Beginnings, 1960 [motion picture].

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Beginnings, 1960 [motion picture].

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This is a film copy of a 1960 interview with Dr. Roger Revelle, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography produced in the studios of WTTW, Chicago for the National Education Radio Center. It was distributed by World Book Encyclopedia Films. Revelle describes the state of scientific knowledge of the origins of the earth and explains why and how the study of oceanography can contribute to earth science. He describes Project Mohole. The film concludes with a film clip of President John F. Kennedy commenting on the importance of oceanographic research.

1 reel (40 min.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print.

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991

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Revelle (1909-1991). Research oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. From the description of Sound recordings, 1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82028116 From the description of Oral history interview with Roger Revelle: Observations on the Office of Naval Research and International Science, 1945-1960 1984 November. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 83494102 American oceanographer. From the description of Papers, ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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