By JH ( September 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm) · Filed under Shark films, Sharks in Media, bob grounds, chuck faulkner, francis preston blair, geoff harvey, hayes gordon, John Harding, kevin brennan, paul witzig, revenge of a shark victim. shark attack, robert conneeley, rodney fox, ron and valerie taylor, ron zangari, Russell Hughes, saumarez reef, skindivers and powerheads, slaughter at saumarez, surf scene, surfing double island point, tanya binning, the coral sea, the riversong, wally muller, ward austin


Narrated by Chuck Faulker, Music by Geoff Harvey. 30 minutes, Kodachrome

Trial version narrated by Ward Austin; 30 minutes, Kodachrome

Narrated by Hayes Gordon, Music by Geoff Harvey. 30 minutes. Kodachrome.
Highlights featured on Robert Raymond‘s Project 64 documentary series.
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By JH ( September 3, 2011 at 1:47 pm) · Filed under Shark films, The Coral Sea, alexander muller, bull shark, coralita, grey reef shark, grey reef whaler, marion reef, ron and valerie taylor, stainless steel mesh suit, the great shark suit experiment, white tipped shark
Experiments using the stainless steel suit. Self published by Ron Taylor Film Productions Pty Ltd. 66 pages.
Library No. ISBN 0 9593669 03
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By JH ( April 6, 2011 at 6:26 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, Shark films, Sharks in Media, east coast australia, grey nurse shark, grey nurse sharks are not endangered, tanya binning, vanishing grey nurse shark myth

Needle-teeth of Grey Nurse sharks were popular trophies in the 1960′s. Taking a set from that species today, in Australia, would guarantee a terrible penalty. The young lady is Tanya Binning - a famous surf girl of the era. Grey Nurse sharks made a dramatic return to the east coast of Australia in 1988. The population has been steadily increasing since. Unreliable out-of-date reports continue to circulate promoting a demise.

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By JH ( May 12, 2010 at 11:49 am) · Filed under Shark films, grey nurse shark collage

Grey nurse sharks were once netted by professional fisherman at Big Seal Rock (NSW). I understand a shark liver oil processing plant was located further down the coast near Shoal Bay, in the 1930′s.
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By JH ( October 21, 2009 at 3:17 pm) · Filed under Shark films, 16mm film shows, aquarius - people of the sea, australian seafari, John Harding, queensland seafari, seafari, traveling film shows
Ron Taylor’s Shark Fighters (1965) was three half-hour films made primarily for TV. ”Surf Scene” was not mentioned on this dive magazine advertisement.


Running length each documentary was 90 minutes plus optional 30 minutes of extra "shorts".

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By JH ( September 1, 2009 at 3:58 pm) · Filed under Fathom Annual, Free divers and Spear fishermen, Shark films, Sharks in Media, powerhead tests on shark, rodney fox, shark hunting 1960's, shark victim who turned shark protector
(Below left) Flinders Reef, Cape Moreton, Queensland in 1965 (right) Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island 1967 – Diver Rodney Fox was bitten by White Pointer shark in 1963, today is an established shark conservationist.
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