Restless Sea, The (television) The story of the sea, in live action and animation, prepared for the Bell System Science Series on television. It depicts the beginnings of the sea and primal life, the sea’s chemical composition, continental drift, and the effect of gravitational pull on tides and currents. Aired on January 24, 1964. A revised version was released as an educational film in September 1979 and aired on The Disney Channel in 1983.