Accession No.: 2008-31
PROCESSING RECORD
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES
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Haines, Robert B. (1926 - )
Robert B. Haines Films and Slides, 1953-1969
Physical Description: 12 films and 69 35mm slides
Description: The accession includes eleven films taken or collected by Captain Robert B. Haines on
oceanographic expeditions of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The accession includes 8mm
films taken by Haines documenting R/V ARGO’s arrival at Scripps Institution, footage of Alaska
and British Columbia on R/V Hugh M. Smith and R/V Oconostota in 1960-1964, and footage taken
on Billabong Expedition (1969). The accession includes one 8mm film of R/V Alpha Helix Amazon
Expedition, 1967 which includes footage of Manaus, Rio Negro, and the Galapagos. There is one
16mm print of Alpha Helix Antarctic Expedition Film. The accession includes 6 reels of 8mm film
taken on R/V ARGO, Lusiad Expedition in 1963 including film of the transit through the Panama
Canal, Martinique Island, Gibraltar, Marseilles, Monaco, Cochin, India, Seychelles, Mauritius, Suez
Canal transit, Indian Ocean, Kwajalein, Guadalupe Island.
9 slides were taken on Capricorn Expedition (1953), 6 slides were taken on Vermilion Sea
Expedition (1957), 46 slides were all taken on R/V Alpha Helix New Guinea Expedition in 1969.
American ship captain; Alpha Helix (Ship) ; Alpha Helix Australian (Billabong) Expedition (1966); Alpha Helix New Guinea
Expedition (1969); Alpha Helix Amazon Expedition (1967) ; Lusiad Expedition (1962-1963) ; Oceanography Indian Ocean; Motion
pictures ; Scientific expeditions