Project Alvin ONR The Making and Use of Alvin

Film 252. 0:01 title card, "Office Of Naval Research presents Project Alvin in cooperation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute" with cross-section diagram of Alvin. 0:25 Narration begins. 0:32 Alvin moving along sea floor. 0:55 diagram of Alvin. 1:41 hydraulic arm. 1:54 diagram of pressure hull. 2:19 cutting steel plates with torch. 2:39 forklift removes steel plate from furnace and places it in press. 3:15 steel plate rotating and pressed into shape. 4:02 testing of sphere. 4:17 welding of sphere. 4:28 machining hull. 4:47 person entering sphere. 4:58 holes in sphere for instrumentation cables. 5:06 fiberglass sections in factory. 5:48 metal frame. 6:07 assembly of Alvin parts. 6:25 installation of propellers. 6:34 Alvin assembled. 6:43 Alvin dedication ceremony. 6:57 Alvin lifted off dock with crane and placed in water. 7:32 hull separation dive tests. 8:02 installation of batteries. 8:19 dropping battery underwater. 8:29 maneuverability test. 8:50 Alvin dives, view from above. 8:57 Lulu at dock. 9:22 Lulu's pontoons. 9:35 person climbing into Alvin. 9:45 Alvin on platform. 9:54 Alvin and divers in the water. 10:22 Val Wilson. 1:31 Marvin McCamis in sphere. 10:53 Alvin descends. 11:10 Alvin moving along sea floor. 11:35 manipulator arm grabs and manipulates sample. 11:58 McCamis operating arm. 12:12 Sonar system. 12:20 camera system. 12:35 Alvin returns to Lulu and lifted on platform. Runtime 13 minutes 42 seconds