A brand new Titanic documentary is bringing the famous ship to life in a new way as it shows footage of it in color. The new documentary was produced by Channel 4 and depicts the ship in color, offering viewers a unique and rarely-seen view of the famous vessel.
Titanic In Colour is airing this week in the UK but has got Titanic enthusiasts around the world something to get excited about. The documentary will hear from relatives of people who were on board the doomed ship as colorized footage of the boat plays on the screen.
A minute-long clip shows the ship in full color. The video footage has been kept in an archive for more than a century and has been seen by very few people until now.
The documentary will show the outside of the ship as well as images from inside in places like the boat's gym and luxury rooms. The incredible footage was captured by Francis Browne, a then-student.
He was one of only seven people to get off the ship at Cobh, Co Cork , which was then called Queenstown. This was the last stop of the Titanic before it set sail for New York City in 1912.
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The young man shot footage of everyday life on the ship including people going to the gym and walking around leisurely. Frances was offered the chance to stay on the ship by an American couple but his boss instructed him to disembark the boat at Queenstown, which may have needed up saving his life.
"It does have the feel of something very unofficial, very behind-the-scenes, very sort of making of," Dr Lesley-Anne Beadles, a historian featured in the documentary, told The Daily Mail .
"The White Star line was completely about appearances, so it does have that feel of something that maybe we weren't quite supposed to see."
The sinking of the Titanic has remained something that people have been fascinated by for over a century after it sank. Multiple museums and exhibitions exist around the world, including the Titanic Museum in Belfast , Northern Ireland , that tells the story of the ship.
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