Station 307 (1953)

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1953
  • Asset ID: 802342
  • Synopsis: Story of Jacques Cousteau's undersea survey of the Coast of the Abu Dhabi.
  • Shotlist: 00:01:32 underwater shot of a scuba diver drilling on the sea bed. 00:01:46 Titles 00:02:32 Travelling shot across the vessel Calypso, a diver on board the ship talking to Jacques Cousteau then walking away, pan across the ship sailing away slowly, Cousteau and another man sitting round a table discussing over a map, graphics map of the Persian gulf, CU chart, Cousteau discussing over a map with a man, men cleaning and washing the ship deck, looking over a man standing on the deck while ship sailing across the sea, man standing on the deck looking through binoculars, CU radar monitor, pan across man looking at radar monitor 00:04:47 men discussing over a map, a man drawing on navigation chart, man checking monitor, GVs crew checking navigation, men relaxing on the deck while ship sailing across the sea, GVs men checking and preparing diving equipment, a man playing with a dog, a man monitoring equipment on the deck, a man listening to instructions via megaphone, man navigating the ship while another looking into radar monitor, man navigating the ship, the ship sailing slowly, CU man operating a lever. 00:06:26 chef cooking, the chef casting his rod into the water, man talking into communication device, man on the deck walking towards and picking up advice to collect sea sediments, pan across the deck man holding and throwing a cone shape bucket into the sea. 00:06:53 Under water shot cone shape bucket collecting sea bed sample, man on the ship pulling the device, GVs collecting sea bed sample, ship weighing anchor, releasing the anchor, pan across the deck man carrying sea bed sample and handing it to a geologist, GVs sea bed sample checking on the desk by a geologist, CU megaphone, GVs 2 men operating and releasing gradiometer into the water. 00:09:19 Pan over a man entering room, GVs man operating gradiometer. 00:10:08 GVs man using a machine to pull back the gradiometer from the bottom of the sea, GVs divers getting prepared to dive. 00:11:14 divers getting inside a cage, divers inside the protecting cage, cable drum used to lower divers cage into the sea, diving cage with two divers being lowered into the sea, divers cage disappearing into the sea, underwater shot of divers cage, 2 divers inside the cage underwater, men on the deck helping with the diving operation, GVs two divers with a cage underwater, GVs divers searching and working underwater, GVs divers and marine life under water. 00:13:53 view looking across the deck, pan across a man walking upstairs, man opening a box and pulling out a sextant, pan across a man walking up and looking through a sextant, man looking through sextant. 00:14:22 GVs under water divers searching and collecting samples, GVs divers swimming back into their cage, GVs sharks passing by, pan diver underwater, a diver inside the cage waving to the other diver, diver holding a hammer under water, GVs sharks underwater, diver looking at the sharks from inside the cage, diver getting into the cage the other diver waiting inside shark swimming close to the cage, diver giving a signal to the ship to be pulled up, men on the deck signalling to pull the cage up, GVs underwater the cage with two divers being pulled up, marine life under water. 00:16:49 GVs the cage with two divers pulled out of water, divers getting out of the cage, diver giving the collected samples to a crew member, divers walking on the deck, divers on the deck, a geologists checking the collected samples under a microscope, GVs a geologist checking collected samples and tagging them, a geologist typing his report, a man working on a map on his desk, CU same man making some drawings on a map, a man talking through a communication device, CU a man marking on a map, same man marking on a map joined by another man, a man standing on stairway, a man standing at the edge of the ship looking at the water, a machine pulling up the ships anchor, man sitting and monitoring the ships anchor being pulled up, ships anchor being pulled up, LS the Calypso sailing away. 00:19:17 BP shield logo 00:19:20 END
  • Production Company: None
  • Licensing Restrictions: None
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None