Oceanography at work

Shows scientific methods of diamond prospecting under the sea. Geologists on the “Xhosa” use seismic surveys co-ordinated with land based radar beacons to map the ocean floor. The divers using underwater television probe for rock samples. Another ship, the “Rock-eater”, caps the search by drilling into a charted gravel deposit to bring diamonds from under the sea.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record