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Antarctica - Weddell seals, reel 1, 1961

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: C

Scope and Contents

Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 1 includes shots of the US Antarctic Research Program and various surrouding buildings, researchers entering and exiting these buildings, including the Biology Laboratory, aerial landscape shots, researchers obtaining samples from seals, researcher darting a seal to obtain samples, researchers collecting seals and US Navy helicopter appearing to transport it away.

Dates

  • 1961

Creator

Extent

1 film : Color; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Original Kodachrome ; 16mm

7 minutes

640 feet (Media Diameter: 10 inches)

Language of Materials

English

General

Digitized in 2023 under the WCS Archives' Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative.

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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