I am perhaps fortunate to have visited the Calypso in Naples during the late 70's. Alas I missed meeting Le Capitan himself, who had left for Marseille aboard the Catalina; but I did meet his wife Simone, Francois (Skipper) and a couple of other members of the crew. I was shown the viewing chamber in the bow, the mini-sub and spread in a montage across the nav table, satellite photos of the entire Mediterranean basin, clearly showing large anoxic (no oxygen) 'dead' zones; arcs fanning out from every major city around the Med. This was raw sewage, accumulated over the millennia... Calypso's mission was to plot and take samples in the coastal city basin areas... Little did I realise that day, that I would doing almost the exact same thing on a comparable class ship (an ex-minesweeper) a decade later, whilst serving aboard the GP-MARDIV ship MV Sirius. I can report that the Mediterranean in 1989 was actually much cleaner than the Calypso visit in 1978... Many of the cities sewage systems having been extensively improved... But the Med is still a pretty polluted sea, simply because of the nature of its topography and human population density. Barely a year after my visit to the Calypso in Naples, Jacques Cousteau's second son - Philippe was tragically killed in the PBY Catalina as it crashed on the Tagus river in Portugal [Jun 1979]. His son - Philippe Jnr was born six months later... Philippe was a consummate mariner, oceanographer diver,, pilot, photographer, film director; directing many of his father's movies and serials, he also was an 'Oceanaut' aboard the 'Conshelf III' submarine habitat undertaking experimental research on saturation diving and subaquatic living. His death was a tragic loss to his family and the wider oceanographic community. His words pretty much sum-up the ethos of the Calypso Society... // "Our goal was to serve as eyes for those who could not travel. We would be like knights errant who would travel the world, bringing their King tales of the Middle East. Except in our case, we would not be reporting to just one person but to millions." // Philippe Cousteau
No se puede juzgar algo de 1956 con los criterios de hoy, eran otros tiempos, no existia la percepción actual. Cousteau (no sólo él) consideró que era útil grabar escenas que hoy serían hoy mal vistas incluso inadamisibles. En aquella época Cousteau, y muchos otros buceadores (todos) pescaban y mataban criaturas marinas por placer, pero años mas tarde dejó de hacerlo, tomó conciencia, y se convirtio el mayor defensor mundial de la preservación de los mares y sus criaturas y en el ecologista mas conocido, logrando más que nadie (concienciar a la opinión pública y lideres mundiales, tratado internacional de protección de la Antartatida hasta 2048, etc)
Esta pelicula-documental tiene varios pasajes vistos hoy como repulsivos: uso de dinamita en un arrecife de coral para contar peces muertos, la muerte de un bebe cachalote con la hélice del barco (accidental, pero tambien por imprudencia del barco), o la siguiente matanza a martillazos y arponazos de varios tiburones atraidos por su sangre. Pero como prueba de lo distinta que era la situación y percepción en 1956 respecto a los criterios de hoy, el documental no solo no fue repudiado entonces, sino que ganó el primer premio en el festival de Cannes de 1956, la Palma de Oro, es decir fue el mejor valorado por público y crítica.
La muerte de un bebe cachalote con la hélice del barco (accidental, pero tambien por imprudencia del barco). Honestamente, @manuelm7614, tengo deudas que, en realidad, fue un accidente.
The Austrian Hans Hass made the first underwater film, in the Antilles in 1940, and made several more before Cousteau. The Silent World by Cousteau-Malle was the first french underwater film, 16 years later.
The lack of sensitivity toward the Turtles and nesting birds was appalling, and showed the prevailing poor attitudes toward animals observed in nature in 1956. Jacques Cousteau was my hero growing up. I am glad he changed his behavior later in life to reflect how precious the ocean environment is and how much it needs to be protected from man's callous behavior.
I have dived since I was 11 years old. Jacques Cousteau was my hero growing up. However I was very disappointed to see him and his crew smashing coral, dynamiting reefs, hacking and killing marine life. I wonder if, in truth, they didn't run over that baby sperm whale to get film of the sharks feeding. It has totally changed my view of him and his legacy. I now wonder what he did when the cameras were not rolling.
Of course, people are shocked about the reef explosion and the shark massacre, the second is even more brutal, but people forget this was in 1956, and Cousteau did a lot against shark over fishing in his last years, nowadays sharks are still catch in the same brutal manner, their fins cut out and thrown into the ocean still alive, to die an horrible painful and slow death, don't be shocked with a movie of 1956, be shocked that in 2023 this still happens.
it, s not a matter of consciousness that in that period was obviously way lower than today, it's the fact that they killed lot of marine life with cruelty and no reason. That's inadmissible for an "ocean lover" and sea defending like Costeau.
@@Hmm.223 You’re brainwashed. Scientists say whatever the people paying them want them to say. Shark populations are exploding. It’s called conservation run amok.
"Look how destructive your old films are! Silent World? More like Silent World *STAR* ! If you wanna count fish please take the reef tour Don't go throwin' C4 on the Seafloor!" -Steve Irwin
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
One of the weirdest documentaries, especially the part where they "Avenge the sperm whale" that they've killed themselves, I have mixed feelings about this movie
Do you remember this movie? Did you watch it when u were a kid? Watch it again. Do you admire Jacques Cousteau and all the underwater explorers? What would you say to Cousteau and his team if you could meet them underwater nowadays? leave comments down below!
@@OlgaBelka Indeed, times change. Nowadays we know that destroying nature to research it is utterly moronic and we know that only the most primitive barbarians would punish animals just for existing.
@@phillipweber7195 I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
@@ТатьянаТ-п4ы I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
// "Our goal was to serve as eyes for those who could not travel. We would be like knights errant who would travel the world, bringing their King tales of the Middle East. Except in our case, we would not be reporting to just one person but to millions." // Philippe Cousteau [RIP]
We must remember that other days, other sensibilities. We cannot expect 1950s men to behave like they lived in a 2020s society full of regulations and things already taken for granted (and easily offendable people, and hypocrisy...). The 'terrible' things done there are still done by people with much less care and scientifical interest, and in a much larger and hurtful scale.
I understand not getting caught up in presentism, but it's precisely this kind of wreckless dickbag behavior that forces society into regulations today. The excuse that they didn't know any better is nonsense by the 1950s humans had seen the effects of their destructive behavior eliminate many species from the planet.
@@peedrevid2594 Ольга тоже пишет на английском, хотя она тоже русская 😆. Мне все равно, на каком языке общаться, я оба понимаю. Кино выложено на английском. Поэтому с большой долей вероятности тут будет больше дискуссий на английском
Very distressed to see the baby sperm whale killed by Calypso propeller. Difficult to see how different things were in 1956, and how much changed over time, when the impacts that man is responsible for are finally acknowledged by Jacques Cousteau, who subsequently became a staunch environmentalist protecting oceans.
The movie is from 1956. Almost 70 years ago. They don't dive like this any more. Cousteau's grandsons are both scuba divers and eco activists as I know.
A bit controversial. The crew of the Calypso injure a whale, kill a baby whale, and then kill the sharks because of the feeding frenzy? I've been diving since I was 20 years old and still dive at 63 years old. As humans, we still have little respect for the oceans. Still, I'm glad they filmed the controversial events because it also sends a message of what we shouldn't do to nature.
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
Never have known a group to do so many great and horrible things, at least they realized later and tried to do right. Really hope the Calypso makes another round around.
Thy destroying the reef wth explosives bck thn. I nvr saw ths film b4. It's ok Don't get wrong I like ths guy but thy can use another way to collect samples frm ocean.
Yes, I also have never seen before. That's why I shared it here. I remember other movies by Cousteau. I remember when he was old he always said that we should be very careful with marine life.
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
Dynamiting fish, riding sea turtles and running over then harpooning a baby whale; it was much better back then for sea forging. This would make a good Documentary Now.
Can not understand the killing of all the sharks after they caused the death of the baby whale I really can not understand the action of the Calypso crew when they are the ones that caused the shark feeding frenzy
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
EVERY animal was harmed in the making of this film
Oh please
Knowing that the narrator in spongebob was inspired by Jacques made this even more special
I am perhaps fortunate to have visited the Calypso in Naples during the late 70's. Alas I missed meeting Le Capitan himself, who had left for Marseille aboard the Catalina; but I did meet his wife Simone, Francois (Skipper) and a couple of other members of the crew. I was shown the viewing chamber in the bow, the mini-sub and spread in a montage across the nav table, satellite photos of the entire Mediterranean basin, clearly showing large anoxic (no oxygen) 'dead' zones; arcs fanning out from every major city around the Med. This was raw sewage, accumulated over the millennia... Calypso's mission was to plot and take samples in the coastal city basin areas...
Little did I realise that day, that I would doing almost the exact same thing on a comparable class ship (an ex-minesweeper) a decade later, whilst serving aboard the GP-MARDIV ship MV Sirius. I can report that the Mediterranean in 1989 was actually much cleaner than the Calypso visit in 1978... Many of the cities sewage systems having been extensively improved... But the Med is still a pretty polluted sea, simply because of the nature of its topography and human population density.
Barely a year after my visit to the Calypso in Naples, Jacques Cousteau's second son - Philippe was tragically killed in the PBY Catalina as it crashed on the Tagus river in Portugal [Jun 1979]. His son - Philippe Jnr was born six months later... Philippe was a consummate mariner, oceanographer diver,, pilot, photographer, film director; directing many of his father's movies and serials, he also was an 'Oceanaut' aboard the 'Conshelf III' submarine habitat undertaking experimental research on saturation diving and subaquatic living.
His death was a tragic loss to his family and the wider oceanographic community.
His words pretty much sum-up the ethos of the Calypso Society...
// "Our goal was to serve as eyes for those who could not travel. We would be like knights errant who would travel the world, bringing their King tales of the Middle East. Except in our case, we would not be reporting to just one person but to millions." // Philippe Cousteau
Hero of my childhood.
i am building the calypso rc controlled 1:25. length about 1,70 meters. it was a dream of my childhood and we watched also the tv series in the 80th.
No se puede juzgar algo de 1956 con los criterios de hoy, eran otros tiempos, no existia la percepción actual. Cousteau (no sólo él) consideró que era útil grabar escenas que hoy serían hoy mal vistas incluso inadamisibles. En aquella época Cousteau, y muchos otros buceadores (todos) pescaban y mataban criaturas marinas por placer, pero años mas tarde dejó de hacerlo, tomó conciencia, y se convirtio el mayor defensor mundial de la preservación de los mares y sus criaturas y en el ecologista mas conocido, logrando más que nadie (concienciar a la opinión pública y lideres mundiales, tratado internacional de protección de la Antartatida hasta 2048, etc)
Thank you Olga, love those paintings too
Esta pelicula-documental tiene varios pasajes vistos hoy como repulsivos: uso de dinamita en un arrecife de coral para contar peces muertos, la muerte de un bebe cachalote con la hélice del barco (accidental, pero tambien por imprudencia del barco), o la siguiente matanza a martillazos y arponazos de varios tiburones atraidos por su sangre. Pero como prueba de lo distinta que era la situación y percepción en 1956 respecto a los criterios de hoy, el documental no solo no fue repudiado entonces, sino que ganó el primer premio en el festival de Cannes de 1956, la Palma de Oro, es decir fue el mejor valorado por público y crítica.
La muerte de un bebe cachalote con la hélice del barco (accidental, pero tambien por imprudencia del barco).
Honestamente, @manuelm7614, tengo deudas que, en realidad, fue un accidente.
es posible, !quien sabrá!@@Brotherhood-of-The-Skallywag
The Austrian Hans Hass made the first underwater film, in the Antilles in 1940, and made several more before Cousteau. The Silent World by Cousteau-Malle was the first french underwater film, 16 years later.
Really interesting fact. Thanks
The lack of sensitivity toward the Turtles and nesting birds was appalling, and showed the prevailing poor attitudes toward animals observed in nature in 1956. Jacques Cousteau was my hero growing up. I am glad he changed his behavior later in life to reflect how precious the ocean environment is and how much it needs to be protected from man's callous behavior.
“And crikey you’re such a boring guy you can make a whole show about the ocean dry!” Steve Irwin
But with the Shelia's you sure had fun your mistress was as young as your first born son
Wow it really is silent worldstar
I have dived since I was 11 years old. Jacques Cousteau was my hero growing up.
However I was very disappointed to see him and his crew smashing coral, dynamiting reefs, hacking and killing marine life. I wonder if, in truth, they didn't run over that baby sperm whale to get film of the sharks feeding.
It has totally changed my view of him and his legacy. I now wonder what he did when the cameras were not rolling.
❤❤❤
wes was here
Of course, people are shocked about the reef explosion and the shark massacre, the second is even more brutal, but people forget this was in 1956, and Cousteau did a lot against shark over fishing in his last years, nowadays sharks are still catch in the same brutal manner, their fins cut out and thrown into the ocean still alive, to die an horrible painful and slow death, don't be shocked with a movie of 1956, be shocked that in 2023 this still happens.
😂😂Sharks are so overpopulated now it’s unreal. The shocking part is that you live such a sheltered life
it, s not a matter of consciousness that in that period was obviously way lower than today, it's the fact that they killed lot of marine life with cruelty and no reason. That's inadmissible for an "ocean lover" and sea defending like Costeau.
@@Mike-tu7uwabsolute BS.
@@Hmm.223 You’re brainwashed. Scientists say whatever the people paying them want them to say. Shark populations are exploding. It’s called conservation run amok.
Yeh in farro islands they are still massacre dolphins for some stupid tradition….. disgusting
"Look how destructive your old films are!
Silent World? More like Silent World *STAR* !
If you wanna count fish please take the reef tour
Don't go throwin' C4 on the Seafloor!"
-Steve Irwin
This line from Steve practically summarises the entire movie lol
Yes. I was really surprised to see that they really didn't care about the marine life 🥺
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
But could Cousteau and his crew "take the reef tour" and preserve the species for later analysis in the 1950s?
Men where not pussys back then😂
12:52 a rapid ascent with no boyancy aid from 55+ meters, bought us to this bizarre scene, which in a film full of them is saying something !!! 😮
Porpoises are beautiful 13/30 in Tropics
One of the weirdest documentaries, especially the part where they "Avenge the sperm whale" that they've killed themselves, I have mixed feelings about this movie
Do you remember this movie? Did you watch it when u were a kid? Watch it again. Do you admire Jacques Cousteau and all the underwater explorers? What would you say to Cousteau and his team if you could meet them underwater nowadays? leave comments down below!
Oh, really horrible! I could not even imagine they could do this
@@ТатьянаТ-п4ы time changes. Now we are more careful underwater.
@@OlgaBelka Indeed, times change. Nowadays we know that destroying nature to research it is utterly moronic and we know that only the most primitive barbarians would punish animals just for existing.
@@phillipweber7195 I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
@@ТатьянаТ-п4ы I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
// "Our goal was to serve as eyes for those who could not travel. We would be like knights errant who would travel the world, bringing their King tales of the Middle East. Except in our case, we would not be reporting to just one person but to millions." // Philippe Cousteau [RIP]
We must remember that other days, other sensibilities. We cannot expect 1950s men to behave like they lived in a 2020s society full of regulations and things already taken for granted (and easily offendable people, and hypocrisy...). The 'terrible' things done there are still done by people with much less care and scientifical interest, and in a much larger and hurtful scale.
💯
Thanks for sharing the documentary Olga. Cheers.
@@TheGrenadier97I have some 100% eco-friendly contemporary content on my UA-cam . Welcome to watch my other videos
I understand not getting caught up in presentism, but it's precisely this kind of wreckless dickbag behavior that forces society into regulations today. The excuse that they didn't know any better is nonsense by the 1950s humans had seen the effects of their destructive behavior eliminate many species from the planet.
Hard to believe how barbaric all of this was….. 1956 like the guy said.
Помню эту киношку. Ну времена поменялись. Сейчас бы таким дайверам сидеть в обезьяннике до выплаты штрафов
A dislike for you for clipping off the opening credits & title.
I have never seen it before. The beginning looks quite interesting. Is something horrible in the end?
А что же вы Татьяна пишете не на русском, она ведь русская
@@peedrevid2594 Ольга тоже пишет на английском, хотя она тоже русская 😆. Мне все равно, на каком языке общаться, я оба понимаю. Кино выложено на английском. Поэтому с большой долей вероятности тут будет больше дискуссий на английском
@@peedrevid2594 а вы сами фильм посмотрели? Там не важно, на каком языке. Все равно жуть
Very distressed to see the baby sperm whale killed by Calypso propeller. Difficult to see how different things were in 1956, and how much changed over time, when the impacts that man is responsible for are finally acknowledged by Jacques Cousteau, who subsequently became a staunch environmentalist protecting oceans.
These men were a menace to every ecosystem they traveled to and I loved every second of this 😂
king edward retirement
How long can they dive like tht? Anyone let me knw.
The movie is from 1956. Almost 70 years ago. They don't dive like this any more. Cousteau's grandsons are both scuba divers and eco activists as I know.
I like ❤️ red hat
Ya, Cousteau's red hat is a symbol of scuba diving
A bit controversial. The crew of the Calypso injure a whale, kill a baby whale, and then kill the sharks because of the feeding frenzy? I've been diving since I was 20 years old and still dive at 63 years old. As humans, we still have little respect for the oceans. Still, I'm glad they filmed the controversial events because it also sends a message of what we shouldn't do to nature.
Yeah they rocks
Omg. 100% vandalism. Thanks, Olga
later Cousteau did a lot for nature protection
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
Apart from the clearly moral issues around using dynamite to survey fish.... seemed pretty easy to get hold of in those days....
Thy shouldn't do tht to the sharks its thr nature. It's thr fault the little whale got hurt.)
100% agreed. As I remember later Jacques Cousteau also said this. When he grow older he started caring for marine life more.
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
Never have known a group to do so many great and horrible things, at least they realized later and tried to do right. Really hope the Calypso makes another round around.
Loved it also, the shark part mostly.
😂What a candyass. Fu&k that shark
Thy destroying the reef wth explosives bck thn. I nvr saw ths film b4. It's ok Don't get wrong I like ths guy but thy can use another way to collect samples frm ocean.
Yes, I also have never seen before. That's why I shared it here. I remember other movies by Cousteau. I remember when he was old he always said that we should be very careful with marine life.
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.
i hate the white vignetting around the frame was that really neccessary jesus
🌷🕳️🐬💯🤩🩵☮️🥁🛝🎼⚓🎈🎂🎀🎎🎏🌐
Dynamiting fish, riding sea turtles and running over then harpooning a baby whale; it was much better back then for sea forging. This would make a good Documentary Now.
As I know later they treated sea creatures in more gentle way
Id like to go on a oceanic safari as well
Is this for real? A whole in the hull in the boat
Nowadays divers feed fish hot dogs.
No No No!!!
💯
Can not understand the killing of all the sharks after they caused the death of the baby whale I really can not understand the action of the Calypso crew when they are the ones that caused the shark feeding frenzy
Unfortunately, coming from a media perspective, I think it must have, believe it or not, also added to the ratings of the documentary.
🤦🏽♀️
Кто от Лебедева?
Вы о чем?
Tht wasn't 😎😡 at all.
I was also very surprised when I found this old movie
This is horrible, blowing up a reef, running over a baby sperm whale, euthanizing it and then murdering all the sharks?!
Whale was going 45 in the fast lane
I thought it was hilarious 😂
Seen as kid I thought it was adventurous. Today the men seem so primitive.
Tht turn me off.
Terrible film!
I published this film on my channel to remember how marine research began some 70 years ago. Now, for sure, oceanographers study the coral reef and eco-friendliness in a very different way. My new UA-cam video is about just that. Watch it to compare how scientists work now.