OCEANOGRAPHY: SCIENCE OF THE SEA

Duration: 11 min

Year Published: 1962

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Describes the work of oceanographers who use instruments to explore the ocean waters, the sea floor, and the earth's interior beneath the floor. Explains that sediments from the ocean floor provide clues to the past history of living things. Discusses Mohorovicic Discontinuity, into which scientists are now preparing to drill.

Complete Record: Source: FilmAssoc Interest level: el-jh Guide: Guide Price: $60, rent $3; color $120, rent $5 Format: sd b&w Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 62-582; EFLA evaluation card No. 4796

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)