1.
GV ENGINE ON TRACK PAN TO WATER.
0.06

2.
CU ENGINE PAN TO NAME 'LULUBELLE'.
0.13

3.
CU PAN FROM..SIGN DOWN TRACK LEADING INTO WATER.
0.20

4.
SV TRACK ENTERING WATER.
0.22

5.
CU PROFESSOR JACQUES PICCARD IN GROUP.
0.26

6.
FULL CU..DITTO.
0.31

7.
SV DIVERS ENTER WATER.
0.35

8.
LV ENGINE WITH STEAM UP.
0.38

9.
SV ZOOM..FROM REAR OF ENGINE ENTERING WATER.
0.49

10.
SV WHEELS ENTERING WATER.
0.52

11.
GV PAN..ENGINE ENTERING WATER.
0.57

12.
CU CAMERAMAN.
1.01

13.
LV ENGINE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED.
1.07

14.
LV ONLOOKERS.
1.09

15.
GV AND SV..ENGINE SUBMERGED.
1.16

16.
GV PAN FROM..MAN WITH FLAG TO ENGINE LEAVING WATER.
1.22

17.
CU OBSERVER.
1.24

18.
LV ENGINE OUT OF WATER.
1.32



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Background: PLANS ARE WELL ADVANCED FOR A SERIES OF UNDER-WATER EXPERIMENTS IN LAKE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, BY PROFESSOR JACQUES PICCARD (SON OF THE LATE PROFESSOR AUGUSTE PICCARD) WITH HIS 'MESOSCAPHE'.

THE 'MESOSCAPHE' WILL BE BROUGHT TO LE BOUVERET, ON LAKE GENEVA, AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE EXPERIMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON AFTERWARDS. IN THE MEANTIME ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN TESTING THE RAILWAY LINES ON WHICH THE 'MESOSCAPHE' WILL BE LET DOWN UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE. FOR THE JOB THEY USED A PICTURESQUE OLD RAILWAY ENGINE, THE 'LULUBELLE', WHOSE 160 TONS (145 METRIC TONNES) WERE JUDGED EXPENDABLE - IF NECESSARY. 'LULUBELLE', WAS LOWERED GENTLY DOWN THE SLOPING LINES UNTIL SHE WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. THE SHE WAS BROUGHT UP AGAIN BEFORE FROGMEN WENT DOWN TO INSPECT THE LINE FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE.

WHOEVER HEARD OF A STEAM ENGINE TURNED MERMAID! 'LULUBELLE' IS ONE REJECT FROM THE AGE OF STEAM THAT HAS FOUND A NEW PURPOSE IN THIS MODERN AGE OF ELECTRICITY.

(PROFESSOR JACQUES PICCARD REGAINED THE WORLD RECORD FOR AN UNDER-WATER DESCENT IN 1960, WHEN HE REACHED A DEPTH OF 35,800 FEET (MORE THAN 10,000 METRES), OFF GUAM ISLAND, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.)