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247 Exhibit center special film used in Alvin

 Item — Shelf: B2
Identifier: 30120004872

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 moving along seafloor. 3:15 side propellers moving. 3:32 person inside sphere. 3:51 Al Vine. 3:54 stingray. 4:06 Alvin moving along sea floor. 4:43 fish. 4:51 Alvin maneuvering along sea floor. 5:06 McCamis in sphere, mechanical arm control box. 5:17 mechanical arm grasping object, seen through viewport. 5:39 Val Wilson. 5:51 Alvin descending along sea floor. 6:35 views of sea floor. The runtime for this video is 07m 12.

Dates

  • 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 : Super 8 mm, 100 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

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