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CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 425 Collections and/or Records:

261 COPY 2 ORIGINAL FULL FILM Flying at the Bottom of the Sea an NET science film

 Item — Shelf FV5, A, 06: [Barcode: 30120006273]
Identifier: 30120006273
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

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

Dates: 1964-1975

262 Preparation for launch, Alvin. A lot of good scenes

 Item — Shelf A5: [Barcode: 30120005354]
Identifier: 30120005354
Scope and Contents

The film has very fast cuts with brief sections of several events and activities shown throughout the film in no particular order. Scenes include people on RV Lulu, people working on various Alvin systems, testing the manipulator arm, moving and working with various equipment and instruments, and lowering boats into the water from Lulu. The runtime for this video is 15m 31.

Dates: 1964-1975

268 Exhibit Center special film used in Alvin model

 Item — Volume B2: [Barcode: 30120004881]
Identifier: 30120004881
Scope and Contents 0:01 steel plate placed on press by fork truck. 0:18 steel plate being shaped into sphere by press. 0:25 partially shaped sphere being removed from furnace. 0:38 Lulu at sea, zoom in to Alvin on deck. 0:55 person in Alvin. 1:04 Alvin lowered on lift. 1:11 Alvin submerged, view from above. 1:22 Al Vine in sphere, looking through viewport. 1:31 shark. 1:41 Marvin McCamis in sphere. 1:45 Val Wilson. 1:58 Al Vine. 2:03 Alvin descending, views from above, side, rear. 2:52 Val Wilson. 3:02 Alvin...
Dates: 1964-1975

269 Training dives, speed trials, 1st scientific observer orientation, instrument chek out, and gravity measurements

 Item — Shelf B2: [Barcode: 30120004854]
Identifier: 30120004854
Scope and Contents 0:01 Alvin and crane on barge. 1:34 RV Risk near barge. 2:52 people working on Alvin and barge. 4:04 lifting Alvin off barge with crane, lowering into water, diver jumps in water. 5:49 Alvin moving at surface, small boat following Alvin and Risk. 9:36 inside of vans on deck of barge. 10:21 Alvin in the water by barge. 10:52 crane and people on deck. 11:12 Alvin in water near barge. 11:37 people at beach and in the water. 12:12 Alvin in water near barge, distant view. 13:50 people at beach...
Dates: 1964-1975

270 Alvin Project Oct. 26, 1965, 24-25 June 1965. Photography M. McCamis - Director McClenny, MCY 11. General shots all type of Alvin operations, 1965-06-24 - 1965-06-25

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004934]
Identifier: 30120004934
Scope and Contents 0:13 underwater view of Alvin and diver. 0:28 Alvin starting to descend, diver swims to surface. 1:37 divers in water. 1:56 Alvin at surface. 2:17 Alvin descends, diver swims to surface. 3:21 divers in water. 3:56 Lulu at dock. 4:18 shore. 5:01 Alvin moving along sea floor. 6:11 Alvin near surface, side propellers moving. 6:50 Alvin moving along sea floor. 8:05 close-up of side propeller. 8:14 Alvin near surface. 8:43 close-up of side propeller. 10:03 underwater view of Alvin at the surface....
Dates: 1965-06-24 - 1965-06-25

271 LSD 35 arriving at the Underwater Sound Lab, New London, CT, Loading equipment aboard including Alvin and Lulu, July 1968

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120004523]
Identifier: 30120004523
Scope and Contents 0:02 Naval vessel near shore, pushed to dock by towboats. 3:16 Alvin on deck of Lulu. 3:28 crane lowering Alvin. 4:55 unhooking lifting chains from Alvin. 6:14 Alvin tied up on deck. 6:50 moving work van with crane. 8:30 crane lifting boxes and supplies on to boat. 13:16 unidentified person directing crane. 14:24 crane moving small boat. 15:17 crane lifting supplies and equipment. 16:40 crane lifting work van, Lulu in background. 18:49 Lulu moving away from dock. 19:09 crane lifting work van...
Dates: July 1968

272 Alvin pressure hull being machined at Hahn and Clay, Houston, Texas. Dyers dock testing floatation bags for Alvin. Early days before Alvin came to WHOI, heat treatment

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005452]
Identifier: 30120005452
Scope and Contents 0:01 Hahn and Clay building, exterior shots. 1:12 rotating sphere on machine. 2:27 installing hatch with crane. 3:17 welding sphere. 3:54 sign for Manned Spacecraft Center and shots of construction, scenes of farm, city, buildings. 5:29 welding viewports. 6:02 crack in metal. 7:05 Houston International Airport, people boarding planes, interior scene of plane, shots from plane window. 8:29 WHOI dock, Bill Rainnie, Marvin McCamis. 9:21 sphere in warehouse. 10:02 grinding sphere. 10:34 hatch....
Dates: 1964-1975

273 Fabrication of Alvin first pressure hull at Hahn and Clay, welding machine

 Item — Shelf FV5, A, 06: [Barcode: 30120005283]
Identifier: 30120005283
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

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

Dates: 1964-1975

274 June to October 1964 Alvin going through dock trials and tests, June-October 1964

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120006111]
Identifier: 30120006111
Scope and Contents 0:01 store shelves. 0:04 Alvin christening ceremony. 0:15 Alvin on dock. 0:23 people on roof watching ceremony. 0:31 crowd watching ceremony. 0:39 speakers on platform, Paul Fye, Adelaide Vine, Capt. Momsen. 0:56 Fye at podium. 1:11 Momsen at podium. 1:31 Alvin on dock, sailboat in background. 1:41 crowd. 2:16 speakers at platform. 2:50 Adelaide Vine christening Alvin. 3:14 Vine at podium. 3:32 crowd stands. 3:50 close-ups of Alvin. 4:13 crowd inspecting Alvin. 5:15 lifting Alvin with crane....
Dates: June-October 1964

275 Alvin underwater and bottom footage, Lulu on surface

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120004676]
Identifier: 30120004676
Scope and Contents

0:01 Alvin diving and diver swimming to surface. 0:09 underwater view of equipment attached to Alvin. 0:51 Alvin descending, view from above. 1:59-2:18 blank screen. 2:19 views of sea floor. 3:46 RV Lulu at sea. 4:17-end blank screen. The runtime for this video is 04m 43.

Dates: 1964-1975