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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, par- 

 ticularly 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. F 



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Cycle in the Sea (5 minutes)-Thanks to the motions of 

 wind, water, and the Earth itself, life in the oceans con- 

 tinuously renews itself. Here is an important story of the 

 balance in the world's ecosystems and its study off the 

 coast of Oregon. F 



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 ocean. F 



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 under- 



stand, 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. F 



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 polluton, improving commercial fishing, and under- 

 standing climatic conditions. It joins scientists working at 

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

 and Miami. F 



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. F 



Test Tubes in the Sea (5 minutes)-Can our oceans con- 

 tinue to absorb the urban wastes, oils, and chemicals we 

 discharge into them-or is there a point of no return? An 

 international team of scientists and engineers is trying to 

 find out by measuring pollutants in the sea. Their efforts 

 are giving us a major tool that will help us understand how 

 these contaminants affect the ocean food chain and an 

 indication of how far we can go in continuing to pollute 

 the sea. F 



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