Alvin (Submarine)

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0:01 Alvin with Lulu. 0:17 Alvin and diver backing away from Lulu. 0:41 Alvin pulled by small boat. 2:10-5:29 Alvin and small boat near each other in the water during tests. The runtime for this video is 05m 29

Scope and Contents Image is reversed. 0:01 Dock. 0:27 pressure gauge and hoses on dock. 0:43 person standing on pontoon at dock. 0:53 unassembled Alvin and crane at dock. 1:39 Alvin lifted on to frame by crane. 2:25 pontoon at dock. 2:39 crowd near pontoon at dock, Bill Rainnie in black sweater. 3:26 Cap'n Bill III at dock. 3:43 lifting pontoon with crane. 5:10 diver in water directing work on pontoon. 6:11 Bill Rainnie and others on top of pontoon. 6:28 assembled Alvin on dock. Dan Clark crew working on start...

Scope and Contents 0:01 people working on disassembled Alvin in warehouse. 0:31 lifting Alvin section with crane. 0:59 putting supports under section. 2:11 George Broderson. 2:24 unidentified person inspecting underside of Alvin section. 3:04 working on underside of Alvin. 3:38 lowering section on to supports, people working on section. 4:34 removing lifting chains. 5:20 closing hatch to sphere, George Broderson. 5:37 lifting sphere with crane. 6:44 lowering sphere on to Alvin frame. 7:47 attaching sphere to...

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0:09 unpolished sphere in warehouse. 0:16 torch cutting through metal. 0:27 hot sphere section loaded on to fork truck. 1:25 fork truck loading metal into furnace, door to furnace closing. 2:16 sphere being turned and shaped. 2:33 fork truck arms moving sphere in furnace. 2:50 turning and shaping sphere. 3:21 partially shaped sphere back in furnace. 4:21 rotating and shaping sphere. 5:26 removing partially shaped sphere from press with fork truck. The runtime for this video is 06m 56

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0:01 polishing sphere with hand grinders. 0:24 rotating and polishing sphere on machine. 0:53 welding sphere. 1:09 rotating and polishing sphere on machine. 1:24 welding sphere. 1:49 welding inside sphere. 2:42 welding sphere, various scenes. 4:10 people working near sphere on machine. 4:42 Hahn and Clay, outside views. 4:58 testing sphere. 5:16 welding. The runtime for this video is 05m 32.

Scope and Contents 0:01 unidentified location, palm trees, dock, boats. 0:58 working on deck of Lulu. 1:05 Alvin and diver in the water. 1:13 Alvin, view from above on deck of Lulu. 1:15 Alvin tied with ropes and raised on platform of Lulu. 2:10 people around Alvin on platform. 2:56 Lulu being towed by rope. 4:20 deck of towing boat. 4:55 unidentified people on deck of towing boat. 5:24 bridge of towing boat. 5:40 section of Alvin being removed by crane. 5:50 section on flatbed. 6:00 another section of Alvin...

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0:01 Alvin on platform loaded into cargo area of plane, interior of plane. 0:51 cargo area door closing. 1:09 unidentified person with microphone near Alvin viewport. 2:10 unidentified person exiting hatch. 2:50 Val Wilson and two unidentified people writing at desk. 2:56 closeups of Val Wilson and other unidentified person. 3:17 Val Wilson, Marvin McCamis, and Bill Rainnie near Alvin propeller. The runtime for this video is 03m 28.

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0:01 unidentified person checking scuba tanks on deck of Lulu. 0:18-3:50 unidentified divers putting on equipment on deck of Lulu. The runtime for this video is 03m 50.

Scope and Contents 0:01 Al Vine taking notes in Alvin sphere. 0:12 Val Wilson and Vine in sphere. 0:18 (black and white section) Vine looking through viewport, taking notes, speaking, eating, and speaking into microphone. 2:53 Vine sitting and climbing out of sphere. 3:15 (color) Vine looking through viewport and taking notes. 4:22 Val Wilson and Vine in sphere. 5:05 (black and white, sections are discolored) Vine looking through viewport. 5:55 (color) Vine and Wilson in sphere. 6:07 (black and white, sections...

Scope and Contents 0:03 unidentified person on top of Alvin. 1:05 platform with Alvin lowering to launch. 1:25 Alvin launched. 1:40 people on deck of Lulu, pulling in rope. 2:09 Alvin and small boat in water. 2:15 person removing bolt. 2:34 people on deck of Lulu pulling rope. 2:50 unidentified person removing cables from Alvin. 3:06 Bill Rainnie on Alvin. 3:20 Rainnie and other person. 3:41 person cleaning viewport. 3:55 divers putting on equipment on deck. 4:55 platform on Lulu being raised out of water....