Alvin (Submarine)

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0:03 Alvin and divers in the water, small boat in background, Val Wilson in Alvin. 0:50 Alvin begins to submerge. 1:48 Alvin at surface with divers. 2:05 small boat approaches Alvin and divers, Alvin submerges. The runtime for this video is 02m 54.

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0:02 flatbed truck on road carrying Alvin's sphere. 0:44 truck turns on to Water St. 0:58 truck and sphere at dock. 1:39 George Broderson and others on truck bed, attaching lift cables to sphere. 2:00 lifting sphere with crane. 2:42 moving sphere with truck. The runtime for this video is 02m 57.

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0:02 George Broderson. 0:12 Alvin's frame in warehouse. 0:50 Broderson and others. 1:15 Alvin frame, close-ups. 1:34 Broderson. 2:22 ice around Lulu's pontoons. 2:42 Lulu. The runtime for this video is 02m 58.

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0:03 Alvin outside warehouse. 0:24 Alvin top section on pallets. 0:39 rear propeller. 1:19 Alvin outside warehouse. 1:40 George Broderson near Alvin. 2:03 side views of Alvin. Last section of film is blurry. The runtime for this video is 02m 50.

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0:03 Alvin on dock. 0:09 Lulu at dock. 0:16 Alvin and EDALHAB on dock. 0:19 Lulu at dock. 0:22 crane lifting small boat. 0:34 crane, EDALHAB, and Alvin on dock. 0:55 Knorr at dock. 1:07 crane, EDALHAB, and Alvin on dock. 1:24 Knorr. 1:32 Alvin on dock. The runtime for this video is 02m 53.

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0:03 person exiting truck. 0:23 person working with wires. 0:44 Alvin's sphere with attached cables. 0:59 Alvin's frame. 1:31 person working on frame. 1:49 person working with cables. 2:18 cars and building. The runtime for this video is 02m 46.

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0:04 Alvin's outer sections disassembled in warehouse. 0:42 sphere and frame in warehouse. 1:18 George Broderson. 1:27 inside warehouse, parts, boxes. 1:56 Alvin frame. 2:33 unidentified person near Alvin's frame and sphere. The runtime for this video is 02m 51.

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0:01 sea floor, showing various fish, animals, and other features. 3:14 fish. 4:13 crab walks and grabs other animal with claws. 5:30 crab chases fish. 5:41 sea floor. 8:38 title card, "Blake Plateau" and coordinates. 8:40 sea floor. 9:04 fish. 10:35 unidentified animal. 12:28 title card, "Blake Plateau". 12:30 sea floor. 13:00 fish. 15:55 mechanical arm grabs rock. 16:45 small crab. 17:00 sea floor. 20:55 inside sphere? 21:08 sea floor. The runtime for this video is 23m 29.

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0:02 views of sea floor. 0:31 cables on sea floor. 1:18 views of sea floor. 1:48 instruments inside sphere. 2:04 cables on sea floor. 4:32 animal near cable. 4:57 views of sea floor. 7:50 following cable on sea floor. 8:30 views of sea floor. 9:06 cables on sea floor. 9:21 views of sea floor. 10:45 lobster. 11:52 animal. 18:52 cable on sea floor. 20:25 views of sea floor. 21:40 tracking cable. 23:55 fish, views of sea floor, cable. The runtime for this video is 24m 52.

Scope and Contents The film contains narration in both English and French. 0:06 title card, "U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory". 0:12 title card, "United States Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory presents motion picture brief no. 34". 0:21 title card, "A visual ocean bottom survey off the island of Santa Maria, Azores in August 1968". 1:02 title card, "Contents. 1. Introduction 2. Operations 3. Underwater operations". 1:38 title card listing vessels in the film. 2:34 title card with acknowledgements. 3:48...