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Scope and Contents The majority of this reel was shot on the 1925 Arcturus Galapagos expedition; there is also some material from the 1923 Noma Arcturus Galapagos expedition. “Isabel [Cooper] painting underwater. Moorish idol and moray eel. [Hunting a giant manta ray. Bringing manta ray on deck. Examining and sketching it.] Frigate [birds] courting. Frigate, normal and slow flight. Sea lions [swimming.] Sea lions; Noma, Ruth [Rose]. Sea lions; Arcturus, Don [Dickerman]”--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P25....

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Jocelyn Crane's field studies of Uca marionis crabs in Singapore, Venezuela, and Zanzibar; close-up studies of the social behavior of crabs. The name Uca marionis is no longer recognized; these are likely Gelasimus excisus.

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Macro photography footage of various insects, mostly caterpillars, on flora.

Scope and Contents Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research's field studies in Bermuda. This reel includes shots of a building's exterior, antlions, land crabs, toads [duplicating footage found on reel 102576]. William Beebe with a man possibly called Bob capturing fish at night ["Night light-- Bob and I"--Note in original can for reel 102576]. Close-up shots of squilla mantis, squid, Leptocephalus, and William Beebe collecting specimens while swimming in the bay,...

Scope and Contents "Pathe Review presents Plundering the Sea, A camera record of the Arcturus oceanographic expedition led by Dr. William Beebe. Released in cooperation with the NY Zoological Society. The Arcturus Expedition, fresh from the Sargasso Sea, arrives now at an equally strange field of investigation, the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific..."--Film credits. Includes footage used in reel 104766. Includes footage of William Beebe helmet diving (also in reel 104766), Isabel Cooper painting underwater,...

Scope and Contents A compilation reel including shots of animal field studies, landscapes, and DTR staff members' work stations inside the new biological field station Rancho Grande. Footage includes child playing with an insect, exterior shots of the Rancho Grande field station, William Beebe and other DTR staff catching a snake on the grounds of Rancho Grande, an ocelot playing with a puppet, Jocelyn Crane with a monkey, George Swanson painting a snake as he holds it in his hands. Contains some duplicate...

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A compilation reel with macro photography footage subjects including insects, amphibians, and reptiles on various flora; also footage highlighting the pupa and chrysalis stages of the development of a butterflies.

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An edited film study of various crab species, shot by Jocelyn Crane as part of her field research the social behavior of crabs.

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Shot on DTR's forty-ninth expedition, this reel includes footage of William Beebe touring the grounds at the new Department of Tropical Research lab Simla in Trinidad, and of Jocelyn Crane working in "the Flutter Inn," a "large insectary for housing and breeding butterflies and other insects under study"--1951 NYZS Annual report, p49. There are multiple macro photography shots of butterflies, caterpillars, and other insects. "Photography: J. Crane"--Film can.

Scope and Contents A compilation reel with close-up footage of various crab species, apparently in tanks: "Alaskan king, horseshoe, fiddler, arrow, and unidentified crabs (not necessarily in this order)"--Original can label. Some of the footage is similar to Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the social behavior of crabs. There are additional shots of crab exhibits at the New York Aquarium. The reel ends two unidentified researchers drawing a sample from a horseshoe crab, possibly at the Osborn Laboratories of...