927 ALVIN hull assembly
Scope and Contents
0:04 Hahn and Clay building, exterior. 1:14 rotating sphere on machine. 2:12 people inside building with sphere. 2:30 lifting viewport on chain. 2:45 viewport parts. 3:14 testing surface of sphere. 3:47 Hahn and Clay building, exterior. 4:10 testing surface of sphere. 4:25 welding. 5:14 dark. 5:39 sign for Manned Spacecraft Center and buildings. 7:13 welding. 7:56 sphere in warehouse. 8:07 viewport parts? 8:25 heating inside of sphere. 10:23 people... on dock checking hoses, pressure gauge. 11:02 person on flotation bags at dock. 11:14 interior of warehouse, parts, dark. 11:56 grinding parts. 12:36 people inside warehouse, dark. 12:54 lifting parts with chains. 13:20 welding part. 14:31 sphere in warehouse. 14:54 welding. 15:10 General Welding Works building, exterior. 15:41 people working in warehouse. 16:00 heating chamber. 16:46 sphere. 16:54 heating chamber. 17:02 lifting sphere into heating chamber. 18:15 sphere inside heating chamber. 18:35 lifting top onto heating chamber. 19:19 working inside sphere. 19:48 grinding sphere. 20:06 person working inside sphere. 20:22 grinding sphere. 20:35 welding sphere. 21:11 grinding sphere. 22:14 heating chamber opens. 22:39 inside heating chamber, sphere, dark. 23:18 heating sphere. 23:47 welding inside sphere. 24:27 working inside sphere. 24:49 heating sphere. 25:11 viewport attached to sphere. 25:33 heating sphere. 26:00 rotating sphere. 26:48 welding. 27:36 rotating half-sphere. 28:08 lifting half-sphere. 28:16 rotating sphere on machine. 28:42 welding half-sphere. 29:00 rotating sphere on machine. 29:48 welding viewport on sphere. 30:24 working on sphere. 30:45 welding sphere. 31:20 rotating sphere on machine. 32:10 sphere with viewports visible. 32:30 closeups of sphere, dark. 32:43 interior of workshop. 33:11 closing sphere in heating chamber. 34:10 operating machinery. 34:36 spheres in warehouse. 34:49 grinding sphere. 35:34 small heating chamber. 35:48 person working in chamber. 35:55 moving viewport with chains. 36:14 working inside sphere. 36:37 welding viewport. 36:44 sphere outside. 37:53 sphere coated. 39:00 small heating chamber. The runtime for this video is 39m 18.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1964-1975
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, 1200 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