Scenes aboard the research ship "Glomar Challenger," as it commences drilling core samples from the deep ocean floor. View of the drill point being lowered from the ship's drill rig. Sections of drill pipe are connected to one another. Drilling proceeds and then the drill is retrieved. Crew extracts a drilling core which is registered, labeled, and weighed. It is examined by means of instruments. Drilling crew continues to retrieve and extract drilling cores, which are examined in detail in the shipboard laboratories.
Animated sequences illustrating relationship of core samples from deep ocean floor to tectonic plate movements. Diagram showing core samples at various locations and relationship to time, going back to the super continent (Pangea). Outline of Pangea segments superimposed on current world map. Highlighting of areas where tectonic plates collide. Illustration of one plate sliding beneath and adjacent plate; two plates sliding beside one another; and upwelling causing two plates to retreat from each other. Relief map of ocean floor in Pacific showing dramatic features near Japan and lesser features off the coast of California and Mexico related to earthquake propensity.
Animated map of worlds oceans, showing "rings of fire" where tectonic plates are in various states of relative motion. Scene shifts to drilling rig on the research vessel, Glomar Challenger. Scene of arctic conditions, with heavy coatings of ice seen on the vessel. Drilling crew continues work on the Glomar Challenger, in spite of the weather. Crew member's feet sliding across the deck. Crew continues "roughneck" work of drilling and use Acetylene Torch and hammer to keep equipment free and moving. Crew with core sections, retrieved from deep ocean floor. they cut them with hacksaw and bind them. Views of deck in harsh weather. Radar antenna in motion.
Core samples from deep ocean floor are placed in laboratory oven on board the research vessel, Glomar Challenger. Brief view of the ship at sea. Ocean floor core samples being examined by a woman with various analytical tools. Microscopic Views of numerous biological entities seen in the cores.The woman prints a photograph of one.
Glimpse of the research vessel, Glomar Challenger, at sea. Positions being marked on a chart of the Pacific Ocean. Man at work titrating a solution in a chemistry laboratory aboard the ship. A woman stiring a solution during titration, until a color change occurs. View of the Glomar Challenger at sea, during dusk and darkness, with her rigging lights illuminated. Magnetic storage tape being wound. A three-dimensional molecular model. Technician in computer room on the ship. Animated view of the earth and its oceans.
Animation shows ridges under water surface. Deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel, The Glomar Challenger. Instruments aboard the ship. Technicians draw diagram on paper. Animation shows frequency in depth of water, under the ship. Technician lowers instrument. Pipes on the vessel. Technicians tie rope around a pipe. They operate controls and check instruments. Man looks at earth sample through microscope. Sigsbee knolls at the Gulf of Mexico.
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