Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
3,000 FEET UNDER THE SEA
Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown

Title reads: 3,000 Feet Under The Sea - Record Descent by Scientists in the Atlantic:

Men climb inside the Bathysphere (a round diving bell) they are sealed in and lowered of the side of a ship into the water Shot of woman on deck talking into a microphone Shot of man in bathysphere talking into microphone The Bathysphere is lifted out of the sea and back onto the deck of the waiting ship The sealed door is opened and the scientists climb out

Photographs (possibly mock ups) of creatures observed by the men when they were deep underwater

NB Not sure if this has anything to do with the explorer Auguste Piccard The dive was sponsored by the National Geographic Society among others

Note: There are two Piccards - Jean and Auguste They are identical twins so it is possible to confuse them in some records
British Pathe
00:00:53:00
Black & White
Mute
48207

Keywords

Bathysphere scientists photographs Jean Auguste Piccard Atlantic diving
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