Treasure Under The Sea

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1966

Creator: NBC EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES

Format: 16mm

Description: A visit to the site of the salvage operations being conducted by Smithsonian scientists on the Spanish galleon, San Antonio, which sank off the coast of Bermuda during a hurricane in 1621. Uses maps and paintings to reconstruct the San Antonio's last trade mission to the Caribbean. Shows how scientists search for sunken ships and how they determine the identity of a wreck from its site and cargo. Shows the types of artifacts discovered and the scientific techniques used to recover, restore, and preserve them.

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