Alvin (Submarine)

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0:01 stingray on seafloor. 0:20 seafloor features, fish. 4:23 R/V Lulu. 4:45 people in car on street in Nassau. 5:10 people snorkeling

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0:07 Lulu at sea. 0:12 lowering Alvin into the water from Lulu. 0:50 divers on side of Alvin. 1:30 Alvin in water. 1:40 Alvin near Lulu. 2:07 person on boat, Lulu in background. 2:15 raising platform on Lulu.

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Much of the reel is over or underexposed, not much usable footage. 0:01-1:55 dark/overexposed film. 1:56 cable on seafloor. 2:35-3:01 dark. 3:02 seafloor images (dark)

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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.

Scope and Contents 0:01 unidentified person in Alvin doing audio transmission testing. 1:30 Val Wilson and Marvin McCamis near Alvin propeller. 1:51 George Broderson on fork truck moving parts. 2:30 unidentified person inspecting parts. 3:00 Alvin on truck moving out of warehouse. 3:30 Alvin lifted onto platform to have parts installed on underside. 4:55 Alvin being loaded onto airplane. 7:45 audio transmission testing, people inside and outside Alvin. 10:00 person checking schematics. 10:29 3 people writing...

Scope and Contents 0:01 trophy case for General Mills Electronics Group. 0:25 parts in warehouse. 0:50 General Mills building outside views. 1:35 Gopher Pattern Works building, outside view. 2:15 Thermotech Industries, Inc. building, outside view. 2:37 Alvin frame, disassembled. 3:12 people painting/spraying Alvin frame. 7:25 parts. 7:48 people in office. 8:26 exterior view of Engineering Co. building. 9:23 parts being machined. 10:22 bare metal frame. 11:03 Alvin sphere. 12:42 inside machine shop. 14:10...

Scope and Contents 0:01 trophy case for General Mills Electronics Group. 0:25 General Mills building (Golden Valley, MN), exterior shots. 0:52 Gopher Pattern Works, exterior shot. 1:35 Thermotech Industries, Inc. Plastics division (Hopkins, MN), exterior shot. 1:53 Alvin frame in pieces, people painting/spraying parts. 6:37 people working in office. 7:15 World Tool and Engineering Co. (Minneapolis, MN), exterior shots. 8:03 machining parts. 8:52 Alvin frame, unpainted. 9:33 Alvin sphere in warehouse. 11:05...

Scope and Contents Alvin loaded on plane at Otis Air Force base to look for the H-bomb in Spain. 0:01 Alvin inside airplane. 1:12 exterior of Alvin in plane. 2:28 Alvin on flatbed truck. 3:49 Bill Rainnie and others watching crane lift Alvin off flatbed. 5:45 close-ups of unidentified people. 6:25 installing equipment in Alvin. 7:55 loading Alvin onto airplane. 10:15 Val Wilson. 12:21 Val Wilson, Bill Rainnie, Marvin McCamis. 13:21 installing rear propeller (McCamis, Wilson). 15:07 Wilson, McCamis and...

Scope and Contents 0:01-23:57 Steven Wilson, son of Valentine Wilson, on the R/V Lulu and with Alvin. Scenes include Val and Stevie Wilson approaching Lulu at the dock, climbing aboard, climbing and entering Alvin. Much of the video consists of Stevie Wilson with various members of the crew involved in their work, including divers, Bill Rainnie on the bridge, fishing with George Broderson, watching the launch of Alvin, and working with other unidentified people. 17:05-21:50 film changes to black and white, and...