317 US Navy film not indexed. Underwater sound Lab, motion picture brief no. 34. A visual ocean bottom survey off the islands of Santa Maria Azores in Aug. 1968. Alvin dives on three sea mounts. Dives 288-299 , August 3-September 3, 1968

Item — Shelf: A6

Identifier: 30120006264

317 US Navy film not indexed. Underwater sound Lab, motion picture brief no. 34. A visual ocean bottom survey off the islands of Santa Maria Azores in Aug. 1968. Alvin dives on three sea mounts. Dives 288-299 Aug. 3 to Spt. 3, 1968…

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Scope and Contents

The film contains narration in both English and French. 0:06 title card, "U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory". 0:12 title card, "United States Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory presents motion picture brief no. 34". 0:21 title card, "A visual ocean bottom survey off the island of Santa Maria, Azores in August 1968". 1:02 title card, "Contents. 1. Introduction 2. Operations 3. Underwater operations". 1:38 title card listing vessels in the film. 2:34 title card with acknowledgements. 3:48 map of survey sites. 5:26 title card, "Surface operations". 5:49 USS Spiegel Grove in New London. 6:20 Lulu at sea with Alvin. 6:38 crane lifting Alvin. 7:26 crane lifting electronics hut to Spiegel Grove. 8:45 Lulu in well of Spiegel Grove. 8:58 crane lifting photographic lab hut. 9:13 Spiegel Grove leaving New London. 9:34 Spiegel Grove at sea. 9:53 Spiegel Grove at Ponta Delgada. 10:20 Ponta Delgada seen from harbor. 10:35 Lulu leaving Spiegel Grove. 11:33 unidentified people working with equipment. 11:58 LCM in well of Spiegel Grove. 12:23 navigation plotting on Spiegel Grove. 12:50 lowering tracking vessel from Spiegel Grove. 13:05 Alvin on deck of Lulu. 13:24 sonar dome lowered into water. 13:34 Val Wilson and unidentified person enter Alvin. Alvin lowered on platform. 14:05 Alvin lowered into water. 14:20 Alvin in water with divers. Divers untie Alvin. 14:41 Alvin tracking station on Lulu bridge. 15:10 Santa Maria, view from water. 15:23 LCM departs Spiegel Grove. 15:39 Santa Maria shore. 16:14 people on shore station. 16:37 Lulu, seen from Spiegel Grove, approaching well. 16:59 Spiegel Grove at dock. 17:18 title card, "Underwater operations". 17:39 tracking cable near sea floor. 20:28 scale model of sea floor section. 21:20 views of sea floor, some fish. 25:19 scale model of sea floor section. 26:16 views of sea floor. 30:23 scale model of sea floor section. 31:10 views of sea floor. The runtime for this video is 35m 54.

Dates

Creation: August 3-September 3, 1968

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, 1287 ft

Language

From the Record Group: English

Additional Description

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.