The best parts of Jacques Cousteau's The Silent World (1956)

[Bobby Wong]

videos should start at the correct time if you just click play

while on a routine lobster dive, laban experiences nitrogen narcosis and ascends too rapidly, putting him at risk of developing the bends (9:30-13:50)

[Bobby Wong]

it becomes necessary to dynamite a reef for scientific study (23:06-25:55)

[Bobby Wong]

The boys spot a pod of whales and the skipper immediately tries to harpoon one. He fails due to the shoddy construction of his harpoon. The Calypso crashes into a whale, damaging some equipment, but thankfully the whale isn't grievously wounded. (49:00-52:00)

[Bobby Wong]

A baby whale is badly lacerated by the Calypso's propeller. Cousteau blames it for being careless. The captain harpoons and then shoots it. The carcass attracts dozens of hangry sharks. (52:05-55:15)

[Bobby Wong]

A feeding frenzy descends into an orgy of violence as the boys drag sharks onboard and club them to death with an ax. (58:30-1:01:45)

[Bobby Wong]

The boys discover endangered tortoises and proceed to ride them and use them as picnic tables (1:05:15-1:06:30)

[anatine]

god... damnit

[Behemoth]

Wong, are there underwater hogs?

[Behemoth]

I feel like if this post had hogs in it, it would be a masterpiece.

[limitthis]

Are you really dissing on J.Cousteau?
Who's next, the Pope?