Dive to the Edge of Creation

About

A documentary following a team of biologists and geologists 1 1/2 miles below the ocean surface where they discover worlds of life around thermal vents which are supported by bacteria that convert chemicals into organic matter. This landmark dive confirmed aspects of the theory of plate tectonics and yielded important biological discoveries.

1 videodisc (60 min.) : 4 3/4 in

Originally produced as a film in 1979 as an episode of "A National Geographic special."

Narrator: Leslie Nielson

Photography, James Lipscomb, Alfred Giddings ; editor, Peggi Chute ; music, William Loose, Jack Tillar

DVD-R, NTSC. May not play properly on all machines

Washington, D.C. : The Society, c1989. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col

Specially made single-copy DVD transfer of a title held on VHS by National Geographic Society

Human-made No record of this work says a model made it. What this means.

Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

Licence or status

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Credit

James Lipscomb, Alfred Giddings, Leslie Nielsen 1926-2010., WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.), National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Language

English

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