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This is an NFU account of a 1970 mission to find, net, and train a Bottlenose dolphin for Napier's Marineland. Informative narration scores the hunt as veteran whaler Joe Perano helps two staff search the Marlborough Sounds. Soon, a pod of "submarine surfers" ride the ship's bow, and a young female is dramatically netted (to her Mother's distress). A truck ride and flight later she is swimming in her new marine park home. A year on 'Pelorus Jill' makes her public debut, performing spectacular 12ft leaps and beaching for a tummy scratch from her trainer.
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Television, 2000 (Full Length)
About a Russian cruise liner that sunk in the Marlbourgh Sounds
Short Film, 1978 (Full Length)
An attempt to wind surf across Cook Strait featuring dolphins
Short Film, 1956 (Full Length)
Features footage of world-famous dolphin Opo, and her Marlborough Sounds' cousin, Pelorus Jack
Film, 1988 (Full Length)
Features stories of whaling in the Strait
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