Titanic Missing Footage (1912; Existence Unconfirmed)

Titanic and Survivors - Genuine 1912 Footage

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The RMS Titanic was, at the time of its building, the largest passenger ship built. It was met with a tragic fate when it sunk on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Over 1500 people perished with only 700 survivors out of its 2200 passenger count.

While still photographs of the Titanic are quite common, actual film footage of it is extraordinarily rare. For many decades, the only known surviving footage was of the ship being docked either shortly after its construction or before its departure (sources argue over the time frame it was taken). Then, in 1997, film director James Cameron saught out extra surviving footage, particularly that of the ship departing with its passengers waving to the distance. No footage was known to exist, with many historians thinking Cameron was crazy. Then, the following year, footage was uncovered of the exact clip Cameron was looking for, until historians confirmed the footage was of Titanic's older sister, they RMS Olympia departing.

It has been confirmed that many other clips were taken of the boat after its construction, though none of these have surfaced. One passenger was confirmed to have brought a film camera on board, which may have actually been saved from sinking with the ship. This has left many people longing to see possible film from the inside of the ship, but the footage has never been recovered. It has even been theorized that there may have been some footage taken of the ship's sinking from both inside and outside on a lifeboat (this claim has been heavily disputed as "unlikely", however).