Educational film about the use of diving in the USSR.
Divers put on their gear. Descent and ascent of divers. Checking gear. Gear for work in winter. Classes at the diving school. Diving station on board. Training center of the Central Marine Club of DOSAAF. Classes for divers working in the national economy. Treatment of decompression sickness in a decompression chamber. Divers work on the construction of hydroelectric power stations, laying pipes, extracting seafood, and raising sunken ships. Underwater welding, electric oxygen cutting. DOSAAF underwater sports club in Alushta. Scuba divers' classes.
Offshore oil industry – trestles, oil rigs at sea – general, wed, Poland.
Ship at sea – general, wed.
Ship that has suffered an accident – general, wed.
Construction of a hydroelectric power station – general, Poland.
Construction of a hydroelectric power station – general, Poland.
Laying a gas pipeline – general, Poland.
Diver lowering under water; divers working at these sites.
Diver at the bottom – collecting seafood.
Seafood emerges from the net.
Raising a sunken ship from the sea bottom – general, wed, Poland.
Diving helmets are put on by divers (naval personnel) on a training vessel – general, wed, cr.
Classes in a diving school for naval personnel in Sevastopol – misc.
The teacher explains (synchronously), shows diving equipment.
Cartoon: equipment - breathing apparatus, helmet, etc.
Close-ups of listening sailors.
Special vessel - diving station at sea - general.
Divers on the vessel - equipment is being checked before the diver's descent - various.
Diver's equipment - red.
Hands checking the equipment - red.
The foreman of the diving station gives the command "Dress the diver!" The diver is dressed, equipped - various.
The diver descends the ladder; weights are hung on him, a helmet is put on.
Hands secure the weights, tighten the nut, tie the rope, etc. - red.
The diver descends the ladder and submerges into the water; he descends to the bottom along the descent end (underwater filming).
Compressor, cylinders, pressure gauge and other devices - red.
Cartoon: diagram of the structure of the ear.
A diver underwater - at the trigger end.
Swallows and yawns - "blows air" - cr.
Rises up, dives again; descends to the bottom; checks the air supply, the cleanliness of the signal hose; walks along the bottom.
Underwater landscapes - the seabed.
Cartoon work: various schemes.
A diver loses a galosh from one foot; loses both galoshes, floats upside down, his comrades help him to rise.
Diving galoshes on the bottom.
Divers perform various jobs underwater: welding, electric oxygen cutting, suction of soil with a soil pump, washing away soil with a soil washing barrel - Wed, cr.
A sailor at the telephone on the deck - cr.
A diver underwater; approaches the signal end.
A diver in a recompression chamber.
The diver rises upward, stopping on the diving harness.
The support person in the compressor room gives the command.
Hands pull the rope on the ship; hand turns screw; pressure gauge – ed.
Diver climbs ladder.
Smiling face of diver – ed.
Ships on frozen sea – gen., cf.
Preparing equipment before diver’s descent in winter conditions.
Filling with hot water, pump refrigerator.
Hands insulate hose connections with felt pads – ed.
Hose lies on wooden flooring.
Air is blown through hose.
Hole is cut in ice.
Ice is scooped out of hole with ladle.
Diver dives into water.
Safety diver indoors.
Building of training center of DOSAAF Central Maritime Club – gen.
Sign on building.
Diving training sessions with IDA-57 oxygen apparatus.
Cylinder, oxygen supply mechanism, breathing bag, safety valve.
Checking apparatus operation.
Cartoon: breathing diagram in oxygen apparatus.
Checking equipment before diving – different.
Hands during checking – cro.
Checking the telephone exchange.
The diver is dressed and equipped – different.
The safety man is at the telephone.
Cartoon work: table, diagram.
The diver descends under water.
Hands on the rope – cro.
The diver works under the keel of the ship – general, wed.
The diver descends to the bottom, stands; walks along the bottom.
Underwater landscape – seabed.
Oxygen apparatus – cro, panorama.
The diver surfaces (the apparatus was carelessly checked).
Cartoon work: diagram of the lungs.
Recompression chamber – general.
Pressure gauge – cro.
Diver in the recompression chamber – different.
Doctor at the bedside of a sick diver.
Recompression unit – general.
Hand turns the tap – cro.
Pressure gauge – cro.
Building of the DOSAAF Underwater Sports Club in Alushta – general.
Scuba divers training on the seashore – misc.
Female scuba diver, scuba diver – cl.
Cartoon work: breathing pattern.
Scuba gear, lung demand valve, cylinders, filters, pressure gauges, etc. – cl., cl.
Charging scuba gear from a compressor.
Checking scuba gear – misc.
The scuba diver puts on a signal line with a buoy, fins, a mask, an aqualung, secures a knife and weights – misc.
Hands during preparation – cl.
A group of scuba divers on the seashore before diving.
Scuba divers enter the water, swim – misc.
Scuba divers perform various jobs underwater – gen., cl.
A scuba diver saws.
A scuba diver-archaeologist explores the seabed.
Seashore (bay), surf – gen.
Divers walk along the seabed – gen., panorama.
Divers come out of the water, carry mines.
Mines stacked on the shore.
Diving range – general, panorama, red.