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16mm Film Reels

This collection includes mostly silent film reels primarily featuring footage related to UW-Madison limnological research and outreach from between 1950 and 1983.

Note: These films are also available through the University of Wisconsin Archives. https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9913930045602121
OCLC: on1393268636

TitleDescriptionCreatorDateLength
Distribution and behavior of young trout in Brule River, WIFilmed by Arne Johannes Salli as part of his 1974 Zoology PhD research with Arthur D. Hasler. The title of the thesis was “The distribution and behavior of young-of-the-year trout in the Brule River in Northwestern Wisconsin.”Salli, Arne Johannesca. 19740:07:14
Running Fyke Nets on Lake Mendota, WisconsinFyke nets being used to catch white bass in a study headed by Arthur D Hasler on homing of white bass to spawning areas on the north side of Lake Mendota. Includes footage of Donald McNaught, Gerald Chipman and Fran Henderson leaving the lab, and Clyde Voigtlander (with pipe) and others measuring the length of the white bass caught using fyke nets.Albert, Fritz A.19640:08:09
Tracking White Bass on Lake Mendota, WisconsinTracking white bass on Lake Mendota Wisconsin. They inserted metal tags into previously captured fish and then used sonar to track them. Fran Henderson and Clyde Voigtlander can be identified.Hasler, Arthur Frederick (Fritz)19640:08:59
Winter Research on Lake Mendota fishesA study of the movements and depth distribution of the pelagic fishes in Lake Mendota. John Tibbles opens up holes in the ice to drop vertical gill nets and other equipment through.Tibbles, John James Gowan19540:02:37
Summer to Winter on Lake MendotaStudy of the movements and depth distribution of the pelagic fishes in Lake Mendota. Includes footage of vertical gill nets being used on both open water in the summer (by Arthur Hasler, John Tibbles, and Bill Helm) and holes created in the frozen lake (created by John Tibbles using a chainsaw with Fred Mohs helping), as well as lakebed sampling.Tibbles, John James Gowan19550:06:06
Summer research Lake Mendota fishesStudy of the movements and depth distribution of the pelagic fishes in Lake Mendota. Includes footage of vertical rolling gill nets being used for fish sampling. Fred Mohs without shirt, Ray stross at end of pier, Ross Horrall in white t-shirt, John James Gowan Tibbles in red shirt.Tibbles, John James Gowan19550:06:42
Paddlefish Swimming in tank at the Shedd Aquarium in ChicagoFootage of paddlefish swimming in captivity at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, captured for a student project by David Weininger for Ecology of Fishes (Zoology 510) during the annual Shedd Aquarium field trip. The project was to determine whether the paddlefish’s angle of attack increased when it was filter feeding.Weininger, David19740:07:10
Construction of Limnology Laboratory on Lake MendotaThe first roughly two minutes is footage from a boat on a river (possibly the area between Lakes Monona and Waubesa) while the last bit is from construction of the Laboratory of Limnology. Early stage of construction.Hasler, Arthur D.19620:02:54
Lake Mendota summerGraduate Student Kenton Stewart sampling water oxygen in Lake Mendota and Monona, Wisconsin | Police boat and docking facilities and tower at Tenney Park Locks.Hasler, Arthur D.19620:02:50
Lake Conference in Vilas Co. WisconsinAn unknown Lake Conference in Vilas Co. Wisconsin. Footage of talks, demonstrations of research methods, and Native American dancers.Hasler, Arthur D.19620:02:07
Winterkill Research Project on Mystery Lake, Vilas Co. Wisconsin 1Dawn to dusk winter water sampling on Mystery Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin. Part of Magnuson’s first National Science Foundation Research Grant. James Herbert in hunter’s red coat in middle, Bernard Petroski on left, Warren Stuntz on right. John Magnuson filmed. Results of research published in: Petrosky, B.R. and J.J. Magnuson. 1973. Behavioral responses of northern pike, yellow perch, and bluegill to oxygen concentrations under simulated winterkill conditions. Results published in Copeia 1973(1):124-33.Magnuson, John J.19700:02:50
Winterkill Research Project on Mystery Lake, Vilas Co. Wisconsin 2Winter water sampling on Mystery Lake. Part of Magnuson’s first National Science Foundation Research Grant. Results of research published in: Petrosky, B.R. and J.J. Magnuson. 1973. Behavioral responses of northern pike, yellow perch, and bluegill to oxygen concentrations under simulated winterkill conditions. Results published in Copeia 1973(1):124-33.Magnuson, John J.19700:02:43
Release of imprinted salmon and tracking the returning adults in Lake Michigan.Arthur D. Hasler and Al Scholz research on salmon homing. Release of odor-imprinted salmon into Lake Michigan and tracking of returning adults. Jon Cooper in the lab. Results of research published in: Hasler, A.D. Scholz, A.T. Olfactory Imprinting and Homing in Salmon, 1983AAAS Film, Yahara Filmsca. 19830:11:38
“The Rolling Gill Net”Vertical gill nets were deployed to sample depth distribution of fishes in Lake Mendota. Arthur Hasler, John Tibbles, and Bill Helm man the flat-top barge rigged up for gill-netting.Tibbles, John James Gowan19540:07:21
Hydrobiology: A Fish StoryDonald Andresen interviews Arthur D. Hasler about the research by him and his graduate students on the orientation of fishes that allow Pacific salmon to find their natal stream to spawn. Includes footage from other items in this collection as part of the program.WHATV19660:28:32
Sonic Tracking of White BassSonic tracking of white bass on Lake Mendota.Hasler, Arthur Frederick (Fritz)ca: 1964-19660:09:02
Sun Orientation by FishSun compass experiments in sun compass tank at end of a pier on Lake Mendota. Results of research published in: Schwassmann, Horst O. 1962. Ph.D. Experiments on sun orientation in some freshwater fish. University of Wisconsin-Madison19550:02:51
Discrimination of Stream odor by bluntnose minnowsTests with bluntnose minnow on odor discrimination in small aquarium tanks. Footage of Arthur D. Hasler and Warren Wisby (graduate student). Results of research published in: Wisby, Warren J.1952. Ph.D. Olfactory responses of fishes as related to parent stream behavior. University of Wisconsin-Madison.19500:07:08
Pacific Bonito swimming, feeding, and courtship at Marineland of the PacificPacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis in oceanarium tank at Marineland of Pacific, Palos Verde California. Filmed as part of John Magnuson’s research which was the first documentation of the courting and mating of tuna. Results of research published in: Magnuson, J.J. and J.H. Prescott. 1966. Courtship, locomotion, feeding, and miscellaneous behavior of Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis). Anim. Behav. 14(1):54-67.Magnuson, John J.ca. 19660:05:55
Central mudminnow (Umbra limi) responding to surface waveCentral mudminnow using head canal system (extension of lateral line) to locate a surface disturbance. Excellent demonstration. Results of research published in: Erich Schwartz and Arthur D. Hasler. 1966. Superficial lateral line sense organs of the mudminnow (Umbra limi). Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie 1966, 53 (3) pp 317–327Schwartz, Erich and Hasler, Arthur D.19640:03:27