[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Flying fish fishing at Bathsheba Beach, Barbados], 1936
Scope and Contents
Rare 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. Standing in open water, Hollister holds Trumps up to water glass in order to view content of water below the surface. Flying fish fishing at Bathsheba in Barbados viewed from boats wherein crews are shown using hook-and-line and nets to catch fish. Deep hulled sailboats seen on water from shore. Crews heave boats up the beach. Aside from flying fish, other caught fish appear to be a swordfish and a shark.
Dates
- 1936
Creator
- Anable, Gloria Hollister (Person)
Access Information
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Extent
1 film : Color; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Workprint ; 35mm
4 minutes
380 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)
Language of Materials
English
General
Digitized through a 2023 National Film Preservation Foundation Basic Grant.
Creator
- Anable, Gloria Hollister (Person)
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 (Person)
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
Source
- Wildlife Conservation Society (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository