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It recounts his and his crew's stay aboard "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Shelf_Station_Two Conshelf Two]]", an underwater research station in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan. Cousteau and the five men in his crew spend thirty days inside the Conshelf Two, ten meters below the surface of the Red Sea. Below the main Conshelf Two station is a "deep cabin" thirty meters below the surface in which two crewmembers spend a week after diving down from the main station. Conshelf Two also has a docking station for a submersible vehicle that Cousteau and another crewmember use to dive to 281m (the English narration states "923 feet") below the surface.
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It recounts his and his crew's stay aboard "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Shelf_Station_Two Conshelf Two]]", an [[UnderwaterBase underwater research station station]] in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan. Cousteau and the five men in his crew spend thirty days inside the Conshelf Two, ten meters below the surface of the Red Sea. Below the main Conshelf Two station is a "deep cabin" thirty meters below the surface in which two crewmembers spend a week after diving down from the main station. Conshelf Two also has a docking station for a submersible vehicle that Cousteau and another crewmember use to dive to 281m (the English narration states "923 feet") below the surface.
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* UnderwaterBase: The focus of the film. Conshelf II is not quite as flashy as some fictional examples of the trope, but [[TruthInTelevision it really did exist.]]
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* NatureDocumentary: Jacques Cousteau exploring the Red Sea. At one point he glimpses a weird-looking fish crawling over the coral bed and admits he has no idea what it is. (It was a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogfish frogfish]].)
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''World Without Sun'' is a 1964 documentary by Creator/JacquesCousteau.
It recounts his and his crew's stay aboard "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Shelf_Station_Two Conshelf Two]]", an underwater research station in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan. Cousteau and the five men in his crew spend thirty days inside the Conshelf Two, ten meters below the surface of the Red Sea. Below the main Conshelf Two station is a "deep cabin" thirty meters below the surface in which two crewmembers spend a week after diving down from the main station. Conshelf Two also has a docking station for a submersible vehicle that Cousteau and another crewmember use to dive to 281m (the English narration states "923 feet") below the surface.
Cousteau and his crew explore the reef, taking films of the Red Sea and collecting samples of aquatic wildlife. (One scene shows a fish getting frustrated at its inability to eat the smaller fish that's been caught in Cousteau's net.) The other objective was, as Cousteau explains, to show that "oceanauts" could live and work underwater.
Compare Cousteau's other Oscar-winning documentary, ''Film/TheSilentWorld''.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: In his narration Cousteau imagines that humans will continue to live and work under the sea. Although underwater habitats do have their advantages, limitations such as a lack of mobility, and the later advance of robotic underwater probes, have resulted in underwater habitats being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_habitat#History mostly discontinued]] not long after this movie was made.
* EverybodySmokes: There they are, in an underwater research station, breathing a carefully controlled atmosphere, in a situation where a fire would kill them all. And they're smoking pipes.
* HeliumSpeech: The special air mix that the two guys in the "deep cabin" breathe at 30 meters deep includes helium. So they get the high-pitched voice, as one oceanaut humorously demonstrates.
* InMediasRes: Starts with Cousteau's submarine moving through the ghostly ocean, looking cool. It's not until later that Cousteau explains the setup of the Conshelf II station and the objectives of the expedition.
* ManipulativeEditing: As the submersible rises up from some 280m deep, Cousteau and Falco make a detour into an underwater tunnel, which leads to a cave, which has air inside, which Falco actually ''breathes'' when he opens up the hatch of the submersible and sticks his head out. This was called out [[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/23/movie-of-undersea-study-at-cinema-ii.html at the time]] as being fake. It turns out that this particular scene was filmed during a completely different expedition in the Mediterranean.
* {{Narrator}}: Cousteau in his iconic French accent.
* NatureDocumentary: Jacques Cousteau exploring the Red Sea.
* SceneryPorn: Some gorgeous underwater photography.
* TitleDrop: The last line.
--> '''Cousteau''': Further adventures await oceanauts in the world without sun.
* VideoPhone: The folks in the Conshelf II dial up Cousteau's wife on a video phone to arrange for the delivery of supplies.
It recounts his and his crew's stay aboard "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Shelf_Station_Two Conshelf Two]]", an underwater research station in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan. Cousteau and the five men in his crew spend thirty days inside the Conshelf Two, ten meters below the surface of the Red Sea. Below the main Conshelf Two station is a "deep cabin" thirty meters below the surface in which two crewmembers spend a week after diving down from the main station. Conshelf Two also has a docking station for a submersible vehicle that Cousteau and another crewmember use to dive to 281m (the English narration states "923 feet") below the surface.
Cousteau and his crew explore the reef, taking films of the Red Sea and collecting samples of aquatic wildlife. (One scene shows a fish getting frustrated at its inability to eat the smaller fish that's been caught in Cousteau's net.) The other objective was, as Cousteau explains, to show that "oceanauts" could live and work underwater.
Compare Cousteau's other Oscar-winning documentary, ''Film/TheSilentWorld''.
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!!Tropes:
* AwesomeButImpractical: In his narration Cousteau imagines that humans will continue to live and work under the sea. Although underwater habitats do have their advantages, limitations such as a lack of mobility, and the later advance of robotic underwater probes, have resulted in underwater habitats being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_habitat#History mostly discontinued]] not long after this movie was made.
* EverybodySmokes: There they are, in an underwater research station, breathing a carefully controlled atmosphere, in a situation where a fire would kill them all. And they're smoking pipes.
* HeliumSpeech: The special air mix that the two guys in the "deep cabin" breathe at 30 meters deep includes helium. So they get the high-pitched voice, as one oceanaut humorously demonstrates.
* InMediasRes: Starts with Cousteau's submarine moving through the ghostly ocean, looking cool. It's not until later that Cousteau explains the setup of the Conshelf II station and the objectives of the expedition.
* ManipulativeEditing: As the submersible rises up from some 280m deep, Cousteau and Falco make a detour into an underwater tunnel, which leads to a cave, which has air inside, which Falco actually ''breathes'' when he opens up the hatch of the submersible and sticks his head out. This was called out [[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/23/movie-of-undersea-study-at-cinema-ii.html at the time]] as being fake. It turns out that this particular scene was filmed during a completely different expedition in the Mediterranean.
* {{Narrator}}: Cousteau in his iconic French accent.
* NatureDocumentary: Jacques Cousteau exploring the Red Sea.
* SceneryPorn: Some gorgeous underwater photography.
* TitleDrop: The last line.
--> '''Cousteau''': Further adventures await oceanauts in the world without sun.
* VideoPhone: The folks in the Conshelf II dial up Cousteau's wife on a video phone to arrange for the delivery of supplies.
