Alvin (Submarine)

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0:01: FMC corporation Northern Ordnance Division logo. 0:10 Northern Pump Company factory, outside view. 0:45 opening door to reveal half sphere. 1:00 half sphere being loaded onto fork truck. 1:30 people working on sphere, welding, etc. 4:20 hot spheres cooled in water, flames and steam

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This collection contains film and media related to WHOI. Materials range from at-sea footage to recordings of seminars and many other subjects.

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Working on Alvin view ports, control panel. General views of Alvin. The runtime for this video is 08m 49. 0:06 Two people assembling viewports, George Broderson. 0:55 Five people working on control panels, Alvin in background, 1:50 People working, cleaning, assembling parts. 5:30 outer shell attached. 8:30 checking fluids. 10:28 George Broderson

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Hahn and Clay co. fabricating Alvin crew sphere. The runtime for this video is 07m 15. 0:01 grinding/polishing/rotating sphere. 1:45 welding sphere. 5:30 people standing near and marking sphere. 6:05 outdoor view of Hahn and Clay. 6:30 testing sphere. 6:45 welding sphere

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This collection contains film and media related to WHOI. Materials range from at-sea footage to recordings of seminars and many other subjects.

Scope and Contents Alvin Pressure hull being machined at Lukens Steel, Houston, Texas. The runtime for this video is 22m 55. Black and white. 0:01 metal plate being removed from heat, put in press, and turned to shape. 4:15 close up of machine pressing sphere in to shape. 5:00 bent plate removed from press. 6:15 people measuring/testing surface of sphere. 8:20 close up of instrumentation. 8:55 cutting torch used on plates. 12:20 person working controls. 12:50 plates loaded onto press for shaping. 16:20 sphere...

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Working on Alvin frame and crew sphere. Installing Sail, stem section with prop, Alvin ready to go. The runtime for this video is 08m 49. 0:01 working on unassembled Alvin frame. 0:30 person entering sphere. 2:05 installing instruments and wiring. 2:58 moving sphere. 3:40 loading sphere on to frame. 5:45 installing propeller. 6:05 attaching front frame section. 7:40 installing rear propeller.

Scope and Contents Spectrum Alvin - Crew sphere, moving crew sphere, pressure test. Taken at South West Research. The runtime for this video is 12m 33. 0:01 sphere outside near crane. 1:15 interior of sphere with exposed wires. 1:40 people around and entering sphere. 2:17 sphere with crane 2:50 attaching sphere to crane and lifting 4:50 lowering sphere into pressure tank. 5:00 testing. 8:38 Southwest Research Center sign, gate and site. 9:30 sphere in tank. 9:45 removing sphere from tank. 11:00 sphere on...

Scope and Contents Alvin Fabrication from the spectrum series. The runtime for this video is 13m 27. 0:01 sphere outside near crane. 1:15 interior of sphere with exposed wires. 1:40 people around and entering sphere. 2:17 sphere with crane 2:50 attaching sphere to crane and lifting 4:50 lowering sphere into pressure tank. 5:00 testing. 8:38 Southwest Research Center sign, gate and site. 9:30 sphere in tank. 9:45 removing sphere from tank. 11:00 sphere on cart. 12:55 lowering sphere into tank. 13:17 lowering...

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0:06 Bill Rainnie, Earl Hays, and others on deck of Lulu. 0:27 small boats trailing Lulu. 1:15 unidentified people on deck. 2:20 Alvin in the water. 2:40 tying Alvin to Lulu. 3:08 people on Lulu. 4:01 Alvin on platform. 4:10 Alvin in the water, tied to Lulu. 5:00 people near Alvin on platform. 5:17 shore and dock images. 5:37 Alvin in the water near Lulu.