Rare Tarpon Film Shows Early Sponge Divers at Sea

This rare film footage from 1932 shows "hardhat helmet" diving in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and is narrated by Lowell Thomas, was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler.

Here is the description offered with this most unusual piece of visual history of the life and times of early Tarpon Springs for the divers:

"Warnings about the dangers of the bends, sea turtles, barracuda, sharks, and tigerfish. From a film print.

"(Transferring films to video and researching the copyrights is very expensive, so please click on the advertisement at the beginning of the video. All revenue will be used to place more historic diving films onto Youtube for free public viewing.)"