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Watching1. Danube - The Curtain Rises
Jacques 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 Dream
Centuries 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 Out
A 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 Overflow
The Cousteau team encounters nuclear and industrial pollution, fished-out waters, rusted-out vessels and the horrors of war.
5. Mississippi - Reluctant Ally
Ice and wetlands. Jazz and agribusiness. Cousteau becomes a modern day Huckleberry Finn to explore the Father of Waters.
6. Mississippi - Friendly Foe
Cousteau 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 Amazon
Ever 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 Rivers
One 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 Amazon
Threatened by the encroaching modern world, Amazon's self-reliant and diverse tribes struggle to preserve traditional ways of life.
10. Amazon - River of Gold
Gold fever strikes the Amazon Basin, turning lush acreage into a wasteland and people into exploited, desperate laborers.
11. Amazon - Blueprints for Amazonia
Can 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 World
Pierce 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 Jungle
Jean-Michel Cousteau embarks on a special mission: investigate the Amazon's dangerous, deadly underworld built on a foundation of whit gold- cocaine.
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