Undersea Gardens

Duration:

Year Published: 1938

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Sea around Bahama Islands. Palyp forms such as Pepper, Elkhorn and others. Fishes, e.g., Parrot fish, a vegetarian; Barracuda, and "others."

Complete Record: Film explores ways to see the bottom of the ocean surrounding the Bahama Islands. There are undersea gardens of coral reef and fish in the Bahamas, usually explored and visible from glass-bottomed boats. The film shows the viewer a better way to view these underwater gardens by following a scuba diver underwater. We watch the scuba diver near marine animals, coral. The diver descends further and further to see them. Underwater shots of fish and coral, the diver, the boat from below. Detailed descriptions of different kinds of coral. Sea urchins, Hogfish (which likes to eat urchins), sea fans, barracuda ("tiger of the sea"), sergeant majors, etc.

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946