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The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau(1968)

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First Air Date: 1968-01-08
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 7.9
Votes: 18
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 36

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.

Keywords

marine biologynature documentary

Top Cast

Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Self - Host

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 36
E01
Sharks

Air Date: 1968-01-08

50m

Captain Cousteau and his ship the Calypso visit the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden in order to study ...

E02
Savage World of the Coral Jungle

Air Date: 1968-03-06

50m

The team travels to the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, an area teeming with animal and plant life, and where numemo...

E03
Search in the deep

Air Date: 1968-04-15

50m

The island ot Europa, in the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar, is the foremost breeding ground of the...

E04
Whales

Air Date: 1968-11-15

50m

The Calypso divers study finback, sperm and killer whales, monitoring their migratory habits by planting small tags i...

E05
The Unexpected Voyage of Pepito and Cristobal

Air Date: 1969-01-13

50m

Captain Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso adopt a pair of fur seals off the Cape of Good Hope. During an Atlantic ...

E06
Sunken Treasure

Air Date: 1969-03-03

50m

The crew sets out on a treasure hunt to the Caribbean in search of the wreck of La Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, a...

E07
The Legend of Lake Titicaca

Air Date: 1969-04-24

50m

The divers travel inland to Peru's Lake Titicaca, testing experimental techniques for diving at high altitude for the...

E08
The Desert Whales

Air Date: 1969-10-28

50m

The Calypso crew follows 35-ton California gray whales on their annual breeding migration. The crew of the Calypso st...

E09
The Night of the Squid

Air Date: 1970-01-16

50m

The crew observes as 20 million squid amass in coastal waters to mate, spawn and die. In the waters off southern Cali...

E10
Return of the Sea Elephant

Air Date: 1970-02-08

50m

Cousteau and his team study the life and death of the sea elephant, a massive sea mammal which returns each year to t...

E11
Those Incredible Diving Machines

Air Date: 1970-03-10

50m

The history of underwater exploration is traced from the days of Alexander the Great to the development of the aqualu...

E12
The Water Planet

Air Date: 1970-03-28

50m

After more than 140,000 nautical miles travelled aboard the Calypso, and having shot around two million feet of film,...

E13
Tragedy of the Red Salmon

Air Date: 1970-11-24

50m

The Cousteau team follows the spawning migration of the red sockeye salmon from the open sea to the Alaskan waters of...

E14
Lagoon of Lost Ships

Air Date: 1971-05-14

50m

Truk lagoon in the South Pacific, the site of a fierce battle during WWII, is now home to around 50 sunken Japanese v...

E15
The Dragons of Galapagos

Air Date: 1971-02-24

50m

The crew journey to the Galapagos Islands to study the marine iguana, a mysterious dragon-like creature that has reve...

E16
Secrets of the Sunken Caves

Air Date: 1971-03-19

50m

The strange geological phenomenon of 'blue holes' is investigated by Captain Cousteau and his team, as they discover ...

E17
The Unsinkable Sea Otter

Air Date: 1971-09-26

50m

In the North Aleutian Islands, Cousteau and his crew observe the rough courtship and tender mating of the sea otter, ...

E18
The Forgotten Mermaids

Air Date: 1971-12-21

50m

The crew travels to the cypress glades of East Florida to film the manatee, a vegetarian creature of the sea whose cl...

E19
Octopus, Octopus

Air Date: 1972-01-24

50m

The crew studies the eight-armed octopus's life cycle and ongoing evolutionary process.

E20
A sound of dolphins

Air Date: 1972-02-25

50m

The crew isolates a pair of dolphins to study the species' remarkable sonar system.

E21
A smile of the walrus

Air Date: 1972-11-05

50m

The crew films the walrus lolling on Arctic ice floes and swimming in the frigid sea.

E22
500 million years beneath the sea

Air Date: 1973-01-11

50m

The crew dives at night to observe the Nautilus -- a living marine fossil.

E23
Hippo!

Air Date: 1973-02-16

50m

The crew swims among crocodiles to capture the quick-tempered hippo in action beneath the water.

E24
The singing whale

Air Date: 1973-03-12

50m

The Calypso crew records the plaintive, melodious songs of migrating humpback whales.

E25
South to fire and ice

Air Date: 1973-11-29

50m

The crew climbs glaciers, examines whale bones and watches a volcano.

E26
The flight of penguins

Air Date: 1974-01-21

50m

The crew observes penguins feeding, mating and raising young.

E27
Beneath the frozen world

Air Date: 1974-03-03

50m

The crew dives below the ice, and sails above in a hot-air balloon.

E28
Blizzard at Hope Bay

Air Date: 1974-03-22

50m

The disabled Calypso becomes trapped during a three-day blizzard.

E29
Life at the end of the world

Air Date: N/A

50m

The Calypso sails to Tierra del Fuego to film the disappearing Qawashqar Indians.

E30
Beavers of the north country

Air Date: 1975-01-06

50m

Underwater cameras capture beavers at work and resting in their dams during winter.

E31
The coral divers of Corsica

Air Date: 1975-11-15

50m

Cousteau studies the rapidly disappearing red-coral forests of the Mediterranean Sea.

E32
The sleeping sharks of Yucatan

Air Date: 1975-11-15

50m

Cousteau investigates reports of sharks seen resting in underwater caves.

E33
The sea birds of Isabella

Air Date: N/A

50m

The crew journeys off the coast of Mexico to Isla Isabela to study tropical birds.

E34
Mysteries of the hidden reefs

Air Date: N/A

50m

Cousteau explores the beauty and life of an ancient and complex ecosystem.

E35
The fish that swallowed Jonah

Air Date: N/A

50m

Calypso's divers search Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for different species of groupers.

E36
The incredible march of the spiny lobsters

Air Date: N/A

50m

Lobsters gather annually at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for a migratory journey.

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