Title:
Bathysphere lecture I, and Bathysphere lecture II
Creator:
Department of Tropical Research
Contributor:
Anable, Gloria Hollister
WCS Department:
Department of Tropical Research
Contributor:
Barton, Otis
Contributor:
Beebe, William, 1877-1962
Description:
“Bathysphere Lecture, New. I. Nets out from stern, wire unwinding. Engine. [Octopus shooting ink. Animation of shrimp creating defense cloud.] Animation of chiasmodon. Animation metamorphosis of Gulper eel. Bringing in net. Bringing in pressure gauge and opening. Gladisfen coming in [the tugboat that towed the Ready, the ship that the first dives the Bathysphere were conducted from]. Catch carried to laboratory. Emptying and examining catch. Live caulolipus. Live melamphaes. Live white ceratiad. Live black pediculate. Live serrivomer (from Zaca). Live echiostoma. Bathysphere Lecture, New. II. Animation, Bathysphere descent. Pulling in twisted hose and uncoiling. Hurricane on Nonsuch [island]. Loading Bathysphere from Taifun, on to [the barge] Ready. [The] Ready going to sea in rough weather. Bathysphere brought on deck, leaking. Window leaking. Opening door. Explosion of Bathysphere. Bailing out of water. Removing imperfect window”--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P41.
Date:
1930
WCS Archives Identifier:
WCS-5013-102454
Original Identifier:
1C12c
Country:
Bermuda
Ocean:
Atlantic, Western Central
Original Format:
Film
Other Original Format:
16mm; Black and White; Silent; Negative Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Dupe Negative
Digitized Format:
video/mp4
Resource Type:
Moving image
Source:
WCS Archives Collection 5013
Rights:
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Online Collection:
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