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Alvin (Submarine)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 546 Collections and/or Records:

288 Alvin on Lulu being lowered and brought aboard

 Item — Shelf Unknown: [Barcode: 30120005639]
Identifier: 30120005639
Scope and Contents

0:01 Alvin on platform on deck of RV Lulu. 0:25 lowering Alvin into water. 0:40 crew installing equipment on top of Alvin. 1:01 unidentified person entering Alvin. 1:11 testing propellers. 1:36 Alvin in the water. 2:14 raising Alvin on platform. The runtime for this video is 02m 52.

Dates: 1964-1975

289 Views of Port Canaveral working on Alvin aboard Lulu

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005657]
Identifier: 30120005657
Scope and Contents

0:01 palm trees, Sea Diver at dock. 0:30 RV Lulu at dock. 0:47 people on deck of Lulu. 0:53 Alvin on platform. 1:03 Alvin and small boat with crew on lower deck of Lulu. 1:17 person working underneath Alvin from boat. 1:45 Alvin on platform. 2:25 people working on Alvin. The runtime for this video is 02m 52.

Dates: 1964-1975

290 Lulu and Alvin at dock with Sea Diver in Port Canaveral - leaving port and arriving in harbor

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005844]
Identifier: 30120005844
Scope and Contents

0:03 Lulu and Sea Diver at dock. 0:35 Alvin on platform on Lulu, view from below. 0:43 Sea Diver leaving dock. 0:58 Lulu leaving dock. 1:25 Bill Rainnie on deck of Lulu. 1:32 Marvin McCamis on lower deck of Lulu. 1:37 pontoons moving through water, shore in background. 1:46 unidentified person in small boat, Lulu in background. 1:53 McCamis and others on deck of Lulu. 2:14 Lulu arriving at harbor. The runtime for this video is 02m 53.

Dates: 1964-1975

291 Surface shots of Alvin and dives

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005924]
Identifier: 30120005924
Scope and Contents

0:01 Alvin and divers in the water with small boat nearby. Val Wilson in Alvin. 1:07 Alvin submerges. 1:46 Alvin and divers in the water with small boat nearby. 2:13 Alvin submerges. 2:37 divers climb aboard small boat. The runtime for this video is 02m 54.

Dates: 1964-1975

292 Recovery of Alvin-Salvops rigging the Aluminaut showing reel of line for recovery, 1969

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005737]
Identifier: 30120005737
Scope and Contents

0:11 underwater views of Aluminaut. 0:56 underwater view, possibly Alvin, very murky. 1:18 recovery line and Aluminaut underwater. The runtime for this video is 02m 17.

Dates: 1969

293 First try to salvage Alvin with Aluminaut. Photos taken by McCamis from the window of the Aluminaut. Showing the condition of Alvin and trying to get a toggle in Alvin's hatch but failed…see also reel 4

 Item — Shelf B2: [Barcode: 30120004818]
Identifier: 30120004818
Scope and Contents 0:01-11:09 views of Alvin on the bottom taken by Aluminaut. Shots include wide views of Alvin and closer views of the damage to the rear section, manipulator arm, side propellers, open hatch. 11:10 people inside Aluminaut. 12:38 Aluminaut at surface with people standing on top. 13:20 small boat passes Aluminaut. 13:36 Zodiac towing equipment, divers near Aluminaut. 14:10 reel of line and crane on deck. 14:33 crane lifting equipment on deck. 15:13 Zodiac pulling divers on floating equipment,...
Dates: 1964-1975

294 Alvin Salvops the second dive with Aluminaut to Alvin putting toggel in hatch and connecting to lift. Raising Alvin with Mizar and towing it back to WHOI using flotation bags and cargo net. Lifting Alvin on to barge after being towed home (see also reel 7)

 Item — Shelf B2: [Barcode: 30120004836]
Identifier: 30120004836
Scope and Contents 0:01 hook and sea floor seen from Aluminaut. 0:28-11:14 views of damaged Alvin on the sea floor. 11:14 people inside Aluminaut. 13:14 USNS Mizar with small boat and flotation bags. 16:32 Mizar. 16:50 person climbing aboar Mizar on ladder, and lifting small boat aboard with crane. 19:45 floatation bags in fog. 20:23 people on deck of Mizar. 20:35 floatation bags. 20:56 crane lifts Alvin out of the water. 21:34 person entering Alvin. 21:51 lifting Alvin on to dock. 22:39 George Broderson,...
Dates: 1964-1975

295 Loading Alvin and Lulu aboard LCD 35 for transit to Azores, cleaning the bottom of R/V Lulu, New Paint job, July 1968, 1968-07

 Item — Shelf FV5, A, 05: [Barcode: 30120005498]
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

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

Dates: 1968-07

296 Bahama island to Bermuda to Woods Hole. Lulu-Alvin under tow, Alvin being worked on in harbor and prepared for tow, Summer 1965

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004970]
Identifier: 30120004970
Scope and Contents 0:01 Alvin and small boat in harbor. 0:12 boats at dock. 0:57 Alvin's platform on Lulu. 1:04 Alvin in water with divers. 1:12 Alvin tied up and raised on platform. Marvin McCamis on Alvin. 2:11 on deck of Lulu, Alvin on platform. 2:56 Lulu being towed, view from tow vessel. 4:51 unidentified people on deck. 5:22 bridge of unidentified vessel. 5:43 crane lifting top section on to Alvin. 5:51 Alvin top section on flatbed truck. 5:57 crane lifting section to Alvin on deck of Lulu, installing...
Dates: Summer 1965

297 Alvin-Bermuda August to September 1965, underwater footage, shows camera equipment, sonar on Alvin, recovery topside, Catamaran at dock in Bermuda, ARGUS tower, Naval Base Bermuda, August-September 1965

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004952]
Identifier: 30120004952
Scope and Contents 0:03 Alvin underwater, closeup of lights and cameras. 1:09 closeup of sonar (?). 1:36 people working on deck of Lulu. 2:21 buildings on shore. 2:34 Val Wilson on transmitter and writing in log. 3:30 unidentified person on microphone. 3:52 tying up Lulu at dock. 4:29 small boat, dock. 4:49 people on deck. 5:09 small boat near Lulu. 5:20 tow boat and oil tower. 6:03 Alvin in the water, tied to Lulu. 6:34 lifting Alvin out of the water. 6:53 McCamis stepping off Alvin. 7:19 running and...
Dates: August-September 1965