The rare film of the Titanic crash shot in 1986.

 See the recently released, rare film of the Titanic crash shot in 1986.

 

On Wednesday, decades after the discovery of the wreckage and more than a century after the ship struck an iceberg and sank, rare video footage showing the ocean liner Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic is being made public. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) video was captured only a few months after divers discovered the debris in 1985, at a depth of around two miles (three kilometers). The majority of the material has never before been made available to the public.

 

Following the discovery, footage of the Titanic wreckage site has appeared in several documentaries. A larger, 80-minute film of the unedited footage will be posted on YouTube on Wednesday. A few brief segments of the original dives have already been broadcast. The footage was released, and according to the WHOI, it "marks the first time humans set eyes on the unfortunate ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes."

 

The Titanic was the largest ocean liner in operation at the time and was considered to be practically impregnable when it was completed. On April 14, 1912, it encountered an iceberg in the Atlantic while sailing from Southampton, England, to New York. The tragedy, which claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people, shocked the world and ignited indignation over the absence of lifeboats on board.

On September 1, 1985, a crew from WHOI and the French National Institute of Oceanography discovered the sunken ship, which was split in half, southeast of Canada's Newfoundland.

 

Cameras mounted aboard a human-occupied submersible and a small remotely controlled vessel that could travel through confined places captured images during 11 dives in July 1986. The footage's release coincides with the 25th-anniversary re-release of director James Cameron's 1997 movie "Titanic." 11 Academy Awards were given to the film, including one for best picture.

 

According to a statement by Cameron, "the human stories embodied in the big ship continue to reverberate." "By making this footage public, WHOI is contributing to the telling of a significant chapter in a global and cross-generational narrative."

 

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