The video is from the remarkable dive in 1986 -- when human eyes saw the giant ocean liner for the first time since it sank nearly 75 years earlier.
Rare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released Wednesday by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI's YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the dive led by Robert Ballard that marked the first time human eyes had seen the giant ocean liner since it struck an iceberg and sank in the frigid North Atlantic in April 1912. About 1,500 people died during the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City.
The White Star Line passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic embarking on its ill-fated maiden voyage. via Getty Images A team from Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 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 of water on Sept. 1, 1985 using a towed underwater camera.
Nine months later, a WHOI team returned to the site in the famous three-person research submersible Alvin and the remotely-operated underwater exploration vehicle Jason Jr., which took iconic images of the ship’s interior.RELATED:"More than a century after the loss of Titanic, the human stories embodied in the great ship continue to resonate," ocean explorer and filmmaker James Cameron said in a statement. "Like many, I was transfixed when Alvin and Jason Jr.
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Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage to be releasedRare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage to be releasedRare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage to be releasedRare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is set to be released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Woods Hole institute to release rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckageThe more than 80 minutes of footage on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the dive led by Robert Ballard that marked the first time human eyes had seen the giant ocean liner since it struck an iceberg and sank in the frigid North Atlantic in April 1912.
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Rare Video of 1986 Dive in Titanic Wreckage to Be ReleasedRare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage to be releasedThe more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI’s YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the dive that marked the first time human eyes had seen the giant ocean liner since it sunk.
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