Vermilion Sea Expedition - Hydrographic Work

Duration: 13 min

Year Published: 1963

Creator: See Univ Of Calif Ext Media Ctr

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Direction, Script, Producer: Mark McCarty; Photography: John B. MacFall, James E. Rupert, Jack Hill; Editing: Mark McCarty; Sound: Jim Ball; Narrator: Joseph L. Reid; Research Consultant: Joseph L. Reid; Music: Timothy F. Harding, William Hutchinson.

Description: Features two research vessels of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography departing from La Jolla on a research expedition to measure the water properties of the Gulf of California, also called the 'VERMILION SEA' because of its occasional blooms of red plankton. Shows the hydrographic reconnaissance crew at work. Includes prevailing methods for obtaining hydrographic data such as water temperature, salinity and oxygen content.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)


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