Diving Tips from watching Thunderball

[The Kraken]

I bet she could out run them.

the K

 

[Vtdiver2]

I bet she could out run them.

the K

Then again, maybe she doesn't want to :05:
Looks like she has one of those "hurts so good" looks on her face:wow_2:
C-Dawg

 

[JS1scuba]

Here are a few lessons I learned from watching Thrunderball, made in 1965.

Guys in white tanks don't need scooters.

Putting on a double breasted blazer immediatley following diving is chic.

Eye patches don't wilt when wet.

Hot women have "guardians"

No one has dive hair after a dive.

Calypso cameras need no light to shoot under a boat.

Doubles always look cooler than singles ....


<i was watching the other night too!>

Cheers

 

[RonFrank]

Oh, about the B/C's . . . we didn't have them back then.

the K (note the ancient age wrinkles in the skin in the avatar)

They were used in other shots... I thought

The BC was introduced in 1956...

Actually I love watching the old Bond movies... don't ask me why :11:

http://www.bondmovies.net/girls/barbara-bach4.jpg

 

[The Kraken]

They were used in other shots... I thought

The BC was introduced in 1956...

Actually I love watching the old Bond movies... don't ask me why :11:

http://www.bondmovies.net/girls/barbara-bach4.jpg

Didn't say they hadn't been invented . . . just said we didn't have them (but did sound rather universal, didn't it?)
I took the cheap course . . .

 

[RonFrank]

Wow... does that mean that DIR folks are really bad?

By the way, in 1965 we didn't use BCD's (at least the majority of divers I knew), but weight belts were in use.

How did one dive without a BCD? You just fin to keep off the bottom? What happened to the poor soul that was 10lbs overweighted? Did they just sink like a rock until they hit the bottom?

 

[The Kraken]

Watch some of the old "Sea Hunt" episodes and see how much of the time the divers were actually touching the bottom.

Different times, different concerns . . .

Keep in mind that back in the 50', 60's and into the early 70's recreational scuba diving was a very, very small industry/hobby/sport (you pick your definition)

the K

 

[DA Aquamaster]

With no BC's they were a bit behind the times in "Thunderball" and even more so in the '83 Bond movie "Never Say Never Again". In that movie the bad guys graduated to black suits with grey stripes (and yellow stripes for the big cheese bad guy in charge.) But at least they still had one gratuitous speargun shooting.

I noticed lot's of Dacor 900 Pacer XL's in that movie as well as a 600 and what may have been a 360. Apparently Dacor did not pay for any branding in the movie as the decals on most of the purge buttons seem to have been removed.

 

[PhotoTJ]

I still want a tank/dpv/dive light with pnumaticly fired powerheads. That would get you some respect!

 

[quarrydiver68]

Where are all the hot scuba babes these days anyway?

But no matter how hard we try we will never look as cool as James Bond when diving.