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January 11, 1958…’Sea Hunt’ Debuts On 100 Stations In Syndication

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January 11, 1958…’Sea Hunt’ Debuts On 100 Stations In Syndication

Filming began September 23, 1958 and ended exactly four years later on September 23, 1961. The series was created and produced by Ivan Tors and ZIV Television. Initially, the under water scenes were shot in Southen California, but soon moved to South Florida and The Bahamas where Tors later created ‘Flipper’.

Pioneering underwater cinematographer Lamar Boren shot nearly all the underwater footage and would later shoot ‘Flipper, and the underwater sequences of three James Bond films…’Thunderball’, ‘You Only Live Twice’, and ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’. Below is the first episode of ‘Sea Hunt’. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqCIEr8AFgs

Sea Hunt: Season 1, Episode 1 Sixty Feet Below (4 Jan. 1958) Racing against time, Mike Nelson attempts a risky rescue of a test pilot trapped in his plane’s …

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8 responses to “January 11, 1958…’Sea Hunt’ Debuts On 100 Stations In Syndication”

  1. Chris Clementson

    Great theme by renowned composer David Rose.

  2. Shawn Kauffman

    he should of stopped sniffing that glue!

  3. Lawrence Brennan

    The filming year appears to be in error. Must have been the September before the show first appeared

  4. Steve Dichter

    The 1st 2 episodes were filmed in color but only aired in B&W.

  5. Patrick Sweeney

    Great theme!!

  6. Bob Batsche

    I met Lloyd Bridges at NBC and told him of my desire and adventures scuba diving from Sea Hunt. On one show, Mike Nelson entered a sunken U-boat and that gave me the fever to scuba dive. Truk Lagoon is my favorite diving area as we’ve been there five times. “Mike Nelson” is responsible for our spending too much money travelling and diving around the world. Lloyd Bridges and I spoke for some time about diving and TV shows. Many thanks to Lloyd Bridges for sparking our travels and adventures.

  7. Gary Walters

    As a little kid, I always wondered how he could narrate underwater in SCUBA gear?

  8. Eyes Of A Generation.com

    Here’s the Bridges family in 1960

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