https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/0608127c-dc0e-400f-8a0d-a851a3e2e2f9 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com An elephant seal howls at the sky (0:09). California sea lions frolic in a pool at ABC’s Marine World near San Francisco (0:22). This episode of Discovery ’69 takes a look at: “The Remarkable World of Seals and Sea Lions” (0:36). Discovery ’69 is an award-winning program for young people produced by ABC News, hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson. They discuss the differences between seals and sea lions (1:26), accompanied by footage showing their ears, flippers, and mobility on land. The sea lions bounce around quickly and easily across the rocks (2:14). In contrast, the seal drags itself slowly and laboriously (2:43). They are in the Pinnipedia clade, which means, “fin-footed.” Cut to underwater footage of seals and sea lions diving (4:29). They can dive as far as 1500 feet down. Sunny Allen feeds fish to Pedro, a large elephant seal (5:51). Pedro watches Sunny attentively, moving his front flippers on cue (6:21). Sunny uses a baton with a rubber-tip to direct him. Homer Snow trains a sea lion (7:12). The sea lion balances a ball on his snout (8:44). He catches hoops around his neck (9:04). Sea lions are trained for more than just entertainment. A SCUBA diver grabs equipment from his colleague, and descends into an underwater tank (9:10). The U.S. Navy has been conducting experiments with sea lions and porpoises, because of their ability to detect sounds underwater. The diver sets the ring down at the bottom (9:17). Enter Roxy, a sea lion (9:24). She was trained at the Naval Undersea Research Center in California to pick up rings on command from the bottom of a 20-foot training tank. Roxy retrieves the ring back to the scientists (9:30). The ring has a pinger that emits a sound that she can hear underwater. They sail out to open water (9:43). Scientists prepare to test if she can succeed at a depth of over a hundred feet (9:51). Roxy catches the ring around her neck, and resurfaces (10:07). In later experiments, she was able to retrieve it from a depth of 240 feet. The navy is training marine mammals to act as messengers between human divers on the bottom and ships on the surface. At 10:32, seals and sea lions enjoy the safety of their protected home on a rocky Californian island. These island breeding grounds are called rookeries. Marine World uses a 75-foot boat for the research of ocean specimens (11:07). It heads toward a rookery island called Año Nuevo, which lies off the California coast about 75 miles south of San Francisco. It’s a favorite breeding ground for harbor seals, Steller sea lions, and California sea lions. A building stands abandoned (12:05). Colonies of different species live there (12:44). Northern elephant seals prefer the sandy beach rather than the rocky cliffs (12:51). The scientists there are from the University of California Santa Cruz. Dr. Burney Le Boeuf covertly tags the hind flipper of a sleeping elephant seal, who screams at him (14:03). At 14:40 are the temporary markings made on a seal in order to identify him. Dr. Le Boeuf tags a smaller animal; he is screamed at again (14:48). Scientists build wooden shelters, called blinds, from which to observe the shy Steller sea lions (16:14). A stooped-over scientist cautiously approaches the blind. Young males spar (16:51). A scientist carefully climbs up toward the blind in shadows (17:43). Footage of large bulls at 18:01; females with their pups from 18:38; wide shots of the rookery from 19:58. In the past, seals were slaughtered by the thousands for their valuable furs and oils. Many species were almost totally lost. A lone animal sits on the rocks, waves crashing all about it (20:48). The presenters are about to board a plane with the logo: “UNITED” (21:09). Virginia introduces three books: “All Kinds of Seals” by Bernice Cohn (21:20), “Rookery Island” by Gary Daetz (21:24), and “Seals of the World” by Gavin Maxwell (21:27). “UNITED: The Discovery production unit’s domestic transportation arrangements & promotional consideration provided by United Air Lines” (21:39). Closing credits (21:46). Marine World is known today as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Originally opened in 1968 in Redwood Shores, it was later moved to Vallejo, California. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. 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