Wildlife Conservation Society

Scope and Contents Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Uca marionis crabs in Australia and the Philippines taken on "the fifty-fourth, and fifty-sixth expedition of the Department of Tropical Research to the South Pacific by Jocelyn Crane, [part of] a five-year grant by the National Science Foundation for a worldwide study of Fiddler Crabs. It occupied two and a half months, and included Hawaii, Fiji, Tahiti, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Australia and the Philippines"-1955 and 1956 NYZS Annual...

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Jocelyn Crane's field studies of Uca marionis crabs in Singapore, Venezuela, and Zanzibar; close-up studies of the social behavior of crabs. The name Uca marionis is no longer recognized; these are likely Gelasimus excisus.

Scope and Contents The majority of this reel was shot on the 1925 Arcturus Galapagos expedition; there is also some material from the 1923 Noma Arcturus Galapagos expedition. “Isabel [Cooper] painting underwater. Moorish idol and moray eel. [Hunting a giant manta ray. Bringing manta ray on deck. Examining and sketching it.] Frigate [birds] courting. Frigate, normal and slow flight. Sea lions [swimming.] Sea lions; Noma, Ruth [Rose]. Sea lions; Arcturus, Don [Dickerman]”--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P25....

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Further description pending digitization; expected October 2024.

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Rare never before seen footage of the Department of Tropical Research in Bermuda and Barbados. Reel opens with Gloria Hollister inside of a lab preparing fish specimens and shows her out on location with her dog Trumps. "Hollister, Positive- not lecture. 1) GH and [ROH]Bermuda (Nitrate). 2)(not the best) Trumps with water glass. 3)Barbados Flying Fish Fishing at Bathsheba. #234 (GH-4)"--Original can label. Further description pending digitization; expected October 2024.

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Footage shot during the twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, which was led by Gloria Hollister. Hoatzin chicks in a nest and hopping on tree branches. A close up of a pair of hands, extending the unique wing claws at the end of a fledgling hoatzin's wings. Adult hoatzins perching in trees. Landscape footage shot from a boat on the river. Local men rowing boats on the river.

Scope and Contents Compilation of footage twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, led by Gloria Hollister. “Kaieteur Falls, British Guiana”— Original can label. Falls from a nearby cliff. Various shots of boats and scenery on a river. Various aerial shots of falls, rivers, creeks and the countryside taken from a plane. Gloria Hollister in an airplane. DTR staff walking on a trail to boats docked on a river. Medium range shots of local people on rowboats and local people carrying packs...

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Compilation of footage twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, led by Gloria Hollister. Aerial shots of the Kaieteur Falls and various river landscapes shot from a boat.

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Two wide-angle shots of waterfalls. Further description pending digitization; expected October 2024.

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A single shot of a boat. [Further description pending digitization.]