During a 9-month trip, the Cousteau team will explore the longest river on the planet: the Nile. It flows north to the Mediterranean, crosses half a continent and over 7000 years of history. On its shores, civilizations have built marvels of architecture. Kingdoms rose and then fell, each person's destiny still intimately linked to that of the river... without anyone having mastered it. The Calypso team studies life around the Nile, which has remained almost unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
| Crew | Jean-Paul Cornu | Cinematography |
| Crew | Henri Alliet | Cinematography |
| Crew | Christian Boe | Cinematography |
| Crew | Jean Hamon | Cinematography |
| Crew | Yves Zlotnicka | Cinematography |
| Production | John Sohn | Associate Producer |
| Editing | John Sohn | Editor |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Music |
| Sound | Guy Jouas | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Jean Hamon | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Gérard Lecas | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Yves Zlotnicka | Sound Engineer |
| Crew | Jean Jacques Baloud | Logistics Coordinator |
| Camera | Raymond Amaddio | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Thierry Tronchet | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Colette Verger | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Claire de Casablanca | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mary Nelson | Negative Cutter |
| Production | Laurie Wolfe | Researcher |
| Sound | Suzanne Lang-Willar | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Theodore Strauss | Writer |
| Sound | Maurice Gilbert | Sound Mixer |