Learning on ScreenSkin Diving
Series
- Series Name
- Roundabout
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: The new activity of skin diving for work or recreation relies on rubber for the aqualung and wet-suit. This item provides a brief history of diving, including the invention in 1943 of the aqualung. Shows divers lifting an anchor using waste air from their aqualungs to blow up a bag, which acts under water rather like a gas-filled balloon does in the air.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: The same story appeared in ‘Carrousel Britanico No. 2’ as ‘Diving To Riches’ and ‘Parade No. 2’ as ‘Sub Aqua’
- Keywords
- Water sports; Marine
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 45 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1072/10
- Credits:
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- 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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