![Down to the Sea in Slips--This weird looking object, a cross between a fir closs cooker and a bouquet of balloon tires, is a new deep sea diving device shown in operation at Genoa, Italy, in the Universal Newsreel. It is designed for treasure salvaging and on the day this picture was made the man in the machine was prowling [t]he ocean floor in search of a rich copper cargo sunk [du]ring the World War.](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:kp78kr318/image_access_800.jpg)
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Down to the Sea in Slips--This weird looking object, a cross between a fir closs cooker and a bouquet of balloon tires, is a new deep sea diving device shown in operation at Genoa, Italy, in the Universal Newsreel. It is designed for treasure salvaging and on the day this picture was made the man in the machine was prowling [t]he ocean floor in search of a rich copper cargo sunk [du]ring the World War.
Universal Pictures Corporation · [ca. December 1931]
[Information from item housing] Diving: Devices
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