Some historical motion pictures from the past..
Alexander Lebedev from Russia sent me these videos showing different models of rebreathers. Also shown are Hans and Lotte Hass and the rebreathers IPSA, Draeger model 138, Clearance Diver Breathing apparatus CDBA, Russian IDA 57, English Davis Submarine Escape apparatus DSEA, and Russian IDA 51M.
Therebreathersite was founded by Jan Willem Bech in 1999. After a diving career of many years, he decided to start technical diving in 1999. He immediately noticed that at that time there was almost no website that contained the history of closed breathing systems. The start for the website led to a huge collection that offered about 1,300 pages of information until 2019. In 2019, a fresh start was made with the website now freely available online for everyone. Therebreathersite is a source of information for divers, researchers, technicians and students. I hope you enjoy browsing the content!