Sailors tell tales of a magical world beneath the sea. Until Jacques-Yves Cousteau pioneered the aqualung, that world was barred to all but submariners and professional divers in clunky suits and helmets, sucking on air delivered by
hosepipe
. But with his self-contained breathing equipment and body-hugging wet suit, Cousteau became a self-described "manfish" and was soon sending dispatches from this gloriously strange environment.
His prolific output of films, books and long-running TV series including
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
entranced
landlubbers
across the world. His 1956 film
Le Monde du Silence
(The Silent...
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