OceanArchives Showcase

OceanArchives Showcase

This showcase includes the films that are from the PBS Return to the Sea series. You are able to watch them in order as they automatically go to the next show. Or you can choose to view them as you wish. If you wish to download a show, simply click on the show title below the photo.


Super Summer Shipwrecks Spectacular

Super Summer Shipwrecks Spectacular

Here you will find films that Bill has made over the years. Simply click on the photo of the film. This will take you to Vimeo where you can view, download, share, or comment on the video. Once on Vimeo, you have access to all the films/videos.


Deep Vault Showcase

Deep Vault Showcase

Here you will find films that Bill has made over the years. Simply click on the photo of the film. This will take you to Vimeo where you can view, download, share, or comment on the video. Once on Vimeo, you have access to all the films/videos.


Tempting Treasures

Here you will find unedited footage (both underwater and surface). As you review the footage, you can begin to understand how much effort it takes to shoot footage and select just those sequences that merit being included in a film/video.

July 21, 2019

Black Skimmers Feeding

Black Skimmers (fairly common shore bird) flying over water. Includes slow motion segment of catching fish in their beaks. Estuary at Carolina Beach, North Carolina near ocean, 1996 (45 seconds)
July 21, 2019

Rainforest Foggy Morning Belize

Rainforest waking up on a foggy morning. Howler monkeys, turtles, snakes, unique tree with thorns on bark, path through the rainforest, and more. Chan Chich Lodge, Gallon Jug, Belize 1984. (6 minutes 58 seconds)
July 21, 2019

Parrot in Rainforest

Parrot in rainforest in Belize near Chan Chich, Gallon Jug about 1994. (54 seconds)
July 21, 2019

Ghost Fish Traps

Lost or ghost fish trap on rocky outcrop near Morehead City, North Carolina. They are called ghost traps because they keep catching and killing fish for years. Includes video of soft corals, crustaceans and fish near the trap. (1 minute 49 seconds) 1997