TITANIC's Mystery Shoes

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8 ай бұрын

Dr Robert Ballard explains the existence of pairs of shoes at the wreck site of the Titanic, National Geographic lecture series in 2012. The link to the full video "TITANIC Experts' Shocking Mistake..." is clickable and located at the bottom of the screen.
To learn more about Dr Robert Ballard and National Geographic, visit www.NatGeo.com

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@HistoryX 7 ай бұрын

For the complete version of this video... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qryRatql27WXo2Q.html

@zekeblake5914 7 ай бұрын

@Historyx links don't work in shorts anymore. You can place a link in the video

@HighPower762 7 ай бұрын

Worst yet, the link isn't even good. I did a screencap and then copied the text. And when I tried to open the video, it says video unavailable. Wtf?🙈

@22lyric 7 ай бұрын

@@HighPower762his email address is in the description of his channel, in case he doesn't read comments. Really interesting and sobering about the shoes!

@nuntana2 7 ай бұрын

LOSE YOUR SUBS DUDE!! Spoils it for the non hard of hearing.

@dana102083 7 ай бұрын

@@nuntana2that's the point, they're not there for you!

@aryers0n 5 ай бұрын

I love when people don’t sugar coat historical events. I’d rather they were transparent about history.

@nekkoskrilla6750 4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, society has become so soft that words literally get their panties all in a bunch so they cry cry cry until they get attention exactly like kids throwing temper tantrums when they don't get their way. 😂🤣🤣😂

@mrspaulb3889 4 ай бұрын

@@nekkoskrilla6750⁠ I agree! I’m from the South (US) and we have a ton of euphemisms for dead, as in someone “passed away” (which has now just been shortened to “passed”) or “gone home.” I absolutely hate it. I understand being sensitive to someone’s feelings in a time of grief, but why are we so afraid of calling a thing a thing? They died. Death is a part of life, and we’re all going do it. *Sorry to go on a mini-rant, but that gets on my last nerve.

@nekkoskrilla6750 4 ай бұрын

@@mrspaulb3889, yes ma'am, completely agree with you!! 💯 Society has become too far gone to come back from this nonsense. The way it's constantly shoved down our throats and if we don't agree or see it differently you're automatically labeled racist or anti whatever it is. The 90's was the last greatest decade and it's been downhill since.

@sydnidowney3598 4 ай бұрын

The sinking of the Titanic was a loss waiting to happen. Fire below deck before sailing, poor in area below deck they could not escape, not enough life boats for everyone, reckless direction by captain to assuage owners and big wigs who demanded speed and breaking records. GREED, POWER, CONTROL.

@kheventplanner 4 ай бұрын

Saddest thing,society didnt learn a thing from that attitude. We just continue to live that way. If ya think about it,society is its own Titanic waiting to sink@sydnidowney3598

@americanwoman445 4 ай бұрын

He's the first person that finally explained it in detail.

@Brembelia 4 ай бұрын

Yes. I found it very interesting. He did a good job explaining what they went through once in the water and what happened to their remains.

@4strokesarejokes 3 ай бұрын

Well he’d be the one to know after all…

@SwordsofIslam-fc5li 3 ай бұрын

Some died shitting in the ocean

@SwordsofIslam-fc5li 3 ай бұрын

🎉

@liamf5311 3 ай бұрын

Well he did find the thing

@offspringfan89 2 ай бұрын

You gotta to appreciate Dr. Ballard's honesty in describing the details of the sinking, being direct and without softening the event.

@angelbulldog4934 Ай бұрын

Honesty 😅

@dominicvasquez6469 25 күн бұрын

Kids in school want this kind of information. As a kid, I'd have been glued to my seat hearing this man talk.

@Cas2704 4 ай бұрын

The visual of bodies raining down in the ocean is frightening poetry.

@erikheijden9828 2 ай бұрын

And extremely unrealistic, no body looks like that at such depth. There were no remains eaten by fish.

@thenightporter 2 ай бұрын

That is how some first responders described the poor souls working at WTC on 9/11

@p4th0gen 2 ай бұрын

What exactly do you think they look like? There was no rapid pressure changes ergo the bodies were intact. @erikheijden9828

@the-letter_s 2 ай бұрын

@@erikheijden9828 as we all know, bodies cease to exist when they go below a certain depth. the flesh just evaporates, apparently. /s seriously, what are you on about?

@fishfinder_luis 2 ай бұрын

@@the-letter_s I think you are confusing the tin can Titanic with this...😂

@judgedredd31 8 ай бұрын

I want to memorize this monologue for next thanksgiving dinner with the extended family.

@bonifackener8026 7 ай бұрын

💀

@Gixsir 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ericolens3 7 ай бұрын

can i come to that family dinner. ill bring rolls 🥺 👉👈

@lucasgroves137 7 ай бұрын

Don't forget to labor over the word _photographing_ three times when once would be ideal.

@awg9dog 7 ай бұрын

Beats having to talk about abortion , politics, or that Israel thing Eeeeeeesh

@t4texastom587 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Bob Ballard didn't only discover the legendary Titanic, he also discovered another legendary ship...... the famous AND infamous great German battleship Bismarck.

@yodservant 2 ай бұрын

Bob Ballard was my mom's neighbor on Cape Cod, his sister was my professor at Phillips Andover....my neighbor in Cambria California was the brother of the oceanographer who went down to the bottom of the Marianas Trench

@Lucas_inTheLIGHT Ай бұрын

@@yodservantthat’s pretty awesome!

@SamuelBlack84 Ай бұрын

I read that he was contractually obligated to search for the Bismark, and after finding it with time to spare, he decided to look for the Titanic to kill time

@Coincidence_Theorist Ай бұрын

He never found the titanic. Because it never sunk

@Coincidence_Theorist Ай бұрын

He found its sister ship

@Gorillaglueonyoface 2 ай бұрын

My great grandpa helped build the Titanic, he died from the diseases that were at the shipping yard years later. I was lucky enough to go and see the site of where it was built.

@extremedee7320 2 ай бұрын

That's cool. Thanks for sharing

@nAuGhTyKiTti666 2 ай бұрын

That’s awesome was he Irish? ☘️

@Gorillaglueonyoface 2 ай бұрын

Yes I’m first generation in USA

@kaishajones 2 ай бұрын

🙏🏾✨

@LS-ys8nr Ай бұрын

Sus

@rmalus10297 6 ай бұрын

No amount of story telling could ever make us comprehend the horror that was felt that night.

@michellemoffo6647 5 ай бұрын

I stop watching as soon as the water starts rushing in.

@karenlynch8348 5 ай бұрын

Duh 🙄 I see you’re a miserable pos too like him

@zacmumblethunder7466 4 ай бұрын

Two years later, 1,000 people froze to death in the St Laurence river when the "Empress of Ireland" rolled over after a collision with another ship.

@_surreal99 4 ай бұрын

@BennyDIVER 4 ай бұрын

I think the story of the army men being eaten by sharks all night is way worse

@_papad8434 3 ай бұрын

He was direct and to the point, but not distasteful.

@neillengel6752 Ай бұрын

I'd just love to know what animals can go that deep to find the bodies

@juu4524 Ай бұрын

@@neillengel6752 the kind of animals that live in an ocean?

@SamChallender Ай бұрын

@@neillengel6752you do understand that aquatic creatures are still animals right?

@ssfbob456 27 күн бұрын

@@neillengel6752there's plenty of species of deep sea fish, sharks, and crabs that will absolutely eat a body.

@neillengel6752 27 күн бұрын

@@ssfbob456 he said animals. Haha

@toniaj3973 Ай бұрын

He told the story scientifically and respectable in a brief nutshell for those wanting to know what truly happened to the passengers....great job!

@Demetrious7142 2 ай бұрын

I watched a documentary years back, when they originally found the wreck. They said the hardest thing to get over, was finding hundreds of these shoes laying on the ocean floor. Knowing that was where over a thousand passengers came to rest. The tannic acid on the shoes preserved them.

@kimberlybowyer4266 4 ай бұрын

Seeing those shoes really hits home.

@MenteMaestra91 2 ай бұрын

"Hits home?"

@EJ-zx5cz 2 ай бұрын

Some yeeezies amongst em im sure . It’s trendy to say hits home , probably a millennial trying to express them thar ze self in the best soy like expression it can muster.

@charsiu_808 2 ай бұрын

Children's shoes get to me.

@teresanoel4035 2 ай бұрын

@@charsiu_808don’t ever go to Auschwitz’s and you are right… it hit me like a ton of bricks

@melissadehart9306 2 ай бұрын

You knew someone on the Titanic?

@steveandme63 7 ай бұрын

Dr. 'Bob' Ballard besides a brilliant mind is a really nice guy. When he did any work at the museum where i worked, he borrowed my desk as it was located near the space where his local people were and I was seldom using it. He never failed to both ask my permission and thank me at the end of his work. He seemed to always be smiling and would happily chat with anyone, staff or visitors. A true pleasure to be around. Let me assure you, not every guest lecturer was as personable. Dr. Ballard was never a diva.

@MarketingStrategies28 7 ай бұрын

But he's part of the titanic lie. It was the Olympic not Titanic. It didnt hit a iceberg. It was a bomb on the right hand front. Thats why they never show that side. Same people did the 3 towers in NY

@patgenier1965 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that personal account. I've been a fan of his since I read about the Bismarck discovery in a Nat Geo mag in the late 80s. He always seemed so genuine in interviews that I saw. Even more so when I saw him speak live in Calgary years ago. But I'm always skeptical of what we are presented when theists go on. I'm glad to know my gut feeling was right about him. Thanks again.

@nortiusmaximus1789 7 ай бұрын

Nice anecdote and accolade! Not to demean his behavior in ANY way, that's how things USED to work in general; there was a lot more mutual courtesy in our culture. You two are great examples!

@jeannestandley-kinata824 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your insight.

@MartenKrueger-sx4me 7 ай бұрын

That is a nice tribute, well done, Sir.

@francisvantuyle Ай бұрын

Two of the greatest scientists in oceanography. Jock Costeau and this man Robert Ballard.

@johanneabelsen1644 8 күн бұрын

It's Jaques Costeau. He had a dark side; in his youth, he was a Nazi.

@lucvanackeren5445 3 күн бұрын

Jacques Cousteau ..

@richmcneil61 2 ай бұрын

This detail has always been omitted. Thanks for the reality update.

@ur1bro 7 ай бұрын

No matter how the story of Titanic is told, it is one of the most tragic as well as horrific stories ever told.

@Mark-pb4dn 6 ай бұрын

no that's the story of your life

@MoonlightSonata88 6 ай бұрын

You must have not heard many stories

@Flrrrdspark 6 ай бұрын

@@MoonlightSonata88dude doesn’t know anything

@CloudHeady 6 ай бұрын

so true 😢 those poor people 😭

@UncleRisky 6 ай бұрын

Well wait till you hear about Auchowitz or however you spell it

@Gawdsqwad 7 ай бұрын

That transition is getting to be an art form

@jakexavier4958 7 ай бұрын

Near perfect loop

@perryperihelion 7 ай бұрын

Because they arbitrarily cut the video specifically to elicit this comment. They put the end of the video at the beginning, and the loop actually starts at around 10s. The transition from talking about their shoes to photographing the titanic makes no sense. It's still interesting but don't fall for the tricks

@garrettmillard525 7 ай бұрын

Obviously cut but you're not familiar with the concept of a hook?@@perryperihelion

@NealBones 7 ай бұрын

@@perryperihelionI'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

@Ki_Adi_Mundi 7 ай бұрын

@@perryperihelion You're like the Neil deGrasse Tyson of shorts.

@claredyson9936 2 ай бұрын

Rip to all those victims. We might not know or remember them individually but they will always be remembered as part of the tragedy x

@albomer9809 2 ай бұрын

This is the best way to explain what took place

@paigeanne1325 5 ай бұрын

My great great uncle was from Germany and his wife from Ireland . They moved to France and he eventually came to the us (mystic Iowa) with 4 of his 8 children. His wife (my great great aunt) and the other 4 children were the only French passengers on the titanic I believe. They all perished tragically 💔 they were third class and more than likely had no life jackets either….I didn’t know them but it’s so sad to think my uncle lost half his children and his wife on that ship….lefebvre is the last name of anyone wants to look them up. Marie, Matilde, lidonie I can’t remember the other names but those r their names. Rest in paradise to the souls lost 🙏🏻

@tegdagnapolic2419 2 ай бұрын

Lefebvre est un nom très rependu en France.

@paigeanne1325 2 ай бұрын

@@tegdagnapolic2419 I know! If you know the last name Jamet that is my family as well!

@dr.johnnysins 2 ай бұрын

They actually had 9 children. Jules had to stay back in France due to the military while your great great aunt Marie and her children (your first cousins twice removed) Mathilde, Jeannie, Henri, and Ida all went on the titanic. Jules died from wounds sustained during WWI. Your great great uncle Franck and his children Marie, Franck Jr., Celina, and Anselme were all in the US when the titanic sank Edit: your great great aunt and uncles and first cousins twice removed are very confusing

@michaelabowden2052 2 ай бұрын

Frances Marie Lefebvre- aged 40 years. Mathilde aged 12 years Miss Jeanne aged 8 years Master Henry aged 5 years. Miss Ida aged 3 years Bless them in enternal peace.

@nahidbethehonoredone 2 ай бұрын

A relative to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre perhaps?

@sandraleigh4023 6 ай бұрын

Thought I would post this. He is now 81 years old. Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks.

@lindakrumenauer1099 5 ай бұрын

Sandra: thank you so much for posting this. I have wondered what happened with this fascinating ,brave, brilliant man, who, years ago had videos that i watched. I learned so much about one of my favorite subjects:subjects, the deep sea.

@sandraleigh4023 5 ай бұрын

@@lindakrumenauer1099 My pleasure. I am blessed with a sense of curiosity, and when I find something interesting, I enjoy digging for more information! It completes the story.

@martinemoore4980 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for crediting this man. Very interesting & worth credit for his amazing expertise & knowledge of his life's work. Love listening to him speak as well...he's "THAT KIND" of professor that keeps your attention in his story telling. 🙏♥️🇺🇲

@Nanadina51 5 ай бұрын

Salute to this great person and his achievements-all of them. May he enjoy many healthy years ahead.

@jimmclaughlin5930 4 ай бұрын

Yes and he worked at Woodshole Oceanagraphic institute on Capecod Ma.

@AC-er2fz 2 ай бұрын

I love history. Thank you for your in depth analysis of the debris and human remains. I can't imagine what's like to stay in that freezing water waiting to die. Titanic is one of history saddest events😢

@emilyk1109 Ай бұрын

The Titanic definitely was an incredible tragedy, but at least many of its victims (mostly those of wealth) are known to myriads of people from all over the world, who are still interested, but also deeply touched by the sudden end to their lives. The victims of other major ship-associsated mass casualties have all but been forgotten, except perhaps on a minor local level, but even then, their individual lives, dreams and hopes have been lost. Take the sinking of the MS Estonia in the Baltic Sea, claiming the lives of 852 people. This happened in 1994. This all pales to the death toll of the collision of the MV Doña Paz and the MT Vector in the Phillips, killing almost 4400 people in the late 80s. The Ferry Neptune took an estimated 1500 lives as it sank in Haiti 1991, a similar number died in the sinking of the Salem Express, an immensely overcrowded ship in Egypt, 1993. On a historical level, the sinking of the SS Eastland, in the middle of downtown Chicago in 1915, killed more than 840 people - and while there seems to be a dedicated effort to keep this event alive in local people's minds, the fact that the vast majority of the civilian victims were working-class immigrants, especially from Czech and Polish backgrounds who were on a trip sponsored by their workplace, there'll never be as much of an interested as it exists in the Titanic and it's victims.

@vtorialyn 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for being so direct and thorough. This is fascinating, and I never even knew this. Wow, it really paints a sad picture.

@Eta30mins 7 ай бұрын

Thank you sir for not talking to adults like they’re children. Blunt and straight up

@christyshultz6443 7 ай бұрын

You know I forget the people don't realize that Burial at Sea has happened forever. And if bodies didn't dissolve the waters the oceans would be full of not only human carcasses but animal carcasses. So I just you know it boggles the mind that people can be that I wouldn't really want to say stupid but uneducated. But it's breathtaking how little people know about science and how things work. Seriously breathtaking.

@fermisurface2616 7 ай бұрын

Didn't say "unalived" once 👍🏻

@MiniTrainLoco 7 ай бұрын

This is footage from a lecture he gave for National Geographic in 2012. It's a great lecture. I wouldn't even call it blunt, just honest.

@lostintime8651 7 ай бұрын

Now I'm going to have bad dreams 😮

@manwithballsonarm6775 7 ай бұрын

@@christyshultz6443you've probably never been outside in your entire life what are you even talking about

@Pilgrimm21 7 ай бұрын

This is Dr. Robert Ballard. Pioneering undersea researcher. After all the movies and such about the sinking of the Titanic, he needs to be remembered as the scientist who discovered the site of the wreck.

@tulsathundercat 7 ай бұрын

Hey, Bob Ballard, I met him in Tulsa when he gave a speech about the Titanic probably 25 years ago. Great speaker.

@corymullins2849 7 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry I don't mean to be rude but I cannot tell if you are joking or not is this a serious statement or are you yanking the chain seriously if this is a serious remark more power to you but if this is a joke this is damn good this is the kind of dry humor that Fred Willard would be rolling in his grave right now over if he was in a grave I'm pretty sure he's still alive #fred Willard lives

@dudeguy8553 7 ай бұрын

@@corymullins2849 That sentence right there would make a great horror movie character, because holy shit it can run on and on.

@doctordashiell 7 ай бұрын

@@corymullins2849 Why would you think he was kidding? I met Mr. Ballard also when I went Woods Hole years ago. He is a really nice guy!

@bobert8618 7 ай бұрын

Wish he never told anyone where it was. The sea lost a part of its romance when they found Titanic

@melissamanuel395 2 ай бұрын

You’ve worked hard to earn everything you have, you’ve found an audience who really appreciate your talents, and you are such an inspiration - especially with your consistency. You’re a good egg, Adam!

@senorblondie 2 ай бұрын

I remember having Dr. Ballard as a nautical archaeology professor in the 90's. He was a cool professor...👍🏼

@kristycannon7923 3 ай бұрын

I've always been fascinated with shipwrecks, since Ballard found the Titanic. Later, I became a Master SCUBA Diver Trainer and taught Wreck Diving as one of the specialty courses. I lived in Las Vegas for awhile, and the Titanic exhibit came and I knew I had to go. To be able to touch the hull, to see the person artifacts, it was a very moving and humbling experience. To be able to fathom what those people went through, and to think of what was witnessed by the very few that survived...just leaves me speechless.

@charlistubbs5525 2 ай бұрын

What's really horrible to me is the fact that had they made the ship the way the designer wanted it, it's very likely the ship would not have sunk.

@TheMarioMen1 2 ай бұрын

Well you know there are submersible tours that will take you down to the titanic!

@kristycannon7923 2 ай бұрын

@TheMarioMen1 hmmm, the last submersible ride didn't work out too well. Might pass for now lol (God rest their souls)

@mikeh.7499 2 ай бұрын

@@TheMarioMen1 tours???Oh those guys that exploded, I remember the dumb f_cks !!!!! 😔😄

@mikeh.7499 2 ай бұрын

I met with shook hands with a survivor,Ms. Edwina Mckenzie. charming.

@paulazemeckis7835 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Dr BALLARD for finding the Titanic. In 1969 I was 9 when I watched "A Night to Remember". I've been hooked ever since. In 1984 when I heard the news I couldn't believe it. Then years later I saw the complete Titannic exhibition. I touched the large piece of its hull. I saw those artifacts shown in this video. It was very touching. ❤

@user-hy9be4in1e 3 ай бұрын

I touched the faux iceberg wall at their exhibit in STL and could barely keep my hand on it for a few seconds. Could not imagine floating in that icy water 🥺

@stevechopping3021 3 ай бұрын

The search for the Titanic was a cover story for the search for a sunk Soviet submarine.Dr Ballard found the sub. He was then allowed to look for this great ship

@MrHotguy034 3 ай бұрын

I touched that piece as well while i was touching it i was like this was 4 miles under the ocean in darkness for so many years sad, but amazing.

@monicabrennan7111 3 ай бұрын

I saw A Night to Remember when I was about 9 yrs. old, too! I was traumatized for a long time. 😮

@camelliainzurich1262 2 ай бұрын

I too touched the hull piece. Amazing, something that was created way before we were born, down two and a half miles in the sea. It sat there in the dark for 85 years until discovery, recovery, and sent to an exhibit where we could touch this piece of history. I felt honored and amazed.

@user-wi3fn6fg8q 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. I truly have never heard this before

@kristinstrickland1038 Ай бұрын

He looked delighted the whole time, like he could barely keep from smiling.

@crazyleyland5106 5 ай бұрын

My mum always thought there were skeletons down there. I am glad that the wreck was found decades later, so there were no bones. It should still be treated as a grave though.

@nereidatorres7613 4 ай бұрын

THE EYES OF THE LORD IS UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS SOULS.

@sebastian-gs9ff 4 ай бұрын

It is treatend as a graveyard indeed

@Harpo.jr70 3 ай бұрын

It would of been nice if the Lord would of helped them when they needed it.

@la_old_salt2241 3 ай бұрын

@@Harpo.jr70 The Lord makes it to rain on the just and unjust alike.

@dark_natas_666 3 ай бұрын

@@la_old_salt2241code for god is just rolling the dice of fate.

@MavonEast 3 ай бұрын

There just aren't words. May they rest at peace; every man, woman and child.

@slaydog5102 Ай бұрын

Saying this for likes

@Ryley-ryyy Ай бұрын

And let

@MavonEast Ай бұрын

@@slaydog5102 You didn't get any so I guess you should try harder. Maybe say something relevant or situational. 💙

@davewallace8219 Ай бұрын

Well said!

@mikehunt8247 Ай бұрын

Mainly men died... women and children all went first

@thorchard 2 ай бұрын

There will always be fascinating details about this tragedy.

@toddylu6869 2 ай бұрын

He just answered a lifelong question in one minute.

@robpolaris5002 4 ай бұрын

I had this strange feeling while watching this that today could be the last day I put on my shoes and 110 years later someone could be digging them up saying “someone was once attached to these shoes”.

@youpoops 2 ай бұрын

You still alive?

@kellywalker1664 2 ай бұрын

Fun ghoulish fact; disembodied, shoed feet wash up on beaches not because there's a serial killer with a foot fetish, but because shoes preserve feet rather well and the scavengers can't get to them as easily (these are often assumed to be drownings).

@neillengel6752 Ай бұрын

Don't forget all the fish that will crawl across the land to eat your body

@08c6vette 7 ай бұрын

I’ve watched dozens of documentaries on the Titanic and and it took a ticktock loop to explain what happened to the people, which was pretty much what I figured happened.

@brettm1369 7 ай бұрын

I didn't think they would sink all that way w out being in the ship but now I see how 😢 very sad

@08c6vette 7 ай бұрын

@@brettm1369 I knew that hundreds of bodies went to the ocean floor but I never specifically knew what happened to the bodies afterward. One of the documentaries I saw talked about how anyone floating in the water near the ship when it went down would follow the ship to the bottom, whether they had a life vest on or not because a large ship will basically create a void in the water as it sinks, I believed they called it aeration, which basically causes a loss of buoyancy. They said one of the main reasons the titanic's crewmen in charge of the lifeboats wouldn't allow them to go back to the ship to pick up people in the water was out of fear that they would fall prey to the aeration and end up on the ocean bottom too.

@tituss559 7 ай бұрын

It's a lie but ok

@marilenat.5255 7 ай бұрын

Excuse my ignorance, but are animals living at that depth and temperature??

@MikeTsBees 7 ай бұрын

Alien abducted them and they left the shoes. True story

@draccoonxcii1288 Ай бұрын

Literally their final footsteps, frozen in time on the ocean floor

@lorgnetteify Ай бұрын

Look how his eyes shine whilst sharing this. 😊

@lottebrackett5596 7 ай бұрын

Simple, Informative, Direct

@TooTrueTruth 4 ай бұрын

My 2x great grandparents and 3 of their children perished at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River on the Empress of Ireland. This video brings such heaviness to my heart, thinking about those lost souls and the grief my Great Grandmother felt knowing she’d never properly lay them to rest.

@teresanoel4035 2 ай бұрын

Sorry for your lost

@marie-michelleanderson2851 2 ай бұрын

I learned about that tragedy as every year the French Immersion grade six students at my school read a fictional story about that disaster. It isn't as known even though actually the loss of life was as catastrophic if not more so that the Titanic.

@youtubeuser2195 2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your loss and pain

@robaxl3088 2 ай бұрын

St. Lawrence River from upstate NY?

@user-pe9ue9sk9d 2 ай бұрын

Wow...nice loop! The beginning made a nice ending!

@Starchild719 Ай бұрын

I've always wondered what happened to these bodies. Thanks for sharing

@mcgaming609 7 ай бұрын

I feel like it’s more crazy that a short on the titanic has the best loop I’ve seen thus far on KZfaq 😂😂😂.

@jimbennett7248 7 ай бұрын

Agree. Seamless.

@the1only467 7 ай бұрын

Yes, agreed.

@justsayin._. 7 ай бұрын

The craziest part is him saying bodies were falling from the sky. Did the Titanic blow up?

@AnitaSouthall 7 ай бұрын

@@justsayin._.Figurative not literal

@justsayin._. 7 ай бұрын

@@AnitaSouthall nah. He said "...came like rain n landed...". If he meant it as a metaphor, he sucks with words

@dowyler24 7 ай бұрын

This straight forward explanation is what we all need to hear. Not flowery made up BS to spare feelings. This is the reality and it needs to be heard. TY

@ttyngordon 7 ай бұрын

What do you mean?

@nubgaming5342 7 ай бұрын

@@ttyngordonwants to be edgy

@kathleensavoie6231 7 ай бұрын

Nah man they kicked of their shoes cause they couldn't swim with them .then when the perished the current took them away floating .only a thought

@Pilgrimm21 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Too much silly avoidance of reality. Too much exploitation of a tragedy by greedy actors looking for trinkets to sell. There is/was a lesson here: The Unsinkable sank, and 1500 souls were lost.

@user-nm9ht5ez6l 7 ай бұрын

Came here to say that

@amiecollins74 4 күн бұрын

I remember when he first went down there in the 80s, my elementary school, in Sarasota, Florida, was invited to a presentation by him, live from his research vessel, at Mote Marine Aquarium. I have been fascinated with Titanic since!!

@Offu-cz9wl 20 сағат бұрын

I learned more from this short than I did in all of highschool. I work offshore on an oil drilling rig in 8000ft of water roughly 145 miles from the nearest land. We have companies come out every so often to use ROVs to inspect the risers and pipelines running on the sea floor. During Covid I watched one of the ROV operators computer screens as he was inspecting the sea floor and we spotted what looked to be either a 36” or 48” pipe wrench half submerged in the sea floor. It is surreal to think how it got there and how long it’s sat there. One of the coolest things I’ve seen

@MiniTrainLoco 7 ай бұрын

In spring 1985, my history and geography teacher combined their classes, and we studied the Titanic for a month. They did it every year for the third graders (that's our junior class). Everything from the history of the journey to the workings of the ocean. They had copies of newspapers from 1912, and we watched documentaries on the TV and VCR cart (the one that rolled into the classroom and you had to close all the curtains 😂). They were both very intrigued by the entire story and loved sharing their knowledge. We discussed theories about where it could be and why it was never found. Then, in September 1985, the news about the discovery reached us. The history teacher heard it first on the radio. He literally ran down the hall, screaming: "They found it, they found it!" Apparently, he stormed into the geography class, and they danced, hugged and cried! I don't think I've ever seen them happier than on that day. It's one of my best high school memories. I know finding the Titanic was far more important for people who survived or lost their loved ones. But I'm forever thankful to dr. Ballard, everyone in my school was happy that day and we'll always remember that.

@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678 7 ай бұрын

Would really cool teachers you had because they really opened your minds to the possibility that history is more than just Dusty books in the opens you to the possibility that geography and biology of the oceans etc it's just as exciting as the future and what you're going to do Friday night. All it takes is a teacher who can excite into wanting to learn more,

@bradleypalmer7980 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to share your story. Highlight of my day.

@TatsuZZmage 7 ай бұрын

Its funny that the only reason they looked for it for real was as a cover story for looking for a lost Soviet sub.

@cissymckinley3154 7 ай бұрын

What A memorable moment for you all.

@ip795 7 ай бұрын

@@TatsuZZmage Really??!!

@dlynn101 7 ай бұрын

I've seen images of those shoes for years and I have never heard a thorough narrative from an expert on the story of those people. May God bless their souls.

@achair7265 7 ай бұрын

Amen. What a horrible way to go. It is unsettling the thought of just look at a bunch of shoes that represent the deceased.

@okeanosokeanos2716 7 ай бұрын

And to think the creator killed them all just to prove a point and humble us. Leave a mess if you want to send a message. No one knows that better than the creator.

@XmarcX92 7 ай бұрын

@@okeanosokeanos2716definitely not a cult

@southerncreationskitchen3392 7 ай бұрын

@@achair7265 at the holocaust museum I went to one of the rooms is just full of shoes from the people killed there.

@Xiroi87 7 ай бұрын

Wow what a terrible god you believe in that kills people to prove who's the boss. If there's a god, I'm sure it's not a spiteful being. These people died because of many mistakes, like not stopping to sail the ice field in the morning, not having enough lifeboats, and the idiotic captain of the Californian, who couldn't be bothered to verify the distress signals, not because of some hateful god.

@marspar 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate this narrative loop 👏🏼

@donw7571 Ай бұрын

This man is a national treasure. Thank you for what you gave us all.

@Robin52sr 7 ай бұрын

What vanished was the transition back to the beginning of the clip. That was clean af 👌

@cesarandres2697 7 ай бұрын

Legit watched this like 3 times 😂

@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks 7 ай бұрын

So lazy. Just cut a sentence in half and put it at the beginning and end of the clip.

@rus0004 7 ай бұрын

It's annoying as hell when you actually want to know what he's saying, and are trying to work out what is really the start of his quote.

@isaiahtowers1865 7 ай бұрын

@@rus0004 I think that’s just you

@rus0004 7 ай бұрын

@@isaiahtowers1865 to have sentences start at the beginning. I'm sure I'm not the only person who prefers

@manoflego123 7 ай бұрын

I attended this lecture series, and it is impossible to understate how good of a speaker Dr. Ballard is. He signed some books of mine he wrote afterwards, I still have them.

@shanesawyer5103 7 ай бұрын

* impossible to overstate

@jeremyswarthout8570 7 ай бұрын

😮

@manoflego123 7 ай бұрын

@shanesawyer5103 whoops! Yeah, my bad there.

@Au60schild 6 ай бұрын

@@manoflego123See the 3 pips in the far right of your text box? Tap them and you'll get a chance to edit your text to remove your error.

@stevet7487 6 ай бұрын

330 people gave your comment a thumbs up, even though it was an unintended dis. It's kind of funny.

@jeanlee9569 Ай бұрын

Dr Ballard speaks like a scientist. Tells facts, unemotionally and detached. I’d rather hear the facts about history as it’s easier to take in and then process the emotional and dramatic side later.

@thegungal Ай бұрын

I saw Robert Ballard in his Titanic presentation in HI. Phenomenal. I bought his book at the time

@judithl.morton9178 7 ай бұрын

Wow, I think I can listen to this man all day. Because he made this really, really interesting. Thank you, sir.😮

@mariet150 5 ай бұрын

Right to the point. That's for sure...

@jgambe78 5 ай бұрын

His name is James Cameron and you've seen many of his movies

@jeffv536 4 ай бұрын

@jgambe78 that's actually Bob Ballard

@Sweetlyfe 4 ай бұрын

@@jgambe78It’s Robert Ballard who actually was the Man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic.

@sgtpepper1138 4 ай бұрын

Check out the end of the first season of Seaquest. He would always have a little factoid about the ocean or technology of the time used in the ocean. One of my favorite shows.

@jodys5851 6 ай бұрын

Interesting. I always wondered why no one ever spoke of finding human remains. Such heartbreaking history

@paulp1a 4 ай бұрын

Also don't forget how deep down the Titanic sits. It's depths stopped anyone from diving the wreck until not to long ago

@ChairmanPaulieD 3 ай бұрын

there wouldn't be any human remains on the wreck of the RMS Titanic as Dr. Ballard said the sea creatures like crabs and various sorts of fish would nibble on the flesh of the bodies for a few years. So decades upon decades later there wouldn't even be skeletal remains on the sea bed of the ocean. The bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is an extremely DARK territory and VERY DANGEROUS to explore

@eddieboggs8306 3 ай бұрын

Two and one half miles I heard .

@dinarusso3320 2 ай бұрын

They probably found a few bodies who wore life jackets floating and allowed their families to bury them.

@user-yc2oz8kc5k Ай бұрын

Thank you for telling us. I had always wanted to know what had happened to the lost. Like how he points it all out in a clear way without sounding morbid. RIP to all lost in RMS Titanic.

@bryancrawford5512 10 күн бұрын

I'm met Dr Ballard in 1987.awesome man.

@fredwagner240 7 ай бұрын

I was able to work with Bob Ballard in 2014. I was the lead carpenter on "The Titanic Expo" at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut The project took about two month and it a project I will never forget. There are still pictures of the Titanic Expo on Mystic Aquarium's web site.

@abelis644 7 ай бұрын

I will look that up, thanks for sharing!

@OriginalNeoSupreme 6 ай бұрын

The term 'removed their flesh' is a nice way of saying they were eaten.

@grahambrown1980 2 ай бұрын

They devoured them in a feeding frenzy, feeling the primal pleasure of extra blood flow to the stomach and surges of gastric juices. How does that rate for ummm… like not actually nice… at all?😅☺️

@ElanMorin Ай бұрын

no. I think just saying they were eaten would have been nicer. just saying.

@SilentNights185 24 күн бұрын

Fish: "Yay, free food delivery in 30 minutes or less, Titanic special"

@wiktoriagwozdowska5484 2 ай бұрын

This is so sad ,no matter how many times I heard the story or extra information I never knew before , it always gets me and make me shed a tear. Every single time and I don’t think my soul will ever feel a peace when it comes to Titanic❤ My grandfather relative not sure if it was his uncle or someone closer supposed to go on titanic on a way back from US to Europe , but as we know it never happened, can’t even imagine how it was for those people to live in those times and hear about this catastrophe and experience it in real time. I wished I knew better my grandfather relative story I wouldn’t be surprised if his relatives still have the ticket 😢

@kevinbrooks1104 7 ай бұрын

The sea is a cruel mistress. God bless those lost souls.

@AceNinja2112 7 ай бұрын

Actually the soles (or is it souls???) are still there (or is it their???), lying (or is it laying???) in pairs (or is it pears???) on the bottom of the seafloor (or is it sea floor???)!

@jamaldominicbarr7379 7 ай бұрын

You cheeky bugga!

@johnmartinelli5511 7 ай бұрын

@@AceNinja2112you got some serious issues😅😅

@user-gl2eq2ly4g 7 ай бұрын

I had the same thought ..... What? ...... Too soon?

@austindarrenor 7 ай бұрын

People were known to have had premonitions about the Titanic. Too bad a passenger didn't have a premonition and gave the guys in the crow's nest a pair of binoculars.

@LoveRemains 6 ай бұрын

Truly fascinating how still and preserved everyone’s things are. The clothes, the shoes, the coins.. all of the stuff a person would use whilst on the Titanic or in their daily lives. I’m glad I stumbled across this video.

@snydedon9636 5 ай бұрын

It’s true. You can’t take it with you.

@dextersynesterformerlysorb5334 4 ай бұрын

@@snydedon9636You still need a coin for the ferryman

@jackiemack8653 4 ай бұрын

@@snydedon9636My thoughts exactly. Should be a wake up call for those that blindly accumulate wealth to impress others but people think they're not going to die.

@cosmokramer1213 Ай бұрын

Brutally honest explanation. Love it.

@sherryquinones9527 Ай бұрын

I wish this man had been my history teacher! His voice is mesmerizing.

@reddiver7293 7 ай бұрын

Science. Awesome. RIP to the lost souls aboard that doomed ship.

@PlatinumIrishrose 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. One of us survived. The rest were in third class and couldn't get out. Like in the movie.😢

@_Rustodian 7 ай бұрын

RIP to the lost soles too.

@reddiver7293 7 ай бұрын

@@_Rustodian Irreverent, sarcastic and not bad, Rusto!

@daleennis3140 7 ай бұрын

@@PlatinumIrishrose😊pil😊

@markbiggsggg3793 7 ай бұрын

So, did anybody else by any chance, just so happen to notice, and, or, see the/a ""quarter - dollar coin"" ??, just outside of, and below the inner outsole of a ""boot"" -> 🥾"* ??

@larrybarnes3920 7 ай бұрын

Robert Ballard. Legend.

@ursulageorgeson7086 2 ай бұрын

Something dark but comforting about the phrase 'the animals quickly found them.' No different than a whale fall. No different than if you're buried or scattered. They still contributed to the continuation of life.

@Adam-zf8hn 19 күн бұрын

That cut was so beautiful I almost watched it twice

@theultimatenewplayer9341 7 ай бұрын

Could you imagine this monologue being attached to the ending credits of the '97 Titanic movie. It would totally kill the mood. 😂

@nadyarossi5102 7 ай бұрын

The best, most authentic movie about the Titanic is 1954's "A Night To Remember," starring Sir Kenneth More. Cameron's version, not so much.

@chandrabrown1622 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@sammyblaze4234 7 ай бұрын

what really would ruin the mood is to say how tiny the number of dead people of an accident are compared to the number of dead civilians in gaza

@diva70smusic 7 ай бұрын

So..... the deaths of the original Titanic passengers were not enough of a buzz kill??

@christineperez7562 7 ай бұрын

No it would make it more real.

@AnitaSouthall 7 ай бұрын

The same vessel and crew that located the Titanic also found the wreck of HMAS Sydney 2. May we remember the 645 sailors who perished off the coast of Western Australia 🇦🇺

@AnonAmerica11 7 ай бұрын

All alone with a bunch of pity likes. Nobody cares.

@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718 Ай бұрын

How did so many of yall not learn this in school? I was homeschooled so i learned what the ocean does at an early age....im 33 and can still remember the book we had on the Bismarck and the trauma that ship and her soldiers went through.

@M3Vader 2 күн бұрын

Tragically fascinating

@gregjackson4117 4 ай бұрын

Can I give this more than a thumbs up. I wish people wouldn't sugar coat history.

@perryjohnson8213 7 ай бұрын

Dr Ballard is one of the worlds finest explorers. Definitely a hero of mine,

@grtjr71 7 ай бұрын

You need to find better heos lol

@Print229 2 ай бұрын

Other experts dispute this. Most of the shoes, for example, don't match or are two left shoes, etc. The luggage hold also rained down and while the suitcases dissolved, you can see remnants of the contents still neatly packed in a square or rectangle shape where the suitcase used to be. On and on. Very few of those famous "pairs of shoes" were actually bodies, according to others.

@andreaolds2055 2 ай бұрын

The first pair of shoes still has the pants with them. That's weird cuz you can totally tell how each of the people were laying. That's so interesting.

@steec6713 7 ай бұрын

I'm impressed at how well preserved some of those shoes look.

@Adabadeewah 7 ай бұрын

Shoe leather is very durable material, kinda like plastic.

@daylehudson6810 7 ай бұрын

They might fall apart if you picked them up

@jasoncox7783 7 ай бұрын

Not made in china lol

@myfirstnamemylastname2994 7 ай бұрын

@@Adabadeewahwell it's mummified cow hide done in a way that keeps it flexible. If they've done that to ancient mummies they'd still be more intact. Sad for the cows though as they also ended up at the bottom of the ocean.

@Bogwedgle 7 ай бұрын

It's the deep sea, it's extremely cold, little oxygen, no light, stuff doesn't really Decay down there.

@patgenier1965 7 ай бұрын

Amazing scientist. I was fortunate to see him speak years ago in Calgary. Imagine being a fly on the wall at a dinner with DR Ballard and Jacque Cousteau. That would be cool..

@almasantiago1100 Ай бұрын

Finally a good explanation!

@ultimatewitcherfan6677 11 күн бұрын

Seeing the shoes scattered about the sea floor where the wreckage of the Titanic came to rest really puts into perspective the grim reality of the fate of over 1000 passengers… 😢

@Shred.Flintstoned 7 ай бұрын

Just want to say whoever edited this did an amazing job both with the summarization of this explanation and with the cut to the loop at the end you absolutely killed it. Bravo editor guy!

@TriniLime123 7 ай бұрын

they only do that loop to force you to watch the video twice and all the way through. it’s smooth but only done to satisfy the algorithm

@kalebfrei9927 7 ай бұрын

@@TriniLime123So! It's still good editing.

@alignmentnumerology3239 7 ай бұрын

🎉bravo 🎉on the editing!!! I LOVED the Titanic 💙 when i watched it at the theater

@noob_bucketbot 7 ай бұрын

It’s not hard to do a loop lol

@ludwigsamereier8204 6 ай бұрын

Wow, Ballard answers all my questions about the passengers´s fate in 2 Minutes.

@PlubusDomis 25 күн бұрын

This is the speech I give to the In-Laws every Thanksgiving dinner ❤

@ericmarro5576 23 күн бұрын

Straight to the point.That’s what I like.

@patsyolson9243 6 ай бұрын

I was unaware of this. Good to hear true information about this horrible wreck.

@michaelpulice6100 7 ай бұрын

RIP to all the people who lost their lives on the titanic ❤❤❤❤❤

@devalraval007 3 ай бұрын

End to beginning continuation transition! Great work! RIP those passengers!

@zackadamec9332 28 күн бұрын

The photos of the shoes down there are haunting af

@TriXJester 6 ай бұрын

I find it fascinating to compare deep sea ship wrecks to fresh water ship wrecks like those found within the Great Lakes. As it's extraordinary how a few differences in water can completely change how a body will react to that environment.

@marie-francef1195 4 ай бұрын

He explained it in a way for us ALL to understand! Thank You!

@brettski2532 Ай бұрын

WHOA! This guy painted a REAL PICTURE of what happened.

@NJC2874 2 ай бұрын

It took 1 major mistake from the captain to sink that boat. That huge mistake was to go much faster than it should go. When they saw the iceberg, they did not have enough time to avoid it because of the high boat speed. The damage was unbelievable!

@birdie9196 6 ай бұрын

I have always wondered how the shoes remained but the skeletal remains absolved. Very interesting

@centex7409 3 ай бұрын

The shoes are made of preserved leather and the conditions work with the preservation of that leather to prevent decomposition or sea life consumption.