Hollywood dive movies?

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Manina... La fille sans voile (original title)

1h 26min | Adventure, Romance | December 1958



When a 25-year old Parisian student, Gérard Morere, hears a lecture about a treasure Troilus lost at sea after the Peloponnesian War, he thinks he knows where it is, thanks to a discovery ... See full summary »

Director:
Willy Rozier

Writer:
Willy Rozier

Stars:
Brigitte Bardot, Jean-François Calvé, Howard Vernon |

 

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IRME Director Mert Gokalp


short film (Turkey)

A boat and its working crew in the middle of the Mediterranean sea. A father, a captain, who never wants his boy to work on the sea. The boy finds work in another boat a result of his affection of the sea and learns diving from the cripple, Omer, a famous diver. Time passes and the boy ends up working on the captain’s boat. There is a sponge shortage. Crew is upset with frustration. The tension between the trilogy leads to a desolation in the middle of the sea and its bottom...

Previous screenings
2014

41st Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous-Marine | 2014

30 Oct – 2 Nov | Marseille, France

6th International Bosphorus Film and Video Festival | 2014

14 Nov – 28 Nov | Istanbul, Turkey

2015

Beneath the Waves | 2015

1 Jan – 31 Dec | United States

 

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Thanks for posting that. I live near Tarpon Springs, FL and there used to be a large sponge diving industry there. Tarpon Springs was also the location for much of the filming used in the 1953 movie, Beneath The 12 Mile Reef. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unfortunatelly now there are only a couple boats tied up at the sponge docks for the tourists to photograph and most of the sponges sold in the shops are imported.
The good news is that Nicholos Toth, grandson of Anthony Lerios (craftsman of the famous Lerios dive helmet), is still making helmets by hand using traditional methods. Most of them end up sitting on shelves in peoples collections or museums and never get used but it is good to know that at least someone is keeping the tradition alive. But when Toth is gone who will carry on the tradition?
Copper in the Arts Magazine: Nicholas Toth Dives Deep Into his Grandfather's Art

 

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The Snorkel (1958)
1h 30min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 22 July 1958 (West Germany)



Although the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her.

Director:
Guy Green

Writers:
Peter Myers (screenplay), Jimmy Sangster(screenplay) | 1 more credit »

Stars:
Peter van Eyck, Betta St. John, Mandy Miller |

 

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Black Water Gold (1970)
1h 13min | Adventure, Drama | TV Movie 6 January 1970

A scuba team, a marine archaeologist and a Mexican historian join forces to reach the wreck of an historic Spanish galleon before a well-armed commercial expedition does.
Director:
Alan Landsburg
Writers:
Alan Landsburg (story), Ervan Kerhane (teleplay) (as Erwan Kahane)
Stars:
Keir Dullea, Bradford Dillman, France Nuyen

 

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Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.
Director:
Jerry Jameson
Writers:
Arthur Hailey (novel), Michael Scheff (screenplay) | 3 more credits »
Stars:
Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten |

 

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Il tesoro di Rommel (1955)
1h 25min | Drama | 22 December 1955 (Italy)

The underworld of Cairo is alerted to certain moves of various people in the search for Rommel's treasure. Some are intent on the valuables, while others seek only the documents. The ... See full summary »

Director:
Romolo Marcellini

Writers:
Gino De Santis, Duncan Elliott | 3 more credits »

Stars:
Dawn Addams, Paul Hubschmid, Isa Miranda |

The underworld of Cairo is alerted to certain moves of various people in the search for Rommel's treasure. Some are intent on the valuables, while others seek only the documents. The searchers, each working for individual reasons, are: von Brunner, an ex-officer of Rommel's staff who seeks the treasure to aid families of the fallen; Wells, a famous American news photographer out for a scoop; Mrs. Fischer, owner of a luxury riverboat nightclub, who seeks the documents for a foreign power, and Krikorian, pretending to be helping Mrs. Fischer but is really interested in making what he can for himself. Sofia, a cabaret star for Mrs. Fischer, is in love with von Brmmer and unwittingly endangers her life when Mrs. Fischer discovers she is helping von Brunner in his quest.