American Experience — S31E02 — Sealab

00:00:59 NARRATOR: In the spring of 1964,

00:03:25 They were immediately lifted upwards

00:05:17 honored for his tireless work serving 5,000 people

00:07:36 but their umbilical lines could easily become fouled

00:09:52 But too much oxygen becomes toxic and causes convulsions,

00:11:54 in biology and pharmaceutical chemistry.

00:13:44 MAN: Will somebody check the refrigerator

00:15:29 and lived inside for almost two weeks

00:18:00 With approval to begin underwater testing in hand,

00:19:55 The divers would be shuttled back and forth

00:22:06 took a lungful of air and swam over to the lab.

00:24:32 and the real trick is to have this go well enough

00:26:46 The ocean drives climate, weather, regulates temperature.

00:29:41 about five or six feet.

00:31:45 and you have to get back there if you run out of air

00:33:58 and in the sea below.

00:36:19 On Christmas Eve, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8

00:38:29 instead of just orbit the Earth

00:41:06 than they had ever been in their lives.

00:43:13 NARRATOR: The bell reached the bottom around 4:00 a.m.

00:45:19 It wouldn't go into his mouth at all.

00:47:42 NARRATOR: By the time the aquanauts were released

00:50:08 Almost to a man, aquanauts went into the black programs.

00:52:25 to actually experience the blue part of the planet.