Description

A silent color film made by Doc Edgerton during a Mediterranean expedition with Jacques-Yves Cousteau on board CALYPSO in 1954 or 1955. Crew members assist the divers -- including Cousteau, Doc, Doc's eldest son Bill and Albert Falco -- to gear up for a scuba-diving survey. Cousteau's young son Philippe (in striped shirt) follows the activities with alacrity.

Boat P771, divers swim toward boat and get on 1954 or 1955

Small yellow submarine Bathyscaphe # 2

Man pulls equipment up from diver, divers jump off raft with camera/strobe

Sub at dock, lowering camera/strobe, sub at sea, rowboat travels between sub and boat, boat named Espadon leaves port, sub docked again, Falco? in boat outboard; men examining camera

Divers jump off raft

Men on sub hop into rowboat, sub submerges, shot of steamboat, sub surfaces, men get back on the sub Houot? (tall & dark hair, milit)

Crew on boat next to the sub, w/ Jacques-Yves Cousteau; sub submerges again

Men on boat examine mud/rock samples, dives with equipment jump of boat

Winch

Divers putting gear on, go into water including Edgerton being assisted w/ scuba gear; men release birds into water, boys playing with pile of small rocks

Dolphin swimming alongside boat, diver plays with the dolphin

Dolphin captured and brought on deck, put in tub of water and struggles

School of dolphins in the water

Cousteau's dog on deck; Several men lower large camera/strobe into water w/ NGS banner on "sled"

Close-up of rotating red barrel, equipment brought back on board

(EH, CC)