| A NEW WORLD'S RECORD Australians show of a new design of deep sea diving suit in | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5477 |
| Catalog #: | 97559 | |
| Clip Number: | 97559-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 32/88 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:30 - 01:31:00 | |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Misc SPORTS/WATER: Scuba & Deep-Sea Diving | |
| Description: | GAZETTE "Sydney, Australia. A new World's Record - in deep sea diving. Wonderful new diving suit enables diver to descend 170 feet - stay there an hour & rise in 3 mins - unharmed. Look & listen closely!" Sydney, Australia. A man in a cumbersome deep sea diving suit climbs over the edge of a boat. The suit was designed by A R Clifford and J Cantock (?). Diver Lock moves himself away from the boat on a rope and then begins to descend - to the deepest part of Sydney Harbor. Bubbles rise from where he has gone down. Sound track has what purports to be a conversation between the ship and the diver. A bag is sent down from the ship on a rope - it disappears under the water. Men on the ship turn the handles of a machine - either a winch or the air supply pump. The bag is hauled back up and men on the ship check its contents. The diver now rises to the surface and is helped back on board. Great shots of the diver in his suit posing in a studio. He looks very awkward and uncomfortable, but it presents an interesting look at early diving equipment. An interviewer asks him if he saw any sharks. | |
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