The Sea Around Us (film)

The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us
	Film poster for The Sea Around Us
Directed by	Irwin Allen (uncredited)
Written by	Irwin Allen
Based on	The Sea Around Us; 1951 novel; by Rachel L. Carson
Produced by	Irwin Allen
Narrated by	Don Forbes; Theodore von Eltz
Edited by	Frederic Knudtson; Doane Harrison (as Dean Harrison)
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Production; company	Irwin Allen Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 7, 1953;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Sea Around Us is a 1953 American documentary film written and produced by Irwin Allen, based on the book of the same name by Rachel L. Carson. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[3]

Plot

Cast

Don Forbes as Narrator
Theodore von Eltz as Narrator

References

^ "The Sea Around Us: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ http://www.bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/The%2BSea%2BAround%2BUs ^{[dead link]}
^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.

External links

The Sea Around Us at IMDb
The Sea Around Us at AllMovie
The Sea Around Us at the TCM Movie Database
The Sea Around Us at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Sea Around Us on YouTube

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[1] "The Sea Around Us: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

[2] ttp://www.bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/The%2BSea%2BAround%2BUs ^{[dead link]}

[Oscars1953-3] "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.

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v t e Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
1942–1975	The Battle of Midway / Kokoda Front Line! / Moscow Strikes Back / Prelude to War (1942) Desert Victory (1943) The Fighting Lady (1944) The True Glory (1945) No Award (1946) Design for Death (1947) The Secret Land (1948) Daybreak in Udi (1949) The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Kon-Tiki (1951) The Sea Around Us (1952) The Living Desert (1953) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) Helen Keller in Her Story (1955) The Silent World (1956) Albert Schweitzer (1957) White Wilderness (1958) Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960) Sky Above and Mud Beneath (1961) Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (1962) Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) World Without Sun (1964) The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) The War Game (1966) The Anderson Platoon (1967) Journey into Self (1968) Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life (1969) Woodstock (1970) The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) Marjoe (1972) The Great American Cowboy (1973) Hearts and Minds (1974) The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
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v t e Irwin Allen productions
Films	Double Dynamite (1951) A Girl in Every Port (1952) The Sea Around Us (1953) Dangerous Mission (1954) The Animal World (1956) The Story of Mankind (1957) The Big Circus (1959) The Lost World (1960) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Towering Inferno (1974) Viva Knievel! (1977) The Swarm (1978) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) When Time Ran Out (1980)
Television series	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68) Lost in Space (1965–68) The Time Tunnel (1966–67) Land of the Giants (1968–70) The Swiss Family Robinson (1975–76) Code Red (1981–82)
TV films	The Man from the 25th Century (1968) (short) City Beneath the Sea (1971) Adventures of the Queen (1975) Time Travelers (1976) Flood! (1976) Fire! (1977) The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) Hanging by a Thread (1979) The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980) The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983) Cave-In! (1983) Alice in Wonderland (1985)

v t e Rachel Carson
Books	Under the Sea Wind: A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life (1941) The Sea Around Us (1951) The Edge of the Sea (1955) Silent Spring (1962)
Life	Rachel Carson Homestead (birthplace, childhood home) Rachel Carson House (Colesville, Maryland)
Honors	Rachel Carson Bridge Rachel Carson College RV Rachel Carson (1977) RV Rachel Carson (2003) RV Rachel Carson (2008) RV Rachel Carson (2017) The Sea Around Us Statue of Rachel Carson (2013)
Related	The Sea Around Us (1953 documentary) Marie Rodell