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Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

[Various Gloria Hollister footage], circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104731
Scope and Contents

Includes silent dupe negative of footage from British Guiana used in the Paramount newsreel Miss Christopher Columbus with no titles or credits. Shots include aerial footage over Kaieteur Falls. Also includes footage of Hollister in the water in Bermuda with her dog Trumps, and Hollister descending and then ascending off rowboat into water in diving helmet.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

Various tropical fish, original, circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104382
Scope and Contents

Dark footage of tropical fish and coral reefs.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

[William Beebe's diving helmet], 1925, 1927

 Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104766
Scope and Contents

Reel shows footage of William Beebe diving in copper helmet and appears to be from two expeditions. From 0:00-2:57, the footage is from the Arcturus expedition to the Galapagos; the remaining footage, from 2:58-6:14 is believed to have been shot during the DTR's Haiti expedition and includes more underwater footage.

Dates: 1925, 1927