Mocean Video        

Master helmet designer and builder, Bob Kirby, presents a class on  helmet building and restoration  for students from Australia and the US.  The three day seminar covered a full range of skills and knowledge needed to successfully build a Kirby style diving helmet.  DVD, 1 hour 41 minutes, 16 Chapters.   $29.95 plus shipping.  Calculate Postage.

"HDS Canada believes strongly that this sort of archival documentatiion should be one of the primary objectives of all the international HDS groups."  Dr. Phil Nuytten, Nuytco Research

A surprising look into the little known history of Pacific Northwest diving.  Beginning on the Lower Columbia River in the 1870's, Oregon's diving industry pre-dates that of Southern California, the Japanese Abalone industry in Monterey, and Florida's Greek sponge divers.  Fisheries, construction, and salvage divers were the core of this industry until change came in the 1950's through the advent of SCUBA and lightweight diving equipment.  DVD, 51 minutes, XX Chapters.  $20.00 plus shippimg.  Calculate postage.

 "A litle known chapter in American diving history is revealed in a fascinating new film, Swirling Dark Water......tells the story of the men and women who pioneered Oregon's diving history."   E. R. Cross

Produced by Mocean Video exclusively for the Historical Diving Society USA and available through the HDS Website

Interview with a Master Diver covers the 60 year diving career of Americas preeminent diver, E. R. Cross, includes Cross's personal reflections on his career, diver education and safety, and  contains photographs and film from Cross's personal collection. 

Also produced for the Historical Diving Society USA and available through the HDS website, Glass,  Brass, and Copper tells the story of the development of the diving helmet, and delves into the mystique that surrounds the helmet and the helmet's significance in history.