Description | Footage from the Royal Society's expedition to the Solomon Islands.
Contents: On board the chartered ship from Fiji. Collecting specimens; including sea urchin. Collecting specimens in the shallows. Diving. Ship setting off. 10 min: Smoking, cutting rock for fossils. 12 min: Snorkeling amongst coral. Taking coral specimens. 13 min: Tree climbing and chopping of branches. 14 min 30: Digging hole for soil sampling. 16 min: Soil specimens; men holding the legs of a scientist to stop him falling in the hole while he takes samples. 16 min 30: Mountain top view. 17 min 13: A view of the ship. 17 min 30: Taking specimens from tree trunks.. 19 min: Setting sail in the ship.
21 min 36.
16mm film Colour Mute Film stock: Kodak 1966 Film length: 800 feet
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