Mutiny on the Bounty ; Otters ; The story of oil

SEGMENT 1: Mutiny on the Bounty. On April 28, 1789, a mutiny occured on the H.M.S. Bounty, resulting in a unique intermingling of Tahitian and English culture on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Harry L. Shapiro, AMNH anthropologist, explains the ethnological characteristics of the Pitcairn Islanders, the descendants of English crewmen and Tahitian women. This segment is hosted by Charles Collingwood. SEGMENT 2: Otters. This segment provides the audience with live and filmed views of otters. The film footage of otters playing and swimming was produced by Roy Wilcox. SEGMENT 3: The Story of Oil. Oil, and how it came to accumulate under the earth's surface, is a subject of this segment. Brooks F. Ellis, chairman of the museum's Department of Micropaleontology, Angelina R. Messina, AMNH curator of micropaleontology, and Walter Link of the Standard Oil Company, explain the nature of oil. Our Planet, the Earth, by Jean Painlev̌, and another film sequence produced by Shell Oil Company are used to illustrate the discussion.