La Salle Shipwreck Project Documentary

Documentary of the excavation of La Belle.

[@SuperSkoobidoo]

Sometimes you american do things very well. I am overwhelm by the care yoy took to preserve the memory of Sieur de Lasalle who had much difficulties when he was attacked by the pirats and later recovered the hardware and forged architectures ornements to build his fort Louis. He stopped by Montreal on his return from Europe and the catholic Jesuite gave him a land to take care but he later sold it to return to exploring Mississipi. GREAT MAN! Bravo à nos découvreurs.

[@kevinrees5855]

I am a descendant of Robert Talon, one of the children adopted by the Karankawa after they killed his mother and the remaining colonists around Christmas 1687. The Spanish traded horses and recovered the Talon children but held them in Mexico City as they knew too much. Later they were discovered on a Spanish vessel by the French navy and returned to France, and eventually made their way to Louisiana. This video means so much to me !

[@felixcat9318]

What an absolute gem of a documentary this is! Utterly fascinating, compelling, and intriguing, the huge effort that these great people went to in order to completely learn from this wreck is unequalled! To have built such a huge cofferdam out in those waters and in effect transformed a historical marine salvage operation in murky, muddy water into a dry land based excavation is quite simply remarkable! Likewise, the techniques for X-Ray imaging, then injecting resin into coral encrusted objects which had eroded completely away and once the resin had set, removing the coral to reveal the exact reproduction of whichever item was originally entombed in coral was simply staggering! This expedition is remarkable for its achievements and for the historical knowledge that had been revealed from its endeavours.

[@chrishensley5222]

Wow! This is one of the best videos I have see on YT . I believe it is well worth your time.

[@johnfisher3862]

a very good documentary ,well worth watching.very historic.a lot of valuble artifacts and interesting history of the shipwreck.welldone to the team.

[@lisaspeeglr3830]

I enjoyed learning about the excavation tech. never seen underwater sight surrounded that way before. ty for upload

[@mattkaustickomments]

lisa speeglr, 20+ years later, I wonder if they do it the same way? My guess is the only major difference would be detailed 3-D scanning of the site before building the coffer damn. Also, I think they would have expanded the search site around the wreck. Lastly, depending on how good the DNA sample was/is, they could have determined things like eye & hair color of the deceased.

[@joi129]

This is the best documentary I think I’ve ever seen! The way they built that damn so they could excavate the bottom of the ocean is just fascinating!

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Lucien Talon was my 10th great grandfather.. .his son Robert was born upon the ship (he was named after the capt) is my 9th great grandpa. He lived and was able to live a decent long life.

[@Joseph-lt1db]

One of my great grandfather's was on this ship. This is cool to see how my family got to america.

[@LiquidtravelPhotography]

What was his name?

[@Joseph-lt1db]

@@LiquidtravelPhotography pierre dulignon de la mirande

[@Joseph-lt1db]

Not sure he was on the the first voyage with the ship or this voyage when it hit land

[@kevinrees5855]

WOW ! I descend from Robert Talon who was LaSalle's godchild and was born on the voyage. His parents Lucien Talon and Isabelle Planteau perished but the Karankawa adopted the children who were later ransomed by the Spanish

[@glenngamst61]

Fascinating, I learned a great deal. Thanks for posting this.

[@bodenplukt]

thank you for the beautiful music.

[@Gizmowerks]

More happened in 3 minutes here than an entire day of watching TV in 2020! Thanks for putting this on

[@judewebster1113]

I LOVED this video if only they could do this to other old boats

[@oneblueyedog]

I'll have to visit my old college town to see the hull. Like others said, this Documentary is excellent.

[@joenelson]

I had an amazing time working on this Documentary, thanks to Alan Govenar and Robert Tullier for the opportunity. Watching the coffer dam being built and drained and seeing the recovery of artifacts from the wreck were all experiences I will never forget. I also will never forget the swarms of Mosquitos that enveloped us while we tried to work.

[@arnaldovinagre4350]

Great job!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!

[@MikeKye200]

Remarkably well organized!

[@LiquidtravelPhotography]

No embarrassment at all actually. Without those political figures, we would not have received the necessary funding to conduct the excavation. I may not agree with their political ideology but we appreciated their support of our efforts and by listing their names at the very end, we were just saying so...

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Absolutely fascinating documentary.

[@resistradio4489]

"Stone o' crows Tony. We've got nothin' like this on Time Team."

[@Bababui69]

I saw this at the Bullock Museum in Austin not far from the Congress building.

[@kathysheppard7963]

I have searched for many yrs.to find a video like this...it is goose pimple amazing!!!😊

[@pamfrank3962]

Excellent documentary 👏

[@Awavy1]

I enjoyed this. Great job all.

[@frogo4887]

6 years ago, wow

[@nellepolansky300]

The actual ship is on permanent display at the Bullock Texas State History museum on the UT campus in Austin Texas. If you don’t want to make the trip several books and updated documentaries are available for perches from their website I highly recommend “From a Watery Grave” by James E. Bruseth and Toni S. Turner.

[@mattkaustickomments]

Nelle Polansky, I’m not a Perch, I’m a Sea Bass. Why is it books and documentaries on La Belle are only available for perches?? I demand equal rights for all fish!!

[@ronbridges678]

I lived in Port Lavaca Texas when they were doing this recovery. I took my family to the site on my boat. It was amazing to watch the technology of the coffer damn. I was amazed at what I saw!!!! I believe the wreck was found along the border of the Lavaca bay just inside the Matagorda bay!! There's an old fort close to La Salle Texas. That part of the the coast is rich in history.

[@ammocache6879]

My family is from Matagorda bay. Their is another wreck believed to be in Pass Cavalos (sp?) I think your are referring to. I believe it was found midway across West Matagorda bay. I remember fishing there many times passing it headed to Greens Bayou.

[@lyndapierson6338]

a superb documentary. hope i can find more just like it

[@JPREEDY77]

That welder knows he's a badass!

[@hazzzee]

fantastic, thank you for the upload

[@lorekennedy9890]

Name's Sonny, Awesome video. Keep up the awesome work. I give you all 5' thumbs up. S.K 😎😎😎😎😎

[@P61guy61]

Incredible. Thank you for posting.

[@jeanmeslier9491]

Very amateurish. No breathless deadlines. No pending storms. No hours or minutes to complete a project and finish just in time to prevent a major disaster. No flashbacks and repetitions for half the film. No fancy camera actions, movements, zooms, etc., enough to trigger an epileptic fit. Therefore, it is very refreshing, informative, easy to watch and will generate tons of hate mail.

[@mcgyvernewone2014]

Very interesting . Very expensive!

[@Captain11890]

Some of the items, including the cannons, are on display in my hometown.

[@tomshively5419]

Well done love the Artifacts!

[@kenord3437]

A very interesting doco, explained very well

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Incredible!

[@resistradio4489]

I've sailed over this spot countless times.

[@labfixit]

The local community college in Victoria also had a nice display about this ship. It was not very big.

[@silverload3622]

That’s a lot of individual donors to make this happen!!when we all pull together great things can be accomplished

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Nice pull-over at 10:48

[@denniswhitfield187]

G & W Engineers Port Lavaca TX worked with Historical Commission on design of coffer dam. I worked some on that project as a draftsman.

[@tomdooley3522]

Vive La France, my friend.

[@granskare]

this a fantastic - nice there was not a storm in the gulf :)

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Great project.

[@johngalt0096]

The way to teach history. Why’d they go here? What for? Was the voyage planned well? What would you do differently?

[@leesadleridge]

This was absolutely amazing to watch! The attention to detail was fantastic. Does anyone know if any of the jewelry salvaged is available for purchase? I would love to add a piece of this history to my collection.

[@cutsrosescents4950]

So what was not known about French ships and cargo 300 years ago?

[@vernonfindlay1314]

This was totally awesome

[@douglasthompson2740]

I am wondering how it has fared in the hurricanes since 2013 as a functioning sight?

[@baldisfavorite3888]

At my school we are doing a project and this helped me on my report. But go sub to Oak Woods!

[@osirisandilio]

11:14 incorrect. The Le Griffon is the oldest French shipwreck the northern hemisphere. The year 1679 in the Great Lakes

[@LiquidtravelPhotography]

the project was called La Salle Shipwreck Project so it is not incorrect

[@stevenwatsham5973]

They certainly had the money to throw at this project!

[@markletts2000]

Excellent 😊🇬🇧

[@andywebster6059]

I was oystering in the area last year starting getting stone tablets stone relics .believe it's a submerged wreck possibly aztec

[@ammocache6879]

The real shame of this project is they estimated the whole project at 2 million and spent 4 times that. And the money came from our Texas highway department. Underestimate, over promise and over spend.

[@vivette8944]

Great music

[@tommcluckie6034]

try getting the funding to do this now the cost is probably 10 times what it cost back then

[@abbyshirron9486]

my history teacher is on something if he thinks imma watch the whole thing

[@oomboothisgoo]

you should its actually really interesting. your loss. i listen to my teacher.

[@jessicam5712]

What's that famous quote about history? People that don't learn from the past are stupid af

[@loucastillo3204]

The shipwreck of La Belle?

[@thecivilwarguy3674]

I always feel bad for the human remains found, I agree that all the information should be recorded….but I hate how their remains are just put in a museum we feel like age makes them less human

[@ralphtaylor787]

I’ve got a cannon in my pants...

[@kevinrees5855]

I descend from Robert Talon who actually survived by being adopted by the Karankawa and rescued by the Spanish in 1690.

[@The.Intruder]

26:56: Surely some of the damage could be down to the fact that the skull was underwater for over 300 years. Surely that length of time would render assessing these things unreliable.

[@danielhernadez6058]

but i am watching this in 2018

[@pedroguzman2518]

But I am watching this in 2020

[@johnjoseph2890]

This expeditions is very expensive but they are not find gold and treasure

[@thisisauselesschannel]

Engaging I was here

[@assassin-sw5ln]

I went to see the ship

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

If the French had succeeded You would be speaking Mexican Im not sure the French could hold a party let alone a country

[@granskare]

a nice video but to list so many political types at the end was somewhat an embarrassment, oh well, I liked watching it...I have watched a lot of Time Team in the UK

[@jehugo66]

Maybe they deserve credit for funding it

[@granskare]

+Joshua Hugo maybe so :)

[@johngalt0096]

Everything cool until the brain mud. 🤮

[@thefossman8829]

WOW, that's something to think about.

[@jbrobertson6052]

It's bad enough that we have French language rammed down our throats here in Western Canada where we despise it. You Americans would hate to have to learn the language. Because of what the guy says at 50:14

[@pedroguzman2518]

Oh noh

[@SuperSkoobidoo]

Connard. And we have to learn english in the canadian armed force to protect such asshole.

[@The.Intruder]

27:27 😳😟

[@pictyboy]

state-subsidised hobby.

[@midnightwolf2468]

baseless arrogance

[@denniswhitfield187]

Texas History

[@michaelcuff5780]

I was lucky enough to shoot a 50 cal. Flintlock rifle. I pulled the trigger and nothin happened. Right when I was about to say, WTF! It went BOOM!! And I hit the target dead center, by accident! It was liike shooting a hand held cannon.

[@edwardeverson9063]

Get a hair cut !