Credits & Acknowledgements

Microsoft Oceans (1995) was made with footage and images generously provided by the organizations below. This is a non-commercial, educational fan preservation; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft or any listed organization. All original media remains © its respective owners. Content will be removed on request.

Footage & images, courtesy of

• Al Giddings-Images Unlimited
• Archive Films
• BBC Lionheart Television
• Bill Burrud Productions Inc
• Bill Macdonald Productions
• Burrud Productions Inc
• Kurtis Productions, Ltd
• National Geographic Society
• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
• NBC News Archives
• Peace River Films
• WGBH
• World Wildlife Fund

Music & audio

• Original Music Composition:
• Stan LePard
• Jerry Schroeder
• Bill Birney
• Robert Puff
• Mike Lynch
• Greg Bear
• Licensed Music:
• "Te Va'ine Manea" from FiaFia: Dances from the South Pacifica
• for Children & Adults. (Cat.# PAN 150 CD)
• (C)&(P)1994 Paradox & Mundo Ethnico.
• "Me Urake #2" (from the same CD)
• Sound Effects Sources:
• California Library of Natural Sound
• Cornell Library of Natural Sounds
• BBC Natural History Unit
• Voice Talent:
• Stevie Kallos - narrator
• Mike Shapiro - narrator
• Floyd Van Buskirk - as "Eli"
• Kevin O'Morrison - as "Frank"
• Ellen Huang - as "Kim"
• Laura Drake - as "Rebecca"
• Kit Harris - as "Zarka"
• David Scully - as "Curtis"
• Jeff Mosier - narrator

Special mention: National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration — for their donation of video and images.

Video credits by topic

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• Anemones — BBC Lionheart Television
• Angler Fish — BBC Lionheart Television
• Antarctic Ocean — National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
• Arctic Ocean — BBC Lionheart Television
• Arts & Literature of the Sea — BBC Lionheart Television
• Atlantic Ocean — BBC Lionheart Television
• Baleen Whales — BBC Lionheart Television
• Barnacles — BBC Lionheart Television
• Beach Walk — BBC Lionheart Television
• Birds of Lakes & Coasts — BBC Lionheart Television
• Boxfish — Peace River Films
• Sunken Treasure — BBC Lionheart Television / Bill Burrud Productions Inc
• Chinese Explorers — National Geographic Society
• Clams, Oysters & Scallops — BBC Lionheart Television
• Colors — BBC Lionheart Television
• Coral Reefs — BBC Lionheart Television
• Corals — BBC Lionheart Television
• Crabs — BBC Lionheart Television
• Creature Close-ups — BBC Lionheart Television
• Currents — BBC Lionheart Television
• Disasters at Sea — NBC News Archives
• Diving — Burrud Productions Inc / BBC Lionheart Television
• Dolphins & Porpoises — BBC Lionheart Television
• Eastern Mediterranean Explorers — Burrud Productions Inc
• Eels — BBC Lionheart Television
• Fantastic Voyages — BBC Lionheart Television
• Fanworms & Bristleworms — BBC Lionheart Television
• Fascinating Facts — BBC Lionheart Television
• Fascinating Sharks — BBC Lionheart Television
• Fearsome Faces — BBC Lionheart Television / World Wildlife Fund
• Fishing & Whaling — BBC Lionheart Television
• Flatworms — BBC Lionheart Television
• Flying Sea Birds — Burrud Productions Inc / BBC Lionheart Television
• Future of the Oceans — BBC Lionheart Television / Bill Burrud Productions Inc / WGBH
• Hiding Out — BBC Lionheart Television
• How Big Does it Get? — Burrud Productions Inc / BBC Lionheart Television
• Hurricanes — NBC News Archives
• Indian Ocean — BBC Lionheart Television
• Inflatable Fish — BBC Lionheart Television
• Islands — BBC Lionheart Television
• Jellyfish & Men-of-War — BBC Lionheart Television
• Lobsters — National Geographic Society
• Manatees & Dugongs — National Geographic Society
• Marine Iguanas — BBC Lionheart Television
• Marine Mosaic — BBC Lionheart Television
• Marine Plants — BBC Lionheart Television
• Mediterranean Sea — National Geographic Society
• Menu Match — BBC Lionheart Television
• Military at Sea — Burrud Productions Inc
• Minerals from the Sea — National Geographic Society
• Mysterious Relationships — BBC Lionheart Television
• Myths & Legends — Archive Films
• Name Game — BBC Lionheart Television / Peace River Films
• Navigation — National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration / National Geographic Society
• Ocean Floor — BBC Lionheart Television
• Ocean Match — BBC Lionheart Television
• Octopuses — BBC Lionheart Television
• Pacific Ocean — BBC Lionheart Television / World Wildlife Fund
• Penguins — BBC Lionheart Television
• Pirates — Archive Films
• Plankton — BBC Lionheart Television
• Powered Ships — Kurtis Productions, Ltd / National Geographic Society / National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration / NBC News Archives
• Pretenders — BBC Lionheart Television
• Rays — BBC Lionheart Television
• Related or Not? — BBC Lionheart Television
• Remarkable Powers — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sailing Ships — Burrud Productions Inc
• Saltwater Crocodiles — BBC Lionheart Television
• Scary Sharks — Al Giddings-Images Unlimited
• Scorpionfish — Peace River Films
• Sea Mosses — Bill Macdonald Productions
• Sea Otters — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sea Senses — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sea Slugs — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sea Snakes — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sea Squirts — BBC Lionheart Television / Bill Macdonald Productions
• Sea Turtles — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sea Urchins & Sea Cucumbers — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sea Horses & Pipefish — BBC Lionheart Television
• Seals and Sea Lions — BBC Lionheart Television
• Shallows — BBC Lionheart Television
• Shoreline — BBC Lionheart Television
• Shrimp — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sound Familiar? — BBC Lionheart Television / World Wildlife Fund
• South Pacific Explorers — Burrud Productions Inc
• Spiral Shells — BBC Lionheart Television
• Sponges — BBC Lionheart Television / Bill Macdonald Productions
• Squid & Cuttlefish — BBC Lionheart Television
• Starfish — BBC Lionheart Television
• Submarines & Robots — Kurtis Productions, Ltd
• The Abyss — Kurtis Productions, Ltd
• The Water Cycle — BBC Lionheart Television
• The Weather Machine — National Geographic Society / NBC News Archives
• Tides — BBC Lionheart Television
• Toothed Whales — BBC Lionheart Television
• Toothy Terrors — BBC Lionheart Television
• Walruses — Burrud Productions Inc
• Water Babies — BBC Lionheart Television
• Waves — BBC Lionheart Television
• Web of Life — BBC Lionheart Television / Peace River Films
• Western European Explorers — BBC Lionheart Television
• What is Oceanography? — National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
• What was That? — BBC Lionheart Television / Peace River Films
• What's a Fish? — BBC Lionheart Television
• World Wildlife Fund — World Wildlife Fund

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