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235 Trims N Ordinance Litten Burke, Bermuda September 1965, SW research E Alvin on Lulu, 1965-09

 Item — Shelf: A5
Identifier: 30120005522

Scope and Contents

0:01 Alvin in water with divers, tied to Lulu. 0:13 working on Alvin, not fully assembled, in warehouse. 0:30 crew eating on deck. 1:01 person holding control for hydraulic arm. 1:10 person looking at controls in sphere. 2:03 Alvin and divers return to Lulu, tied and raised on platform. 2:53 divers on Alvin putting on fins. 3:02 Alvin in water with pilot and divers, tied to Lulu. 3:33 Alvin raised on platform. 3:52 people on Alvin. 4:25 pulling cables to Alvin. 4:39 George Broderson and Val Wilson on deck of Lulu, being towed by tugboat. 5:15 divers in the water near Alvin. 5:20 person sitting on Alvin with cables. 5:35 Lulu tying up to dock. 6:07 installing side propeller. 6:52 person making adjustment on small sphere. 7:03 people around test tank. 7:14 lifting sphere with crane. 7:20 Val Wilson with headphones and microphones, making entry in log. 7:42 moving batteries with fork truck. 7:57 Lulu tied to dock. 8:15 people on dock. 8:29 inside sphere. 9:03 Lulu platform. 9:13 preparing to lift sphere with crane. 9:27 pressure test tank. 9:54 person standing on sphere in test tank. 10:11 cables inside sphere. 10:27 test tank, people setting up equipment. 11:00 sphere in tank. 11:15 lifting sphere in to test tank. 11:52 lowering Lulu platform. 12:03 Lulu at dock. 13:10 Alvin underwater (sonar?). The runtime for this video is 13m 32.

Dates

  • 1965-09

Conditions Governing Access

Original recordings are restricted for preservation reasons. Contact Institution Archivist for access options at dla@whoi.edu.

Extent

1 reel : 16 mm, 400 ft

Language

From the Record Group: English

General

This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository

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