Sunken Eldorado: The New Underwater Gold Rush
1x60'
Sunken Eldorado: The New Underwater Gold Rush
Synopsis
Faced with an ever-growing demand for precious metals and dwindling extraction sites, the world’s oceans are being seen as a new Eldorado. Thousands of shipwrecks litter the ocean floor with cargoes of these ’precious metals’. With today’s technology, this treasure is in reach.
Underwater archaeology has revealed that 3 million shipwrecks litter the ocean floor, 3,500 of which sunk with cargoes of gold, silver and porcelain onboard. Billions of dollars worth of this material, just sitting there, at the bottom of the sea. With today’s technology, this gold is in reach.
But how can this sunken treasure be recovered? And who has the right to do so? The nation whose territorial waters host the wreck? The country plundered years ago for its resources? Or indeed humanity, as advertised by UNESCO? Between diplomatic battles and great buccaneers, this international investigation uncovers a new gold rush.
Presented on behalf of Java Films.
Keywords & Tags
Shipwrecks, Gold, Silver, Sunk
Language
English, French
Duration
1x60'
Format
HD
Genre(s)
Entertainment, History, Adventure & Discovery, Modern History
Production Company
Via Découvertes
Worldwide Distribution
Java Films
Country
France
Year
2019
Director(s)
Denis Delestrac, Didier Martiny