Dolphin

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Films inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Begins with a brief introduction to dolphin lore from antiquity to modern day observations concerning its intelligence. In an effort to interact with dolphins in the wild, the filmmakers document experiments with the mammals in the Bahamas. Convinced that music is the key to communication, a diver enters the water to play melodies on a pneumatic, underwater piano. The dolphins seemingly entranced by the music join human swimmers in a wonderful underwater ballet. A sobering element is footage of dolphins entangled in fishing nets and their slaughter by Japanese fishermen. , Traces the history of dolphin lore from antiquity to the present. Follows a group of divers in the Bahamas as they use an underwater piano to attract a school of dolphins.

Complete Record: Begins with a brief introduction to dolphin lore from antiquity to modern day observations concerning its intelligence. In an effort to interact with dolphins in the wild, the filmmakers document experiments with the mammals in the Bahamas. Convinced that music is the key to communication, a diver enters the water to play melodies on a pneumatic, underwater piano. The dolphins seemingly entranced by the music join human swimmers in a wonderful underwater ballet. A sobering element is footage of dolphins entangled in fishing nets and their slaughter by Japanese fishermen. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.