The Sea Around Us (1953)

Don Forbes: Commentator

Quotes 

• Commentator : [a shark is shown being baited, hooked, hauled aboard a boat at sea]  Off the Florida coast, sharks are often trapped by this method of doped, baited hooks, which causes them to temporarily lapse into unconsciousness, until such time as they can be brought to shore and dumped into gigantic tanks at Marineland, for public showing.

  Commentator : [the tank with shark and shark-walker is shown]  Once they're dropped into the tanks, the job of reviving them is turned over to a shark-walker. By keeping them in constant motion, despite their unconscious state, oxygen is forced through their gills and they are gradually revived.

  Commentator : [shark-walker is seen working closely with a shark to help revive it]  The occupation of shark-walker is not overpopulated. There are no statistics available, but it would seem likely that walking a shark was one of the less-popular outdoor sports. When that shark starts breathing properly, the man directing underwater traffic will suddenly sprout wings. The shark is expected to show no gratitude for being revived, and seldom does.