Sinking of the RMS Titanic cultural phenomenon, commemorated by artists, film-makers, writers, composers, musicians and dancers from the time immediately after the sinking to the present day. On 1 September 1985, a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard found the wreck of "Titanic", and the ship's rediscovery led to an explosion of interest in "Titanic"s story. Numerous expeditions have been launched to film the wreck and, controversially, to salvage objects from the debris field. The first major exhibition of recovered artefacts was held at London's National Maritime Museum in 1994–95. In 1997, James Cameron's eponymous film became the first movie ever to take $1
Wreck of the RMS Titanic on "Knorr"s screens. One of them was identified as a boiler, identical to those shown in pictures from 1911. The following day, the main part of the wreck was found and "Argo" sent back the first pictures of "Titanic" since her sinking 73 years before. The discovery made headlines around the world. Following his discovery of the wreck site, Ballard returned to "Titanic" in July 1986 aboard the research vessel RV "Atlantis II". Now the deep-diving submersible DSV "Alvin" could take people back to "Titanic" for the first time since her sinking, and the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) "Jason Jr."