marine Research Though the show is known for its monster episodes, many plots were veiled commentaries of what was happening in the news Such plotlines as nuclear doomsday, pollution of natural resources, foreign threat, and theft of American technology are all still relevant today