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Description:
Title:
Ship Explorer, oceanographic cruise 1960 [motion picture] / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Imprint:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1960.
Physical Description:
1 film reel (25 min., 01 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
General Note:
Title from title frame.
System Details Note:
System requirements: 16 mm film projector.
System requirement (converted media): DVCPRO-HD tape recorder/player; DVD drive; online video player(s).
Creation Note:
Photography, Byron Hale.
Abstract:
Narrated documentary on oceanographic voyage of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey ship Explorer (CSS 28). It tracks the ship's cruise from Seattle, Washington, during winter of 1960, through San Diego, California, Panama Channel, Caribbean Area, Key West, Florida, Northern Virginia, to its final destination in Potomac River, Washington, D.C., on April 20th, 1960. Film presents some onboard oceanographic research activities, including bottle launching, sediment coring, chemical analysis, hydrographic data collection, meteorological balloon release, and coral reef observations.
Local Note:
SILVER SPRING: Film transferred to digital video on DVCPRO-HD cassettes (1080i resolution) by Crawford Communications, Inc. (Crawford Film can #144871), and down-converted to DVDs (MPEG2 format) by Ocean Media Center, Mar. 2007; further converted to AVI, MOV, and MP4 formats by Video Transfer, Inc., July 2009; a partial outcome of a film transfer project sponsored by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service through the NOAA Central Library by Order no. DG133C06SE4890; and NCDC, Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP); NOAA Central Library original film box number: L-6.
SILVER SPRING: Copy of converted DVD format bound with: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration transferred films. Disc 6 of 7 : reference copies (call number: VK597.U5 N38 disc 6).
Additional Physical Form Note:
Also available online in MOV and MP4 formats; and in DVCPRO-HD tape, AVI, and DVD formats in the NOAA Central Library.
Corporate Name:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey History.
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Officials and employees History.
Explorer (Ship). Cruise (1960)
Explorer (Ship) Pictorial works.
Topical Term:
Oceanographic research ships United States.
Oceanography Pacific Coast (North America)
Oceanography Atlantic Coast (North America)
Ocean currents Measurement.
Marine biology Pacific Coast (North America)
Marine biology Atlantic Coast (North America)
Fisheries Research North America.
Marine meteorology Pacific Coast (North America)
Marine meteorology Atlantic Coast (North America)
Coral reefs and islands Caribbean Area.
Hydrographic surveying Pacific Coast (North America)
Hydrographic surveying Atlantic Coast (North America)
Corporate Name:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
NOAA Central Library.
Electronic Access:
Access Information:
| Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | ARCHIVE | GC58 .C63 1960 | FILM | 1
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| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | ARCHIVE | GC58 .C63 1960 | FILM | 2
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| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | ARCHIVE | GC58 .C63 1960 (AVI) | DVD | 1
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| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | ARCHIVE | GC58 .C63 1960 D5-1327 | DVCAM | 1
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| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | ARCHIVE | VK597.U5 N38 disc 6 | DVD | 1
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| NOAA Miami Regional Library, Miami, FL | SPECIAL | GC58 .C63 1960 | DVD | 1
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| INTERNET | INTERNET | GC58 .C63 1960 (Online) | VIDEO | 1
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