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The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau ★ 7.9(18) 1968 1 Season Ended
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The intrepid undersea explorer and author circles the globe on his floating laboratory, Calypso, in this occasional series. A pioneer in marine study, the red-capped Frenchman introduced generations of landlubbers to the creatures and mysteries of the sea.
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Season 1 — 36 Episodes E1 · 50m
Sharks
Captain Cousteau and his ship the Calypso visit the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden in order to study shark behaviour and to test methods of protecting shipwreck and air crash victims from shark attacks. Ichthyologist Dr. Eugenia Clark joins the Calypso crew to study shark behavior and test shark repellents.
E2 · 50m
Savage World of the Coral Jungle
The team travels to the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, an area teeming with animal and plant life, and where numemous complex relationships between different species are played out on a daily basis. Cousteau and his men find a well-ordered universe housing a highly complex community on the coral reef.
E3 · 50m
Search in the deep
The island ot Europa, in the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar, is the foremost breeding ground of the mysterious sea turtle. The crew's cameras follow the turtles' mating rituals, the females' laboured journey up the beach to lay their eggs, and the fight for survival of the newly-hatched babies. The Calypso crew films the undersea mating dance and subsequent egg-laying of the sea turtle.
E4 · 50m
Whales
The Calypso divers study finback, sperm and killer whales, monitoring their migratory habits by planting small tags in their skin. Captain Cousteau also recounts the romance and legend of the great whales. Cousteau and his crew implant tracking devices into whales off the coasts of Madagascar and California.
E5 · 50m
The Unexpected Voyage of Pepito and Cristobal
Captain Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso adopt a pair of fur seals off the Cape of Good Hope. During an Atlantic crossing the men begin to establish a relationship of trust and friendship with the mammals. Cousteau and his crew take two wild seal pups aboard for study.
E6 · 50m
Sunken Treasure
The crew sets out on a treasure hunt to the Caribbean in search of the wreck of La Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, a Spanish ship that sank over 300 years ago carrying more than $2m in silver and gold.
E7 · 50m
The Legend of Lake Titicaca
The divers travel inland to Peru's Lake Titicaca, testing experimental techniques for diving at high altitude for the first time. Deep in the lake they discover a unique species of frog whose lungs have atrophied like fish, they die when removed from the water. Cousteau's divers investigate the lake's legend of Inca treasure. The treasure proves to be illusory, but ancient pottery and a unique species of aquatic frog are found.
E8 · 50m
The Desert Whales
The Calypso crew follows 35-ton California gray whales on their annual breeding migration. The crew of the Calypso studies the little-known California grey whale, as this once-endangered species embarks on its 5,000-mile annual breeding migration. The team observes the intimate relationships between these creatures, including mating and the feeding of a baby grey.
E9 · 50m
The Night of the Squid
The crew observes as 20 million squid amass in coastal waters to mate, spawn and die. In the waters off southern California the Calypso happens upon the savage, yet touching, spawning ritual of the sea arrow squids of the Pacific. From their exotic mating dance to the microscopic battle for survival of the newly-hatched young, the entire cycle is captured on film by the crew.
E10 · 50m
Return of the Sea Elephant
Cousteau and his team study the life and death of the sea elephant, a massive sea mammal which returns each year to the small island of Guadalupe for ritual combat, mating and breeding. Finally, the divers discover the sea elephants' secret graveyard, 25 fathoms below the waves. The crew studies the massive creatures as they mate and nurse on Guadalupe.
E11 · 50m
Those Incredible Diving Machines
The history of underwater exploration is traced from the days of Alexander the Great to the development of the aqualung in 1942, the first bathyscaphe in 1948, the diving saucer in 1959, through to a new fleet of modern deep sea submersibles. A photographic essay traces man's endeavors and advances in undersea exploration.
E12 · 50m
The Water Planet
After more than 140,000 nautical miles travelled aboard the Calypso, and having shot around two million feet of film, Cousteau shares his personal thoughts on the challenges they face filming the infinite phenomena of the water planet. Cousteau presents a behind-the-scenes look at the motivations and challenges driving his crew.
E13 · 50m
Tragedy of the Red Salmon
The Cousteau team follows the spawning migration of the red sockeye salmon from the open sea to the Alaskan waters of their birth, up the Salmon River to remote Fraser Lake.
E14 · 50m
Lagoon of Lost Ships
Truk lagoon in the South Pacific, the site of a fierce battle during WWII, is now home to around 50 sunken Japanese vessels. The crew explores the Pacific lagoon to learn how marine life adapts to foreign matter. The divers discover an uncharted sunken freighter, complete with the skeletons of its long-dead crew.
E15 · 50m
The Dragons of Galapagos
The crew journey to the Galapagos Islands to study the marine iguana, a mysterious dragon-like creature that has reversed the course of evolution and returned to the sea for food and survival.
E16 · 50m
Secrets of the Sunken Caves
The strange geological phenomenon of 'blue holes' is investigated by Captain Cousteau and his team, as they discover an undersea 'cathedral' one hundred feet below the surface.
E17 · 50m
The Unsinkable Sea Otter
In the North Aleutian Islands, Cousteau and his crew observe the rough courtship and tender mating of the sea otter, before continuing to Monterey where the otter's existence is being threatened by man-made hazards such as pollution and illegal hunting.
E18 · 50m
The Forgotten Mermaids
The crew travels to the cypress glades of East Florida to film the manatee, a vegetarian creature of the sea whose closest living relative is the elephant. Learning of the plight of 'Sewer Sam', a manatee trapped in the sewers of Miami, the team attempts to help return Sam to the river.
E19 · 50m
Octopus, Octopus
The crew studies the eight-armed octopus's life cycle and ongoing evolutionary process.
E20 · 50m
A sound of dolphins
The crew isolates a pair of dolphins to study the species' remarkable sonar system.
E21 · 50m
A smile of the walrus
The crew films the walrus lolling on Arctic ice floes and swimming in the frigid sea.
E22 · 50m
500 million years beneath the sea
The crew dives at night to observe the Nautilus -- a living marine fossil.
E23 · 50m
Hippo!
The crew swims among crocodiles to capture the quick-tempered hippo in action beneath the water.
E24 · 50m
The singing whale
The Calypso crew records the plaintive, melodious songs of migrating humpback whales.
E25 · 50m
South to fire and ice
The crew climbs glaciers, examines whale bones and watches a volcano.
E26 · 50m
The flight of penguins
The crew observes penguins feeding, mating and raising young.
E27 · 50m
Beneath the frozen world
The crew dives below the ice, and sails above in a hot-air balloon.
E28 · 50m
Blizzard at Hope Bay
The disabled Calypso becomes trapped during a three-day blizzard.
E29 · 50m
Life at the end of the world
The Calypso sails to Tierra del Fuego to film the disappearing Qawashqar Indians.
E30 · 50m
Beavers of the north country
Underwater cameras capture beavers at work and resting in their dams during winter.
E31 · 50m
The coral divers of Corsica
Cousteau studies the rapidly disappearing red-coral forests of the Mediterranean Sea.
E32 · 50m
The sleeping sharks of Yucatan
Cousteau investigates reports of sharks seen resting in underwater caves.
E33 · 50m
The sea birds of Isabella
The crew journeys off the coast of Mexico to Isla Isabela to study tropical birds.
E34 · 50m
Mysteries of the hidden reefs
Cousteau explores the beauty and life of an ancient and complex ecosystem.
E35 · 50m
The fish that swallowed Jonah
Calypso's divers search Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for different species of groupers.
E36 · 50m
The incredible march of the spiny lobsters
Lobsters gather annually at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for a migratory journey.
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