This is the compelling, firsthand account of Dr. Ballard's twelve-year quest to find the sunken liner. With the help of dozens of never-before-seen photographs, rare archival pictures, charts, paintings and a 25-inch "photo-mosaic" of the ship, Ballard recounts the Titanic's fateful last night and describes the moment-by-moment drama of the expeditions that found and explored her.

Describes the large luxury liner which sank in 1912 and the discovery and exploration of its underwater wreckage.

Recreates the sea battle that sank the German battleship Bismarck in World War II and recounts how the shipwreck was discovered in 1989.

Describes the voyage of the Titanic, the accident that caused it to sink, and the rescue of those who survived.

In August 1993, Dr. Robert Ballard led an expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania, off the coast of Ireland. Using a submarine and remotely controlled camera vehicles, Ballard and his team studied the wreck thoroughly. They concluded that illegal munitions were not responsible for the second, fatal explosion.

Depicts five famous ships that have been lost at sea in modern times: the Empress of Ireland, the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Britannic, and the Titanic.

Provides an account of the 1942 battle of Midway and the high-tech hunt for the lost ships fifty-six years later

An evocative, moving tribute to the ships and men lost between the devastating Japanese surprise attack that launched four years of desperate struggle, and the even more devastating American atomic bomb that ended it.

National Geographic remembers the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a special collection of programs including the original classic "Secrets of the Titanic" and the new special "Save the Titanic with Robert Ballard".