https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/176863c3-bdf6-4de9-9806-d0e42ed34a28 Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Website: https://PeriscopeFilm.com Shot by an unknown filmmaker, this 1952 home movie shows abalone harvesting off the coast of Southern California. In Southern California, wild abalone was historically harvested along the mainland coast—particularly around Point Conception, Palos Verdes, and San Diego—and at the Channel Islands National Park. Prized spots included Santa Catalina, San Clemente, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa islands. 00:00 Film starts 00:09 Abalone shells displayed on the dive boat 00:19 A marina with ships in their berths 00:29 An unknown man in a SCUBA diving suit preps for diving, dives into the water, and is shown coming back onto the boat. 01:10 Another diver is shown in the water with a long knife and a net used to harvest abalone 1:24 Shots from the dive boat as the vessel comes back into port 1:40 A man wearing a captain's hat sharpens a knife on a stone 2:09 A man writes in a ledger and then makes faces at the camera 2:20 A long pier is shown on the Pacific Ocean 3:25 Shots of two people sunbathing in the back of a family home 3:37 Shot of sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway 3:40 A marina at sunset, possibly San Pedro 4:01 Lifeguard training swim, or possibly a swim competition, possibly at Santa Catalina Island. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit https://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9MbOEtPdw Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:25:34 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/176863c3-bdf6-4de9-9806-d0e42ed34a28 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.