Movie: Secrets of the Titanic

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Robert D. Ballard
Robert D. Ballard

Self

Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator

Dudley Foster
Dudley Foster

Self

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    Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and his research team become the first undersea explorers to locate, photograph, and explore the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage 2 1/2 mile deep in the icy waters of the Atlantic in 1912, taking 1500 passengers and crew with it to a watery grave. Utilizing dazzling state-of-the art equipment and cutting edge expertise they record the decaying remains of the ocean liner once thought "unsinkable."

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    1986-08-07

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