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Steamer PORTLAND Shipwreck B-Roll
Wreck discovered at NOAA's Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, August, 2002
Total Running Time: 18:10


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Background information (narrated text roll)

1:02:41:00
Newspaper Headlines, Sinking of the PORTLAND, Nov. 27, 1898
Still scans

1:03:11:00
Side Scan Sonar
Deployment, data, SSS images of shipwreck on ocean floor

1:04:15:00
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Deployment from deck, POV from ROV at surface, scientists in control room

1:05:02:00
Animation: SSS image matches to schematic drawing of PORTLAND
Identifies and transitions to video from different areas of ship:
5:02 Starboard Bow, 5:58 Anchor, 6:27 Port Paddlewheel, 7:04 Stern Post
7:40 Up and Over Starboard Railing, 8:05 Bitts (Bollards) aft of Port Paddlewheel

1:08:44:00
Interview: Victor Mastone
Director, Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archeological Resources

1:09:32:00
Interview: Craig MacDonald, Ph. D.
Superintendent, NOAA's Stellwagen Banks National Marine Sanctuary

1:10:26:00
Interview: Ben Cowie-Haskell
Submerged Cultural Resource Coordinator,
NOAA's Stellwagen Banks National Marine Sanctuary

1:11:55:00
Interview: Bruce Terrell
Marine Archaeologist, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program

1:13:11:00
Interview: Ivar Babb
Director, National Undersea Research Center, University of Connecticut

1:14:04:00
Stills

14:11 Wreckage washed ashore, Cape Cod, 1898, Pictured: Captain Rufus Snow, Orleans MA

Credit: Edward Rowe Snow Collection in the Special Collections at Boston University

14:22 Captain of PORTLAND, Hollis H. Blanchard
Credit: Edward Rowe Snow Collection in the Special Collections at Boston University

14:28 PORTLAND in harbor
Credit: Edward Rowe Snow Collection in the Special Collections at Boston University

14:38 Steamer PORTLAND; Credit: Maine Historical Society

14:42 Pre-dive planning meeting aboard R/V CONNECTICUT; Credit: NOAA

14:50 Deployment of ROV from R/V CONNECTICUT; Credit: NOAA

14:59 Deployment of Side Scan Sonar from R/V CONNECTICUT; Credit: NOAA

15:08 Same, wider shot; Credit: NOAA

15:14 Real-time monitoring of underwater image from ROV; Credit: NOAA

Pictured: Matthew Lawrence, Archaeologist, Stellwagen Banks National Marine Sanctuary

15:22 Unidentified; similar to above; Credit: NOAA

15:34 Side Scan Sonar image of PORTLAND; Credit: NOAA

15:39 Same, another angle; Credit: NOAA

1:15:48:00
NOAA Ship Ferrel R 492
Bow shots from upper deck, from port to stern

1:17:48:00
Animated NOAA Logo
Deployed,ROV point of view, in water at surface, below surface, at bottom.

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Last Updated: March 10, 2004 4:50 PM
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