Will Forman Navy Submersible Film Collection, 1961-1970

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Summary

Creators:
Forman, Will, 1924-
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.
Extent:
12.6 GB of digital files (45 films)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Will Forman Navy Submersible Film Collection. SMC 190. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired 2010
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

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).

Preferred citation:

Will Forman Navy Submersible Film Collection. SMC 190. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Location of this collection:
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
Contact:
(858) 534-2533
spcoll@ucsd.edu
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