It took almost 75 years for researchers to record the first footage of the remains of the Titanic, buried over 2 miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
It then took them nearly 40 years more to release the footage in its fuller form.
This week, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) released 80 minutes of untrimmed footage from its first filmed voyage to the sunken ship.
Captured only months after a team from the WHOI found the wreck in 1985, the footage features several shots of the Titanic — including its prow, rusty railings and cavernous cabins — that are completely new to the public.
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Sinking of the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats. May 15, 1912. (Credit: Everett Collection/Shutterstock)
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