urmaddad
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1937 Film of an Octopus Attack on a Helmet Diver with Rescue - YouTube
Staged, but very entertaining.
Staged, but very entertaining.
1937 Film of an Octopus Attack on a Helmet Diver
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floridakid
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Its amazing how far the field of marine biology has come
koozemani
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Did people really believe all that hooey? Amazing to see something from that era, but painful to listen to.
floridakid
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Yeah, I have never heard of an octopus referred to as "the face of sin"
koozemani
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Or the poisonous saliva
What's interesting is where did he find an Abalone in the Gulf of Mexico???? I didn't know we had Abalone, let alone octopus with 128 foot tentacles that are so hungry that sometimes they eat their own tentacles. The free diver who dove head first off the boat with his knife in his mouth is Capt Wallace Caswell Jr. who was chief of police in Panama City at the time.....
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urmaddad
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The underwater scene is definitely southern California, but I don't think that the audiences in the 1930's knew the difference.
Except for most divers I don't think audiences in 2011 would know the difference....
Every body knows a devil fish, a slimey, slithery, horrible symbol of sin (octopus) does not pose a hideous peril to a diver with it's unmitigated ferocity - it's the giant clams that clamp on to your foot that will kill you....
Even though it's just a movie (a really bad movie) I'm just glad the sea turtle and devil fish did not succeed in killing him with that combined attack on his air line and person. Golly...that was a close call.
I'm gonna stick with cave diving where it's nice and safe - except for the man eating giant albino crayfish...
Even though it's just a movie (a really bad movie) I'm just glad the sea turtle and devil fish did not succeed in killing him with that combined attack on his air line and person. Golly...that was a close call.
I'm gonna stick with cave diving where it's nice and safe - except for the man eating giant albino crayfish...
easydiver1
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I guess in 1937 people would not notice that the diver entered the water with no shoes and a heayweight belt. Once in the water he has shoes and front and rear mounted weights. later he has the belt back. Look for a 1930 movie called "The sea bat" for even older scenes of helmet divers. This time being attacked by a huge ray.
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