If this week’s film “Fish from Hell” is any indication, Americans’ view of life in the ocean has changed considerably since 1945. (Scroll down for video player.)
I found this film in the Prelinger Archives, a large collection of old films and television commercials started in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City.
It’s a longer video than I usually offer for Amusing Monday. But
if you pick any point on either of the two video segments you will
find something interesting, if not shocking. If you are limited on
time, check out Part 2 at 2 minutes, 50 seconds, where the fear of
a large octopus is truly amusing, knowing what we know about these
creatures in Puget Sound. The storyline of “man against nature”
seems quaint from a modern scientific perspective, but I wonder how
many people still hold this world view.
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