The Restless Sea (1964)
The Restless Sea is a 1964 educational animated feature-length film. It was produced by Disney as the final entry in the Bell Telephone Science Hour series. Animated sequences illustrate the work of oceanographers in searching out complex and interwoven relationships of nature in the sea integrating the marine applications of many sciences. Filmed action from above and below the surface shows instruments which plunge through layers of sediment to obtain geological records and oceanographic equipment ranging from underwater television to research vessels.
- Date of release
- 1964-01-24
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation
- Director
- Les Clark
- Collection
- The Bell System Science Series
Casting
- Sterling Holloway — Mr. H2O
- Lawrence Dobkin — Narrator
Interesting facts
The Bell System Science Series consists of nine television specials made for the AT&T Corporation that were originally broadcast in color between 1956 and 1964. Marcel LaFollette has described them as "specials that combined clever story lines, sophisticated animation, veteran character actors, films of natural phenomena, interviews with scientists, and precise explanation of scientific and technical concepts—all in the pursuit of better public understanding of science." Geoff Alexander and Rick Prelinger have described the films as "among the best known and remembered educational films ever made, and enthroning Dr.
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