More than a century after the Titanic crashed into a melted and sunken iceberg, decades after the wreck was discovered, a rare video filmed in 1986 was released.
The video of the Woods Hole Oceanography Institute (Wood) was shot at a depth of about 3km below the ocean surface, just a few months after the explorer found the Titanic body in 1985. Most of the video has never been widely published earlier.
Since the discovery of the legendary ship, several feature films about Titanic have shown the scene of the wreckage. Some short clips of the initial dives were broadcast, but it was not until February 15, 2023 that the entire video, which is more than 80 minutes long, was posted by WHOI on YouTube.
The release of the video " marked the first time people have seen the unfortunate ship since12 and many other iconic scenes" - WHOI said.
The Titanic - considered almost invincible under construction - was the largest moon rover in operation at the time. The ship collided with an iceberg floating in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, 1912, when making its first journey from Southampton, England, to New York, USA. More than 1,500 people have died in the shipwreck, shocking the world and causing outrage at the lack of lifeboats on board.
A team from WHOI and the French National Institute of Oceanography found a sunken ship in two southeastern part of Newfoundland, Canada, on September 1, 8.
In 11 dives in July 1986, the video was filmed by a camera on a manned diving boat and a small remotely controlled boat moving in a narrow space.
The video was released to coincide with the 1997 r release of director James Cameron's budget film Titanic. The film has won 11 Oscars, including Best Director.
Reuters quoted director Cameron as saying in a statement: Stories about people in the great ship continue to resonate. With the release of this video, WHOI is helping to tell an important part of the story that spans across generations and around the world".
