Descent In Cavern Preparations (1953)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. Pierre St. Martin, Pyrenees, France. Several shots of expedition with pack horses making way through mist. M/S unloading pack horses. General view of cavern with cross sign. General view of the cavern. L/S wading through rapids. Various shots of frogmen dressing, receiving instructions and entering cavern in little one-man dinghies that they paddle along in, using their hands. (These last shots look quite surreal.) According to paperwork, the explorers are Louis Balancho, Georges Balancho, Michel Letrene and Daniel Espelly. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1