Discovery '66 Tv Show "The World Beneath the Sea" Part 2 Scuba, Mini Submarines, Sealab Xd30702 (1968)
1968 · Short film · 21 min
Synopsis
This episode of the TV show, Discovery ‘66, dates to the year 1966. Discovery (in several incarnations) was an innovative historical, cultural and educational documentary TV series for children that aired from 1962-1971 on ABC. It was originally hosted by Frank Buxton on aired on weekdays, but for most of the Sixties it could be found on Saturday afternoons or Sunday mornings. This episode "The World Beneath the Sea" opens with a diver in full scuba gear underwater. A submersible follows. The World Beneath the Sea, Part II. Animated introduction:46. Discovery ’66 with Bill Owen. Host Bill Owen (who succeeded Buxton in 1966) feeds some porpoises and then watches them perform stunts 1:35. The Navy trains porpoises to deliver messages 1:45. An animation shows how sonar works and measures distance from ship to ocean floor 2:30. Porpoises use sonar. Bill Owen stands beside a man in scuba gear, making a dive 2:50. Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci’s submersibles 3:05. A man in a hard hat diving helmet is shown 3:10. A diver is connected to his air by a hose connected to the ship 3:30. Jacques-Yves Cousteau invented the first underwater breathing apparatus 3:46. SCUBA for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. A diver breathes from a respirator 4:00. Divers stand on the shore and get ready to dive 4:23. Tropical fish 4:36. Divers wearing special equipment and using ropes dive to great depths 5:06. Scuba divers examine and feed the tropical fish 5:22. Scuba divers swim through…
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- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Discovery 66
- 1968
- The World Beneath The Sea
- Part 2
- Stock Footage
- Mini Submarines