Diving to Riches

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

2

Date Released

Sep 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

886

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Diving to Riches
2. 2Plastics - A Colour Kaleidoscope
3. 3Eight Million Coins a Year
4. 4Gaucho Riders
5. 5Jumping Champions
6. 6Pace of a Little Car
7. 7300 Miles Per Hour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

COI synopsis: Twenty years ago people only dived in search of fish, pearls and sponges. Nowadays the invention of the aqualung has started a tremendous new development - the systematic underwater farming of the sea’s riches to help feed the people of the world. The delicate mechanism of the aqualung depends upon rubber of which the diving suits themselves are made.

Researcher Comments

NB: The same story appeared in ‘Parade No. 2’ and ‘Roundabout No. 10’

Keywords

Fisheries; Inventions and discoveries; Marine

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1168/2

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Producer

Frances Cockburn

Producer

Rosanne Brownrigg

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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