Year

1945

Video Details

2:37; color; silent; V-257; BA437

Description

This film includes excellent color footage of expert high divers diving from the tower platform at Wakulla Springs. Men and women dive off springboards mounted to the tower, performing a variety of diving techniques, including forward, reverse and twisting somersaults. The divers then move to the highest platform to perform various dives, including handstand dives. A small crowd of swimsuit-clad onlookers watches from different levels of the tower. There are shots of a floating platform and views of the wooded areas beyond the springs. A woman sitting on a smaller floating platform waves at the camera.

Geographic Subject

Wakulla Springs
Wakulla County

Coverage

Florida during World War II (1939-1945)

Subject

Diving
Wakulla Springs