Sealab Interiors, Various Locations
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION (A) RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 EXTENSION 75111 Release No. 163-64 Footage: 245, DUPE NEGATIVE TO: July 9, 1964 FINE GRAIN TO; SEALAB INTERIORS (Official Navy footage released by Department of Defense) A group of four Navy divers, a doctor and three enlisted men, will move into an underwater residence off Bernuda Friday to begin a three-veck experiment designed to test man's ability to live and work underwater for extended periods of time. Living in the SEALAB capsule 192 feet under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, the men will carry out a variety of tasks both inside and outside the capsule. During the last week of their underwater sojourn they will be joined by Astronaut Lieutenant Commander H. Scott Carpenter. By keeping the inside pressure of the SEALAB capsule equal to that of the water around it, the men will be able to move freely in and out of the capsule through a vertical access shaft. They will breathe a helium and oxygen mixture. Film shows interiors of SEALAB where the men will live and work for three weeks. Sequences abov: (a) SEALAB underwater. (b) Diver working near SEALAB. (c) Interior. Looking out of porthole. (d) Storage rack inside SEALAB. (e) Access shaft. (f) Compressor for divers operating SEALAB. (g) CO-2 Scrubber. (h) Heating lamp and sink. (i) Humidifier. (j) Cooking area: rotisserie, refrigerators, hot water heater, etc. (k) Micro biology research area. Blood test equipment. (1) Diver using electrowriter. (m) Sleeping compartment (6 bunks). (n) Dining area. (o) Electric blanket on bunks. (p) Diver leaving shaft. NOTE TO EDITORS: 245' 35mm fine grain handed out to Telenevs for servicing television and theatrical pool members. Fine grain to be forwarded to NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT O.F DEFENSE LN TITLE OR COMMENTARY 1, New York, Army Pictorial Center, The fine apain.master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to Interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. £10575
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer