'By releasing this footage, WHOI is helping tell an important part of a story that spans generations and circles the globe.'
Rare footage of the first filmed expedition of the RMS Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean has been released to the public to enjoy to mark the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's blockbuster film on the ill-fated ship.
The infamous White Star Liner, built in Belfast, sank on her maiden journey from Southhampton to New York City on April 15 1912 after striking an iceberg, killing an estimated 1500 passengers.In September 1985 the wreck of Titanic was first located as a result of a joint French-American expedition by Jean-Louis Michel of the French National Institute of Oceanography and Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution .
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