Natural History Films and Stock Footage Library

Howard Hall Productions
High Definition Video
Library Catalogue

 

   The HHP high definition video library contains marine wildlife footage from around the world including California, British Columbia, Costa Rica, tropical Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.

   All library footage was originated entirely on 1080 24p high definition video using the Sony HDW 900 Cine Alta camera. It is available in most high definition formats or down-converted to PAL or NTSC standard television formats.

   We charge $75 for a library search and viewing cassette. Viewing cassettes are available on VHS, Mini DV, DVCAM. The viewing cassette will include burned-in time code and tape number.

All images appearing in this catalog are grab frames from the HD library.For more information about licensing usage rights or viewing cassettes
contact us by email

12/22/06


Library Content

Behavioral Sequences click here

AERIALS  

Isle San Benedicto, Mexico
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Barrier Reef of Belize
Belize coral cays
Mangroves in Belize
Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia

 

 

ALGAE

California
     Giant Kelp
     Giant Kelp Forests
     Green Algae
     Surf Grass
British Columbia
     Bull Kelp

 

 


ANEMONES
 

Corynactus anemones
Telia anemones
Plumose anemones
Painted Anemone
     Feeding on Lion’s Mane Jellyfish

Crimson Anemone
     With symbiotic Candy Cane Shrimp
Tube anemones
     Tube anemones being fed upon by rainbow      nudibranchs

 

 

ANNELIDS

Spiral Gill Worms
     Filter feeding
Feather duster worms

 

 

BIRDS  

Blue footed boobies
     Nesting
Brown boobies
     Nesting
Fairy Terns
     Nesting

 

 

CORALS  

California Corals
     Red gorgonian corals
     California purple coral
Tropical Pacific coral reefs
          Reefs covered with Anthias fish
     Various hard corals
          Corals bleaching
          Dead coral reef
          Flower soft coral (Anthelia)
               Filter feeding
          Soft corals
          Leather corals


Caribbean Coral Reefs
     Coral Spawning
     Brain Corals
     Star Corals
British Columbia Soft Corals

 

 

CRUSTACEANS
 

Barnacles
     Mating behavior
Candy Cane Shrimp
     Symbiosis with anemones
Coral Hermit Crabs
     Symbiosis with boulder corals
     Hermit crabs
    
Hermit crabs filter feeding in sand
Mantis Shrimps
     Fighting octopus
     Threat displays

Mexican spiny lobsters
Hingebeak Shrimp
Shame-faced crab
Sheep crab
     Sheep crabs feeding on opalescent squid
Spiny Lobster
     Being fed upon by black seabass
     Feeding on spiny urchins
     Feeding on cushion seastars
Swimming crabs

 

 

DIVERS  
Aqua-Trek Dive Masters
     Baiting for sharks
Sport Divers
     Diving with sharks
Divers swimming through swarms of moon jellyfish
Divers with video cameras
Divers with IMAX cameras
Divers using rebreathers

 

 

DOLPHINS  

White-sided dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins
     Feeding on fish
Common dolphins
Spinner dolphins
White-sided Dolphins
     Playing with strands of kelp

 

 

ECHINODERMS  

Brittlestar gardens
Crown of thorns sea star
    Crown of thorns being fed upon by Triton Trumpet snail
Cushion Sea Star
     Being fed upon by spiny lobsters
Heart Urchin
Red Urchins
      Fed upon by White Urchins and Bat Stars timelapse)
Sand Seastar
Sea Cucumbers
    With symbiotic emperor shrimp
Sunstars
    Sunstars feeding on brittlestars
    Sunstar being removed from cabezon
    Sunstar chasing swimming scallops
White-spinned Urchins
     Sheltering baby leather bass


Spiny urchins
     Being fed upon by spiny lobsters
Sea stars in time lapse
Red Urchins
     Red Urchins being fed upon by wolf eels
     Red Urchins fed upon by white urchins in time lapse

 

 

EELS  

Blue Ribbon Eels
Giant Moray Eels (Gymnothorax javanicus)
     Being cleaned by blue stripped wrasse
Green Moray Eels
Jeweled Moray Eel
Panamic Moray Eel
     Being cleaned by gobies
Speckled Garden Eels (Gorgasia sp.)
Splendid Garden Eels (Gorgasia preclara)
Starry Moray Eels

Wolf Eels
     Wolf eels feeding on sea urchins

 

 


FILM CREW
 

Michele Hall
     Photographing sharks
     “Cleaning mantas”
     Photographing molas
     Photographing moon jelly swarm
Mark Thurlow
     Videoing hammerheads
     Diving among opalescent squid spawning

Bob Cranston
     Videoing molas
Howard Hall
     Diving with and talking underwater about opalescent squid

 

 

FISH

Anthias
Amberjacks
    Being cleaned by barberfish
Baja Grouper
Barberfish
Barracuda
     Barracuda with fishing hook in mouth
     Barracuda being cleaned by cleaner gobies
Barnacle Blennies
Bi-color Blennies
Bi-color Parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor)
     Feeding on coral
Bigeye Jacks
Black and Red Anemonefish
     Defending anemone from hawksbill turtle
Black and Yellow Rockfish
Black Sea Bass
     With copepods on face
     Being videotaped by divers
     Feeds on spiny lobster
Blackspot Barracuda (Sphyraena forsteri)
Blue-banded Gobies
Blue-lined Snapper
     Feeding in rubble
Blue-spotted Jawfish
     Building den
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
     Cleaning fish and moray eels
Blue-striped Fangblenny (P. rhynorhynchus)
Brown Banded Pipefish
     Feeding
Brown Snapper
Cabezon
     Cabezon male protecting nest and eggs from      attacking sunstar
Cave Goby (Dwarfgoby - Trimma caesiura)
Cleaner Wrasse
     Cleaning sharks and fish
Convict Tangs
     Spawning
Coral Goby
Coral Trout
Creolefish
Cubera Snapper
     Cubera snapper spawning
     Divers photographing spawning cubera snapper
Decorated Dartfish
Dartfish (Ptereleotris sp)
Fang Blennys
Fish Schools
Flagtail Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris yanoi)
Shrimp/goby symbiosis
Flyingfish
Frogfish
     Using lures
Fusiliers
Galapagos Puffer
Garibaldi
     Garibaldi courtship and nesting behavior
     Feeding on Pelagia jellyfish
Goatfish
     Feeding in rubble and sand
Gorgeous Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)
     Shrimp/goby symbiosis
Guineafowl Pufferfish
     Guineafowl pufferfish courtship
Hairy Pipefish
Humbugs
     Sheltering in coral
Irish Lords
     Irish lords feeding on crabs
Jack Mackerel
Leatherbass
     Baby leatherbass sheltering in urchins
     Attacking cardinalfish in hiding in urchin spines
Lingcod
     Feeding on scorpionfish
Scorpionfish
Lionfish
     Feeding at night
Lizardfish
Midas Blennys
Mola mola
     Being photographed by divers
     Being cleaned by half moon perch
Morish Idols
     Feeding
Morrison's Dragonet


One Spot Damselfish
     Courtship and laying eggs
Orangefin Anemonefish
     Defending anemone from hawksbill turtle Parrotfish
     Feeding on coral
Peacock flounder
     Courtship and spawning
Pike Blennies
     Mouth fighting over territory

Pink Anemonefish
Porkfish
Rainbow Chubs
     Being cleaned by wrasse
Red and Black Anemonefish
     Defending anemone from hawksbill turtle
Red Snappers
Rockfish – various species
Sailfin Blennies
     Fighting
     Males displaying
Sarcastic fringeheads
     Mouth fighting
Scorpionfish
     With copelid shrimp on face
Shrimp Gobys
     Shrimp/goby symbiosis
Slingjaw
     Extending mouth

Spotted Porcupinefish
Surgeonfish
     Being cleaned by wrasse
Ratfish
     Ratfish feeding in sand
Remoras
     Remoras cleaning Lemon Sharks
Rockfish
Vermillion rockfish
Gopher rockfish
China rockfish
Trumpetfish
     Being fed upon by white tip reef sharks
Various schooling fish
White-rayed Shrimpgoby (Stonogobiops sp.)
     Shrimp/goby symbiosis
Wrasse
Yellow Bigeyes
Yellow Damselfish
Yellow Head Jawfish
     Yellow head jawfish mouth brooding eggs
Yellowfin Tuna

Yellownose Shrimpgoby (Stonogobiops xanthorhinica)
     Shrimp/goby symbiosis
Zebra Lionfish

 

 


FISHERIES
 
Ghost nets
Barracuda with fishhook and leader trailing from mouth
Sea lions caught in gill nets
Cormorants caught in gill net
Soupfin shark caught in gill net
Divers photographing dead animals in gill nets
Shark fishing fleet unloading sharks in Puntarenas Costa Rica

 

 


JELLYFISH
 

Pelagia Jellyfish
   With symbiotic crabs
Garibaldi feeding on jellyfish
Kelp bass feeding on symbiotic crabs
Lion’s Mane Jellyfish
Moon Jellyfish
     Moon jellyfish swarms

Fried Egg Jellyfish
     Fried Egg Jellyfish feeding on moon jellyfish
Pelagia Jellyfish
     With symbiotic crabs
     Garibaldi feeding on jellyfish

 

 

MANATEES

Manatees on the Belize Barrier Reef
Manatees feeding on shoal grass
Manatees being cleaned by cleaner wrasse

 

 

MOLLUSKS

Red Abalone
Triton’s Trumpet snail feeding upon Crown of Thorns   sea star
Swimming Scallops
Swimming Scallops escaping sunstar

 

 

NUDIBRANCHS
 
Various nudibranch species
Rainbow nudibranchs
     Rainbow nudibranchs attacking tube anemones
     Rainbow nudibranchs swimming
     Rainbow nudibranchs mating
     Rainbow nudibranchs laying eggs

 

 

OCTOPUS

Dumpling Octopus
Octopus mating
Octopus tent-feeding
Octopus fighting a mantis shrimp

 

 

PINNIPEDS

California Sea Lions
     Eating rocks
     Being photographed by divers
     Caught in gill nets
Harbor Seals
Elephant Seals
     Elephant seal rookeries
     Elephant seals mating
     Elephant seals nursing young

 

 


PLANKTON
 


Red tide
Salp chains
Coral spawn
Night Plankton Swarms

 

 


PLANTS (sea Algae)

Mangroves
Marine life living among mangrove roots

 

 

RAYS

 

Batrays
Eagle Rays
     Feeding
Manta Rays
     Being cleaned by clarion angelfish
Marbled Sting Rays
Mobulas
Stingrays

 

 

SEA SNAKES

Banded Sea Kraits (Laticauda sp.)
     Hunting
     Handled my Michele Hall

 

 

SEA TURTLES
 

Green Sea Turtle
     Being rubbed by rainbow runners
     Being cleaned of algae by reef fish
Hawksbill Turtles
     Feeding on sponges
     Feeding on algae
     Feeding on sea cucumber
Loggerhead Turtles

 

 

SEASCAPES
 
California beaches
Rocky shores
Tide pools
Moonrise
Sunsets
Cocos Island
Big Sur Coast



 

 

SHARKS

 

Angel shark
     Burying itself in sand
Black Tip Reef
Blue sharks
Bull sharks
Caribbean Reef Sharks
Gray Reef sharks
     Being cleaned by wrasse
Great white sharks
Hammerhead sharks
     Being cleaned by barberfish
Lemon sharks
     Lemon sharks being cleaned by remoras
Mako sharks
Nurse sharks
Sand Bar Sharks
Sand Tiger Sharks
Silky sharks
Silver tip sharks
Soup fin sharks
Tiger sharks
     Photographed by Michele
White Tip Reef sharks
     Courtship and mating behavior
     Hunting in packs at night
     Catching soldierfish
     Catching trumpetfish

 

 

 

 

SPONGES

White Sponge
Volcano Sponge
     Spawning

 

 

SQUID  

Caribbean reef squid
Opalescent squid
     Spawning behavior

 

 

TIME LAPSE  

Sunsets
Clouds
Storms
Sea Stars
Urchins
Corals
Mountains and clouds

 

 

TRANSITIONS  

Moon
Rain
Reef to Open Water
Sand

Sunburst
Sunset Sunburst
Underwater moon


 

 

UNDERSEASCAPES

Rocky British Columbia reefs
Rocky California reefs
Reefs in Cocos Island
Coral Reefs
Tropical Pacific
Gulf of Mexico

 

 

WHALES  
Humpback whales
     Mothers and calves