“TREASURE OF THE YUCATAN“ TRUE ADVENTURE TV SHOW EPISODE DIVING FOR SPANISH GOLD XD51664b

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This episode of the 1960s TV show “True Adventure“ is titled “Treasure of the Yucatan“. The show features a crew of scuba divers who seek Spanish doubloons that are supposedly located inside a shipwreck. The story also includes a segment with a witchdoctor. The expedition shown here was led by William Graham “Bumpy” Bell, a legendary underwater filmographer/photographer and the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell. Image of palm tree, canoe trailing behind a boat (0:47). Turtle, fish, and other marine life depicted in under water scenery (1:13). Image of human skull on the ocean floor (1:20). Sign with “Base Aerea Militar” and an image of a pirate (1:36). Helicopter “Aero Safari S.A.” lands (1:40). Four crew members: Bumpy Bell, his son Tinker, and expert divers Martin and Graham, exit helicopter to greet Ramon Zapata (1:54). “North American Chapter Scott-Azar Airlift” seen on side of vehicle (1:58). Crew drives through village of San Miguel (2:22). Crew and Ramon Zapata meet with Captain Eduardo Villanueva and receive story of ancient witch doctor (2:52). Crew, Ramon Zapata, and Captain Villanueva look at ancient Mayan map from the 1500s (3:37). Crew on ship check scuba gear (4:22). Captain Villaneuva leads crew to the lagoon depicted in ancient Mayan map (5:00). Crew being pulled through water on canoe (5:08). Man standing on ship mast as a lookout (6:07). Image of Captain Villaneuva (6:19). Men scuba diving searching for shipwreck (6:45). Two crew members Tinker and Graham scuba dive and locate shipwreck (7:45). Crew locates skeleton of human hand, a carved idol, and an old Spanish float (8:29). Tinker and Graham discover mouth of submarine cave (9:47). Dark inside of cave crawling with sea creatures (10:07). Lagoon surrounded by jungle (10:46). Graham trapped between rocks with limited air supply (12:06). Graham breaks free and he and Tinker make their way to the surface and back onto boat (12:36). Graham and Tinker scrubs dive 180-200 feet down in the ocean to search for more evidence of shipwreck (14:11). Graham attempting to ride a sea turtle (16:36-17:41). Graham and Ramon Zapata put their scuba gear on to explore the next cave (18:54). Graham and Ramon find an urns and skeletons (20:23). Cave begins to cave in while Graham and Ramon attempt to escape (21:30). Graham and Ramon return to the boat with one of the urns containing gold Spanish doubloons (22:08). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ 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