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The Sea Around Us ()

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Oscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.
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Don Forbes ...
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Irwin Allen ... (uncredited)

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Irwin Allen ... (commentary written by)
 
Rachel L. Carson ... (based on the book by)

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Irwin Allen ... producer (produced by)

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Paul Sawtell ... (music by)

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Doane Harrison ... film editor (as Dean Harrison)

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Frederic Knudtson ... supervising film editor

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Linwood G. Dunn ... photographic effects (as Linwood Dunn)

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director

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Irwin Allen ... continuity written by

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George E. Swink ... assistant to the producer
John F. Garth ... technical assistant (uncredited)
Allan Hancock ... technical advisor (uncredited)

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Noel Monkman ... grateful acknowledgment: for cooperation in making this film possible
William Harold Oliver Jr. ... grateful acknowledgment: for cooperation in making this film possible (as Wm. Harold Oliver Jr.)
George Tahara ... grateful acknowledgment: for cooperation in making this film possible
Dudley A. Whitman ... grateful acknowledgment: for cooperation in making this film possible
William Francis Whitman ... grateful acknowledgment: for cooperation in making this film possible
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Irwin Allen explores the mysteries of the deep blue sea in this Technicolor documentary. Based on Rachel L. Carson's famous study, this Oscar-winning project investigates everything under the sea, from sharks, whales and octopuses to microscopic creatures and their coexistence in this vast underwater world. Written by Rodrigo Amaro

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Also Known As
  • Rachel L. Carson's The Sea Around Us (United States)
  • Cette mer qui nous entoure (France)
  • De zee die ons omringt (Belgium, Flemish title)
  • Cette mer qui nous entoure (Belgium, French title)
  • Ypovryhios apostoli (Greece)
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Trivia 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein (2018) (2018). See more »
Crazy Credits At the end of the film, "The End?" is displayed on screen with a question mark while an off-screen narrator speaks the last lines: "What is the fate of the world? Is this the end?" The question mark then disappears, leaving "The End" and the film closes. See more »
Quotes 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.
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