Bathysphere lecture I, and Galapagos lecture I, 1925, 1930

Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: E

Identifier: 102440

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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 serrivomer (from Zach). Live echiostoma”--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P41. William Beebe testing a diving helmet. Shots of a rowboat which followed Dr. Beebe. In the rowboat he is accompanied by Jocelyn Crane and Gloria Hollister. Dr. Beebe goes down with helmet and comes up again several times. "Galapagos lecture reel number I. Arcturus, stern view. Panorama, from bridge. Laboratory panorama. Storm waves. Camera in gimbels. Boom-walk. William Beebe fishing from rope ladder. Bill on boom-walk. Storm: girls in waves; Chiri [monkey] in waves. Arcturus in distance; calm. Dolphins; normal and slow. Arcturus bow on. William Beebe in pulpit. Sargassum, crab, shrimp, histrio, nudibranch. Mrs Bang. Sounding from boom walk, telltale. Bottom sample, radiolarians (4). Dredge over and going down. Winches at work, and pounding wire. Dredge up. Examining catch in tub, several scenes. Panama Canal. Tide rip. Entering Tagus Cove. Chiri and telescope. Hood panorama. Albatross panorama. Albatross rookery, distant. Albatross courting. Lifting bird off egg. Albatross head, close up"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P23.

Dates

1925, 1930

Creator

Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979 (Person)

Access Information

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Extent

1 film : Black and White; Silent; Negative Print; Acetate Base; 18 frames per second; Dupe Negative ; 16mm

33.5 minutes

900 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Digitized through a 2023 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation.