Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World I
(1986)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2
Vietnam and Cambodia: Children of Rice and Guns
Episode 18 - 1-20-1993
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Mekong: The Gift of Water
Episode 17 - 1-13-1993
A journey down Southeast Asia's Mekong River. Included: farmers fishing for 600-lb. catfish known as pla beuk; a cave housing 7000 statues of Buddha. Also: the "Golden Triangle," where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand converge and the source of two-thirds of the world's opium.
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Bahamas: The Secret Societies of Dolphins and Whales
Episode 16 - 1-01-1993
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Danube IV: Rivalries Overflow
Episode 15 - 3-11-1992
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Danube III: The River Cries Out
Episode 14 - 3-04-1992
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Danube II: Charlemagne's Dream
Episode 13 - 2-26-1992
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Danube I: The Curtain Rises
Episode 12 - 2-19-1992
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Palawan: The Last Refuge
Episode 11 - 2-12-1992
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The Great White Shark: Lonely Lord of the Sea
Episode 10 - 2-05-1992
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Nauru: The Island Planet
Episode 9 - 1-29-1992
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Indonesia II: Sumatra, the Heart of the Sea
Episode 8 - 1-22-1992
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Indonesia I: The Devil's Orchard
Episode 7 - 1-15-1992
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Tasmania: Australia's Awakening Island
Episode 6 - 1-08-1992
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Australia: Fortunes in the Sea
Episode 5 - 1-08-1992
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Australia: People of Fire and Water
Episode 4 - 1-08-1992
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Australia: People of the Dry Sea
Episode 3 - 1-08-1992
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Australia: Out West, Down Under
Episode 2 - 1-08-1992
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Australia: Continent of Dreams
Episode 1 - 1-01-1992
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Season 1
Andaman: Invisible Islands
Episode 22 - 10-17-1986
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Borneo: Forests without Land
Episode 21 - 10-10-1986
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Thailand: Convicts of the Sea
Episode 20 - 10-03-1986
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Papua New Guinea: Center of Fire
Episode 19 - 9-26-1986
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Papua New Guinea: River of Crocodile Men
Episode 18 - 9-19-1986
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Papua New Guinea: Into the Time Machine
Episode 17 - 9-12-1986
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Borneo: The Ghost of the Sea Turtle
Episode 16 - 9-05-1986
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Australia: The Last Barrier
Episode 15 - 8-29-1986
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New Zealand: The Smoldering Sea
Episode 14 - 8-22-1986
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Bering Sea: Twilight of the Alaskan Hunter
Episode 13 - 8-15-1986
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Cocos island: Sharks of Treasure Island
Episode 12 - 8-08-1986
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Tahiti: Fire Waters
Episode 11 - 8-01-1986
Tahiti, once a South Pacific paradise, has gradually fallen prey to tourism, technology, and most frightening of all, the nuclear weapon. Whilst exploring the famed underwater MacDonald Seamount, the Cousteau divers are startled by a pre-eruption quake which is a live demostration of the forces that created the Tahitian islands. The Cousteau team dive with local fishermen hunting for the precious black pearls. Captain Cousteau investiagtes the rationale behind the underground nuclear tests taking place around the island of Mururoa.
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New Zealand III: The Surrounding Sea
Episode 10 - 7-25-1986
New Zealand, an island of three climates, sub-Antartic, temperate and sub-tropical. An island of fire, ice and earthquake. Captain Cousteau and team journey to New Zealnd's furthermost points: White Island with its still alive volcano: North Cape where the Cousteau divers discover a harmonious ecosystem: Fjoriand where, by helicopter, the team follows the beautiful deer.
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New Zealand II: The Heron of the Single Flight
Episode 9 - 7-18-1986
Captain Cousteau recognizes and discusses the problem of fishing around the coast of New Zealand. The Calypso divers meet the endangered elephant fish and film families of sea-lions. The Cousteau team also takes an interest in the plight of the first inhabitants of New Zealand - the Maori.
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New Zealand I: The Rose and the Dragon
Episode 8 - 7-11-1986
Captain Cousteau and his team rediscover New Zealand. The Calypso travels around its coastline whilst a land team crosses more than 42,000 kilometres of countyside. New Zealand extends from the sub-tropical zone to the sub Antartic and, therefore, has an immensely varied fauna and flora. The team discover amongst the wonders of New Zealand: the Argonaut, the kiwi, black coral, and the giant moa.
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Channel Islands II: Days of Future Past
Episode 7 - 7-04-1986
Over the centuries the riches of the Channel Islands have drawn fishermen and seal hunters. However, man the exploror and hunter is becoming more of man the protector. The natural environment and the rare animals, thought to be almost extinct, are beginning to reappear - seals, garibaldis, foxes. However, scientists have been unable to find a single fish uncontaminated by the toxic wastes from Los Angeles. Jean-Michel Cousteau appears before a congressional hearing to air his observations and recommendations on the Channel Islands. A new oceanic policy is now under consideration.
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Channel Islands I: Waters of Contention
Episode 6 - 6-27-1986
The Channel Islands lie a few hours from the coast of California. Islands that have remained almost unchanged from prehistoric times due to the rocky coastlines and the violent sea. Divers from the Alcyone discover grey whales, carnivorous sea-otters, angel sharks, langouste, and lamp-fish. A rich and fertile sea life now threatened by commercial and sporting fishermen.
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Marquesas islands: Mountains from the Sea
Episode 5 - 6-20-1986
The Cousteau team on board the Calyspo set sail for the South Pasific and the Marquseas Islands. Once hearty and independent, the people suffered death and destruction under the Spaniards and the Missionaries. Today, these fiercely proud people remain linked to the ancient rituals and customs of the past. The Cousteau cameras capture the beauty of the Marquesas from the highest waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere to mountain streams teeming with blue tropical fish.
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Sea of Cortez: Legacy of Cortez
Episode 4 - 6-13-1986
Captain Cousteau and the crew of the Alcyone head northward from Cape Horn to investigate Mexico's fabled Sea of Cortez. The youngest and deepest of all the world's ocean gulfs; the seas is risch with marine creatures - birds and sea lions, fish and mammals. The Cousteau team compile the first complete record of the feeding behaviour of the elusive finback whale, the mating of the mama rays and spawning rites of the grunion.
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Cape Horn: Waters of the Wind
Episode 3 - 6-06-1986
Alcyone's debut and its first major test as a research and diving platform sharing duties with the Calypso. Alcyone and her team challenge the seas of Cape Horn, widely thought to be the most dangerous ocean passage in the world. The team film huge glactiers, giant crabs, huge albatrosses and tiny penguins. Alcyone herself nearly joins the victims of The Horn when she strikes a hidden rock.
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Cuba: Waters of Destiny
Episode 2 - 5-30-1986
The Cousteau team discover in the waters around Cuba a richness that divers have not seen in any other part of the Caribbean Sea for at least twenty years. The team film the strange vertical position of the shark whale whilst feeding. Captain Cousteau also discovers in President Fidel Castro a common love of the sea.
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Haiti: Waters of Sorrow
Episode 1 - 5-23-1986
When Christopher Columbus discovered Haiti in 1492 he described a different Haiti, an island that has suffered centuries of exploitation and people who now live in the misery of over-population.
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