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Cousteau: Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Known widely as the world's most famous undersea explorer, Jacques Yves Cousteau was a very inventive child. By his early teens, he had already built a model crane, a battery-operated automobile, and, due to his fascination with films, saved money to buy a home movie camera. As a young sailor in the French Navy, he became a diver and started his explorations underwater. One of his many contributions during a long career with the Navy was perfection of the aqualung which allowed divers to stay underwater for hours. In 1950, with the purchase of his famous ship the Calypso, he began his extensive exploration of the Earth's oceans. These adventures led to his writing many books and producing many films.
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Prior to this expedition, Holland spent nine years working with the Captain, Jacques Yves Cousteau. Then he moved into making feature films, and now is back to his first love of making National History Documentaries, such as the Grey Whale Documentary airing on PBS this summer and the National Marine Sanctuary Film in the fall.
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Apted joins the ranks of such former IDA Career Achievement recipients as Walter Cronkite, Jacques Yves Cousteau, Fred Friendly, Henry Hampton, John Hendricks, Albert Maysles, Bill Moyers, Sheila Nevins, Ted Turner and David Wolper. His documentary credits include such landmark films as "Moving the Mountain," "Incident at Oglala," "The Long Way Home," "Bring on the Night" and "Inspirations."
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In April of 1961 Cousteau was awarded the National Geographic 's Gold Medal at a White House ceremony hosted by President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963). It was through Cousteau's television programs... that his work captured the imagination of a worldwide audience. In 1966 Cousteau's first hourlong television special, "The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau," was broadcast. It was well received by critics. The program's high ratings were important in landing Cousteau a contract with the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which resulted in the series "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" in 1968. The program ran for eight seasons and starred Cousteau, his sons, Philippe and Jean-Michel, and sea creatures from around the globe.
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1997) was a French undersea explorer, environmentalist, and innovator. In 1943, Cousteau and the French engineer Emile Gagnan invented the aqualung, a breathing apparatus that supplied oxygen to divers and allowed them to stay underwater for several hours. Cousteau traveled the world's oceans in his research vessel "Calypso," beginning in 1948. (Calypso was a converted 400-ton World War 2 minesweeper; it sank in 1996, after being hit by a barge in Singapore harbor). Cousteau's popular TV series, films and many books [including "The Living Sea" (1963), and "World Without Sun" (1965)] exposed the public to the wonders of the sea.
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Throughout his life, Cousteau enjoyed much recognition for his tireless advocacy of ocean ecology. In 1959 he addressed the first World Oceanic Congress, an event that received widespread coverage and led to his appearance on the cover of Time magazine on March 28, 1960. In April of 1961 Cousteau was awarded the National Geographic's Gold Medal at a White House ceremony hosted by President John F. Kennedy. It was Cousteau's television programs... that truly catapulted his work to world renown. In 1966 Cousteau's first hour-long television special, The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, was broadcast and received critical acclaim. The program's high ratings were instrumental in landing Cousteau a lucrative contract with the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and in 1968 resulted in the series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
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