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RefNoAV/3/25
LevelItem
TitleFilm 'Coelacanth' expedition
Date1969-1971
DescriptionShort film documenting an expedition to catch a specimen of the fish coelacanth Latimeria.

The quest was part of the Royal Society Indian Ocean Deep Slope Fishing expedition, 1969. On the second attempt in 1971, a living coelacanth was found.

14 mins 54.
Colour, mute. Super-8 format.
Extent1 film
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsDigitised copy available. For more information contact library@royalsociety.org. Z:\AV archive\Digitised films
RelatedRecordCMB/179b/17
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