Appendix B— IDOE Films 



The NSF IDOE Section 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 upwell- 

 ing is the still little-understood process by which the 

 ocean continuously 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 applica- 

 tions. (English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian 

 versions.) P 



Centre Films, Inc. 

 1103 N. 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 na- 

 tional and international universities and oceanographic 

 institutions set forth in a coordinated, cooperative effort 

 to find and measure strange and not yet understood 

 motion beneath the surface of the sea called an eddy. R 

 or P 



Cineffects Color Laboratory 

 115 West 45th Street 

 New York, NY 10036 



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 guide our search for metals on the sea floor as well 

 as on continents. P 



Changing Climes (5 minutes)-Are the unusual weather 

 patterns and severe crop losses of recent years just a 

 passing phenomenon? Or is the Earth sliding into a down- 

 ward 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 

 International Decade of 

 Ocean Exploration Section 

 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 Ex- 

 ploration. 



The film shows how the system was tested during scien- 

 tific voyages to West Africa and Baja, California. A towed 

 "Batfish", 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 



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

 sion facilities, ocean scientists engaged in the Inter- 

 national 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. In- 

 deed, that's what happens: information stored in com- 

 puters linked by telephone give oceanographers across 

 the land ready access 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 



Modern Talking Pictures Service 

 2323 Hyde Park Road 

 Hyde Park, NY 11040 



Elements of Mystery (25 minutes)-The film monitors the 

 progress of a team of scientists aboard the research ship 

 MELVILLE as they gather data on chemical composition 

 and determine locations of manganese nodules in the 

 Pacific. The joint research effort, with several universities 

 participating, is attempting to increase understanding of 

 how manganese nodules are formed, as well as their eco- 

 nomic potential as an international resource. F 



NOAA Film Library 

 12227 Wilkins Avenue 

 Rockville, MD 20852 



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