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Contains 13 Results:

[Alaskan king crab, horseshoe crab, fiddler crab], 1966

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: D
Identifier: 102969
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...
Dates: 1966

[Insects at Simla, Trinidad], circa 1950-1955

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102592
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: circa 1950-1955

[Various footage at Simla Research Station, Trinidad], 1951

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102437
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1951