Film

Marineduikers: duikersopleiding voor mariniers op het MS Soemba

Polygoon-Profilti (producent)

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On the motor vessel Soemba, which is moored in the port of Den Oever, a select group of marines are being trained as divers. SHOTS: MS Soemba in Den Oever harbour; marines rapidly don their equipment after an alarm signal; divers examine hull for possible sabotage acts; diver equipped with old-fashioned diver's suit with helmet and air hose lowers to the bottom; divers perform maintenance work; Diver is placed in decompression tank after surfacing too quickly; decompression tank is transferred to the pressure chamber, where the man is examined by a doctor; divers jump from the sailing ship into the water via rubber boat; divers jump from helicopter and from aircraft with parachute over the sea.

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