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Us Navy Film “The Land Beneath the Sea” Exploration of the Sea Floor Oceanography 55184 (1967)

1967 · Short film · 23 min

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This U.S. Navy film focuses on the ocean and its floor. The ocean floor's main features and their characteristics are a major focus of the Navy’s oceanographic research program. It opens with images of a submarine in the ocean (:39) and a US Navy F-4 Phantom taking off from an aircraft carrier (:45) USS Forrestal. Images from a closed-circuit television are retrieved from a deep-sea camera (1:13). As the population was expected to increase, scientists are seen studying marine biology for future…

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23 minutes