[Department of Tropical Research activities, Bermuda, part I], circa 1928-1929

Home movie reels from Elswyth Thane of a Bermuda Oceanographic Expedition that may have been the twelfth for the Department of Tropical Research. Footage of Gloria Hollister's dog Trumps and expedition members on board the S. S. Fort Victoria. William Beebe and John Tee-Van are shown aboard a motorboat, staff embark on Nonsuch Island in Bermuda, Beebe and Tee-Van interact with a monkey, play catch with a ball, and hold up a puppy. Beebe and Tee-Van bathe the monkey. Staff observe a tortoise outside a Nonsuch building. Tee-Van and Beebe raise the Union Jack and the flag of the DTR. Beebe and staff observe captured fish in outdoor lab. Staff play a sport outside a Nonsuch building. Beebe plays with Trumps on the beach. Gloria Hollister and Trumps outside Nonsuch building. Swimming off of island. Soldiers march on street of Bermuda and a band plays for an official ceremony. Views of Bermuda from water. Staff and researchers observe and document sea life outside and inside the buildings adapted for the DTR's laboratories. The motorboat Skink departs from dock. More views of Bermuda islands from water. A panning shot from island showing the tugboat Gladisfen. Beebe and crew drop a net from boat. Staff walks to buildings on Nonsuch for more lab work.