From the archives: Titanic shipwreck's discovery in 1985; survivors react

The site of the Titanic wreckage was discovered by Robert Ballard around 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, on Sept. 1, 1985. “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather” reported on the first images released following the historic discovery of the shipwreck.

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[JEBossTon]

In 2024, watching a news story from 1985 about a tragedy that happened in 1912. YouTube is awesome.

[replicacity]

Crazy how the titanic always finds it’s way back in the news

[Azrael]

I wish news would go back to this format. Straight to the point and delivering the facts.

[Charlie]

I would actually watch the news if it was still presented like this.

[daniels]

Even this video is historical now. From a time when news anchors calmly reported the news, but didn't tell you how to feel about it.

[guttershoot]

exactly what he said: “look at it, dream about it, but don’t touch.”

[lilytyler]

The SATISFACTION the survivors felt when it was finally proven the ship broke! Imagine the frustration trying to tell everyone what happened and people saying "sure Grandma, let's get you to bed."

[MikinessAnalog]

"Now there's one wreck lying next to another wreck for the same damn reason" - James Cameron

[GregoryTheGrster]

The fact that they had not yet found the stern half is a sign of how difficult (and extraordinary) it was to find any of it.

[sanchez]

2:30 quite a historically significant moment here. The moment it's confirmed that she broke in half. It's amazing just how many witnesses stated that she broke but the verdict came down to what the surviving officers saw/ didn't see.

[damienkearns]

The designer was onboard, he helped many women and children onto lifeboats. In the design and construction of the Titanic he was denied many more lifeboats that he wanted and he also wanted a stronger design that would have made the Titanic impregnable. He was last seen smoking quietly to himself before he went down with the ship and died aged 39. His name was Thomas Andrews.

[elsxrrr]

Look at the quality of news back then. Truly captivating.

[sicidamara]

"The consequences of excessive confidence" .. Something Stockton Rush didn't consider

[jackfromtitanic]

I met Robert Ballard in Chicago at a Titanic exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium just a few years after he discovered it, what a class act He was . He had such passion and love with an immense respect for the Titanic and the lost . I was very blessed to talk to Him and meet him . A true pioneer.

[thevictoryoverhimself]

People often don’t know this: what Ballard and woods hole were actually out in the ocean and paid to do was investigate the sunken nuclear submarines thresher and scorpion. They managed to get that job done so quickly they had a few extra weeks. So they went looking for the titanic with all this fancy US navy shipwreck equipment

[DerFinne]

The wreck's condition was apparently much better in 1985 than today. The iron eating bacteria have done their job. The sister ship of Titanic lying in the Mediterranean Sea since 1916 has not that issue with iron eating bacteria because they live only in the Deap Sea. The sun light can reach the sister ship of Titanic and the ship is in a good condition.

[TheTarrMan]

This really shows how our journalism turned into a reality television show. It's disgusting what happened. We should all be ashamed of ourselves.

[nutsackmania]

bob ballard is seriously one of humanity's superior bros

[zeddeka]

It must have been some validation for those survivors who said that the ship broke in two, only to be told at the inquests that it had not.

[tomservo]

I remember being 8 years old and fascinated by this discovery. A month later National Geographic had a great article written by Ballard along with their always great photos. I showed this to my grandma who was 2 years old when Titanic sank-in my mind grandma was a tangible link to that time and she told me about how Captain Smith refused to save himself and decided to go down with his ship. Grandma was interested in the saga of the Titanic also and apparently read quite a bit about it and she was amazed at the technology that allowed us to view the wreck 2 1/2 miles down. One day she and I both looked through another National Geographic with another Ballard article entitled 'A Long Last Look at Titanic'. Miss you grandma.