NET Spectrum J. Burke's footage Summer 1964, Alvin inspections and testing, 1964

Film 259. 0:01 store shelves. 0:03 Alvin on WHOI dock, people in chairs and standing for commissioning ceremony. 0:26 people on roof. 0:31 crowd at ceremony. 0:39 people on platform, Paul Fye, Adelaide Vine, Capt. Momsen, others. 0:51 Fye at podium. 1:11 Momsen at podium. 1:31 Alvin on dock. 1:50 crowd watching ceremony. 2:19 people on platform. 2:44 Fye at podium, walking Adelaide Vine down steps. 2:59 Vine breaks bottle on Alvin. 3:09 people back on platform, Adelaide Vine at podium. 3:47 Alvin on dock. 4:13 crowd inspecting Alvin. 5:13 crane lifts Alvin. 5:19 working with Alvin's batteries on dock. 6:32 testing rear and side propellers. 7:22 Bill Rainnie in Alvin. 7:31 working underneath Alvin. 7:56 crane lifting Alvin. 8:09 moving Alvin on flatbed truck. 8:28 lowering Alvin. 8:38 Alvin in water on side of dock. 9:33 making adjustment on equipment attached to Alvin, from small boat. 10:00 Marvin McCamis in sphere. 10:22 video screen. 10:44 McCamis in sphere. 11:16 McCamis looking through viewport. 11:46 McCamis using manipulator arm to grab sample, view from inside sphere and through viewport. 12:10 McCamis and unidentified person on Alvin in the water. 12:23 divers on dock and in water with Alvin. 12:29 Alvin connected to crane wires. 13:04 Alvin sphere section breaks the surface during separation test. Divers an small boat work with section. Runtime 14 minutes 53 seconds