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Becoming Cousteau

Jean-Michel,what was it like on Calypso as a young kid?

Jean-Michel,
what was it like on Calypso as a young kid?

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Jean-Michel, what was it like on Calypso
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as a young kid?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:21
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.
I cannot compare with anybody else, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
I cannot compare with anybody else,
And it took many years for me to realize that this was very unusual. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And it took many years for me to realize that this was very ...
You have to be prepared to make all kinds of sacrifices. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
You have to be prepared to make all kinds of sacrifices.
You have to agree to have a very sketchy family life. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
You have to agree to have a very sketchy family life.
Philippe, - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Philippe,
Always doing dangerous things, fearing nothing. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Always doing dangerous things, fearing nothing.
And Philippe was the next king. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And Philippe was the next king.
In the perpetual darkness, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
In the perpetual darkness,
The oceanauts will try to repair a production type oil wellhead, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
The oceanauts will try to repair a production type oil wellh...
The petroleum companies had given Cousteau a contract - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
The petroleum companies had given Cousteau a contract
And he used the money to fund Calypso, and to continue his explorations. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And he used the money to fund Calypso, and to continue his e...
It may have been a wrong turn in his path to the future. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
It may have been a wrong turn in his path to the future.
But the world at that time - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
But the world at that time
So, for Cousteau, that was a means to an end. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So, for Cousteau, that was a means to an end.
Once we had finished this chapter, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Once we had finished this chapter,
So we turned this over to the industry, to use it. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So we turned this over to the industry, to use it.
But we wondered if we were doing the right thing. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But we wondered if we were doing the right thing.
They put the Jacques Cousteau footage on the air, - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
They put the Jacques Cousteau footage on the air,
One day I'm sitting in the house and I tell my wife, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
One day I'm sitting in the house and I tell my wife,
"Jacques Cousteau going underwater, around the world, - Becoming Cousteau 00:11
"Jacques Cousteau going underwater, around the world,