The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has just released Titanic wreckage video footage filmed during a 1986 dive.
A team from Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in partnership with the French oceanographic exploration organization Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer, discovered the final resting place of the ship in 12,400 feet of wateroff Newfoundland, Canada, on Sept. 1, 1985 using a towed underwater camera.
Nine months later, a WHOI team returned to the site in the famous three-person research submersible Alvin and the remotely-operated underwater exploration vehicle Jason Jr., which took iconic images of the ship’s interior.
If the timing of the release seems puzzling, it shouldn't. On Friday, February 10, Titanic was re-released in theatres to mark the blockbuster film's 25th anniversary. Which was actually last December. But hey, we're in that 25-year window of the movie being in theatres originally, which I guess is the point. So good on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for taking advantage of the public's attention turning back to Titanic.
Woods Hole Shares Rare Titanic Wreckage Video
The video footage is rare and has never really been seen by in a public venue. There's over 80 minutes of it as well. If that seems like a lot, it is and it isn't. Titanic the movie is 195 minutes. So you could watch through this new Titanic (the shipwreck) footage twice and still have time for a bathroom break in the time it would take you to watch Titanic (the movie).
The video's description reads: "This rare, uncut, and unnarrated footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes." So take a look at "When Alvin visited the wreck of the Titanic" below. Ahoy!
80 Movie Soundtracks Certified Multi-Platinum
Music is art. Movies are art. When they collide, magic can happen that can, and has, impacted pop culture.
The soundtrack album is almost like a time capsule. Often, it captures a moment in time, like the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever and the age of disco or the soundtrack for Singles and the era where Seattle's grunge scene ruled the world. It even works on films that period pieces like Forrest Gump, whose soundtrack highlighted some of the biggest hits of the '60s and '70s, or The Wedding Singer, which honored some of the biggest artists of the '80s.
These time capsules have often translated into major sales figures, especially before the digital era where you can stream literally any song you can think of at the touch of a button. Plenty of movie soundtracks have sold one million copies, but with this list, we're going to focus on the soundtracks that have moved two million copies and more in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA.)
From comedies to dramas and everywhere in between, here are 80 movie soundtracks certified multi-platinum.
‘Singles’ (1992) - 2 million copies
‘Xanadu’ (1980) - 2 million copies
‘Beverly Hills Cop’ (1984) - 2 million copies
‘La Bamba’ (1987) - 2 million copies
‘Honeysuckle Rose’ (1980) - 2 million copies
‘Batman’ (1989) - 2 million copies
‘The Rose’ (1979) - 2 million copies
‘Reality Bites’ (1994) - 2 million copies
‘Above The Rim’ (1994) - 2 million copies
‘When Harry Met Sally’ (1989) - 2 million copies
‘Murder Was The Case’ (1994) - 2 million copies
‘Batman Forever’ (1995) - 2 million copies
‘The Commitments’ (1991) - 2 million copies
‘Friday’ (1995) - 2 million copies
‘The Graduate’ (1968) - 2 million copies
‘Wayne’s World’ (1992) - 2 million copies
‘Soul Food’ (1997) - 2 million copies
‘Dazed and Confused’ (1993) - 2 million copies
‘Hope Floats’ (1998) - 2 million copies
‘Doctor Dolittle: The Album’ (1998) - 2 million copies
‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ (1997) - 2 million copies
‘Wild Wild West’ (1999) - 2 million copies
‘Tarzan’ (1999) - 2 million copies
‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001) - 2 million copies
‘Save The Last Dance’ (2000) - 2 million copies
‘Charlie’s Angels’ (2000) - 2 million copies
‘The Wedding Singer’ (1998) - 2 million copies
‘Pokemon: The First Movie’ (1999) - 2 million copies
‘Shrek’ (2001) - 2 million copies
‘Chicago’ (2002) - 2 million copies
‘Lizzie McGuire Movie Soundtrack’ (2003) - 2 million copies
‘Twilight’ (2008) - 2 million copies
‘Trolls’ (2016) - 2 million copies
‘A Star Is Born’ (2018) - 2 million copies
‘West Side Story’ (1961) - 3 million copies
‘Eddie & the Cruisers’ (1984) - 3 million copies
‘Pretty Woman’ (1990) - 3 million copies
‘Beaches’ (1988) - 3 million copies
‘American Graffiti’ (1973) - 3 million copies
‘Aladdin’ (1992) - 3 million copies
‘Beauty & the Beast’ (1991) - 3 million copies
‘Boomerang’ (1992) - 3 million copies
‘Pocahontas’ (1995) - 3 million copies
‘Dangerous Minds’ (1995) - 3 million copies
‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994) - 3 million copies
‘The Crow’ (1994) - 3 million copies
‘Men in Black: The Album’ (1997) - 3 million copies
‘Preacher’s Wife’ (1996) - 3 million copies
‘High School Musical 2’ (2007) - 3 million copies
‘Urban Cowboy’ (1980) - 3 million copies
‘A Star Is Born’ (1976) - 4 million copies
‘Cocktail’ (1988) - 4 million copies
‘Sleepless in Seattle’ (1993) - 4 million copies
‘Armageddon’ (1998) - 4 million copies
‘8 Mile’ (2002) - 4 million copies
‘High School Musical’ (2006) - 4 million copies
‘Coyote Ugly’ (2000) - 4 million copies
‘Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ (2013) - 4 million copies
‘Romeo + Juliet’ (1996) - 4 million copies
‘The Jazz Singer’ (1980) - 5 million copies
‘City of Angels’ (1998) - 5 million copies
‘Evita’ (1996) - 5 million copies
‘Flashdance’ (1983) - 6 million copies
‘The Big Chill’ (1983) - 6 million copies
‘Pure Country’ (1992) - 6 million copies
‘Space Jam’ (1996) - 6 million copies
‘The Little Mermaid’ (1989) - 6 million copies
‘Waiting to Exhale’ (1995) - 7 million copies
‘Grease’ (1978) - 8 million copies
‘O Brother, Where Are Thou?’ (2000) - 8 million copies
‘Top Gun’ (1986) - 9 million copies
‘The Lion King’ (1994) - 10 million copies
‘Dirty Dancing’ (1987) - 11 million copies
‘Titanic’ (1997) - 11 million copies
‘Forrest Gump’ (1994) - 12 million copies
‘Purple Rain’ (1984) - 13 million copies
‘Saturday Night Fever’ (1977) - 16 million copies
‘The Bodyguard’ (1992) - 18 million copies
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