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Professor Smith’s Famous Fish

Date released

19 Jan 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1233

NoS ID

018316

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Coelacanth Fish. DESCRIPTION: Professor Smith of Grahamstown, South Africa is seen with a model of that famous fish - the Coelacanth. The Professor says the fish is a kind of...

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Fish out of Time: A Quest for the Coelacanth (Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 45 minutes), $20.00

Documents the 14-year quest for the four-legged coelacanth, the 400 million-year-old fish. Once thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs, the coelacanth was rediscovered in 1938. Includes background...

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Coelacanth, The: A Living Fossil (2004)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Out of distribution

This is an archive copy of a live presentation and webcast by museum palaeontologist Peter Forey. In 1938, a strange fish was caught in the Indian Ocean. It was recognised as a living example of a family of...

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Roving Camera Reports: Professor Smith Speaks of the Coelacanth

Date released

19 Jan 1953

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1987

NoS ID

070491

Story no

5 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

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Fishy Story. Missing Link Turns Up

Date released

19 Jan 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2284

NoS ID

044190

Story no

2 / 6

At Grahamstown University world’s foremost authority, Professor J L B Smith, explains significance of Coelacanth.

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