| THE BOY DIVER Teenage boy demonstrates a diving suit he has made himself. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6907 |
| Catalog #: | 500829 | |
| Clip Number: | 500829-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PSP 748 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:51 - 01:51:32 | |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia. | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Skills LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney SPORTS/WATER: Equipment SPORTS/WATER: Scuba & Deep-Sea Diving | |
| Description: | "Where is the boy who hasn't at one time or another dreamed of sunken treasure - and the joys of diving for it? Meet a game Sydney boy who makes his own diving gear." A home made diving suit is demonstrated. Sydney, Australia. Various shots of a 15 year old boy (Charlie?) getting into his home made diving suit. An older man (probably his father) helps him to put it on and some other boys assist. He wears a strange diving helmet that he has made himself, air is pumped into it. C/U of him adjusting the valve on his helmet. He lowers himself into the water. M/S of his friends on the surface - one of them pumps air into the suit with a motorcycle pump. Shots of the water - we can see the outline of the boy underwater. He emerges from the water and the narrator makes a joke about recovering gold bullion from the harbour. M/S of the boy packing up his diving outfit. | |
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