Robert Ballard has been living and breathing the Titanic since he was part of the team that discovered it in 1985. In Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard, he revisits the iconic ship in an entirely different way—from the perspective of those who set sail on it some 100 years ago. Ballard travels to the shipyards of Northern Ireland to retrace the path of the doomed ship from its very incarnation. Throughout his journey, Ballard is driven by one personal question—will the Titanic survive another 100 years? As evidence mounts that the ship is under siege by natural forces, careless visitors, and even rogue salvage operators, the man who found it teams with the families of victims and survivors to protect the legacy of history’s most famous ship.
Direction
Ballard's raw personal stake transforms standard doc into urgent mission.
Cinematography
Haunting underwater footage of the wreck's accelerating decay.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ballard's 1985 discovery was actually a cover story for a classified Cold War mission to locate two sunken nuclear submarines.
The 'ballooning' metal-eating bacteria threatening the wreck were only discovered in 2010, making this documentary's urgency even more prescient.
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