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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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Jacques Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910. Jacques spent most of his life exploring the sea, or as he would call it "the silent world." Jacques loved to swim, invent, deep dive, explore the sea, and sail.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau was the twentieth century's best-known advocate for marine environmental protection. He produced 115 documentary films and television programs about adventures on his research ship, Calypso. He was ... the coinventor of the aqualung or "scuba" tank.
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François CHALAIS climbs aboard "The Calypso" to interview Jacques Yves COUSTEAU whose film, "The Silent World", met with enormous success at the festival. For 20 years Jacques Yves COUSTEAU has been using cinematographic documents for scientific and historical purposes. Without being a filmmaker, he became familiar with film and decided to create "The Silent World" because he is convinced that today nothing can be done without public opinion on one's side, therefore he must bring his discoveries to a much wider audience. He firmly believes in the necessity for the future to succeed in conquering the oceans, which are indispensable to humanity's limited resources. He talks about conquering the greatest depths and explains his cinematographic technique. Movies are a miracle that enable everyone to learn the most surprising things.
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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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