Ely, Charles A., 1963-1964
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12 - 14 NOVEMBER 64 No photographic operations carried out for this period of time due to high winds, waves & spray and heavy rolls. 15 NOVEMBER 64 Sea very calm! Equipment set up on heli-deck at 0800 hrs. and it proved to be a most successful day! Approximately 500 feet were shot on; two separate Shearwater sp., Frigatebird, R.-T. Tropicbird, Kennodie petrel (distant), Wedgetailed shearwater (short sequence), Sooty shearwater and an interrupted sequence on whole-boat pickup of sooty shearwater. Mechanical difficulties were experienced with the camera stopping in the middle of sequences due to an apparent bad contact in a switch. Before the situation was able to be corrected a great deal of good footage was lost such as