Alvin (Submarine)

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0:01 tubeworms, fish, crabs. 0:55 moving along sea floor. 2:20 octopus, clams. 4:02 clams. 4:42 crab. 6:20 clams. 7:29 shrimp 9:27 moving along sea floor, crabs, clams, other unidentified animals. The runtime for this video is 10m 59

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This collection contains film and media related to WHOI. Materials range from at-sea footage to recordings of seminars and many other subjects.

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0:01 Alvin's frame. 0:28 person entering Alvin's sphere. 0:35 people near Alvin's frame. 1:49 Alvin sphere in warehouse. 2:05 wiring interior of sphere. 2:57 moving sphere and installing it in frame. 5:37 installing side propeller. 6:50 attaching top section of Alvin. 8:25 attaching rear propeller. The runtime for this video is 09m 35.

Scope and Contents 0:05 sphere outdoors near crane and pressure test tank. 1:18 wiring in interior of sphere. 1:28 view inside pressure test tank. 1:41 preparing sphere for test. 2:55 connecting sphere to crane. 3:17 crane moving sphere into test tank. 5:00 closing test tank. 6:10 lifting top of tank. 7:45 person standing on top of sphere inside tank. 8:28 removing items from test tank. 8:41 Southwest Research Center entrance and building exterior. 9:28 sphere in test tank. 10:11 lifting sphere out of tank....

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0:01-2:58 models moving in wave tank. very dark. The runtime for this video is 02m 58.

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0:15 clams and crabs. 1:15 tubeworms. 1:46 crab. 2:09 tubeworms, blurry. 4:30 tubeworms, crabs, blurry. 5:05 smokers?, dark and blurry. 7:34 clams. 8:05 tubeworms and clams. 9:55 moving along sea floor. 15:05 moving along sea floor, blurry and dark. 17:26 clams, blurry. 18:00 tubeworms and clams, mechanical arm taking sample. 19:19 crabs. 19:36 mechanical arm grabs rock sample. 20:01 crab. 20:50 crabs, fish. 21:31 sea floor, dark. The runtime for this video is 22m 28.

Scope and Contents 0:04 Hahn and Clay building, exterior. 1:14 rotating sphere on machine. 2:12 people inside building with sphere. 2:30 lifting viewport on chain. 2:45 viewport parts. 3:14 testing surface of sphere. 3:47 Hahn and Clay building, exterior. 4:10 testing surface of sphere. 4:25 welding. 5:14 dark. 5:39 sign for Manned Spacecraft Center and buildings. 7:13 welding. 7:56 sphere in warehouse. 8:07 viewport parts? 8:25 heating inside of sphere. 10:23 people on dock checking hoses, pressure gauge....

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Alvin 1095 #1 1095 1/18/81. The runtime for this video is 22m 02s. Alvin dive 1095 took place on January 18, 1981 during voyage LU-107. The Chief Scientist was F. Grassle in the operating area of West of St. Croix. The HOV reached a depth of 988 meters. The purpose was described as 'ENGINEERING' and the sponsor as 'ONR'.

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Alvin 1095 #2 1095 1/18/81 The runtime for this video is 20m 11s. Alvin dive 1095 took place on January 18, 1981 during voyage LU-107. The Chief Scientist was J. Donnelly in the operating area of West St. Croix. The HOV reached a depth of 988 meters. The purpose was described as 'ENGINEERING' and the sponsor as 'ONR'.

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Alvin 1095 #3 1095 1/18/81 The runtime for this video is 20m 11s. Alvin dive 1095 took place on January 18, 1981 during voyage LU-107. The Chief Scientist was J. Donnelly in the operating area of West St. Croix. The HOV reached a depth of 988 meters. The purpose was described as 'ENGINEERING' and the sponsor as 'ONR'.