Summary

DEPTH TRAP

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: DEPTH TRAP
File Number: LAC-55 16mm Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Educational
Year: 01/01/1970
Description: Color 1970s Scuba diving safety film dramatization A group of friends goes scuba diving in a murky kelp forest off of Catalina Island, and two of them have serious diving accident Coast guard paramedics come to their aid by both boat and helicopter and bring the pair to safety The bulk of the film consists of footage of an official inquiry, in which a group of experts in a conference room interview all of those involved in the accident and rescue operation exacting questions about the affair, in search of the facts Directed by Don Dornan 01:06:00:00 Color 1970s VS a marina, men walking along docks and on their moored boats 01:02:30:00 Color 1970s Two scuba divers heading toward surface of water, POV underwater 01:02:37:00 Color 1970s VS two scuba divers climb aboard boat out of the water, they take off their gear and are greeted by sailor man wearing a peaked sailor's cap 01:03:31:00 Color 1970s Scuba diver in water hanging onto side of boat 01:04:08:00 Color 1970s Scuba diver putting on oxygen tank 01:04:13:00 Color 1970s VS man wearing peaked sailor's cap on deck of boat, looking through binoculars 01:04:19:00 Color 1970s Diving accident medical emergency: VS scuba diver at surface of water with unconscious scuba diver in tow, she tries administreing CPR mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in the water 01:04:50:00 Color 1970s Man on boat sends out Mayday distress call over CB radio VS the message relayed between radio dispatchers, a Coast Guard boat, a doctor in hospital emergency room, etc 01:05:47:00 Color 1970s VS small Los Angeles Fire Department rescue truck speeding down street, and onto airport tarmac paramedics run out of the truck and board Coast Guard helicopter which then takes off 01:06:05:00 Color 1970s Two men board helicopter which is emblazoned with Sheriff, helicopter takes off 01:06:22:00 Color 1970s Emergency rescue operation: VS Coast Guard helicopter in flight over ocean VS INT helicopter in flight, with crew men wearing helmets and uniforms helicopter hovers above boat and lowers pramedic men and a stretcher to the boat by high-line paramedics attend to the sick injured on deck of boat 01:09:04:00 Color 1970s Scuba diving lesson: instructor and students wearing bathingsuits stand around poolside the class jumps into swimming pool for scuba lesson, POV underwater 01:09:41:00 Color 1970s VS scuba divers on deck of boat, preparing their gear 01:10:02:00 Color 1970s Two scuba divers, POV underwater 01:11:18:00 Color 1970s Five friends drinking glasses of wine together next to campfire on rocky beach 01:12:04:00 Color 1970s Scuba diving, VS POV underwater: divers take photographs, colorful fish swimm around them a ray a jellyfish divers signalling to each other with hands 01:14:27:00 Color 1970s Diving accident: scuba diver, VS POV underwater she discovers an unconscious scuba diver trapped in a lobster trap, she panics, swims away, and becomes entangled in kelp 01:15:53:00 Color 1970s Diving accident: two scuba divers come to aid of distressed scuba diver, POV underwater the scared diver speeds up toward the surface in a panic at the warer's surface she is given CPR mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by other diver, in the water 01:16:55:00 Color 1970s Diving accident: VS POV underwater scuba diver rescues other scuba diver trapped in a lobster box, frees him and carries him to the surface 01:17:32:00 Color 1970s Medical emergency at sea: VS lifeguard speed boat racing along coastline it pulls up alongside other boat and paramedics come to assistance of two unconscious people lying on deck, they administer CPR mouth-to-mouth resuscitation Reads realistically 01:19:40:00 Color 1970s Helicopter emblazoned sheriff on its side flies past CAM 01:19:44:00 Color 1970s Medical emergency: two injured sick people on stretchers are carried into building from helicopter, VS VS woman on stretcher is treated by group of technicians and doctors inside hyperbaric chamber for air embollism the bends, she eventually comes to and recovers her friends greet her and doctors tell her she is fine 01:23:47:00 Color 1970s VS POV underwater, scuba diver scuba diver reaches his hand into lobster trap and places a few caught lobsters in a bag, his arm becomes trapped, he struggles, panics and falls unconscious more shots at 01:25:38:00
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