[Nonsuch Island, Bermuda compilation, part I], 1940

Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research field studies in Bermuda. The reel opens with an exterior shot of a building, the back of William Beebe, and an unknown man walking toward the stairs. Close-up shots of "hibiscus [flowers], spiders, centipedes, and an unknown insect catching its prey. [Close-up of an] antlion, various crabs, and a toad on a stick [floating] in the water. [A medium shot of two] large land crabs [climbing up a tree], [Jocelyn Crane] holding a land crab by the base of a tree, [and what appears to be] Bathyzone water. [Various shots of a] toad, [and a panning shot of the] shore of Nonsuch Island. [A long-angle shot of William Beebe with an unidentified woman and man on the] shore collecting pipe fish [in sargassum beds in a rock pool]. [Close-up shots of] squilla mantis, angelfish, [and William] Beebe removing an octopus from a bucket. [More close-up shots of] squilla mantis, [and various unidentified fish.] Cancer nocturne. Photography by Jocelyn Crane"--Note in original can. It is possible that Bronson Hartley and Mr. and Mrs. Greame Kelley are the unidentified DTR staff members shown in this reel.