The Bottom Scratchers Documentary

The Bottom Scratchers is a 90-minute documentary about the first amateur diving club in America. A few years into the Great Depression, three young friends, Glenn Orr, Jack Prodanovich, and Ben Stone, discovered that the abundant marine life off their San Diego beaches could feed their families and friends. The extraordinary journey, from the time Glenn Orr found and shared early swimming goggles in 1932 to becoming skilled ocean hunters, led the Bottom Scratchers to advocate for conservation efforts—a legacy that is even more critical today.