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Anthology | Underwater World
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Best Documentary Features | 1953 | Irwin
The film ends with a statement that the temperature of the Arctic climate has been rising steadily since 1900 and if this warming continues, the oceans will flood many major cities and could result in the end of the world. All this was decades ahead of Al Gore and his efforts to raise awareness among the general public about global warming.
According to an article in the January 20, 1953 edition of the Los Angeles Daily News, about 1,620,000 feet of 16mm color film was collected from 2,341 sources for use in this film.
On August 19, 1949, Otis Barton in the Benthoscope (similar to the Bathysphere), a 7,000 pound steel ball, descended 4,500 feet into the sea, setting a new record for the deepest dive by a human. (This is still the record for deepest dive in a submersible suspended by a cable.) The Benthoscope cost more than $15,000 (equivalent to about $180,000 in 2022) to build. The Benthoscope is now on display in front of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, California.
"Commentator: It has been established beyond all reasonable doubt that the great Arctic change of climates started somewhere about 1900 and has spread so rapidly that small glaciers have already disappeared, and the big ones are melting at a startling rate."
"Commentator: The oceans of the world are responsible for many things, some good, some bad. Very possibly the most interesting of all is the proof that the sea dominates the world's climate."
