100 fathoms deep - SEALAB III

100 fathoms deep - SEALAB III

SeaLab III was a 1968 Navy experiment in which 5 diving teams of 8 aquanauts lived for a 12-day period in a sea-floor habitat placed at a depth of 620 feet off San Clemente Island, #California. This experiment was also called the Deep Submergence Systems Project. This film describes the SeaLab III project. It includes footage of the SeaLab habitat being lifted from the deck of a ship and deployed at sea. It shows divers working underwater during the deployment of the habitat. It includes footage of SeaLab III aquanauts working with navy-trained porpoises. The film ends with a statement by Captain William Nicholson, Project Manager of the Deep Submergence Systems Project. br br Collection - Lawrence W. Hallanger Films, 1968-1971 br Digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). br Date - 1971 br Author - U.S NavyRobert H White br www.eonsofawe.


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Uploaded: 2025-07-08

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