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[Jacques Cousteau and crew testing yellow saucer], 1959

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C

Scope and Contents

Testing of underwater saucer (Soucoupe). Likely footage of testing of the Diving Saucer, (Soucoupe plongeante, or the SP-350 Denise) a small submarine developed by Jacques Cousteau in 1959.

Dates

  • 1959

Extent

1 film : Color; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Kodachrome Print ; 16mm

5 minutes

450 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

General

Digitized in 2023 under the WCS Archives' Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative.

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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