Living sea 18 (1957-09-25) : deep below the sun

A series of documentary kinescopes with filmed inserts dealing with the sea and sea life. Hosted by Ian McTaggart-Cowan. Dr. Cowan introduced the methods and equipment people use to study the deep sea and deep sea creatures. He also showed the diving picture from the sea surface to 13,000 feet deep and introduced the creatures living there, including sea fans, sponges, deep water shrimps, octopus and fishes.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

• Bray, Ken
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Subject

• Marine ecology
• Deep-sea ecology
• Diving--Equipment and supplies
• Underwater exploration
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Deep diving
• Marine biology
• Deep-sea animals
• Benthos

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9455-1

Date created

• September 25, 1957

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:28:50) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Living sea show 18
• Deep below the sea

Physical Repository

• Physical item housed at CBC Vancouver.

Collection

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.

Genre

• video recordings (physical artifacts)
• television programs
• documentary film

Technical note

• mp4. Digitization of the films was contracted by the CBC. Metadata by M. He. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is the property of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and is provided for research purposes only. For use other than research, permission must be acquired from the CBC.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/5wg0-3a73