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CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 425 Collections and/or Records:

214 Taken at General Mills Electronics Group, also Thermotech Industries, film series Alvin fabrication

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004961]
Identifier: 30120004961
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: 1964-1975

215 Alvin first trailer at WHOI dock

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005700]
Identifier: 30120005700
Scope and Contents

Alvin on flatbed truck on WHOI dock. Bigelow building in background. The runtime for this video is 18s.

Dates: 1964-1975

216 Alvin portable battery stand for remoting batteries on land

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120005684]
Identifier: 30120005684
Scope and Contents

Alvin on portable battery stand with people working underneath. Bill Rainnie in green shirt. The runtime for this video is 28.

Dates: 1964-1975

217 Sea keeping model test of Oceanographic research submarine Alvin, tests conducted at MIT, 1965

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005906]
Identifier: 30120005906
Scope and Contents

Sea keeping model test of Oceanographic research submarine Alvin - tests conducted at MIT ship Model tank for WHOI. WHOI test Memo TM-DS-18 weight buoyancy and stability, 1965. Film consists of only title cards relating to the testing. The runtime for this video is 22m 37.

Dates: 1965

218 Alvin model tests movies small part of Sea State 4

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005808]
Identifier: 30120005808
Scope and Contents

0:01-0:27 model of Alvin moving through water in tank. 0:28 title card reading, "2 Point tow at W.L. Sea State 4, 1.65 knots". The runtime for this video is 33

Dates: 1964-1975

219 Sea keeping tests of Alvin

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005817]
Identifier: 30120005817
Scope and Contents

Model of Alvin moving through water in tank. The runtime for this video is 28.

Dates: 1964-1975

220 Alvin model test movies

 Item — Shelf A6: [Barcode: 30120005826]
Identifier: 30120005826
Scope and Contents

0:01 title card reading, "Beam seas (Restrained tests) State 4". 0:05 Alvin model in water tank with waves hitting from the side. The runtime for this video is 01m 27.

Dates: 1964-1975

221 Pressure testing Alvin's crew sphere, the whole procedure from truck to tank

 Item — Volume B1: [Barcode: 30120004541]
Identifier: 30120004541
Scope and Contents 0:01 sphere outside near crane. 1:05 people working near and inside sphere. 1:48 sphere near crane. 2:15 lifting sphere into pressure tank with crane. 3:03 lowering sphere into tank. 3:33 sphere in tank. 3:54 preparing for test, setting up equipment. 5:05 unidentified person in tank standing on sphere. 5:42 exterior views of Southwest Research Center. 7:20 loading sphere onto cart. 8:35 sphere lowered into pressure tank (night). 8:59 equipment lowered into sphere. The runtime for this video...
Dates: 1964-1975

222 Testing various parts of Alvin, sail, pilot controls, hydraulic arm

 Item — Shelf B1: [Barcode: 30120004569]
Identifier: 30120004569
Scope and Contents 0:01 unidentified person working on equipment. 1:01 close up of wiring in hydraulic arm. 1:20 close up of unidentified person working on hydraulic arm. 2:10 unidentified person assembling parts. 2:45 close up of parts assembly. 3:34 unassembled parts on table. 3:50 testing equipment. 5:02 wiring and soldering parts on hydraulic arm. 6:23 three people working on hydraulic arm. 7:42 testing hydraulic arm. 9:20 close up of arm controller box. 9:35 hydraulic arm holding and turning title card....
Dates: 1964-1975

223 Alvin maneuvering with overhead camera tests September 1964, 1964-09

 Item — Shelf E5: [Barcode: 30120004747]
Identifier: 30120004747
Scope and Contents

0:01 Alvin in water with divers, view from above. 0:38 Alvin in water, unidentified vessel in background. 0:53 tying Alvin with ropes. 1:04 Alvin at dock. 1:19 lifting Alvin from water with crane and setting on dock. 2:32 Alvin on dock with group of people. 2:50 underwater view of Alvin with weights on side. 3:38 sections of Alvin separating underwater. The runtime for this video is 04m 17.

Dates: 1964-09