New techniques, underwater shooting test from the Calypso

Collection title

Provence Magazine

ID

INA00101

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

11/05/1955

Production year

1955

Abstract

The regional television cameras embark from the dock of La Joliette on board the Calypso in order to follow the underwater television experiments using new techniques. Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau was the initiator of these tests, and his divers handle new hardware that can bring back television pictures from the seabed.

Type

video

Production companies

• ORTFMA - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

News

Personalities

• Cousteau Jacques Yves

Primary theme

Media

Secondary themes

• Landscapes and environment / Water issues
• Economy / Techniques and technologies

Credits / Cast

• Vautravers Constant - Journalist

Period of events

• 1955

Map locations

• France - South East - Marseille
• France - South East - Mediterranean Sea

Original language

French

Media running time

5m17

Additional information