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Becoming Cousteau

I must admit that I once proposed this,but I don't think that we are going to developan...

I must admit that I once proposed this,
but I don't think that we are going to develop
an underwater civilization

Full Transcript

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I must admit that I once proposed this, but I don't think
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that we are going to develop an underwater civilization.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:23
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.
We should first build a good civilization on land. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
We should first build a good civilization on land.
In 1954, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
In 1954,
Where in which there was a sequence, - Becoming Cousteau 00:11
Where in which there was a sequence,
And, uh, our men got so furious, that they brought them on board the ship, - Becoming Cousteau 00:11
And, uh, our men got so furious, that they brought them on b...
It was a real slaughter of these sharks, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
It was a real slaughter of these sharks,
All right. Now, recently, I saw that film again - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
All right. Now, recently, I saw that film again
Mentality has changed - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Mentality has changed
So it is a duty for us to share these things with them. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So it is a duty for us to share these things with them.
And we often discuss this, Philippe and I, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
And we often discuss this, Philippe and I,
It's a great satisfaction to find the same understanding - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
It's a great satisfaction to find the same understandin...
- That's wonderful. - Well, the basic philosophy I think - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
- That's wonderful. - Well, the basic philosophy I thin...
I commit Calypso to the perilous Drake Passage - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
I commit Calypso to the perilous Drake Passage
But at the approach of these polar waters, we feel alien. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
But at the approach of these polar waters, we feel alien.
The red algae gives us a waving, inviting welcome. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
The red algae gives us a waving, inviting welcome.
Along the cliff, down to one hundred feet, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Along the cliff, down to one hundred feet,
I am eager to take down the diving saucer, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
I am eager to take down the diving saucer,
Dull, cracking sounds are warnings - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Dull, cracking sounds are warnings
It is a giant crystal, melting under my eyes. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
It is a giant crystal, melting under my eyes.
I'm not one of these people who have to have a thrill. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
I'm not one of these people who have to have a thrill.
But you too, I think we, we all in the family, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
But you too, I think we, we all in the family,