I have seen several forums on which engineers listed their
favorite engineering movies. Of course they place "Apollo 13,"
"The Flight of the Phoenix," and others at the top of the lists.
If you missed the two-part Public Broadcasting Service show,
"Azorian: The Raising of the K-129," you're in for awe-inspiring
engineering experience. In my opinion, this film would receive
the number-one position on a list of engineering films. On 8
March 1968, the Russian submarine K-129 sank in the north-
central Pacific, likely as a result of an accident, although the
cause remains unknown. The Russians could not locate the sunken
sub, but US acoustic sensors detected its implosion, and
triangulation placed the sunken sub within a 5-mile-square area.
Given the known location of a possible treasure trove of raw
information, US intelligence experts mounted Project Azorian,
which would attempt to raise a portion of the sunken submarine.
The CIA hoped to obtain codebooks, and secure communication
equipment, undamaged ballistic