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Becoming Cousteau

"I give you two children,Jean-Michel and Philippe, "and you give me the sea."

"I give you two children,
Jean-Michel and Philippe, "and you give me the sea."

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"I give you two children, Jean-Michel and Philippe,
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"and you give me the sea."
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:17
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.
Simone started coming with us, on all my expeditions. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Simone started coming with us, on all my expeditions.
And after two years, we already knew how to dive very well. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And after two years, we already knew how to dive very well.
But we had an inner urge to go deeper and further. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
But we had an inner urge to go deeper and further.
In order to go deeper, in order to stay longer, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
In order to go deeper, in order to stay longer,
"I took normal breaths in a slow rhythm, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
"I took normal breaths in a slow rhythm,
"I felt no increase in water pressure." - Becoming Cousteau 00:15
"I felt no increase in water pressure."
"But unfortunately, our Utopia was doomed to disappear." - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"But unfortunately, our Utopia was doomed to disappear....
Within four short weeks, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Within four short weeks,
After France surrendered, my wife and I didn't sleep much. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
After France surrendered, my wife and I didn't sleep mu...
I always had a gun in my pocket, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
I always had a gun in my pocket,
For my grandfather and for Cousteau, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
For my grandfather and for Cousteau,
"And it was during the war that I realized that the autonomous diving suit - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
"And it was during the war that I realized that the aut...
"There were hundreds of jobs for divers in the scuttled fleet, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"There were hundreds of jobs for divers in the scuttled...
"So when the war was over, I told officials at the Navy Ministry - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
"So when the war was over, I told officials at the Navy...
Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy.
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.