Appendix B— IDOE Films 



The NSF Office for IDOE has prepared several films 

 to illustrate phenomena of the ocean environment and the 

 work of IDOE-funded scientists. These 16-mm, sound and 

 color motion pictures are available from the organizations 

 indicated. Abbreviations used are F for free loan, R for 

 rental fee, and P for purchase. 



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 Well 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 universal applications. (English, French, Ger- 

 man, Spanish, and Russian versions.) P 



Centre Films, Inc. 

 1103 N. El Centre 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 re- 

 search. Over 75 scientists and technicians from 18 national 

 and international universities and oceanographic institu- 

 tions set forth in a coordinated, cooperative effort to find 

 and measure strange and not yet understood motions be- 

 neath the surface of the sea called an eddy. R or P 



guide our search for metals on the sea floor as well as on 

 continents. P 



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 a downward side 

 of a long-term temperature cycle. Scientists are detecting 

 evidence of such long-term cycles and are raising some 

 early warnings. P 



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

 climate, 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 interrelation- 

 ships, 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. P 



Living Resources Program 

 Office for the International 

 Decade of Ocean Exploration 

 National Science Foundation 

 Washington, DC 20550 



Through the Eyes of IRIS (25 minutes)-A technical film re- 

 port describing to potential users a computer-driven ship- 

 board data acquisition system, IRIS (Interactive Realtime 

 Information System), developed for the Living Resources 

 Program, under the International Decade of Ocean Explora- 

 tion. 



The film shows how the system was tested during scientific 

 voyages to West Africa, and Baja, California. A towed "Bat- 

 fish", operating at up to 10 knots and at depths from to 

 100 meters, reads temperature, salinity, and depth elec- 

 tronically, and draws samples at the same time. The IRIS 

 system holds promise for many useful applications not 

 only at sea, but also in earth and meteorological studies 

 and management programs. F 



Cineffects Color Laboratory 

 115 West 45th Street 

 New York, NY 10035 



The Alchemist Sea (5 minutes)- For nearly 200 million 

 years, the Earth's surface has broken up into massive 

 plates, that shift and move-often beneath the sea floor. 

 Scientists, collecting core samples from the sea floor, are 

 discovering there's a relationship between plate motion 

 and the distribution of ore deposits. Their research can help 



Time Windows (12 minutes)-Using modern data transmis- 

 sion facilities, ocean scientists engaged in the International 

 Decade of Ocean Exploration, are now able to exchange 

 their data, reports, and findings as readily as dialing the 



telephone or tuning their television sets. Indeed, that's 

 what happens: information stored in computers, linked by 

 telephone give oceanographers across the land ready ac- 

 cess to each others findings, which with the aid of an 

 adapter are displayed on regular television sets or printed 

 with the aid of a data facsimile machine. F 



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