1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation. 10Feb66 (Atomic Search)
Palomares, Spain
09:19:50 10Feb66 Deep diving submarine Alvin on blocks in deck of ship. Exterior views of porthole, lights, camera, propellers.
09:21:15 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution insignia.
09:21:37 Aluminaut on deck & CU of features. Technician on its deck. Interior view of Aluminaut, man into & seen getting out. Men working on top deck of Aluminaut.
09:23:57 Propeller of Alvin turning; water dripping into well deck. Men polishing underside of Aluminaut. Water flooding into well deck. Men working with chains.
09:25:38 Men putting supplies into tower of Aluminaut as well fills. Navy office w/ bull horn shouting down to well deck as others watch. Navy man talking on microphone. Water floating Aluminaut & rear of ship is lowered to release Aluminaut tethered w/ ropes. Man sits on tower as tugged back into open water. Men working ropes from sides. Another ship visible behind.
09:29:29 Alvin being released w/ man in tower and frogmen on and around. Rubber raft alongside removing lines.
Communications; Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath;
1960s; Radiation Hazard;
NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.
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1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation. 10Feb66 (Atomic Search) Palomares, Spain 09:19:50 10Feb66 Deep diving submarine Alvin on blocks in deck of ship. Exterior views of porthole, lights, camera, propellers. 09:21:15 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution insignia. 09:21:37 Aluminaut on deck & CU of features. Technician on its deck. Interior view of Aluminaut, man into & seen getting out. Men working on top deck of Aluminaut. 09:23:57 Propeller of Alvin turning; water dripping into well deck. Men polishing underside of Aluminaut. Water flooding into well deck. Men working with chains. 09:25:38 Men putting supplies into tower of Aluminaut as well fills. Navy office w/ bull horn shouting down to well deck as others watch. Navy man talking on microphone. Water floating Aluminaut & rear of ship is lowered to release Aluminaut tethered w/ ropes. Man sits on tower as tugged back into open water. Men working ropes from sides. Another ship visible behind. 09:29:29 Alvin being released w/ man in tower and frogmen on and around. Rubber raft alongside removing lines. Communications; Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard; NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.