SeaLab III films
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
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Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: SeaLab III films
Creator:
Hallanger, Lawrence W.
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0085
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(1 record carton)
Date (inclusive): 1968-1971
Abstract: A collection of six films documenting the U.S. Navy's SeaLab III project off the California coast.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
A collection of six films documenting the U.S. Navy's SeaLab III project off the California coast, and Navy recruitment of
"aquanauts," the men who staffed the experimental underwater labs.
Historical Background
For information on the SeaLab Project, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEALAB.
Preferred Citation
SeaLab III films. SMC 85. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 2000.
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication Rights
Digital copies of this material are intended to support research, teaching, and private study. This work may be used without
prior permission. The original films in this collection are held by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Digital Content
Selected materials from the collection have been digitized. Items available online by clicking on the links in the finding
aid.
Restrictions
Original film formats are restricted. Viewing copies may be available.
Related Materials
Several Special Collections & Archives holdings touch on the topics of underwater manned research stations, submersible technology,
and SeaLab. For best results, keyword search across our finding aid holdings on the SC&A
website . The collections listed here contain related files, and films:
Earl Murray Papers (MSS 772)
UC San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Communications Office records (SAC 13)
Provenance
These films were collected by Lawrence W. Hallanger, a scientist at the Ocean Engineering Department of
the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Pasadena, California in the 1970s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manned undersea research stations
Underwater exploration
Nonfiction films
Military oceanography
Project Sealab
United States. Navy
Naval Undersea Research and Development Center
Deep Submergence System Project (U.S.)
Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (Port Hueneme, Calif.)
Box 1, Folder 1
BTV (Buoyant Transport Vehicle) footage
ca. 1968
Buoyant Transport Vehicle footage
General note
1 film reel (8 min., 45 sec.) ; silent, color. Preservation surrogate is time-reversed (backwards). The BTV was a vehicle
designed for use in SeaLab III.
Box 1, Folder 2
DEEPSTAR camera observes SeaLab III DIVERCON anchor placement
ca. 1968
DEEPSTAR camera observes SeaLab III DIVERCON anchor placement
General note
1 film reel (18 min., 3 sec.) ; silent, color. This film was made using the DEEPSTAR submersible on a dive at the SeaLab III
site to observe the DIVERCON 1 underwater construction experiment.
Box 1, Folder 3
Buoyancy Transport Vehicle: The undersea forklift
1968
Buoyancy Transport Vehicle: The undersea forklift
General note
1 film reel (10 min., 7 sec.) ; sound, color. Produced by Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, Port Hueneme, California.
Box 1, Folder 4
100 fathoms deep: SeaLab III
ca. 1971
100 fathoms deep: SeaLab III
General note
1 film reel (30 min., 15 sec.) ; sound, color. Presented by the Deep Submergence Systems Project of the US Navy; produced
by SeaLab III Command Information Bureau. Directed by Robert H. White. Shows footage of the SeaLab III habitat, divers, aquanauts,
and ends with a statement by the program manager, Captain William Nicholson.
Box 1, Folder 5
DIVERCON 1: NAVFAC/NCEL underwater construction experiment
1968
DIVERCON 1: NAVFAC/NCEL underwater construction experiment
General note
1 film reel (15 min., 7 sec.) ; sound, color. US Navy technical film report on SeaLab III, produced by Naval Civil Engineering
Laboratory, Port Hueneme, California.
Box 1, Folder 6
The Aquanauts
1971
The aquanauts
General note
1 film reel (15 min., 44 sec.) ; sound, color. Produced by Naval Undersea R&D Center for the Deep Submergence Systems Project.
Reviews process of selection and training of Navy aquanauts for SeaLab experiments. Significant red-shifting, poor condition.
