JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU EARLY SCUBA DIVING FILM "TEN FATHOMS DEEP" 20172

[@ScotHacker]

This weekend I found an original super-8 copy of this film in a box of my father's old photos. I don't have a projector, so typed the film title into YT and was thrilled to stumble on this perfectly digitized version. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@klimfilm]

Спасибо. Погружение в киноисторию!

[@seikibrian8641]

This was Jacques-Yves Cousteau's first underwater film, from 1943; originally in French and titled Par dix-huit mètres de fond.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Actually, "Par dix-huit metres de fond" is similar but not identical to this film. The two films share common footage but this one was made post-war by Eugene Castle and includes a new opening tease. You can see the original film at vimeo.com/72055098

[@seikibrian8641]

I stand corrected. In viewing Par dix-huit mètres de fond at the link you provided I also see that it was about skin diving, AKA snorkeling. The scuba footage in Ten Fathoms Deep is from the 1946 Cousteau film Epaves (Wrecks). Interesting that 10 fathoms equals 18 meters, so the English title of the scuba film equals the French title of the snorkeling film. No wonder I was confused.

[@deaddog5344]

You can tell Jacques-Yves Cousteau was just learning to dive because he was rising faster than the little bubbles from his regulator. We know this is a no, no today.

[@garyflowers8372]

Well, nowadays they make it seem like scuba diving is do easy but with all of these instruments that you have the out in and wear I don't think that it's as simple as they make it sound and furthermore I think that if you are going to learn thst you need to get as much instruction ad you can abd have s good dive buddy and have a few fellow enthusiasts scuba divers along too if you go on a dive or to an exotic location because if something happens your dive buddy may panic and I think that it would be best to have some extra help along to ease the pressure on the five buddy so that he won't be pressured or stressed trying to get help for his dive buddy or partner!

[@christopherwilson122]

marvolous

[@garymattscheck9066]

Jack Gusto!😂