Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979

Scope and Contents This reel contains three different Department of Tropical Research expeditions: 1) The Bathysphere, Bermuda [also #3]: "Animation, Bathysphere descent. Pulling in twisted hose and uncoiling. Hurricane on Nonsuch Island. Loading Bathysphere from the deck of Taifun, onto the [barge] Ready"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p41. "With Beebe and Barton on top. First testing of the Bathysphere - bailing out Bathysphere from water. Second testing of Bathysphere - bailing out Bathysphere from...

Scope and Contents “Bathysphere Lecture, New. I. Nets out from stern, wire unwinding. Engine. Animation of chiasmodon. [Live squids shooting black ink]. Squid smoke - shrimp luminescence. shooting black ink. [Live octopus]. Animation metamorphosis of Gulper eel. Stylophthalmus. Bringing in net. Bringing in pressure gauge and opening. Gladisfen [ship] coming in. Catch carried to laboratory. Emptying and examining catch. Live caulolipus. Live melamphaes. Live white ceratiad. Live black pediculate. Live...

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....

Scope and Contents "Pathe Review presents Plundering the Sea, A camera record of the Arcturus oceanographic expedition led by Dr. William Beebe. Released in cooperation with the NY Zoological Society. The Arcturus Expedition, fresh from the Sargasso Sea, arrives now at an equally strange field of investigation, the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific..."--Film credits. Includes footage used in reel 104766. Includes footage of William Beebe helmet diving (also in reel 104766), Isabel Cooper painting underwater,...

Scope and Contents Two short films from the 1925 DTR expedition to the Galapagos. The first film is an edited film with title cards. "The Arcturus, expeditionary ship of the New York Zoological Society, sails investigates the life of the sea"--Title card. Shows Arcturus leaving port, DTR staff working on board, doing depth soundings, deep-sea dredging and inspecting and sorting specimens. The second film: "Galapagos lecture reel number II. Indefatigable [island volcano] model. Panorama South Seymour....

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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.