The story of the sinking of the Titanic is one that has intrigued students for nearly a century. Finding images of the Titanic isn’t hard, but finding original film footage of it is. Yesterday, the Open Culture blog posted a video of what may be the only existing film footage of the Titanic. The footage was shot in a shipyard while the Titanic was under construction.

Here is a video containing interviews with survivors of the Titanic’s sinking. The video mixes in some clips from the Hollywood production Titanic.

Part two is here.

Here is some underwater footage from a 2004 NOAA expedition to explore the sunken wreckage of the Titanic.

From Snag Films and National Geographic, Secrets of the Titanic.
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