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Discovery '66 Tv Show "The World Beneath the Sea" Part 1 Undersea Animal & Plant Life Xd30692 (1968)

1968 · Short film · 21 min

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This episode of the TV show, Discovery ‘66, dates to the year 1966. Discovery (in several incarnations) was an innovative historical, cultural and educational documentary TV series for children that aired from 1962-1971 on ABC. It was originally hosted by Frank Buxton on aired on weekdays, but for most of the Sixties it could be found on Saturday afternoons or Sunday mornings. This episode "The World Beneath the Sea" opens with host Bill Owen (who succeeded Buxton in 1966) holding a spiny lobster. The camera pans to the ocean and shows a coral reef beneath. Main title:30. Animated introduction: 40. Discovery ’66. The award-winning program for young people 1:00. Bill Owen kneels beside the sea 1:35. Owen picks up a spiny lobster 1:48. Large black fish swim under the sea 2:15. Owen sits by the sea and talks to the camera 2:40. Tropical fish flit about the coral 3:00. A shark is shown swimming continuously 3:10. The spiny fins of a lionfish 3:20. A green moray and spotted moray eel breath 3:30. The film shows the moray eel; the green and spotted species of the eel. Black Angel fish and yellow tailed snappers hunt their way across the coral reef 4:10. A puffer fish (burr fish) swims in front of the camera 4:30. The Queen Angelfish and the spot fin butterfly fish 4:38. The stingray is camouflaged on top and bottom of its body 5:05. The Seahorse and its mate cling to a branch 5:10. A jaw fish makes a burrow 5:25. The angler fish dangles its lure and snaps up a fish 5:50. A sawfish…

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Running time
21 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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