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Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron

And probably the mostfrequently asked question to me is, "What was it like seeingthe wreck...

And probably the most
frequently asked question to me is, "What was it like seeing
the wreck for the first time?" I get asked, "Hey,
what was it like?" And I always wanna
tell them the story they want to hear, which was, there she was in, you know, this beautiful,
stately ruin coming out of the darkness

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And probably the most frequently asked question
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to me is,
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"What was it like seeing the wreck for the first time?"
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I get asked, "Hey, what was it like?"
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And I always wanna tell them the story
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they want to hear, which was,
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there she was in, you know,
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this beautiful, stately ruin coming out of the darkness.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:31
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Earthship Productions,National Geographic

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Movie Summary

For the 20th anniversary of "Titanic," James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.
And the first thing I recognized - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:06
And the first thing I recognized
And I said, "Too bad they didn't paint the whole ship - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:05
And I said, "Too bad they didn't paint the whole s...
So he dropped his weights and then we began our ascent. - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:04
So he dropped his weights and then we began our ascent.
That's pretty much what it looked like to me - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:06
That's pretty much what it looked like to me
But there's also nothing cooler - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:04
But there's also nothing cooler
We did it for fake in the movie, - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:08
We did it for fake in the movie,
We come to that shot of the stem, the vertical bow, - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:09
We come to that shot of the stem, the vertical bow,
Uh, you won't find skeletons, - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:06
Uh, you won't find skeletons,
What anybody who's explored the wreck finds - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:05
What anybody who's explored the wreck finds
Takes years for a skeleton to vanish, - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:09
Takes years for a skeleton to vanish,
There's a scene where we were filming - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:07
There's a scene where we were filming
These were people whose shoes - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:04
These were people whose shoes
Because the cabin was all around them, - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:04
Because the cabin was all around them,
So I can imagine her holding the mirror - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:08
So I can imagine her holding the mirror
Yeah, you get so into the forensics of it. - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:04
Yeah, you get so into the forensics of it.
Studying the wreck and the breakup - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:08
Studying the wreck and the breakup
I know, I know that that was an epiphany for me - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:07
I know, I know that that was an epiphany for me
And I'd been studying it for months, - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:07
And I'd been studying it for months,
Everybody had a family somewhere - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:04
Everybody had a family somewhere
I wanted to meet with the families - Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 00:10
I wanted to meet with the families