Sea floor sediment sampler operation, Velero IV, [1948-1964?]; Portuguese Man O'War, [s.d.]

REEL 1: Velero IV (ship), [1948-1964?]. American flag flying from communications tower on ship, distant view of mountainous coastline from ship, cleaning up around the hydraulic arch frame on the stern, winching a big snapper claw sampler out of water, dumping sea bed sediment from sampler into bucket, rinsing sample through shaker table, cleaning winch. Close-up of floating specimen (Portuguse Man O'War) in aquarium. Scuba diver preparations on deck. Velero IV (ship), [1948-1964?]. ❧ REEL 2: Men on deck of Velero IV (ship) preparing shaker table for sediment sample, winching clamshell bottom grab sampler on board and emptying sea floor sample into metal box, loading sediment sample into shaker table and rinsing. Fixing cable to sampler and deploying into water, retrieving sampler, empyting sample. ❧ REEL 3: Close-up of floating specimens (Portuguese Man O'War) in aquarium. Men relaxing on aft deck of Velero IV (ship), wake on starboard side of Velero IV underway. Close-up of winch and frame operation.