The Cousteau Odyssey; Diving for Roman Plunder
- Series
- The Cousteau Odyssey
- Episode
- Diving for Roman Plunder
- Producing Organization
- KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Cousteau Society
- Contributing Organization
- The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-526-mp4vh5dn6g
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- Description
- Episode Description
- "'Diving For Roman Plunder,' a one-hour documentary narrated by Captain Jacques Cousteau and Greek actress Melina Mercouri, explored one of the earliest examples in the more than two-thousand-year history of pillage of Greek art. "Captain Cousteau and his Calypso team retrieved and returned to Greece the ancient Greek treasures they discovered at the site of a Roman ship filled with booty that sank in the Aegean Sea during the century before [Christ's] birth. "The broadcast was set in the context of how the plunder of Greek art remains one of civilization's greatest, never-completely-resolved cultural scandals and how Roman emperors, Renaissance nobles, British and French aristocracy, and wealthy collectors from around the world stopped at nothing to obtain ancient Greek art as symbols of their refinement and status. "Cousteau's chief aim in producing 'Diving for Roman Plunder' was to return the art and artifacts recovered from the expedition to its rightful owner, Greece, where it is now on display in the National Museum in Athens. "'Diving for Roman Plunder,' one of a series of 'The Cousteau Odyssey' specials, was presented on March 14, 1978, on the Public Broadcasting Service."--1978 Peabody Awards entry form.
- Broadcast Date
- 1978-03-14
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Executive Producer: Cousteau, Jacques
Executive Producer: Cousteau, Phillippe
Narrator: Cousteau, Jacques Yves
Narrator: Mercouri, Melina
Producer: Solt, Andrew W.
Producing Organization: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Producing Organization: Cousteau Society
Writer: Strauss, Theodore
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the
University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-b498a186944 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 01:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “The Cousteau Odyssey; Diving for Roman Plunder,” 1978-03-14, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 31, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-mp4vh5dn6g.
- MLA: “The Cousteau Odyssey; Diving for Roman Plunder.” 1978-03-14. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 31, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-mp4vh5dn6g>.
- APA: The Cousteau Odyssey; Diving for Roman Plunder. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-mp4vh5dn6g