A Fortnight At Nine Fathoms

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Hearst Metrotone News.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Hearst Metrotone News, Inc.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Describes the part of the Tektite II program in which five women lived and worked for two weeks underwater, studying sea water chemistry, reef ecology and pollution, and marine animal behavior in underwater conditions.; PFA 1608-01-5880. Color has faded

Complete Record: An exclusive film report on the underwater mission of the World’s first women aquanauts in Tektite II.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE