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The Commanding Sea

on BBC Two England

The last of six voyages with Clare Francis Narrated by Laurence Olivier
The Last Resource
In recent years man has explored and mapped the previously unknown seven-tenths of the globe - the seabed; he has discovered new rich fields of minerals and new life forms; he has begun to harness the power of the sea as energy. CLARE FRANCIS travels with a US scientific expedition from Woods Hole on Cape Cod. In the tiny than a mile deep to the bottom of the Tongue of the Ocean; and she asks if we can learn to protect the oceans' resources and use them wisely.
Principal advisers j. n. PLUMB and BASIL GREENHILL. Music by CARL DAVIS Series written and directed by MICHAEL GILL and ANTHONY MAYEB A MALONE-GILL production
Book (same title), 112.50 from bookshops submersible, Alvin, she dives more

Contributors

Unknown:
Clare Francis
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Clare Francis
Unknown:
Basil Greenhill.
Music By:
Carl Davis
Directed By:
Michael Gill
Directed By:
Anthony Mayeb

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