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Challenge of the Oceans Pt. 2 of 3

Reel Number: 221282-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1960

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 15:12:10

TC Ends: 15:19:36

Duration: 00:07:26

Challenge of the Oceans Pt. 2 of 3 National Academy of Sciences Raising 50 gallon drum w/ samples from bottom to measure Carbon 14 to tell when water had been at surface. Oceanographers working w/ equipment. Chart showing deep current running in Atlantic beneath the gulf stream. Testing for it shown w/ “pinger” enclosed. Porpoises (poor). Underwater plants, kelp, fish around reef. Plankton retrieved & seen thru microscope. Diatoms & animals seen. Schools of small fish. 15:15:52 Ocean explorer in scuba gear swimming w/ camera; taking notes. Turtle swimming underwater. 15:16:25 Instruments raised; troll bag unloaded of samples. Underwater camera from deep raised. Photographs from deep & pictures of ocean floor. Manganese nodules. 15:18:10 Echo Sounder print out & diagram illustrating its technique. Trenches shown. Geologist on shipboard, talking on phone to bridge, skipper at wheel. Research; Oceanography; Educational Film; Microscopic plants; animals; Radar

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