Robert D. Ballard
Also Known As: Robert Ballard, Bob Ballard
Biography: Dr. Robert Duane Ballard is a retired United States 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Birthday: June 30, 1942
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Gender: Male
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Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard
Overview: Robert Ballard has been living and breathing the Titanic since he was part of the team that discovered it in 1985. In Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard, he revisits the iconic ship in an entirely different way—from the perspective of those who set sail on it some 100 years ago. Ballard travels to the shipyards of Northern Ireland to retrace the path of the doomed ship from its very incarnation. Throughout his journey, Ballard is driven by one personal question—will the Titanic survive another 100 years? As evidence mounts that the ship is under siege by natural forces, careless visitors, and even rogue salvage operators, the man who found it teams with the families of victims and survivors to protect the legacy of history’s most famous ship.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-08
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Secrets of the Titanic
Overview: Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and his research team become the first undersea explorers to locate, photograph, and explore the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage 2 1/2 mile deep in the icy waters of the Atlantic in 1912, taking 1500 passengers and crew with it to a watery grave. Utilizing dazzling state-of-the art equipment and cutting edge expertise they record the decaying remains of the ocean liner once thought "unsinkable."
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-07
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Titanic Revealed
Overview: For decades the wreck of the liner RMS Titanic had eluded those seeking to locate her grave site. Many failed until Dr. Robert Ballard turned a dream into reality in 1985 when he found her remains over 12000' beneath the North Atlantic Ocean. Dr. Ballard tells how his missions to two lost submarines from the Cold War helped him find the debris trail of the Titanic that she left across the sea bed. Interspersed with this intriguing once-Top Secret mission is the story of Ballard's 2004 trip back to Titanic to document the ensuing effects of visitors and salvagers since his last trip in 1986. Understanding that the Titanic and her remains belong to everyone, Dr. Ballard returns with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help make his vision of a museum - a museum available to all - become a reality. A companion to Return to Titanic. - Written by Glenn C. Reimer
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-01
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Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
Overview: The Academy Award-winning director and National Geographic Explorer-at-Large James Cameron adds a postscript to his fictional retelling of the tragedy. After hearing fans continue to insist Jack didn't have to die that night, he mounts tests to see, once and for all, whether both Jack and Rose could have fit on that raft and survived.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-05
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Titanic: 90 Years Below
Overview: Deep on the ocean's floor, one landmark continues to fascinate above all the rest, It's tragic tale has been told many times. But there is another story... an ongoing technological drama... a high-tech adventure to discover and explore the mysteries of th RMS Titanic. This is that story... a quest marked by failure, success, classified operations, and moral uncertainty. 90 years after the loss of over 1500 souls, the story continues to this day.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-19
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Sea Spies
Overview: The underseaa world is an unseen battleground. Join Dr. Robert Ballard, former naval intelligence officer and discoverer of the RMS Titanic, as he reveals how the race for global domination as eon from the deapest reaches of the ocean. Using rare archival footage and fully animated recreations, this fascinating documentary examines the technology behind Cold War nuclear subs along with other recently declassified defense systems, such as SOSUS, the U.S. Navy's top-secret sound survelliance network. Sea Spies also looks at the key historical developments that influenced twentieth century warfare and features interviews with marine experts as well as high-ranking military officials.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-10
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Gallipoli's Deep Secrets
Overview: Dr Robert Ballard dives into Turkish waters to discover the ships and submarines wrecked during the bungling of the WWII Gallipoli campaign and the heroic stories of their crews.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-25
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Titanic: The Complete Story
Overview: The "unsinkable" Titanic was a dream come true: four city blocks long and a passenger list worth 250 million dollars. But on her maiden voyage in April 1912, that dream became a nightmare when the giant ship struck an iceberg and sunk in the cold North Atlantic. More than 1,500 lives were lost in one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century. Now, using newsreels, stills, diaries, and exclusive interviews with survivors, Titanic: The Complete Story recounts the sensational history of the premier liner. In Part I: Death of a Dream, the largest ship ever built is christened in Ireland before a cheering crowd of 100,000. Witness the disaster this trek becomes as numerous iceberg warnings go unheeded and the ship sinks in the icy North Atlantic. In Part II: The Legend Lives On, over-packed lifeboats edge away from the crippled liner as a futile SOS signals flare into the night--leaving 1,500 passengers to a watery grave.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-24
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Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
Overview: For the 20th anniversary of "Titanic," James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-26
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Expedition Amelia
Overview: Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a team of experts travel to the remote Pacific atoll named Nikumaroro in search of her final resting place.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-20
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Save The Titanic : Treasures From The Deep
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-09
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Lost Liners
Overview: Dr. Bob Ballard explores the histories and the final resting places of famous 20th-century passenger liners, including the Titanic, the Lusitania, and the Empress of Ireland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life
Overview: Bob Ballard reveals the inside stories behind his most exciting discoveries, while sharing the personal triumphs, challenges and tragedies that led him to them.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-15
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Nazi Attack on America
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-06
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Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream
Overview: Decades after the Titanic sank into the Atlantic, the dream of investigating the wreckage was finally realized by undersea geologist Dr. Robert D. Ballard. Only one camera crew was permitted to join his historic expedition in 1986. In this remarkable program, high-tech cameras attached to submersibles take us to the frigid world two and a half miles below the ocean’s surface. Spectacular colour photography illuminates the ship’s once luxurious interior.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-31
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