Oldest known footage of healthy coral reefs rediscovered as they go extinct
By Tom Goreau, June 28 2025
The oldest known underwater film footage of extremely healthy shallow and deep coral reefs, showing Dr, Thomas F. Goreau diiving in Jamaica in November 1957, has just been rediscovered after nearly 70 years lost, sitting in plain sight.
The two unlabelled reels have been
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