The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1 (1979)
During a 9-month trip, the Cousteau team will explore the longest river on the planet: the Nile. It flows north to the Mediterranean, crosses half a continent and over 7000 years of history. On its shores, civilizations have built marvels of architecture. Kingdoms rose and then fell, each person's destiny still intimately linked to that of the river... without anyone having mastered it. The Calypso team studies life around the Nile, which has remained almost unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau as Self |
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Philippe Cousteau as Self |
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Theodore Strauss as Narrator |
| Crew | Jean Jacques Baloud | Logistics Coordinator |
| Editing | Colette Verger | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mary Nelson | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Guy Jouas | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Music |
| Sound | Jean Hamon | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Maurice Gilbert | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gérard Lecas | Sound Engineer |
| Editing | Claire de Casablanca | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Yves Zlotnicka | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Raymond Amaddio | Assistant Camera |
| Production | John Sohn | Associate Producer |
| Editing | John Sohn | Editor |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Thierry Tronchet | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Suzanne Lang-Willar | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Theodore Strauss | Writer |
| Production | Laurie Wolfe | Researcher |
| Camera | Christian Boe | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jean-Paul Cornu | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jean Hamon | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yves Zlotnicka | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Henri-Jean Alliet | Camera Operator |