USC scientists at Santa Barbara Island, Calif., [1931-1941]

"USC Scientists and Santa Barbara Island original". Close-up of sculpture of lizard on a rock being held by a man, close-up of engraved metal plaque reading "designer G. Bruce Newby, Los Angeles harbor, Velero III, 1931, builder Craig Shipbuilding", close-up of chart of "Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea including the West Indies", Captain Allan Hancock (left) points out something on a large chart to another man, bringing up and deploying a marine sampling container from the water to the ship and vice versa, Hancock is at the winch controls, bottom sedement from the sampling container, several crewmen handle the winch for a dredge, Hancock directs the operation, marine samples dredged include mollusks, a spiny crab and starfish, Hancock and others probe through the specimens, a diver wearing diving helmet is deployed with a small boat, Hancock and another man communicate via radio equipment, men in a rowboat off a rocky outcropping, combing through sludge for specimens, the anchored Velero III (ship) as seen from shore, men in a launch returning to the Velero III, man moving the jaw of long long toothy mouth in the skull of a a skeleton of a large reptile or bird, man examining an antique shotgun aboard the Velero III, keeper feeing a seal in a zoo, two polar bears in a zoo, a black or brown bear in a zoo, [1931-1941]. Note: requires preservation.