movies Fishfrom1945_2 2002-07-16 00:00:00 Marine Pictures Deep-sea fishing adventure. ca. 1945 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ B&W Sd prelinger 2002-07-16 00:00:00 N/A 0 12:55 Ken Smith reports: Essentially, this "film" is just murky stock footage of men on a fishing trawler. What transforms it into an epic tale of Man vs. The Sea is an amazing narration by somebody named Wilfred Lucas. Mr. Lucas pulls no punches; in this violent world, decent men kill every fish they meet. But that's okay, because -- as Mr. Lucas explains -- fish are evil and deserve to die. A manta ray gets a harpoon in its skull because it's a "devil fish," and a "terror of the deep." An octopus barely escapes with its life, even though it's a "slimy, death-dealing monster" and a "black-hearted scoundrel." Even porpoises are slandered, being derisively referred to as "clowns" and "good for lubricating oil." As if this weren't enough, a whole section of this film is devoted to a battle between a whale and a swordfish, which is the whale's "greatest enemy" (something many ichthyologists would be interested to learn). As the camera cuts rapidly between stock shots of a leaping swordfish and completely different footage of a sleeping whale, Mr. Lucas tells us that "no one has ever been lucky enough to photograph a scene like this before." Truly a triumph of style over content; great fun to watch. Look for the cameo by Wumpy the parrot. extremely theatrical narration of action; P.O.V. bow of boat cutting through water Commercial tuna boat with fisherman hauling in dozens and dozens. Game fishermen catching tuna with rods and reels. ship's lookout on mast; CU reel; Shark fight: man hooks tuna; shark attempts to get tuna; man shoots at shark with a handgun; tuna is landed, has an enormous shark bite taken out of him; man hooks shark on line; shark fights back ferociously; shark is landed; shark's mouth is opened to display teeth; man climbs ship's rigging; manta ray is landed harpooner spears giant manta; manta drags boat along behind him; boat capsizes; storm at sea; diver in diving suit; hammerhead shark is caught (and shot at) On porpoises: "No good for food, they make good leather and the finest lubricating oil used for watches and clocks." giant octopus: "Can't afford to miss a chance to photograph one of these elephant-spiders of the ocean floor." "Merciful powers, what's this eerie shape.? There it is! Look out, octopus! The crawling irresistible slimy death-dealing monster of the sea floor." anemone: "Watch how quickly the fish our boys throw down is enclosed in that living sepulcher." whale and swordfish have fight; whale is harpooned; commercial whaler shoots a harpoon gun (looks like artillery) <BR> 2005-01-13 09:36:44 1 0 Animals: Fish 419 MovingImage ca. 1945 19082b