Deep Diving Trials Unit 1965

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Title reads: "DEEP DIVING TRIALS UNIT".

Royal Naval Physiological Laboratory, Gosport, Hampshire.

L/S new building housing the ultra-deep sea diving tank. Interior; two divers enter the chamber. C/U heavy door is shut and sealed after them. M/S inside the chamber as one of the divers...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55326
Sort Number:
65/020
Time in/Out:
01:05:45:00 / 01:07:04:00
Canister:
65/20
Film ID:
1796.05
Issue Date:
08/03/1965

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