Mike Leonard Speaks With Dr. Wilfred Nixon Who Studies Ice

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Event Date(s): 04/13/1998 | Event Location(s): Baja, Mexico;Iowa City, Iowa | Description: Letterbox clips from movie"Titanic" featuring actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Danny Nucci, and Kate Winslet seen. Rear shot of director James Cameron standing behind the movie camera as actors DiCaprio and Winslet walk down the stairs seen. Cameron speaking with Winslet seen. Stuntmen jumping from the set of"Titanic" in Baja, Mexico seen. Overhead shot of Cameron speaking with Winslet and DiCaprio seen. Cameron hits behind camera as crane pans over the set of"Titanic". Mike Leonard reports on camera from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Clip from movie"Titanic" featuring DiCaprio and Winslet seen. Dr. Wilfred Nixon (ph), an expert in the study of ice, escorts Leonard into the ice lab. Nixon tells Leonard that he can get the temperature as low as minus 45 degrees. Leonard's distorted image seen through the block of ice. Nixon tells Leonard that the room they are in is about 14 degrees Fahrenheit. Close-up of Nixon seen. Mitten covered hands guides block of ice through a band saw. Nixon leads Leonard into a room. Nixon examines a piece of ice under a magnifying glass as Leonard watches from across the room. Nixon jokingly says the ice lab is the coolest place on campus. Close-up of thermometer reading 12 degrees Fahrenheit seen. Nixon speaking with Leonard seen. Close-up of a fan seen. Nixon speaking with Leonard and unidentified man seen. Leonard reads book in Nixon's office. Nixon sitting behind his desk seen. Still of an iceberg seen. Clip from movie"Titanic" seen. In interview Nixon says Captain Smith could have avoided the iceberg by heading south and adds he didn't because Titanic was unsinkable. Letterbox clip from movie"Titanic" seen. Low angle and overhead shot of Nixon and Leonard walking along corridor seen. Nixon watches action as Nixon's assistant Doctor Ying Chang Wei (ph) moving instrument back and forth seen. Close-up of ice shavings seen. Block of ice being cut by a band saw seen. Woman, holding umbrella, walks on icy sidewalk. Man scrapes coat of ice from the car's windshield at night. Vehicles driving on icy road seen. Point of view shot of icy road seen. Leonard seen on camera. Nixon examining a small block of ice seen. In interview from inside the ice lad, Nixon says he doesn't know if he would be comfortable sitting at a desk job. Leonard and Nixon sitting inside Nixon’s office seen. Nixon says we don't know all there is to know about ice. Leonard and Nixon walk along corridor. Nixon opens door to the ice lab and follows Leonard inside. Nixon shows Leonard a small block of ice. Ice covered coils on freezer seen. Nixon says time flies when you're having fun. Nixon, Leonard and soundman seen inside the ice lab. Leonard signs off in voice over from Iowa City.