Incredible footage of the Titanic taken two years after she was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is set to be released.
The doomed liner was found in 1985, more than 70 years after sinking on her maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York City.
Its location remained a mystery for decades until it was discovered in 1985 at a depth of 12,500ft around 380 miles southeast of Newfoundland.
A year later an expedition was launched by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
The crew used a small submarine to capture incredible footage of the ship which it will release in full early on Friday morning to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the film Titanic.
The video showed stunning images of the liner at the bottom of the ocean with recognisable aspects including its grand stairway.
WHOI wrote on its Youtube page: “This rare, uncut, and un-narrated footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes.
“Captured in July 1986 from cameras on the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the newly built, remotely operated Jason Junior, most of this footage has never been released to the public.”
The ship seen in the footage is a far cry from today’s wreck.
A further 40 years in the crushing depths of the Atlantic has meant the Titanic has practically disintegrated after being ravaged by rust and bacteria.
Footage captured by OceanGate Expeditions in 2021 and 2022, showed the severe collapse and deterioration of the main mast, including the entrance to where the crow’s nest was - the location where Frederick Fleet first spotted the fateful iceberg.
OceanGate's Rory Golden said: "One of the most amazing clips shows one of the single-ended boilers that fell to the ocean's floor when the Titanic broke into two.
"Notably, it was one of the single-ended boilers that was first spotted when the wreck of the Titanic was identified back in 1985."
Survivor and silent movie star Dorothy Gibson was just 22 when the ship sank and previously told Smithsonian about remembering the screams of the passengers as the ship slipped beneath the waves.
She said: “Suddenly there was a wild coming together of voices from the ship and we noticed an unusual commotion among the people about the railing.
Then the awful thing happened, the thing that will remain in my memory until the day I die. “No one can describe the frightful sounds."
