The Vermilion Sea Expedition :

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1959

Creator: hydrographic work / Scripps Institution of Oceanography ; University Extension, University of California.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: McCarty, Mark, production, writing, camera/lighting.; Reid, Joseph L., researcher, narrator.; Rupert, James E., camera/lighting.; MacFall, John B., camera/lighting.; Hill, Jack, camera/lighting.; Harding, Timothy F., music.; Hutchinson, William, music.; Ball, Jim, sound.; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sponsoring body.; University of California (System). University Extension, production company.

Description: "The University graciously acknowledges the support provided Vermilion Sea Expedition by the Office of Naval Research."; Produced during the 1959 Vermilion Sea Expedition.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Research advisor and narrator, Joseph L. Reid, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; script and production, Mark McCarty; expedition photography, James E. Rupert, John B. MacFall; lighting, Jack Hill; music, Timothy F. Harding, William Hutchinson.; Demonstrates the hydrographic measurement techniques used during the 1959 Vermilion Sea Expedition to explore the geology of the Gulf of California. Shows the ships and crew of the expedition, and explains the scope and goals of the project.; "Vermilion Sea Expedition ships SPENCER F. BAIRD and HORIZON explored and delineated the bathymetry, tectonic elements and crustal structures of the entire length of the Gulf of California. The tectonic relations that were revealed anticipated the plate tectonics theory of the 1960s. Sediment distribution, thickness and individual characteristics within the several basins were determined."--University of California, San Diego, Libraries, http://libraries.ucsd.edu/apps/ceo/expeditions /vermillion/index.html; PFA 1608-01-15819. D0004; PFA 1608-01-15819. CONDITION NOTE: 2013/12/09 sm; color good except credits are faded; dirt at heads and tails; slight warp

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE