Life on the abyssal floor

A color narrated 16mm film produced by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Life Research Group. The film describes the "Monster Camera" project at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1970, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. SIO oceanographer John D. Isaacs and his Marine Life Research Group placed a bait source, camera and light at various depths between 200- 3700 meters in the ocean and filmed the benthic life that was attracted by the bait. The underwater cine camera system was designed by Meredith Sessions and Richard Shutts. This film was made from the best footage that was produced during the course of the project

• 1970

• Schwartzlose, Richard A.
• Sessions, Meredith H. (Meredith Herbert), 1938-2011
• Smith, Rex, III

• Isaacs, John D. (John Dove)

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Life Research Group

• Shutts, Richard L.

Editing and animation, Richard Shutts and Rex Smith III

1 film reel (25 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm

two-dimensional moving image

• Abyssal zone
• Pacific Ocean

• Benthic Animals
• Deep-sea fishes
• Equipment and supplies
• Marine biology
• Research
• Underwater cinematography
• Underwater imaging systems

• video

• English

written by Richard Shutts and Richard Schwartzlose ; presented by John D. Isaacs

La Jolla, California :, Produced by Scripps Institution of Oceanography

• UC Regents

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2020-11-18