{"id":21880,"date":"2012-04-10T23:14:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T07:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=21880"},"modified":"2012-04-10T23:19:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T07:19:53","slug":"titanic100-pt-2-secrets-of-the-titanic-dr-robert-ballard-graham-hurley-1986-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=21880","title":{"rendered":"Titanic@100 Pt. 2: Secrets of the Titanic (Dr. Robert Ballard &#038; Graham Hurley, 1986): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?author=59\">William Conlin<\/a>. Viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/\" target=_new><em>National Geographic Online<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part II of a review series pertaining to the sinking of the Titanic<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left\" src=\"https:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/513AQ6RTKGL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"236\" \/> Long before James Cameron\u2019s epic film and while I was still a very young child I developed a great fascination with the sinking of the RMS Titanic. My self-described \u201cobsession with Titanic\u201d began with me stumbling across a National Geographic book about Robert Ballard\u2019s expedition to find Titanic. I was amazed by all the incredible photos and artwork, but my amazement was soon blown out of the water when I saw the National Geographic documentary <a href=\" http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0221425\/\" target=_new><em>Secrets of The Titanic<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Narrated by actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000640\/\" target=_new>Martin Sheen<\/a> and starring marine archeologist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0050593\/\" target=_new>Robert Ballard<\/a> on his 1986 expedition to the RMS Titanic wreck, the hour long documentary details the infamous history of Titanic while highlighting the iconic moments of the wreck investigation. This film is literally a pioneer of the wreckage exploration genre. Along with Ballard&#8217;s other mid-80&#8217;s documentary <em>Search for the Battleship Bismarck<\/em>, this film set the stage for some of history&#8217;s greatest underwater finds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; float: right\" src=\" http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/exposure\/core_media\/ngphoto\/image\/50128_0_391x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"293\" \/> <em>Secrets of the Titanic<\/em> is a seminal moment in the history of Titanic. For decades it was debated by survivors and historians as to whether Titanic split into two pieces or went down whole. Ballard proved once and for all that the ship was resting on the ocean floor in two pieces with a massive debris field bridging the gap. As Ballard explores the ship from his famous <a href=\" http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/alvin\/\" target=_new><em>Alvin<\/em><\/a> submarine, the viewer watches him go from dedicated scientist to a proverbial \u201ckid in a candy store\u201d and for those seeing the images for the first time, it\u2019s not hard to feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Even after watching this documentary numerous times throughout my life I still find it to be poignant and powerful. Also, although the film is now almost 30 years old and features older technology, the facts and grandeur remain the same. For anyone interested in a dated but strong piece, <em>Secrets of the Titanic<\/em> is a must-watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by William Conlin. Viewed at National Geographic Online. Part II of a review series pertaining to the sinking of the Titanic Long before James Cameron\u2019s epic film and while I was still a very young child I developed a great fascination with the sinking of the RMS Titanic. My self-described \u201cobsession with Titanic\u201d began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","category-films","category-online-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}