Diving

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

936

Date Released

1976

Filmed

Sep 1976

Length of issue (in feet)

178

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Diving

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: A shortage of underwater engineers, and the dangers to those who are working at great depths under the North Sea oil rigs, led the British government to set up one of the biggest commercial diving training centres in the world. Maggie Palmer visits the centre in the Scottish Highlands and watches novice and advanced divers as they master first the basic principles and then the techniques of advanced work under formidable pressure, for prolonged periods of great depth.

Researcher Comments

The location is the Underwater Training Centre at Loch Linnie, Fort William, Scotland. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Education and training; Health and medicine; Swimming; Energy resources

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/936

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Maggie Palmer

Presenter

Maria Almendra

Cutter

Mike Willcox

Camera

Ogam Films

Director

Patrick Wyand

Producer

Sylvia Eley

Support services

Zakiya Powell

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Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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