The film tells about the difficult profession of marine geologists, about geological exploration of the seabed for scientific research and practical purposes. The film was made by order of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology.
Scuba divers swim underwater.
Cosmonauts work at the station.
Views of the Earth from space.
The ocean surface.
Corals, underwater inhabitants.
The research vessel Dmitry Mendeleyev.
Scientists raise soil samples from the bottom.
Scientists examine the soil.
Views from on board the ship.
The ship's research equipment.
Scientists make underwater maps.
Cartoon: planet Earth, mid-ocean ridges.
The bow of the deck.
Scientists lower a seismic antenna overboard.
Lowering the pneumatic emitter.
Recording the data from the pneumatic emitter.
Processing the incoming data, constructing profilograms.
Views of the sea.
A geologist prepares a bottom seismograph for work.
Lowering the seismograph underwater.
Scientists install a buoy.
The bow of the deck.
Cartoon: plate movement, formation of mid-ocean ridges and cracks, volcanic activity.
Volcanic eruptions.
Locators on the masts.
A man working with a locator.
A buoy at the site of the seismograph's descent.
Raising the seismograph.
Decoding the data.
Palm groves.
Installing a seismograph on an island.
Natural landscapes.
Ocean waves.
The crew in the wheelhouse.
A scientist in the lab.
Locators on the masts. "Dmitry Mendeleyev" in the ocean.
Magnetologists prepare the equipment for work.
Lowering the device into the water.
The device is in tow.
Scientists take readings from the devices, register magnetic anomalies.
Processing measurements in the ship's computing center.
Views from on board the ship.
Ocean landscapes.
The ship in the ocean.
Raising the "Zvuk-6" device from the depths.
Scientists work with the device on the deck.
Preparing for the descent of the underwater vehicle "Pisces". "Pisces" is taken away from the ship.
The crew descends into the device.
Submersion. "Pisces" underwater.
The ocean floor.
Photographs. "Pisces" underwater.
Crew members.
The device emerges to the surface. "Dmitry Mendeleyev" at anchor.
Preparations for the descent of the Argus apparatus.
Argus in tow.
The captain at the helm.
The Argus dives.
The crew works underwater, collecting samples.
Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences named after P.P. Shirshov.
Scientists study rock samples from the ocean floor.
Laboratory experiments.
Data processing on a computer.
Photographs. V.V. Kovalenok, A.S. Monin and A.M. Sagalevich examine photographs in an album.
Scientists view and discuss underwater footage.
Underwater inhabitants.
Seagulls over the ocean.
Drilling rig "Shelf-1".
Work on the drilling rig.
Geologists work underwater.
Diving into the depths using an underwater self-propelled vehicle.
Kovalenok V.V. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Colonel General of Aviation
candidate of military sciences
professor
President of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation. Monin A.S. -- geophysicist
oceanographer
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Honorary Doctor of the University of Gothenburg. Sagalevich A.M. -- researcher of the World Ocean
Doctor of Technical Sciences
Hero of the Russian Federation.