USS MONITOR VIDEO FOOTAGE *Note* - 'Windows Media' format will automatically launch Media Player in the Windows environment. The 'Quicktime' format is a high compression/quality format and supports both our audio and video clips. 'Quicktime' files will open directly in your browser window for ease of use with Windows or the Mac OS, we recommend downloading the latest plug-in from www.apple.com. Wreck Details Many artifacts still remain within the hull of the Monitor. Follow this video sequence as the camera makes a detailed inspection of the ship and her contents. This is color footage with no audio. Windows Media | Quicktime Profile of the Ship This footage contains a complete profile shot of the Monitor which displays her position on the sea floor and the fragile condition she is in. Note the abundant sealife that have made their home on this artifical reef. This is color footage with no audio. Windows Media | Quicktime Raising the Anchor The anchor recovery from the USS Monitor - 1983. The submersible JOHNSON-SEA-LINK attaches and inflates a heavy duty lift bag to raise the unique four-fluked, Ericsson anchor from the sea floor. This is color footage and includes audio of the sub-to-ship communication. Windows Media | Quicktime 3D Animation This 3-D animation sequence created at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution by JSL submersible pilot Dan Boggess, offers an interpretation of the ship and the events that took place when she sank. This is color footage with no audio. Windows Media | Quicktime Panning Shot of Hull This sequence is some of the first footage documenting the wreck during the August, 1977 expedition. You can almost sense the excitement experienced by the submersible crew of the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK - the first people to lay eyes on the wreck in 111 years - as they survey the hull. This is black and white footage with no audio. Windows Media | Quicktime Inside the Hull During HBOI's first visit to the Monitor in 1977, lockout divers exited the rear chamber of the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK submersible at a depth of 220 feet, and began exploring the wreck. The diver - using a Kirby-Morgan band mask - was connected to the sub with an umbilical hose that provided a gas mixture, and voice communication with the sub pilot. HBOI phased out lockout diving from the JSL submersibles during the mid-1980s. Engineers at the Institution designed and constructed robotic manipulator arms, collection hoses, and sample containers that obviated the need for lockout diving. Since this time, pilots have operated ingenious collection devices and cameras from within the sub without having to expose a diver to the risks associated with diving at these depths. This is black and white footage with audio. Windows Media | Quicktime

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