Ghosts of the Abyss 2003 

She’s still on her maiden voyage and still as beautiful as the day she left port. Those windows are absolutely beautiful and the woodwork is phenomenal, much like Paxton said.. time has been kind to her she’s aged like a fine wine she’s still as beautiful as she was on the surface Eurgh. My titanic obsession has started again…

"And many times when I close my eyes, I'm suddenly back there. Floating over the wreck, and I feel like I'm a ghost of the abyss." - Bill Paxton (1955 - 2017)

I always love Titanic. and It's 19/05/2024 and I'm still coming back and watching it. Always My Favourite Documentary.❤❤❤

I’m also impressed that the technology from the early 2000’s looks way better than today’s tech. This was 2001. Also the submarine was really strong and the robots did an amazing job.

No one can make Titanic content like James Cameron... RIP Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton had a lovely voice - perfect for narration Rest In Peace ❤️

I was watching this on Netflix and when I realized they ended their journey when 9/11 was happening 1:23:52 gave me chills.

I love watching professionals at work. Clearly it is needed for something like this.

Honestly... You don't get to fully understand the pain, despair, sadness, and fear that all of those people had to pass through that tragic night, until you see the wreck of what titanic used to be, and you finally understand why is such a horrible and sad tragedy. All of these poor people slowly drowning or dying on the cold water. All those families that were broken that night. All those kids that were left without a father, or were left without both parents. R.I.P Titanic, and everyone that was inside of it, no matter which reason you had, better opportunities or just wanting to travel to other country. Sometimes i just ask myself what would happen if the Titanic never sank.

Look at 1:23:48.... "Elwood is safe and sound and the time is.... 6.16, september 11 2001" What a fcking coinsidence

Gentlemen, admit it, we all understand why we are gathered here?

This continues to be one of my favourite documentaries of all time, titan has me gone down the titanic rabbit hole again, James Cameron is such a legend.. RIP Bill Paxton.

I haven't watched this doc In almost 20 years and I'm so happy it's been uploaded. This documentary was certainly ahead of its time with respects to photography and technology

I cannot believe I haven't searched for this earlier before ,what a treat to see all this ,I was pleaseantly surprised to find out that its longer than one hour , wish I had a bigger screen to just enjoy this great video .

Wow just wow. James Cameron is the only man I can trust with this kind of journey.

45:30 is the footage of the Renault car if anybody is looking for it. They don't seem very sure it's there.

This expedition was groundbreaking!! Absolutely fab doc I’ll never get tired of watching. Thank you!!! Rip Bill ❤️❤️

It’s so sad that there are so many billionaires out there, that no one would have the interest and idea to rebuild a Titanic exactly like the original one. With the classy, old, beginning of the 20th century decoration, only with newest engines, newest life boats and the recent safety measurements... It would be the attraction of the century! I know lots of people think there should never be a new Titanic, because it was a tragedy and there should be only one, the original, but many people really want to experience this famous liner come alive again. The design, the size, everything...

Compared to the tech used here by James Cameron, Titan wasn’t fit to enter a paddling pool.

Just wow, really enjoyed this, what amazing footage, didn't realise there was all this extra footage. Will watch it again. Love Bill Paxton, didnt know he had died. RIP. ❤

Now that's a proper submersible.

i jog past the "home of james cameron welcome to chippewa" sign everyday as i do my route around the falls on that stretch of Mcleod rd. always proud of him and seeing it daily always hits me in the feels. thanks james for all your time and content throughout the decades. youre the man!

in all the years I have been a fan of Titanic never before have I been so moved by the images of this great liner and so enthrarled by what I have seen

Sad that Bill Paxton is no longer around

I never knew Louis was actually a researcher, or that the Keldish was a real research boat. The fact that Cameron put both Louis AND the ship in the movie is really cool

RIP Bill paxton

Ocean Gates sub looks so extremely fragile compared to this one 😬

Now, THAT is the right sort of submarine to use. Not a home made tube where you can only sit.

If I had experienced what Bill Paxton did seeing the Titanic I'd die happy. ❤️

Bill was absolutely terrified

Fantastic, what id do to see titanic before its no more, but i think it will be here long after we've gone. FYI trunk is what you get on a elephant.

Cameron also did a separate doc with Tony Robinson aka Baldrick from Blackadder which was the same crew as this doc. But it was called Titanic Adventure which is equally as interesting as this as there are even more bits of footage from the dive that weren't discovered on this GOTA.

I love the part at 16:05 the lights reveal the bow section of Titanic in the darkness of Altantic ocean

Bill Paxton is still acting (as an actor) being underwater in that totally new situation for him :)

I spent years of my life on a Ocean Research Vessel just like this one we were the ones who pioneered everything that they use on this ship before these guys ever heard of them but Bill said it right that nobody has ever done anything like this at those dephts

That was great! I remember reading on utube about 7 months ago to watch "ghosts of abyss" as i watched a few great dives that jim cameron had did. And i read the book in 2006 or about that time, and the book was good to see the amazing photos of the great huge ship in colour. But i didnt think about it much, and a few comments were even asking how do i get to see ghosts of the abyss on utube? Is it online and all that stuff. Then i just came across it there by luck. Do you notice even fully grown men when at that depth say "its really scary down here, i had no idea the ship was so big my this is amazing to watch, once you look at it from the side half way up thats when you really see how huge it is" every one knows its big but once they see it for real up close its size just shocks them. And even the sub next to it looked tiny as the lights were on it.

“6 something o’clock, Sept 11, 2001” i wonder if they knew at that point

It's crazy that even the actors needed to become experts of submarine exploration and operating the submersibles

Great documentary.

Can't believe that 5 people had to loose their lives for all of us to come here and watch this video.

How odd that I am watching this on September 11, 23 years later.

Iam the first time watching the video in 2023 after the titan dragedy any one like me please comment😅

RIP Bill Paxton 🙏🏻😔

just pause the footage at 17.40 and take a moment to look at that bow,you can imagine it slicing through the sea on its onward journey

"I wish I had those dishes, get it up on eBay". Way to be respectful.

This is beautiful

The first time i learned about titanic was in its movie in 1997.. and since then i never forget it though im here in the Philippines born in 1985 ,i cnt explain the feelings,, thats aomehow i have a connection with this.. Watch titanic for over 30.times

I really wonder about the vertical sinking. Cameron seems to be a fan of this theory but almost every other documentary, the stern doesn’t sink completely vertical

At first i thought this was a movie but turns out it is a documentary in exploring the titanic for the james cameron movie

Rest in peace Bill

Bill Paxton was a great actor

I've often wondered: for how long and how far could the damaged ship have made headway towards the ship, (Californian) that appearently was lying hove to in the close proximity?

I think captain Johan Smith know about iceberg but they continue the ship with full speed but why? At same day emergency dril is cancelled by captain but why?

thanks for uploading this.

James Bond was there too!?

These are reals subs

Are these the same people who appeared at the beginning of the 1997 movie?

Wow! Some of the greatest titanic minds at the bottom of the ocean as 9/11 hit!

Man loved that russian dude explaining how they would deal with an emergency in bare minimum Russian.

Hermoso documental

Awesome :)

49:39

When Bill talked about all the wood work and the detail that man had made shouldn't be at the bottom on the ocean. Thing is, It's still with us today, because its at the bottom of the ocean. If the liner had lived as long as Olympic then Titanic too would join her sister later on at the breakers where no doubt Titanic would not even exist. Britannic soon after. She'd be looked at as outdated. Also all the Olympic class liners would of been forgotten! I couldn't possibly imagine the fear of those who knew their fate that day, those who were lost to the sea. Words could not describe...

Anyone else hearing radio communication with the surface? Funny that........

They haven't 'just dissolved' into the ocean.. they became the ocean. 🫂

32:30 The fact that glass is still intact just goes to show you today's glass is a piece of crap compared to 1912's glass.

On behalf of the crew of the Russian scientific vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, we express our condolences in connection with the death of Bill Paxton. Love and respect forever

The dude securing the lines to the submersible is a LEGEND

It makes you realise how much work actually has to go into doing it safely! Look how many people were involved in this. The titan wasn’t fit for that kind of mission

I’ve watched this so many times over the years, but now it has yet another meaning to it… This is what responsible deep sea diving looks like. This is what submersibles should look like. Thick and bulky and sturdy with lots of precautions taken into their design. Not a pringles tube. I’d trust one of these Soviet beasts, but you couldn’t have paid me enough to get in the titan. Those poor bastards, while they made poor decisions, were fooled by all the big talk. May they rest in peace, especially the 19 year old who just wanted to make his dad happy on father’s day

I can’t believe no one is talking about the sheer athleticism of the guy on top of the sub after that first dive. The way he stays on top of the sub in the rough waves, leaving only momentarily and grabbing back on from the water. Like WHAT??? It’s absolutely blowing my mind.

Didn't realise bill had passed til I watched this so sad r.i.p ❤️ love a Titanic documentary this one is brill 👍

I love how the Russian sub pilot doesn’t care he is even diving to the titanic it’s like another day at work for him

Losing Bill was a huge loss. He was a fav of my family. RIP dude.

The Mir's are what a Deep Sea Submersible should be like! Spherical crew area, made of Titanium, tested, regulated, well equipped, etc! It's crazy to think that despite these subs being built in the Soviet era and retired now, they're still better than the crap OceanGate built! That thing wasn't built to go to the bottom of the deep end of a pool, let alone the Titanic!!

Why would one want to spend 250000 dollars when this footage is available is beyond my understanding

Im seriously jealous of James Cameron, makes some of the most badass movies of our age AND is able to do cool shit like visit the wreck of the Titanic.

This is the best footage ever of Titanic under water it wasn't in the state it is in now. Even these submarines look more better modern and advanced than the Titan ahead of their time. The Titan looks like it's was made in some farmers barn an Xbox controller to control it seriously what in the actually fuck were they thinking? Amatuer stuff compared to this no wonder it went wrong.

No matter how damaged she is, she will always be the most beautiful ship to ever roam the seas.

Watching this shows how much common sense was lacking with the back yard built Titan sub. For fuck sake they used the worst, cheapest bluetooth controller.

51:06 I find it funny that Lewis is the one asking all these questions about how the ship sank and how it split, when he’s the one who explained it to Rose himself in Titanic (1997)!

I'm glad i'm not alone that was thinking about this documentary. As much as good as the Titanic movie.

This is one of the greatest documentaries, movies, even, that I’ve ever seen. Clearly the Titan Implosion brought me here and the absolute juxtaposition of the professionalism and engineering of Cameron’s crew vs. that of the Titan is staggering. The movie overlays on the wreckage here was so well done. Bill Paxton was great. And the sequence of Jake and Elwood… just as gripping as any Cameron or Paxton film. And then with the twist at the end with a modern day tragedy coupled on top of the Titanic… just really powerful and moving stuff. Well done. 👏 👏 👏

Love watching documentaries like this about the Titanic. ⛵ ⛵

I remember watching it in cinemas in 3D when it came out. I was 10 back then and this bored the hell out of my mum, but I loved it. Still keep coming back every few months or so when another wave of watching all things Titanic come along. The tech and discovery never ceases to amaze and it is quite sad about the loss of a beautiful ship and people

I saw a documentary from James Cameron about the Titanic once from the year 2001, shortly before the World Trade Center disaster. Is this it? Because I read 2003! Okay, my question has been answered. By 1:24:00.

These men are lucky they didn't go down in a sub owned my an ego-maniacal sociopath.

Thank you for this upload. I remember when watching it the first time at IMAX in Malta, my dad, sister and myself were the only once in the cinema. The projectionist started waving at us! 😂

Amazing documentary! Could tell Bill was nervous as hell bless him. I'd be too!

Seeing this makes me appreciate what these ocean explorers go through. This ain't playing stuff. What that oceangate ceo trying to do was crazy. Look at the level of expertise that goes into these missions is unbelievable. Rip bill 🙏 always appreciated your sense of humor.

“We’re on an express elevator to hell, goin’ down!” PVT Hudson - The legend Bill Paxton ❤

Just finished re-watching the epic film because I have forgot some details of it after many years, and it still made me cry over the love story and the tragedy itself. Somehow Titanic is a victim of human's arrogance.

interesting how at 18:30 some features have next to no rust,while some are so completely destroyed from it. Different metals? Brass?

This shot!🖤 16:04

Not only did JC went to the Titantic safety mutliple times he went down just to rescue a bloody robot ...

This is the most detailed footage of the Titanic I have ever seen. 😮 Titanic was my 1st favorite movie back then.

*The whole Titanic saga is quite a paradox...let me explain* *We remember and know of titanic because of the loss of life and the tragedy that occurred...but it’s because of those events that the ship lives on. If anyone looks into these liners including Olympic...if they survived WW1 u-boats, they were ALL scrapped in the 1930’s leading up to WW2...air travel had become the new transatlantic transportation so these steamers were no longer needed. So if titanic didn’t hit the ice berg and the events that have become part of history didn’t happen...titanic would have been forgotten long ago and been scrapped like its sister in 1935, I think a lot of people would think that titanic would be some floating museum if it had never hit the ice berg..but the truth is, this was just a large ship and without the events of April 14 would be forgotten all together and we’d never been fascinated like we are with the wreck we can physically see and take artifacts from to this day*

These subs much better than Ocean Gate Titan

1:23:50 " and the time is 6:16, September 11th 2001" That gave me chills

This documentary is incredible. Hats off to all of them involved. True professionals. So proud of them 👏