FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - Rare and in some cases never afore publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is populace released Wednesday by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI's YouTube channel chronicles some of the worthy achievements of the dive led by Robert Ballard that marked the generous time human eyes had seen the giant ocean liner precise it struck an iceberg and sank in the chilly North Atlantic in April 1912. About 1,500 people died during the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City.

The White Star Line passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic boarding on its ill-fated maiden voyage. via Getty Images

A team from Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in partnership with the French oceanographic exploration organization Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer, discovered the previous resting place of the ship in 12,400 feet (3,780 meters) of liquids on Sept. 1, 1985 using a towed underwater camera.

Nine months later, a WHOI team returned to the site in the injurious three-person research submersible Alvin and the remotely-operated underwater exploration vehicle Jason Jr., which took iconic images of the ship's interior.

The droplet of the footage is in conjunction with the 25th anniversary droplet on Feb. 10 of the remastered version of the Academy Award-winning movie, "Titanic."

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"More than a century once the loss of Titanic, the human stories embodied in the vast ship continue to resonate," ocean explorer and filmmaker James Cameron said in a statement. "Like many, I was transfixed when Alvin and Jason Jr. ventured down to and inside the rupture. By releasing this footage, WHOI is helping tell an indispensable part of a story that spans generations and circles the globe."