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1938 QUIRKY / NEW TECHNOLOGY: Sea life ball invention
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May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
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1:04Now PlayingDate: 18th August 1938
Location: SOUTHEND, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Sea Life-Ball 100 percent Safe
ENGLAND:
Semi view inventor holding life-ball. Semi view showing steps to ball & opening doors. Side view steps & ball. Semi CU closing door & pointing to air-vent. CU finger works brake which works valve. Semi CU closing porthole & pointing to anchor. Semi view lowering ball into imaginary water. Semi CU lifting off top & showing interior. CU showing interior of ball. Semi view showing interior stationery. CU inventor talks...Mr. Ronald Mason.
Sound Effects. Mason says it is totally impossible for people in his life-ball to die from exposure or drowning.
Ships and Boats; Inventions; Great Britain
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