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Who was the arrogant Canadian representing AquaLung that supposedly said to Ted Eldred "you either sell to us or we'll run you out?" Is Ted's Porpoise regulator the 1st single hose regulator?

Jack Gusto

It's a very, very interesting story. What difficulties the first researchers had. I was also impressed by the number of birds in the lagoon.

What an amazing story! And very interesting visual materials!

Learned on the 2 hose and knew bits of the story, thanks from old New Orleans 😎

Thanks comrade

Thank you

Couple other issues: One is all the Diesel (?) oil held onboard the ship for the long journey has been bubbling up for decades as the old tanks corrode. If they completely fail, that is an environmental disaster at the mouth of the Whangarei Harbour. Second is that, the NZ Government of the day used the gun register to collect up all the military-type rifles, (.303's for instance), held privately. Presumably to arm the British Home Guard that only had pitch forks to face an German invasion at that time. Witnesses at the Port of Auckland said these were all greased and packed in wooden crates onboard the Niagara and all went to the bottom of the sea, leaving our Home Guard with nothing but pitch forks to face a Japanese invasion. The Americans sent bulk firearms for the Home Guards of the UK and the NZ some time later. Churchill said it was the second most important shipment of the war after the Canadian divisions. Third is that, it was one heck of a coincidence that the Germans laid mines just days before the Niagara with all that gold left port. There has been a lot of speculation about someone in the NZ Parliament tipping them off. Some strongly socialist types didn't believe NZ should enter a European war. All that changed when Germany invaded Russia and they got off their Wellington soapboxes and even encouraged people to enlist.

Never knew about Ted Eldred and that he was the one who invented mouth regulator. This seems obvious and simple and yet more secure! Thanks for sharing! Greetings to all scuba divers!

When the siren/s went off in Whangarei, shocked locals thought the Japanese had invaded. News reached that the Niagara was in trouble and 3 privately owned boats left the Town Basin immediately and at full speed. Somewhat late was the fourth boat, owned by "Cap' Wilkinson", (he always wore a Captain's hat and often a silk apron for his work as a saddler). He'd sent home to his native Germany for plans for a boat and an appropriate motor. It was so well designed and balanced that one by one it passed the others in the race to pick up survivors, and arrived at the scene first. The irony of who he was, was not missed. My Grandfather Albie Wallace the next day was asked by "Cap" to tighten the engine bolts back down. It had all but vibrated loose and would not have got much further. When the first gold was recovered it was later taken to nearby Onerahi School (probably to here) on a trolley to show the kids including my mother. They were invited by the salvage Captain to help themselves to one of the bars. Of course, it was so heavy they couldn't lift it.

It is good to see the Mexicans making bad scifi movies, I thought Japan had the lead. I have often wondered why aliens always seem to want to go to America.

Will The Mermaids of Tiburon be on your list? 🙂

I'm glad bat lady survived and is still doing whatever she did so well

This is what I have always understood the old bus was.

Keep these coming! Fascinating history

I liked seeing the practical experiments

Why was this recommended to me lol.

Excellent video.

Well done

Crew were robbed. Bank of F... England

The amazing folk at HARS (Historic Aircraft Restoration Society) at Albion Park (NSW) have finished a 12-year project to build a faithful, flying replica of this plane. ruclips.net/video/EdW5ArNHgjo/видео.htmlsi=uif7y8KHqLlmcbLp

Very interesting. Fokker FVIIB “Southern Cross” Replica based at HARS Australia, is back in the sky after 21 years. 🇦🇺

People give this guy way more credit than he deserves. Other people were doing far more extreme underwater living than this baffoon.

Fascinating, Thank you..

Capt Crabe

Calypso, Calypso

Well, that's a blast from my youth. I once had a book complete with photographs on the whole episode of the recovery. I treasured it but it disappeared when I left it behind in Sydney when I went overseas. Definitely a 'Boys Own Adventure' story!!

It is inexcusable for him to inform oil companies of the locations of underwater oil deposits in exchange for supporting their scientific research

Super documentary!

A 'can do' attitude. Different breed. Great doc.

Met him, short and smell of garlic.Told him he was my hero.

Awesome video! I've been searching for a succinct explanation of the history of SCUBA and this video does an excellent job explaining it. I'm hooked! Make a few more videos in this series!

Great video Captain! ❤

In grade school Jaques Cousteau was my hero. Most of my peers watched football, base ball or basketball. Nope i wanted to learn what was happening on the RV Calypso. And because of my fascination with mister Cousteau on my eighth grade gradation my father asked what i wanted for a present. I said i wanted to learn to scuba drive like Jaques Cousteau. So we all got to learn how. It became a family thing. Thank you mister Cousteau.

This video is a gem. Thank you, sir.

Hi Jeff - could not find an answer on line. Can you help? Was the prototype single hose CG regulator fitted with the exhaust valve at the mouthpiece end? Thanks in advance!

Hi Jeff! Thanks for this great video. I would like to add Korean subtitles, but couldn't find the function under the three dots ... Could you please activate the translation function for this clip?

Will do! (Get the book)

Still got my Seibe Gorman merlin twin hose regulator. It is still working perfectly too.

Born in 1938, I was fortunate to have a Godfather who took his role seriously. An army Major, served in North Africa, he was a man of action and adventure. His birthday & Xmas gifts were books about discovery and adventure, one of those books was by Jacques Cousteau and underwater adventure, Edmund Hilary & Mt Everest was another. In 1968 I left the UK for a prime job opportunity in Hobart, Tasmania Australia. The new Clinical School was opposite a scuba diving centre!. It was not long before I had a wetsuit, new SeaBee regulator and a dive tank with a J reserve handle. Over the years many a time I have sucked the tank dry, coming home with enough Cary’s and abalone to feed us all week. At 85, I am forever indebted to my uncle & JC, for giving me the interest & equipment to achieve what my uncle had sown in a youngster’s mind. Greetings from Tasmania Australia.👍😁🇦🇺🦘

Fantastic info grew up watching & marveling at Cousteaus Documentary’s always believed he invited the whole system including the compressed air tanks would like to see Mr. Eldrred get Recognition for his valuable contribution

Cousteau foi ao lado de muitos outros a ter consciência ambiental reflexiva e viajar pelo mundo, mostrando a importância da diversidade de espécies deste planeta, bem como os biomas a serem de proteção máxima para o futuro. Revelou a importância da floresta Amazônia para o planeta Terra e as espécies que lá habitam. Jacques-Yves Cousteau foi um apaixonado e um estudioso no que tange a natureza em toda a sua extensão. Explicou a importância da diversidade marinha, mergulhou nas profundezas dos mares impulsionando a ciência e as pesquisas na obtenção de respostas importantes para um futuro que precisa preservar.

Beautiful music..what is the name of the song ?

Thank you Jeff. Your video brought back a lot of memories. I just ordered your book.

This was so interesting!

Back in the 60s my father was a plumber/ boilermaker in Sydney Australia. He was an avid spear fisherman in his spare time as well. Hearing about the newfangled diving apparatus he got hold of some plans for a regulator of the design Cousteau had invented and set about making it out of sheet brass etc. Apparently he sold the rig in the 60s but kept the plans, he passed them on to me before he passed away recently.

Great reminder! I still have my ol'n'battered single-stage twin-hose Mistral, just like the one you showed, 150 bar-rated; though completely outdated, it certainly breaths like nothing else except top-notch twin-stagers...

I’ve been a recreational diver since 1967 when I took lessons at the YMCA at 11 years old. I’m now 67 years old and still diving, although not as much, and not as deep, but over my lifetime I was able to do most everything one can do in recreational diving including instructing and stage decompression diving. Double hose regs were still in use when I first took classes in ‘67, but I never used one. The class had both but they gave me the single hose reg, and I never used the double hose for the rest of my life, since they went out of use by the time I was diving frequently. The first reg I purchased was the U.S Divers (Aqualung) Calypso which I still have hanging in my garage. I’m basically familiar with regulators having worked in a dive shop helping to rebuild them as part of my Dive Master training, but I never knew that the double hose was due to pressure differential. I always assumed it was just an exhaust, which always made better sense to me than modern single hose regs which exhaust in your face. This was a fascinating video and you have my subscription. Blessings!

Good on Ted!

great video