Feb 16, 2023
Natasha SinghRare video footage showing the Titanic ocean liner on the floor of the Atlantic has been released, decades after the discovery of the wreckage and more than a century after the ship hit an iceberg and sunk.
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The footage from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was shot about 2 miles (3 km) below the ocean's surface, just months after explorers found the wreckage in 1985. Most of it has not been previously released to the public.
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Some brief clips of the original dives have been aired, but now we have the release of a longer 80-minute video of uncut footage on YouTube.
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The release of the footage "marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes," the WHOI said.
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It struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, in the Atlantic as it made its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. More than 1,500 people died in the sinking, shocking the world and prompting outrage over a lack of lifeboats on board.
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A team from WHOI and the French National Institute of Oceanography found the sunken ship broken in two pieces southeast of Canada's Newfoundland on Sept. 1, 1985.
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Footage was shot by cameras on a human-occupied submersible and a small remotely operated vessel that maneuvered through tight spaces.
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The unveiling of the footage has been timed with the re-release of director James Cameron's 1997 film "Titanic" on its 25th anniversary. The movie won 11 Academy Awards, including for best picture.
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HOV (Human Occupied Vehicle) Alvin, with ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) Jason Jr. descends to the ocean bottom to the resting place of the Titanic's wreck, July, 1986.
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The WHOI team, in partnership with the French oceanographic exploration organization Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer, discovered the final resting place of the ship in 12,400 feet (3,780 meters) of water.
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There were no human flesh or bones left, but he saw shoes, including the footwear of what appeared to be a mother and a baby, that looked like tombstones marking the spot where some of the roughly 1,500 people who perished came to rest on the ocean floor.
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