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Alvin (Submarine)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 546 Collections and/or Records:

276 Emulsion Out II. Alvin shots, interior and underwater

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004550]
Identifier: 30120004550
Scope and Contents 0:05 Alvin moving along sea floor. 0:23 Marvin McCamis looking through viewport. 0:25 Alvin moving along sea floor. 0:39 metal plate removed from furnace by fork truck and placed on press. 1:05 press shaping metal plate. 1:13 half-sphere removed from furnace. 1:21 RV Lulu at sea with Alvin on deck. 1:43 Alvin lowered on platform and launched, McCamis in Alvin. 3:02 divers jump into water and unhook Alvin. 3:30 Alvin and diver, small boat nearby. 3:33 McCamis enters Alvin and closes hatch....
Dates: 1964-1975

277 Loading Alvin and Lulu for Azores trip, July 1968

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004630]
Identifier: 30120004630
Scope and Contents 0:05 crane lifting Alvin off deck of RV Lulu. 1:43 person welding. 1:52 crane lifting equipment, shipping container, and other material from Lulu. 4:09 USS Spiegel Grove and unidentified towboat near Lulu. 5:35 George Broderson and others. 6:02 Lulu inside bay of USS Spiegel Grove. 6:20 people scraping pontoons. 8:13 Broderson, Bill Rainnie. 8:23 shots of Spiegel Grove. 9:19 people painting pontoons. 11:08 Spiegel Grove and Lulu at dock. 12:00 Lulu leaves dock. 12:55 views of inside and deck...
Dates: July 1968

280 Alvin work for AUTEC 1964-1965, Ocean bottom pictures of Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO) Bahamas. The pictures in this film were taken by WHOI in 1966 using Alvin, 1966

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120005416]
Identifier: 30120005416
Scope and Contents

0:01 title card, "Ocean bottom pictures of the Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO), The Bahamas". 0:15 title card noting the pictures were taken in 1966 by WHOI. Film was edited by Electronics Division of General Dynamics in support of AUTEC Sonar Range Contract, 1969. 0:41-END views of sea floor. The runtime for this video is 08m 01.

Dates: 1966

281 Alvin on Lulu putting in battery box

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005773]
Identifier: 30120005773
Scope and Contents

0:02 Alvin on Lulu, people on deck. 0:20 washing Alvin. 0:43 installing batteries in Alvin, Broderson in background, McCamis in battery area. The runtime for this video is 01m 42.

Dates: 1964-1975

282 Alvin on bottom WO 70677/5320

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005782]
Identifier: 30120005782
Scope and Contents

0:01-END views of sea floor. The runtime for this video is 01m 26.

Dates: 1964-1975

284 LCD 29 with Alvin in Spain Plymouth Rock took Alvin from Rota, Spain to Palomares, February 9, 1966

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005719]
Identifier: 30120005719
Scope and Contents

0:01 sailors pulling rope on deck of USS Spiegel Grove. 0:41 towboat pushing Spiegel Grove. 1:43 Spiegel Grove leaves dock, towboats following. Scenes of shore, other boats. The runtime for this video is 03m 16.

Dates: February 9, 1966

285 Alvin return from Spain in May 1966 unloading Lulu from LCD no date, see also A-132, May 1966

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120004729]
Identifier: 30120004729
Scope and Contents

0:03 sailors on USS Spiegel Grove. 0:07 George Broderson, Val Wilson, and others on deck. 0:16 crane lifting large crate on to Lulu. 0:45 Lulu leaving dock. 1:41 Lulu crew tying up to Spiegel Grove. 2:10 Spiegel Grove. 2:30 people on deck of Spiegel Grove. 3:08 crane lifting Alvin on to Lulu. 4:44 shipping containers in bay of Spiegel Grove. 4:50 Alvin on deck of Lulu. The runtime for this video is 05m 02.

Dates: May 1966

286 Alvin returns from Spain May 1966 on LCD shows Alvin being off loaded, May 1966

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120004694]
Identifier: 30120004694
Scope and Contents

0:06 people on deck of RV Lulu looking at USS San Marcos. 0:26 people on deck of San Marcos. 0:40 Lulu (foreground) and San Marcos. 1:03 crane on San Marcos lifts Alvin on to Lulu. 2:39 shipping containers in bay of San Marcos. 2:47 Alvin and crew on deck of Lulu. 2:54 crane lifting mobile lab on to deck of Lulu. 3:36 Lulu moves away from San Marcos. 4:27 crew on pontoons, tying up to San Marcos. 4:44 crane on San Marcos lifting cargo on to Lulu. The runtime for this video is 05m 02.

Dates: May 1966

287 Alvin underwater footage of Alvin maneuvering

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005764]
Identifier: 30120005764
Scope and Contents

0:01 Alvin maneuvering at sea floor, divers nearby. 0:43 Alvin view from below. 0:54 Alvin maneuvering. 2:11-END dark screen. The runtime for this video is 02m 59.

Dates: 1964-1975