I remember a scene from a late movie from around 1980. There was a group of kids trapped underground in a cave or something. They were trying to find a way out but had to cross a portion of the tunnel that was waist to chest deep in water. I remember them carrying their clothes over there heads. That’s all I can remember of it. I have not seen it since, so it probably wasn’t very popular. The version I saw was in English, but it may have been dubbed, as some other movies I watched from the same time period.
sounds like a scene from the oft asked-about Fortress (1985)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091069/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
Maybe it’s The Goonies?
It’s not Fortress and definitely not as popular as Goonies. I should have mentioned it wasn’t Fortress in the description.
An anecdote. It was watching Fortress, that reminded me of the one I am asking about. I remember thinking, that it made sense to carry your clothes over your head to keep them dry, but why bother to remove them when you are going to be swimming underwater. Wouldn’t it be easier to wear the clothes through the underground tunnel than try to drag them through with you? You could then take them off to wring them out and dry in the sun after your escape.
Im trying to find a movie that sounds just like this. I watched it in the 1990s roughly. All I remember about it was about the same as what you said, but what they did with their clothes was make an air bubble in the water and they were able to finally swim out of a cave. I think one of them was some sort of scuba diver because he knew that the clothes or something else would help them escape(via air bubble). Because they wouldnt be able to hold their breath for that long alone.