Underwater Tv (1957)

Unissued / Unused material. Worlds first underwater television grab searches for the wreckage of Swiss DC3 aircraft. Lake Constance. Switzerland. MS panning shot of Lake Constance, camera holds the shot on the local train ferry. MS technicians loading the underwater television camera onto a truck on board the ferry. CU man looking on. MS technicians loading monitor set onto rail truck, the scene fades out. MS technician fixing the grab at night time before lowering into the lake. LS men onboard the ferry paying out the camera cable as camera and grab start to be lowered. MS grab being lowered into the water and camera pans to technician pushing the camera away from the side of the ferry. MS two technicians looking at monitor screen. CU television screen showing grab travelling over the lake bed. CU Colonel Hoegger watching from the ferry (he is in charge of the search). CU technicians looking at the monitor screen. CU television screen showing grab still searching the bottom of the lake. MS winch