The Silent World
work by Cousteau and Dumas
Also known as: “Le Monde du silence”
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contribution to scuba diving
- In underwater diving
…Le Monde du silence (1952; The Silent World), written with Frédéric Dumas, and in other writings and television and film productions. Clubs formed after 1943 as fast as scuba equipment became available; national associations were formed in France, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States; and in 1959 Cousteau…
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discussed in biography of Cousteau
- In Jacques Cousteau
…Le Monde du silence (1953; The Silent World), written with Frédéric Dumas. In 1956 he adapted the book into a documentary film, directed with French motion-picture director Louis Malle, that won both the Palme d’Or at that year’s Cannes international film festival and an Academy Award in 1957, one of…
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role of Malle
- In Louis Malle
…Le Monde du silence (1956; The Silent World) with underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
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