Dakar - World’s Record Deep Sea Dive

Issue No.

54/16

Date Released

22 Feb 1954

Date covered

18 Feb 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

697

Stories in this Issue:

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Two French Naval officers plunge 2.5 miles into the Atlantic in their bathyscaphe - a new world record.

Keywords

Exploration and explorers

Locations

Dakar; Senegal

Footage sources

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Pathe Journal

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Length of story (in feet)

111

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