Jacques Cousteau - River Explorations
Documentary
Episodes
▶1. Danube - The Curtain RisesJacques Cousteau explores the old (abbeys, castles), the new (dams, industry) and the timeless (a living ecosystem) on the river that carries the history of Europe.▶2. Danube - Charlemagne's DreamCenturies ago, Charlemagne dreamed of a canal linking the Rhine and the Danube. Now that canal exists, creating a passage from the North to the Baltic seas.▶3. Danube - The River Cries OutA glassy staircase of 16 terraced lakes...the royal stag and the Carpathian bear: the Danube and it's tributaries display these wonders and more.▶4. Danube - Rivalries OverflowThe Cousteau team encounters nuclear and industrial pollution, fished-out waters, rusted-out vessels and the horrors of war.▶5. Mississippi - Reluctant AllyIce and wetlands. Jazz and agribusiness. Cousteau becomes a modern day Huckleberry Finn to explore the Father of Waters.▶6. Mississippi - Friendly FoeCousteau and crew retrace the path of pioneers along the Missouri, then voyage past modern locks and classic paddle-wheelers on the mighty Mississippi.▶7. Amazon - Calypso Countdown, Rigging for the AmazonEver wonder what happens behind the scenes of a Cousteau production? Find out as the Calypso is readied for an Amazon adventure.▶8. Amazon - Journey to a Thousand RiversOne thousand rivers converge into the Amazon, the world's largest river system. A remarkable journey through this still mysterious kingdom begins.▶9. Amazon - Indians of the AmazonThreatened by the encroaching modern world, Amazon's self-reliant and diverse tribes struggle to preserve traditional ways of life.▶10. Amazon - River of GoldGold fever strikes the Amazon Basin, turning lush acreage into a wasteland and people into exploited, desperate laborers.▶11. Amazon - Blueprints for AmazoniaCan Earth's largest liquid kingdom be saved and it's peoples and riches protected? The Cousteau expedition contemplates the past and future of the Amazon.▶12. Amazon - Legacy of a Lost WorldPierce the farthest reaches of the Amazon, our planet's greatest treasure trove of biological diversity, now menaced by profiteering humans.▶13. Amazon - Snowstorm in the JungleJean-Michel Cousteau embarks on a special mission: investigate the Amazon's dangerous, deadly underworld built on a foundation of whit gold- cocaine.