Mini-Submarine (1968)

Aldershot, Hampshire. Several shots show Explorer One, the world’s first one-man mini submarine being prepared for a demonstration; equipment is checked and a man gets into a wet suit. Some men help him to lift the submarine into an open air swimming pool - probably Aldershot Lido. The sub with the man sitting inside wearing breathing apparatus slowly submerges as it travels across the pool; onlookers point and take photographs. Underwater M/Ss of the sub drifting to the bottom of the pool; it doesn’t appear to be very functional, just an open box for a diver to sit in. Cuts exist - see separate record. 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