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Still image from The Quest for the Great Sperm Whale.

Date produced: 1991

Filmmaker(s):

Robbins Barstow

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:41:31

Format:

format unknown

Colour:

Colour

Sound:

With narration by Robbins Barstow.

Awards/Recognition:

Center for Home Movies list of titled amateur films

Description:

"The story of a three-day whale watching trip in July 1991 from Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA, 100 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean to Georges Bank, to find and film sperm whales and six other species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), including the never-before-filmed North Atlantic Beaked Whale. Filmed and narrated by Dr. Robbins Barstow of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA." Archive.org

Locations:

  • Gloucester, Massachusetts (Filming)
  • Georges Bank (Filming)
  • North Atlantic Ocean (Filming)

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Repository:

Center for Home Movies

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