Box Unit 5

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....

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research field studies in Bermuda. William Beebe and two unidentified people collecting specimens while swimming in the bay. Close up footage of an angelfish, and pipefish swimming. 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. William Beebe removing an octopus from a bucket, a mantis squid swimming and William Beebe with a man...