Films, 1968-1970.

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Hallanger, Lawrence W. Films, 1968-1970.

Films, 1968-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44578584

The accession consists of seven 16 mm. projection prints of U.S. Navy diving films. Five of these projection prints document SeaLab III. One print documents Tektite I, and one print documents Navy aquanauts in general. SeaLab III was a 1968 Navy experiment in which five diving teams of eight aquanauts lived for a 12-day period in a sea-floor habitat placed at a depth of 620 feet off San Clemente Island, California. This experiment was also called the Deep Submergence Systems Project. The films include "The aquanauts" (1971), a film documenting the training of Navy aquanauts, and "100 fathoms deep: SeaLab III" (c1971), a film documenting the SeaLab III experiment as a whole. "DIVERCON 1: NACFAC/NCEL underwater construction experiment," (1968) describes one of the SeaLab III experiments. "BTV buoyant transport vehicle," and "BTV: the underwater forklift," are two versions of the same film, which depicts equipment designed specifically for SeaLab III DIVERCON experiment. "DEEPSTAR 4000 camera" depicts a dive on the SeaLab III site to observe the DIVERCON anchor placement. The Tektite 1 film may be an imperfect copy of "Sixty days beneath the sea--Tektite I," a 1970 Navy film. Tektite I was a Navy project in which four aquanauts lived and conducted extensive oceanographic studies during a long undersea project.

7 films reels : si. and sd., col. ; 16 mm.

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