Ride on a 'monster' changed the life of underwater adventurer Ben Cropp | ABC Australia
January 22, 2025
7,050
104
7
1.57%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Abc Australia Episodes Around January 22, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
8:48Now PlayingRide on a 'monster' changed the life of underwater adventurer Ben Cropp | ABC Australia
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelBen Cropp is one of the pioneers of underwater film in Australia, having been the first Australian producer to sell his documentaries to the giant US networks in the early 60s.
One of his photographs, taken while positioned nose to nose with a great white shark, was on the front cover of Time Magazine in 1997.
He's been diving with Clint Eastwood and Leonard Nimoy, spearfished with former prime minister Harold Holt and had a beer at the back of the boat with Rupert Murdoch, and lays claim to the discovery of more than 100 shipwreck discoveries.
Produced by Tyne Logan & Chris Lewis.
Archive vision courtesy of Ben Cropp.
Subscribe 🔔
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Please note: On most of our videos, the captions/subtitles are auto-generated by YouTube.
This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use (Section 3).
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.