Appendix B— IDOE films 



The NSF Office for IDOE has prepared a number of films 

 to better illustrate phenomena of the ocean environment and 

 the work of IDOEfunded scientists. These 16-mm, sound and 

 color motion pictures are available on loan from the organi- 

 zations indicated. 



Alpha Cine Labs 

 1001 Lenora Street 

 Seattle, WA 98121 



Well of Life (27 minutes)— The twin dramas of the ocean's 

 life cycles and the scientific probing of its mysteries are 

 combined in this story of ocean upwelling. Coastal upwelling 

 is the still little-understood process by which the ocean con- 

 tinuously renews its resources, through the motions of wind, 

 water, and the Earth itself. The V^ell of Life deals with that 

 mystery, and the efforts of scientists to uncover its driving 

 forces and learn how it influences and is influenced by 

 weather, climate, and the seemingly limitless round of ocean- 

 linked phenomena. The setting is off the Oregon coast. But 

 the truths presented about balance in the world's ecosystems 

 and the relevance of one field of science to another have uni- 

 versal applications. (English, French. German, Spanish, and 

 Russian versions.) 



Centre Films, Inc. 

 1103 iSI. El Centro Ave. 

 Hollywood, CA 90038 



The Turbulent Ocean (60 minutes)— A documentary film 

 about the planning and execution of one of the largest deep- 

 sea expeditions in twentieth century oceanographic research. 

 Over 75 scientists and technicians from 18 national and in- 

 ternational universities and oceanographic institutions set 

 forth in a coordinated, cooperative effort to find and measure 

 strange and not yet understood motions beneath the surface 

 of the sea called an eddy. 



Doubleday— Multimedia 

 Box 11607 



1371 Reyonds Avenue 

 Santa Ana, CA 92705 



Changing Climes (5 minutes)— Are the unusual weather pat- 

 terns and severe crop losses of recent years just a passing 

 phenomenon? Or is the Earth sliding into the downward side 

 of a long-term temperature cycle. Scientists are delecting 

 evidence of such long-term cycles and are raising some early 

 warnings. 



Cycle in the Sea (5 minutes)— Thanks to the motions of wind, 

 water, and the Earth itself, life in the oceans continuously 

 renews itself. Here is an important story of the balance in 

 the world's ecosystems and its study off the coast of Oregon. 

 Desert in the Deep? (5 minutes)— That the ocean floor is no 

 desert is beginning to be realized. But the varieties of life 



forms, from simple organisms to sharks measuring 4 feet 

 between the eyes, were unsuspected until scientists went to 

 sea with cameras able to explore the very deepest reaches 

 of the sea. 



Pastures of the Sea (5 minutes)— Food chains in the sea like 

 food chains on land depend on plants to use the Sun's energy 

 to convert chemical nutrients into food. To understand, and 

 perhaps better use, the resources of the sea we have to 

 understand its interlocking life cycles. Science is looking at 

 the beginning of the sea's food chain; this film looks at the 

 science. 



Science and the Salmon Fishery (5 minutes)— Commercial 

 fishermen have learned by guess and by gosh where to catch 

 fish, but they don't often know why the fish are where they 

 are. A scientific experiment off the Oregon coast is turning 

 up explanations and, with the cooperation of the coho salmon 

 fishermen, is developing a system of fisheries predictions 

 that seems to be paying off. 



Where is the Weather Born? (5 minutes)— Weather and cli- 

 mate, it has been said, began in the oceans. A group of 

 scientists have been studying the northern Pacific in the 

 effort to identify the oceanic processes relating to weather 

 conditions over the continents. NORPAX, the North Pacific 

 Experiment, is an effort to understand the interrelationships, 

 for instance, between sea-surface temperatures and long- 

 term weather (or short-term climate). This research could 

 lead not only to understanding, but to prediction. 



NOAA Film Laboratory 

 12227 Wilkens Avenue 

 Rockville, MD 20852 



Boundary of Creation (27 minutes)— This film describes the 

 efforts of U.S. and French scientists in Project FAMOUS to 

 understand the ever-changing geology of our Earth, particu- 

 larly the midocean ridges off the Azores. The picture features 

 the probes of the minisub ALVIN in the ocean depths and 

 also portrays research in Hawaii and Iceland. 



RHR Filmedia, Inc. 

 48 West 48th Street 

 Suite ii:900 

 New York, NY 10036 



Rivers of the Sea (27 minutes)- A sea-going expedition 

 leaves Tahiti to gain a better understanding of the oceans 

 and their chemistry— knowledge that is vital in preventing 

 ocean pollution, improving commercial fishing, and under- 

 standing climatic conditions. It )oins scientists working at 

 sea and in land-based laboratories in California, New York, 

 and Miami. 



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