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When she married Cousteau, she made a deal with him
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Becoming Cousteau

When she married Cousteau,she made a deal with him

When she married Cousteau,
she made a deal with him

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When she married Cousteau, she made a deal with him.
Duration
4 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:12
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 give you two children, Jean-Michel and Philippe, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
"I give you two children, Jean-Michel and Philippe,
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.