A mighty army of dolphins, sharks, whales, seals and gannets hunt down billions of sardines along South Africa's east coast each winter. This is the Sardine Run: an underwater armageddon, the greatest gathering of predators anywhere on the planet, and the most spectacular event in the world's oceans. Pioneering a unique boat stabilized camera mount for surface filming, the crew capture all the high octane action as the predators compete for sardines, filmed with aerial, underwater and above water cameras.
A mighty army of dolphins, sharks, whales, seals and gannets hunt down billions of sardines along South Africa's east coast each winter. This is the Sardine Run: an underwater armageddon, the greatest gathering of predators anywhere on the planet, and the most spectacular event in the world's oceans. Pioneering a unique boat stabilized camera mount for surface filming, the crew capture all the high octane action as the predators compete for sardines, filmed with aerial, underwater and above water cameras.
General Note
Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2009.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 20, 2018.
Content Note
Introduction: The Great Tide (5:40); --Waiting for the Sardine Run (8:56); -- Gannet's First Flight (4:00); -- Rearing Calves Before the Run (7:50); -- Cold Water Currents (3:14); -- Great Tide of Sardines (6:35); -- Sardine Fishing (1:33); -- Hunting at Waterfall Bluff (7:35); -- End of the Sardine Run (2:33); -- Credits: The Great Tide (0:39); .
