The debut of the latest diving expedition documentary to RMS Titanic will premiere on the British History Channel in the UK tonight. This film will follow the adventures of Rob Goldsmith, the winner of the History Channel's contest, on his experiences in visiting this wreck site. Nautical Research Group's president, David Bright, was proud to be a member of this expedition and give Rob a first-hand view of this stunning shipwreck. The film is being produced/directed/filmed by documentary expert Andrew Brooking and I was honored to be a part of his documentary.
The Titanic dive management plan using the MIR submersible was meticulously created and planned by me following a thorough debrief of our 2003 scientific research expedition to the shipwreck. I met with both Genya Cherniev and Anatoly Sagalevitch, in advance, for endorsement of my plan and then briefed my partner Rob Goldsmith and producer/director extraordinaire Andrew Brooking on the plan. Our entire dive to the ship would be a huge filming session utilizing six cameras. Genya would be filming the ship via the HD videocam that was attached to the robotic arm of MIR II. Rob Goldsmith, who was being featured by the British History Channel, so they had him come along with me as his "tutor" to show him the wreck, was using two cameras. I brought with me 3 cameras, each with a different purpose and plan. Additionally, I took the History Channel's camera and filmed pictures of Rob and Genya within the MIR. Andrew's documentary will be premiering in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 18th at 10:00pm; Wednesday October 19th at 1:00pm; and Saturday October 22nd at 9:00pm. Hopefully, there will be a showing of this documentary outside of the United Kingdom so we will let you know the latest developments.
hi i recent missed the titanic documentry on monday the 23 01 06 the histroy channel. ive been in to titanic for agaes a frind of mine said they was talks of resion the titanic i be well fasenated if this is true can you give me an insite please i know they rased the big piece as i saw that documentry hope to here from you soon
Posted by: robert howett | January 26, 2006 at 06:09 PM
Hello Robert,
Thank you for your comments. Unfortunately, the History Channel in the UK is different from the History Channel in North America; therefore, I do not know what documentary was shown on 23 01 06 since I am USA-based. The Titanic is much too fragile to raise and she is decaying rapidly. The salvor in possession, formerly named RMS Titanic and now called Premier Exhibitions, brought up a piece of the wreckage in the mid-1990's called the "Big Piece" that was found in the debris field between the main bow and stern sections of Titanic. I know of no one that is planning on raising any portion of the bow or stern sections of Titanic. There is speculative evidence of a third section of Titanic that would support the theory that the keel was breeched by a growler iceberg that compromised Titanic's bottom-and hastened her sinking. A new Titanic documentary that will be shown in the North American market that will provide this evidence will be shown in February 2006 as part of the Deep Sea Detectives series on the North American History Channel. I am sure that this documentary will be presented in the UK but I do not know the anticipated release date. The two principal investigators will be David Concannon and Parks Stephenson. Hosts for the Deep Sea Detective program are my friends John Chatterton and Rich Kohler.
Posted by: David Bright | January 27, 2006 at 11:34 AM