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Becoming Cousteau

We are thrown from one sideto another, 24 hours a day

We are thrown from one side
to another, 24 hours a day

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.087
We are thrown from one side to another, 24 hours a day.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:21
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.
And I spent a horrible night fearing for my vessel. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And I spent a horrible night fearing for my vessel.
So we sailed north again and found a very good shelter. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So we sailed north again and found a very good shelter.
"I have that feeling of trespassing when I submerge. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
"I have that feeling of trespassing when I submerge.
"We're land animals - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"We're land animals
"Nature warns us 'Don't go.' - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
"Nature warns us 'Don't go.'
Setting off dynamite to count the fish at the surface, you know, - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Setting off dynamite to count the fish at the surface, you k...
This is an underwater hunt - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
This is an underwater hunt
These men are searching not for pink pearls, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
These men are searching not for pink pearls,
"The only field in which I know I am gifted is cinema. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"The only field in which I know I am gifted is cinema.
When I was about 12, I saw my first underwater films. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
When I was about 12, I saw my first underwater films.
People at that time had no idea what was going on under the surface. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
People at that time had no idea what was going on under the ...
That's when I understood the strength, the power of images. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
That's when I understood the strength, the power of ima...
I began to make little stories about the marriage of my cousin. - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
I began to make little stories about the marriage of my cous...
And also, with my brother, we imagined a gangster story. - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
And also, with my brother, we imagined a gangster story.
During all those years, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
During all those years,
And after I invented the Aqualung, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And after I invented the Aqualung,
But, to photograph underwater I had to put a camera in a housing. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But, to photograph underwater I had to put a camera in a hou...
"I become furious - Becoming Cousteau 00:13
"I become furious
"I dreamed of being the John Ford or John Huston of the ocean." - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
"I dreamed of being the John Ford or John Huston of the...
"A moment of grace, - Becoming Cousteau 00:11
"A moment of grace,