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Forman (Will) Navy Submersible Film Collection
SMC 0190
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Will Forman Navy Submersible Film Collection
Creator:
Forman, Will, 1924-
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0190
Physical Description:
12.6 GB
of digital files (45 films)
Date (inclusive): 1961-1970
Abstract: Forty-five films (reformatted from the original 16mm) from the collection of Will Forman on U.S. Navy submersibles, particularly
the development of Deep Jeep at the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake, California.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
Forty-five films (digitally reformatted from the original 16mm) from the collection of Will Forman on U.S. Navy submersibles,
particularly the development of Deep Jeep at the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake, California. The collection
also includes footage of Deep View; Denise, the Cousteau soucoupe submersible; and travel in Japan and Japanese submersible
technologies.
Willis "Will" R. Forman was a submersible designer, engineer, and project manager at the Naval Undersea Research & Development
Center in San Diego, California. He participated in the development of the Deep Jeep and Deep View submersibles in the 1960s.
Forman loaned his films documenting submersible development work to the Library in 2010 for digitization; the original films
were returned to him.
Will Forman Navy Submersible Film Collection. SMC 190. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquired 2010
Digital copies of this material are intended to support research, teaching, and private study. This work may be used without
prior permission. These materials are determined to be in the public domain (digital copies provided by Special Collections
& Archives, UC San Diego Library).
This collection is available for viewing on the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections website.
Will Forman.
The history of American deep submersible operations, 1775-1995. Flagstaff, Ariz., Best Publishing Co., 1999.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Oceanographic submersibles
Naval Ordnance Test Station (China Lake, Calif.)
Naval Undersea Research and Development Center