The Arcturus Expeditionary Ship of the NYZS [and Galapagos lecture, reel II], 1925

Item — Box: Unit 5, Shelf: E

Identifier: 102440B

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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. Distant landing on shore. Hawk on branch. Tortoise distant. Tortoise close, by water. Tortoise close, side view. Tortoise close, head on. Cormorant on nest. Cormorant close. William Beebe catching cormorant, putting it on launch. Daphne [island] model. Boobies, nest and flightless beetle. Booby, young in down. Booby, in down, close. Amblyrhynchus [iguana] cove. On rocks, many shots. Being noosed. Being put in boat. Very close, side view. Panorama of Conolophus country, cactus. Conolophus under cactus and walking off. Caught by tail. Eating banana in zoo. Head, Mona Liza"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P24.

Dates

1925

Creator

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

Access Information

All films in this subseries have been digitized by the WCS Archives and are publicly available online. Links to digitized items can be found at the item level in this finding aid or at the WCS Archives Digital Collection page.

Extent

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

18.5 minutes

500 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.