LIFE UNDER THE SOUTH SEAS

Duration: 11 min

Year Published: 1936

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Science subject by Arthur C. Pillsbury, devoted to underwater studies of the anemone, sea urchin, starfish, jelly fish, and other creatures in the southern seas. The time-lapse camera compresses hours of imperceptibly slow motion into a few seconds that the sluggish, motion of the lower forms of life may be seen. Mr. Pillsbury's methods of recording sounds and forms while making submarine movies is also shown and explained.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 591.92 Audience level: jh-sh Format/cost: 16-sl-sd-$30-$35; rent $1-$1.25 Distributors / rental: Calhoun Company; Cosmopolitan Film Libraries, Inc sd; National Film Service $36; rent $1.50; Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc sl; Film Preview, Inc $1; Wilfred Naylor; Ideal Pictures Corporation $d-$1.50; Shadow Arts Studio $1.25; Visual Education, Inc (Texas); Western Sound Service, Inc $d

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946