Will Forman Navy Submersible Film Collection, 1961-1970 (SMC 190)

Extent: 12.6 GB of digital files (45 films)

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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.

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.

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.

Will Forman. The history of American deep submersible operations, 1775-1995. Flagstaff, Ariz., Best Publishing Co., 1999.

Container List

FILMS

Film presents deep ocean submersible work of the U.S. Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Station. Features Jacques Cousteau's "Denise" soucoupe submersible (Westinghouse), the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station's Deep Jeep and Moray submersibles, and the CURV remotely operated vehicle. | Written on original label "Release Print #2A - Pasadena film branch, code P7525." | Time: 00:24:00 | Color film, with sound.

Time: 00:27:03. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:16:42. | Color film, silent.

Aerial and ground footage of Japan and Japanese submarines taken during a trip in 1966. | Time: 00:20:59. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:23:57. | Color film, silent.

Written on original label "Structural research, Southwest Research Inst." | Time: 00:13:11. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:13:34. | Color film, silent.

Aerial and ground footage of Japan and Japanese submarines taken during a trip in 1966. | Time: 00:20:47. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:10:22. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:05:02. | Color film, silent.

Film shows Navy's Deep View submersible development project, which continued work started with Deep Jeep. Film shows Deep Jeep model tested underwater and in ocean operations; and Deep View model in underwater testing for development purposes (DV was launched in 1971). | Time: 00:07:50. | Color film, with sound.

Written on original label "Smugglers Cove, Santa Cruz Isl." | Time: 00:12:28. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:08:32. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:06:20. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:06:45. | Color film, silent.

Written on original label "Glass hemisphere grinding unmoored sea trials (remote)." | Time: 00:10:57. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:06:43. | Black and white film, silent.

Time: 00:07:56. | Color film, silent.

Written on original label (unintelligible): W's Test at Hokar. Time: 00:09:05. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:09:06. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:10:02. | Color film, silent.

Written on original label "Dives #161-162 WOA 9968 Univ of Calif." | Time: 00:10:07. | Black and white film, silent.

Notations from original label, can and leader: "UNOL USNOTS-OL Submersibles, color print. Japanese Trip 1966" | Time: 00:09:54. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:07:23. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:03:31. | Black and white film, silent.

Time: 00:05:55. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:04:47. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:03:01. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:05:27. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:55. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:58. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:53. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:58. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:08. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:03. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:02:33. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:01:39. | Color film, silent.

Time: 00:01:59. | Color film, silent.