1908 Francis Ward has made photoexperiments with help of cameras
in an artifical fresh water pool.

With the pictures of Francis Ward the science got new knowledge about the behaviour of animals under water.



 
1901
Publication of the book "La Photographie sous-marine - Étude sur l'État actuel de la Question et sur les Difficultés qu'elle présente" by Pierre GUICHARD
1901
Publication of the book by A.L. DONNADIEU : "La Photographie des Objets immergés"
1901
First underwater stereo recording in the Lac D'Annecy by Dr. E. ADENOT
1905
Photos trough the surface of the Lake Michigan by Professor Jacob REIGHARD
1907
Jacob REIGHARD makes with a camera underwater pictures at the Tortugas-Islands
1908
Étienne PEAU takes pictures in the port of Le Havre
1908
RUDEAUX is making pictures in small salt water lakes
1908
Description of the gadget for underwater work from Charles WILLIAMSON
1908
Study of the perspective of fishes by Francis WARD
1909
First pictures of WARD with his underwater camera
1911
The first book of F. WARD ["Marvels of Fish Life as revealed by the Camera"]
1912
First autochromes and documente films of diving animals by Francis WARD
1913
Pictures of John Ernest WILLIAMSON, who thought to be the pioneer in the underwaterphotographie
1913
CASPARIS makes pictures out of his "Thalassioscop"
1914
John Ernest WILLIAMSONS first expedition to the Bahamas  and underwater films (He thought to be the first). His first film "The Williamson Expedition Submarine Motion Pictures" can be seen around the world
1915
J.E. WILLIAMSON : starts with the film "20 000 miles beneath the sea" by Jules Verne
1916
Experiments with the automatic camera of Hans HARTMAN
1918
The english company SIEBE-GORMAN & Co makes an apparature,
which is used during the world war
1919
Publication of the second book by F. WARD ["Animal Life Under Water"]
1919
"The lonely wreck", a film by the german C.H. HEILAND
1920
A panoramic SIEBE-apparature is used to seek for german bombs in mines in Belgium and France
1922
First camera of Professor Paul BARTSCH (Smithsonian Institution)
1924
Ralph ("Roy") Waldo MINER and John Ernest WILLIAMSON are filming underwater near the Bahamas for the "American Museum of Natural History"
1925
Kinematografischer zylinder by Hans HARTMAN
1926
At the Dry Tortugas Islands William H. Longley and Charles Martin make autochromes for the National Geographic Magazine (They think they are the first)  the pictures are in the magazine january 1927
1928
William BEEBES makes an expedition to Haïti and films by Floyd CROSBY
1931
The 16 mm camera of the american E. JOHNSON is developed
1931
Description and prototyp of an underwater filmcamera by Hans HARTMAN

     Pictures: Francis Ward