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Submersible Raft (1940s)

Reel Number: 250020-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 15:03:36

TC Ends: 15:11:58

Duration: 00:08:22

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Titles 15:04:05 Man swimming across pond, dives down & surfaces w/ submersible raft aka Davey’s Locker w/ two cans mounted on raft. Showing inflating to maximum buoyancy, then opening cans & setting up radio on stand stored in can. Setting up small generator stored in second can. 15:06:34 CU setting up radio set. 15:06:51 Wet storage compartment on sides of raft shown. Supplies unloaded containing canned goods & explosives. 15:07:38 Swimmer in water demonstrates method of submerging raft by opening exhaust valves. 15:08:35 OSS agent wearing breathing apparatus / Lambertson Unit into water to retrieve raft from deep water. Raft surfaces. 15:09:50 Man attaches small outboard motor to transom of raft. Moves slowly across pond w/ two men aboard. 15:10:38 Sinking raft. The End. Office of Strategic Services; WW2; WWII Commandos; Research; 1940s Military Inventions; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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