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Pirsch unter Wasser (1942)

Pirsch unter Wasser poster
Directed by
Rudolf Schaad
Genre
documentary film
Country
Nazi Germany
Runtime
16 min
Rated
0
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1942 documentary follows a team of students diving without tripods to film and photograph coral reefs in the Caribbean. They explore up to 17 meters deep using a camera and harpoon to capture underwater wildlife.

observationalhistoricadventurouslow-techserenecuriousunderwatereducational

What happens

Pirsch unter Wasser ist einer der weltweit ersten Unterwasser-Naturfilme. Ohne Stativ und in bis zu 17 Meter Tauchtiefe waren die Studenten um Hans Hass die ersten, die mit Kamera und Harpune in die tropischen Korallenriffe der Karibik vordrangen und sie in Foto und Film festhielten. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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