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Becoming Cousteau

Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy

Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy

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Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:18:51
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure, biography
Production
National Geographic,The Cousteau Society,Story Syndicate,Ace Content,Diamond Docs,National Geographic Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.
Cousteau was trying to finance a new boat - Becoming Cousteau 00:10
Cousteau was trying to finance a new boat
It was like electricity in the air, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
It was like electricity in the air,
Cousteau was going to make the Aqualung famous. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Cousteau was going to make the Aqualung famous.
And they were going to try to break a record. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And they were going to try to break a record.
The first person to go down, Maurice Fargues, died that day. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
The first person to go down, Maurice Fargues, died that day.
"Fargues is the first of my team that I see disappear. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
"Fargues is the first of my team that I see disappear.
"If it is not asking too much of these men - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"If it is not asking too much of these men
After the death of Fargues, it was no longer the "Three Musketeers". - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
After the death of Fargues, it was no longer the "Three...
My grandfather just knew it had to be different for him. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
My grandfather just knew it had to be different for him.
He said, "His death must not be in vain. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
He said, "His death must not be in vain.
"It is up to us to learn from it, and the lessons it contains". - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"It is up to us to learn from it, and the lessons it co...
And he was one of the first to realize how precious the reef is... - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And he was one of the first to realize how precious the reef...
And he told Cousteau they have a role to play to protect it. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
And he told Cousteau they have a role to play to protect it.
But at the time, Cousteau had another agenda. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But at the time, Cousteau had another agenda.
Calypso was basically a minesweeper, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Calypso was basically a minesweeper,
And I acquired her for very little money, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
And I acquired her for very little money,
And she has gone practically everywhere around the world with me. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And she has gone practically everywhere around the world wit...
We are at sea, at long last, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
We are at sea, at long last,
We have started with a full-scale expedition - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
We have started with a full-scale expedition
Since we left, bad weather has never stopped. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Since we left, bad weather has never stopped.