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The Sea Around Us( 1953)

TV-MADocumentary
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A Thrilling World of Wonders You've Never Seen Before!

Overview

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 microscopical creatures and their coexistence in this vast underwater world.

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      Don Forbes

      Commentator (voice)

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      Theodore von Eltz

      Commentator (voice) (as Theodor Von Eltz)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jul 09 2025
    Not that Irwin Allen could ever have done this, but it’s quite fascinating to watch this in the context of the currently circulating “Ocean” documentary from Sir David Attenborough looking at just how mankind has profoundly affected the pristine waters that are so clearly and colourfully illustrated in this feature. According to the commentary, mankind only obtained 3% of it’s total food from the sea at the start of the 1950s, and what we see clearly here is that the natural resources at least had some degree of a fighting chance against fishing fleets or industrial harvesters of minerals that ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • anthology
    • underwater world