Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream

Overview

Decades after the RMS Titanic sank into the Atlantic, the dream of investigating the wreckage was finally realized by undersea geologist Dr. Robert D. Ballard. In 1986, only a single camera crew was allowed to accompany his historic expedition. Using high-tech cameras mounted on submersibles, this remarkable program takes viewers into the frigid depths nearly two and a half miles below the ocean’s surface, revealing spectacular color images of the ship’s once-luxurious interior.

Directed by Graham Hurley

Top cast

Peter Williams

Self - Narrator (voice)

Robert D. Ballard

Self

Dudley Foster

Self

Martin Bowen

Self

Frank Prentice

Self (archive footage) (voice)

John B. Mooney

Self

Bill Lange

Self

Peter Jennings

Self

David Frost

Self (archive footage)

E.J. Smith

Self - as Captain E.J. Smith (archive footage)

Rosalie Ida Straus

Self (archive footage) - Victim of the RMS Titanic

Margaret Brown

Self (archive footage) (as Molly Brown)

Isidor Straus

Self (archive footage) - Victim of the RMS Titanic

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