| 'thresher' Search: Deep-Diving Craft Arrives For Hunt | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1710 |
| Catalog #: | 362125 | |
| Clip Number: | 362125-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-036-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:18:48 - 00:20:02 | |
| Location: | Massachusetts | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Massachusetts TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Misc TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Submarines | |
| Description: | The Ocean-o-graphic Research Vessel 'Atlantis II' returns to port after a fruitless search for the sunken submarine 'Thresher'. She made deep sea pictures but they revealed no trace of the craft. The 'Thrieste' a bathyscaph capable of diving seven miles deep arrives to help in the hunt. She can easily examine the 'Thresher' once it is located. Massachusetts The Ocean-o-graphic research vessel Atlantis II sailing into port. MS - Families of the crewmen anxiously await the return of their men. MS - Little children waving to their fathers aboard the ships. MCUS - One of the crewmen disembarks from the Atlantis II and runs up to greet his family. Hugging and kissing his children. MCUS - Another ship arrives, Point Defiance arrives carrying on her deck a little submarine called US Thrieste, the ugly duckling of the fleet. Camera pans - The US Navy Thrieste, this little submarine is capable of diving 7-miles deep, and it will have a 2-man crew. | |
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