Diving De Luxe (1931)

Note: The location of the events in this film are unknown. Full titles read: “DIVING DE LUXE - Meet Pete Desjardins the crack Olympic Diver, and Champion of the World. Introduced by W.J. Howcroft the famous British Swimming Authority.“ M/S of Howcroft introducing the swimmer Desjardins who is from Stanford University, California. Various shots including slow motion shots of Desjardins jumping off high diving board. He performs several dives including the ’back pike dive’, ’a reverse dive’, ’a one and ’a half somersault’, and ’a two and a half somersault.’ 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British
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