Searching for coelacanth, c.1971

3,122 views · Published 14 June 2017 · 14:55 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: The Royal Society · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Newly digitised from the original Super-8, this film from the Royal Society archive documents a 1970s expedition to catch a specimen of the ‘living fossil’ coelacanth fish. 
Find out more about the Royal Society archive at https://royalsociety.org/collections/
A further video with our chief Librarian, Keith Moore exploring the background to this expedition with Brady Haran is available in Objectivity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagK0VxC8jk

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