# "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (Movie) Diving Suits

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-movie-diving-suits/535786 "2010-04-12T00:03:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-movie-diving-suits/535786/1 "2010-04-12T00:03:27Z")

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In the 1954 Walt Disney film, I found those neat-looking diving suits really cool. Have any survived in the studio prop department?  
WEre they just ornaments worn over a standard aqualung? Or were they specially designed?

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-movie-diving-suits/535786/2 "2010-04-12T00:58:13Z")

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I honestly don’t know the status of any of the original prop suits, but replicas were made by one of my favourite people on the net.

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