The Dolphins That Joined the Navy (1964)

Synopsis

This 1964 U.S Navy documentary looks at the Navy's Marine Mammal Program. It is narrated by Commander Glenn Ford, USNR, a renowned Hollywood actor. Here at mark 1:40 on the edge of the pacific zone 50 miles north of Los angeles is the U.S. Navy base Pt. Mugu, a major center for the Navy space studies and missile experiments. At mark 02:10, a naval officer is seen making an introduction statement. He talked more on the mammals giving their life history and why the navy is so interested in their study. Here at mark 3:20, an effort is been launched by the director of the program Dr. William McGlane to better understand the capabilities of the dolphins. The animals are been kept in a comfortable environment and the facility is to meet all its need for the experiment. At mark 4:00, the animals are been weighed on scales. These creatures can do everything extremely well and there’s much to be learnt from them that could also help the navy. Scientists believe that dolphins can see with sonar more than they see with their eyes as seen at mark 5:07. Hence scientist are training them as seen at mark 5:37 on how to use sonar hearing to fetch for things and are also rewarded after passing the test. They eat more pounds of fish per day. As seen at mark 6:17, it was blindfolded to see if the tough guy with his eyes covered can retrieve a disc with just the sonar sound and he passed it. He found the disc and retrieved it back. At mark 7:53, a chart of the sound virtually made above and…

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Running time

24 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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