The Boy Diver (1932)

A home made diving suit is demonstrated. Sydney, Australia. Introductory intertitle reads: “Where is the boy who hasn’t at one time or another dreamed of sunken treasure - and the joys of diving for it? Meet a game Sydney boy who makes his own diving gear.“ Various shots of a 15 year old boy (Charlie?) getting into his home made diving suit. An older man (probably his father) helps him to put it on and some other boys assist. He wears a strange diving helmet that he has made himself, air is pumped into it. C/U of him adjusting the valve on his helmet. He lowers himself into the water. M/S of his friends on the surface - one of them pumps air into the suit with a motorcycle pump. Shots of the water - we can see the outline of the boy underwater. He emerges from the water and the narrator makes a joke about recovering gold bullion from the harbour. M/S of the boy packing up his diving outfit. The narrator is Australian. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE