The "unsinkable" Titanic was a dream come true: four city blocks long and a passenger list worth 250 million dollars. But on her maiden voyage in April 1912, that dream became a nightmare when the giant ship struck an iceberg and sunk in the cold North Atlantic. More than 1,500 lives were lost in one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century. Now, using newsreels, stills, diaries, and exclusive interviews with survivors, Titanic: The Complete Story recounts the sensational history of the premier liner. In Part I: Death of a Dream, the largest ship ever built is christened in Ireland before a cheering crowd of 100,000. Witness the disaster this trek becomes as numerous iceberg warnings go unheeded and the ship sinks in the icy North Atlantic. In Part II: The Legend Lives On, over-packed lifeboats edge away from the crippled liner as a futile SOS signals flare into the night--leaving 1,500 passengers to a watery grave.
Editing
Seamless weaving of survivor interviews with archival footage.
Direction
Peltier lets witnesses speak, never sensationalizes.
Production
Ballard's '85 wreck footage adds devastating finality.
Director
Melissa Jo Peltier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Ballard discovered the wreck while secretly testing Navy submarines for the Cold War; Titanic was his cover story.
This 1994 doc dropped months before Cameron's film, creating a perfect storm of Titanic obsession that defined the decade.
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