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Par dix-huit mètres de fond (1943)

Par dix-huit mètres de fond poster
Directed by
Jacques Cousteau
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
13 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1942 French short documentary shows early underwater filming. It captures divers swimming and exploring the seafloor.

pioneeringexploratorysubduedobservationalrudimentarycalmhistoricalunderwater

What happens

Par dix-huit mètres de fond, tourné en 1942, est le premier film documentaire sous-marin français, dû à Jacques-Yves Cousteau (réalisation), Philippe Tailliez (scénario, script, cameraman), Frédéric Dumas (principal acteur) et Léon Vêche (technicien qui a mis au point la première caméra sous marine française, cameraman). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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