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732 Catamaran being constructed at Woods Hole, shoes hulls being worked on, welding, Alvin arriving

 Item — Shelf: B1
Identifier: 30120004596

Scope and Contents

0:01 pontoons tied to dock, person on pontoons. 0:16 trucks at dock. 0:23 welding pontoons. 0:43 lifting metal frame with crane. 1:13 three people carrying metal plate. 1:21 welding pontoons. 1:38 pontoons tied to dock. 2:23 welding pontoons. 2:44 crane lifting part of pontoon cut with torch. 3:39-6:04 dark/overexposed, buildings, dock, people. 6:04 Alvin on flatbed truck on dock. 7:54 Bill Rainnie (left) and others. 8:05 lifting work van with crane. 8:32 Marvin McCamis and unidentified person working on Alvin sphere. 9:02 connecting lifting chains to Alvin. 9:33 lifting Alvin on to the dock with crane. The runtime for this video is 10m 07.

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 : 16 mm, 400 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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