Life on the abyssal floor
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✎ Suggest a correctionA color narrated 16mm film produced by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Life Research Group. The film describes the "Monster Camera" project at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1970, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. SIO oceanographer John D. Isaacs and his Marine Life Research Group placed a bait source, camera and light at various depths between 200-3700 meters in the ocean and filmed the benthic life that was attracted by the bait. The underwater cine camera system was designed by Meredith Sessions and Richard Shutts. This film was made from the best footage that was produced during the course of the project
Credits
Richard L. Shutts (screenwriter); Schwartzlose, Richard A., screenwriter, editor (animator); Smith, Rex, III, editor (animator); Isaacs, John D. (John Dove) (presenter); Sessions, Meredith H. (Meredith Herbert); Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Marine Life Research Group (producer)
Complete catalog record
Original source: Editing and animation, Richard Shutts and Rex Smith III
Release: La Jolla, California : Produced by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1970
Physical description: 1 film reel (25 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm
Subjects: Abyssal zone -- Pacific Ocean | Benthic animals -- Pacific Ocean | Deep-sea fishes -- Pacific Ocean | Marine biology -- Research -- Pacific Ocean -- Equipment and supplies | Underwater cinematography -- Equipment and supplies | Underwater imaging systems
Program notes: Original film restricted; viewing copies may be available for researchers
Release: La Jolla, California : Produced by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1970
Physical description: 1 film reel (25 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm
Subjects: Abyssal zone -- Pacific Ocean | Benthic animals -- Pacific Ocean | Deep-sea fishes -- Pacific Ocean | Marine biology -- Research -- Pacific Ocean -- Equipment and supplies | Underwater cinematography -- Equipment and supplies | Underwater imaging systems
Program notes: Original film restricted; viewing copies may be available for researchers
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
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