Titanic's Graveyard | Nat Geo Live 

Rip to all those people who died on April 15, 1912.... You are not forgotten in our hearts.

I love how they have respect for the sight where the bodies fell.

Wow! I had no idea that skeletons will not remain at that depth. I always wondered if there were skeletons down there; I guess that answers my question.

"You really should not take things from this site." I honestly think that was very well said.

I can't even imagine the horror those people felt

"It takes about five years". So by the time we entered WWI in 1917, everyone was gone. Wow...

R.I.P guy with shoes

It really is surreal and eerie at the same time when you think about the way he explains hundreds upon hundreds of bodies raining down to the bottom of the Atlantic. I can't imagine seeing something like that. Can you imagine hundreds of bodies falling out of our skies? That's exactly how it is for whatever lives below the surface.

The shoes have a natural position, like someone laying down.

I'm looking at those boots and keep thinking "Wow, those are some damn good quality boots to have lasted that long down there! They look great!"

Im lost deep in youtubes "related videos" right now

Unlike others who have explored the remains of the Titanic and exploited it, and many who have salvaged the wreck and in the process caused great damage - Dr. Robert Ballard has a deep respect and reverence for what remains of the ship and the victims, and doesn't want to exploit it for personal greed or fame. He wants to preserve what is possible. I truly admire this man.

Such a horrific event, the sight of seeing such a huge ship sinking before your eyes and hearing the screams, can only imagine. Then the deathly eerie silence. What an experience. RIP :(

They also found the swimming pools with the water still in them.

Robert Ballard was the ideal person to make this discovery. You can tell he has the up most respect for his work with the Titanic.

Oh look I just saved myself 250,000 dollars and my life.

Imagine those still in the ship as it plummeted! They could survive for a couple of minutes underwater, the feeling would have been insane. It’s complete darkness, they can feel the ship rapidly falling to the bottom of the ocean which meant pressure all over their body, like they were being squished and it also meant the water would have felt more cold as the sank! All this while knowing there was no way out 😳

I remember when i was a small child and when i first heard about this for the first time..It does something to you ...you're not the same.. There's a lost.. a sadness that just crawls into your heart ..into you're soul ..you cannot shake it...It's there, its like a whisper, a forgotten voice a cry long gone and yet you still hear .. It's too late now.. You know.. its here the sadness of the forgotten, the cry the lost souls, it's part of you... This is how I remember feeling the first time I heard about the Titanic and I still feel the same way .... I didn't realize this until years after I was married. .. April 14... 19--

its amazing how a human body quickly disolves yet they find a playing card still in tact or a pair of boots well they were definately of good quality them boots

Hopefully in the future, I would like to go see the Titanic in person. You could pay (not sure how much, must be pricy) to go see it. They'll take you in a submarine and you could see it. The Titanic is going to collapse within the next 50 years due to all the water pressure, I would love to go down and see it some day. RIP.

Some of you commenting do realize Jack and Rose were completley fictional passengers and were only in the 1997 movie and not real 1912 Titanic passengers

Well the grave has grown recently

Does anyone ealse get creeped out when they shown the bottom of the ocean

he's exactly right, I believe in preservation efforts to keep the Titanic alive for future generations, retrieving some artifacts. After all, the Titanic itself is decaying rapidly and will be a spot of rust of the ocean floor in 100 years or so, but it is a graveyard. Enough artifacts have been recovered and let's all agree to not pluck anything else for the aera.

Brian Williams barely escaped the sinking and watched the Titanic go down while on the last life boat that left the ship.

I followed his expedition years ago and agreed that he did the right thing as regards the resting place of so many unfortunate souls. Mr. Robert Ballard is a real gentleman, I wish him well.

It's even more of a reminder than a gravestone. This is their last evidence of existence and how their corpse came to rest and it is still here 106 years later. There is so much more tragedy in this than a grave site. We might even know the name of this passenger but will never be able to find out. It's incredible, tragic and chilling at the same time.

How terrifying. I couldn't even imagine

I watched some documentary about the titanic and the commentator mentioned dive companies went down to the wreck to look for items of value. During the program the person showed a ring and said it was found on a body/skeleton. And I'm like "that's impossible!. This video proves it. Thank you Robert ballard. For the record there shouldn't be skeletons down there because the sea life would eat the bones.

Great respect for Bob Ballard for the respect he shows towards the dead ... great job Sir !!

Lincoln was shot on April 14th and died of the 15th. Titanic hit the iceberg on the 14th and sank on the 15th. Two titans lost to the world on the same date; 47 years apart.

These artifacts are so incredible, each and every single one is a human life, tells a story about each person that either survived or perished. It’s a sad thing to see these items , but yet it’s amazing to connect these items cuz we tend to forget about how many lives were truly lost.❤

My mother met this guy and I went to see him speak. He was hilarious and such a great inspiring speaker

I really enjoyed the exhibit I went to. Our entrance tickets were boarding passes that gave our names, history, and why we were travelling to America. We didn't get to find out if we lived or died until the end of the exhibit where we had to scour the giant list of survivors on the wall. It was an excellent exhibit. I also couldn't believe that the perfume samples still smelled!!!!

Seeing "The Big Piece" at the Luxor in Vegas 2 years ago. ..the several ton piece of the hull they hoisted up in 1998...was beyond words. I had yearned to see real Titanic wreck artifacts since I was a 9 yrs old child, so to finally stand next to it at 36 years old was a blessing. The exhibit did not disappoint and you could feel the sacredness of what you were witnessing with each artifact. I said a silent prayer in my head for those who died so unnecessarily and just gave thanks for those souls letting me be a witness to things that truly belong to them now.

What’s scary is that photo of the shoes you can see the outline of the ankle..

Who else is here after the submersible ?

Wow, that actually sent a chill right through me

Rest in peace to all the people that lost their lives on the Titanic 😪

I love how Robert Ballard has respect for the Titanic because it is a gravesite........with now 5 new bodies to the gravesite.

....i was expecting pictures of the debris field.... The history of this ship & it's demise has always been beyond fascinating!

Today Titanic 109 years 😭 this is great history in the world from india

My hat is off to the first seven comments on this site! They all were well said and very heartfelt. Titanic has always been emblematic to me, and seeing this by Dr. Ballard and seeing those shoes where a person once laid, is especially heartbreaking. After the movies and the motion pictures and the editing for movie purposes begins to fade, this is when you really get a taste of what really happened and the suffering that all those real people must have gone through knowing that it was the end for them. I remember when I saw the exhibition in New Jersey right after Dr. Ballard and his team discovered the wreck. Being able to see the physical representation... so many people's innocent lives..was in itself a tremendous blow to me personally and emotionally, and I remember at the end of the exhibition there was a signing book, much like there is after a funeral. I thought it was apropos considering we were not just there at any museum, this was a memorial and a remembrance. My entry was: "... how fragile life is!" And now looking at this, I realize even more the importance of appreciating every day that God wakes us up in the morning, and truly taking in the whole day and deeply appreciating the day we have to enjoy. It's good for our spiritual healing, our mental health; it's good for our soul. Ultimately, it's good for our families and communities! May they all rest in peace, and may all who watch this become thankful. ☮️

Who's here because you're gripped to submarine search and rescue... 😮

Anyone into Titanic should consider visiting the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. It's larger than the Titanic and, although a couple of decades newer, it is still very impressive and reminiscent of that style of transatlantic ocean liners. You will not be disappointed 😉

what he said towards the end drove me to tears. he's 100% right.

what i find scary is how hundreds of bodies wouldve plunged into the freezing atlantic from the stern when it went almost vertical in the final moments of the titanic. All those people falling to their doom off the end of the ship to sink to the bottom of the atlantic

I agree...it's a sacred grave site and should have remained that way. No relics could ever replace the life of one of those poor souls that perished. :(

I wish they had the same respect for the Egyptians.

"Bodies rained down" :O damn..

no bs,straight simple facts,love it,this place is a grave site

They actually did bring up a small part of the ship. I saw it when it was on display in the Las Vegas titanic exhibit a few years back. It was really cool to see.

Heard this man on TED Talks. Amazing guy!

I met Dr. Ballard in person Had my Picture taken with him so glad I did.

Whatever ship it was bless all who perished or suffered

Hope there is full version of this video

To all of those who experienced fright, to all of those who lost their lives that night. You all will be missed ❤️❤️

The more you learn about the Titanic disaster the more tragic and horrifying it becomes. It's the complete lack of control these people had over their fate. I think the 9-11 attacks have a similar sadness and tragedy and why it resonates so deeply with everyone, anyone can relate to being a passenger on a large vessel or plane of some sort, completely at the mercy of nature and human engineering, and this is the stuff of nightmares for us all.

Totally agree with your views, Mr Ballard. Very well said

Tnx Robert b. and national geographic channel

Titanic will be a rust stain at the bottom of the sea and then you'll be sad when you can't go down there and see it anymore. Most parts of the Titanic should be saved and put into a museum! Raise as much as possible. Oh but it's ok when people grave rob Egypt mummy graves. Titanic is a grave but it should be saved!

He brings up a great point about taking objects fro sites. If you want a souvenir, buy something from a gift shop. But if you find a spent round in gettysburg, you leave it where you found it, and at least tell the national park service.

Nice, good to know. And I was always wonder, where the corps a gone. Thanks for this video.

Personally if that was me, I’d be fine with you guys taking my boots back to a museum. Just leave a chalk outline.

Wow :o That is powerful yet heartbreaking. :(

I love everything that has to do with the Titanic but I get teary eyed & sometimes cry when I see the ship & the debris field...all those poor souls that lost their lives that early morning....like at the end of the movie Titanic when Rose meets up with Jack at the clock on the staircase I like to think that those that died that morning are all there like that. May they all be at peace....

The image he projects that those shoes represent exactly where the feet landed is unforgettable.

Well said... Respect!

I wonder if the souls of those people still walk the broken decks of the once unsinkable ship

Good lord I had no idea the shoes were in the spots where the bodies hit the ocean floor. I had no idea the deep oceans lack of calcium hastened the decomposition of the victims. I’m glad it did though cause those people deserved an appropriate burial

May God bless all the souls lost in TITANIC.

That was the best video yet

Ive never looked at it like that, the man in the clip is spot on and its really sad to think of the bodies raining to the ocean floor :( lets hope they're left in peace

Most profound gravesite! RIP Sweet souls

The day the discovery made the news, my grandfather came over talking about it. He remembered it well and sold newspapers that day.

Absolutely amazing

I think this guy is wrong. The bodies in the debris field are probably passengers who got sucked down with the ship. Although it's morbid to think about, I can't help but wonder how many people went down locked in their cabins. Between those on deck, and those in lifeboats, there's a lot of people unaccounted for.

It really is a magnificent photograph. I remember seeing it for the first time as a 6 year old in primary school. Happened across a Discovery book about Titanic and it’s demise and there was that exact photo. It has stuck with me ever since. I would love to know whose shoes they were; what they did, how old they were, whether life was hard or not for them.

My God, just when you think the stories, the movies, the magazines, the interviews, and your imagination has you feeling you've become acquainted with all the horrifying imagery that took place that night....

I'm in Canada and I've watched half of all NAT GEO's videos

I have one word for this; Damn.

I love the titanic

2:07 - This is just one of the many reasons why Dr. Ballard is among my very favorite people.

Is there a full version of this video available?

who else here after the sub got lost here

They gonna get 10 new shoes eventually

I love the fella talking at e beginning of this video! Handsome and smart! nice!

Thank goodness its over and may it never be repeated. Rest in peace titanic!

It was a horrible tragedy and with so many unlucky events that could have helped but didn't. It's a graveyard and it should remain so. No one owns the Titanic anymore. It belongs to the world because of the tragedy. The world mourned.

Well said. We ought to have respect for a grave site.

Just returned from the Titanic Artifact Exhibition in Portland, Maine. It is amazing as well as somber. I highly recommend it. There are no shortage of things to do in Portland!

I remember as a kid my grandad & dad always tied unworn shoes together by the laces. It was a thing they did way back then to keep them secure and tidy .

the Titanic wreck site is not only a wreck site. But it is also a grave site because all those unfortune passengers and crew members that died there that night and should be treated as such. May god grant them eternal everlasting life in new heaven and new earth.

My grandfather's uncle was supposed to travel to America on Titanic. As he said in his diary soon Titanic's departure, he was very sorry that he couldn't get on board due to inflammation in his eye, which was detected on the health examination. Just hours before Titanic's departure. So because he was on the passenger list and his absence on the ship wasn't documented properly, obviously afterwards he wasn't found among the people who were rescued from the sea. Then authorities thought he had died and lost in the sea as he wasn't found. Actually he was left behind on the shore as Titanic sailed away without him and his family. Later, as he read his own death announcement on the news paper, he had to prove to the authorities that he was alive with birth documents etc. and that he wasn't on the ship. He wasn't so sorry afterwards to not get on the great Titanic, so he sailed with different ship to United States after recovering from his illness. He's one of the few of my finnish cousins that got to the America in the early 1900's and returned. I'm glad that his trip was well documented as he kept diary along the way and lived long to tell the story onward.

I agree hole heartedly with what Robert ballerd says. The titanic wreck site is more than just a wreck site. It's also a underwater grave Yard and should be treated with reverence and respect.

Thank You.

What was the state the bodies of those that were dragged down to the bottom? Probably imploded half way down? Did the bodies remained normal in the sea bottom or were simply smashed by the pressure? Like organs all over the water and all since the pressure would rip them apart?

i start watching James Charles and ended up here after watching the two hour long sinking video, the 1984 45 minute documentary... yeah i’m lost deep right now y’all 💀 rest in peace to the souls that floated down there to their forever resting place 💜

Keep in mind that when the titanic it was freezing water and a moonless night so it was just ice cold pitch blackness.

This is the first time I've heard someone state what happened to the bodies so bluntly.