ere we relive, remember and relate to the news and trends of the day through the lens of time. "again for the kennedys it was death but this time the death of an innocent woman. one of the many bright, attractive young people ..." "it has captured publicity unlike any birth since that of dionne quintuplets." "it has convinced me that i must relinquish my title as miss america." i'm ellee pai hong. and i'm kerry sayers. and i'm your host, bill kurtis. this is "through the decades." we begin with july 24, 1978. the miracle of childbirth got a helping hand from the miracle of science and techonology as louise joy brown, the world's first test tube baby, was born. "good evening. a beautiful normal girl. that's how doctors describe the five pound 12 ounce baby born nine days

premature to leslie brown, the wife of a british truck driver. it is the first known baby conceived outside its mother's womb." louise joy brown, a normal baby girl, born under extraordinary circumstances. best known as the world's first test-tube baby whose birth was the beginning of a revolution for infertility. "indeed, at birth, it came out crying its head off and in very good state, breathing very well. it was a beautiful, normal baby. uh it's been assessed by our pediatricians. and, in fact, although it was taken for a few hours to their special baby care unit, the baby has now been transferred to the mother because it's well enough to be with the mother as most babies are with their mothers in the

usual way." in vitro fertilization was pioneered by patrick steptoe and robert edwards. they began experimenting in the 1960s but their work was hardly celebrated. many in the scientific community considered it immoral. but the two remained undeterred, eventually catching the attention of several infertile couples desperate to conceive. one of those couples was lesley and peter brown. they underwent the procedure in 1977 and nine months later, in july, 1978, their baby was born. "the birth by caesarean section at oldham's regional hospital last night was rushed when leslie brown developed toxemia, a mild blood poisoning that can lead to a still birth. but mother and daughter were said to be in excellent health in their second floor room today as guards stood by to ward off the curious." the browns, as well as doctors steptoe and edwards, had to contend with more than the curious. louise joy brown's birth

quickly fell under the scope of heavy ethical and legal scrutiny. "it has captured publicity unlike any birth since the dionne quintuplets 44 years ago. it has also sparked controversy that is almost eclipsing its merits as a major medical breakthrough." "the baby's well?" "yes very well thank you." "do you have anything you want to say to us at all today?" "the department of health, education and welfare opened public hearings today on the ethical questions involved in test tube human fertilization. a panel heard that more experiments should be performed before attempting to produce a live human birth." but despite the rather apprehensive welcome, in vitro fertilization could not be dismissed. "uh, we think that within a fairly reasonable time, given the right facilities, that this could become clinically applicable all over the world." that did indeed become the case.

these days, in vitro fertilization is mainstream. all owed to a little girl who forever changed reproductive medicine in july, 1978. forever changed reproductive medicine in july, 1978. today, in vitro fertilization is commonplace but back in 1978, it was as rare as walking on the moon for the first time. and that's how the world reacted, finding it hard to believe an egg could be fertilized outside the human body and then replaced back into the woman's uterus it grew in lesley brown's uterus and the world waited to see if it had been harmed in some way by the technology. ethics debates wondered about when life began? were we playing god? more than 35 years later we might wonder what all the fuss

was about. fertility clincs abound incidentally, louise joy brown was born 5 pounds plus and was joined by a sister natalie severalyears later, also a test tube baby, who gave birth to her own daughter in 1999. i guess it worked the 57th miss america pageant made history in 1983. vanessa williams was crowned the winner becoming the first african-american to do so. a reign she'd hold for ten months before it all came crashing down this week in 1984. "prurience and the symbol of purity. the explosion rocked the miss america pageant with a major scandal for the first time its 63-year history. richard wagner reports." "she was probably very young, ill-advised. trying to make a career. they fast talk these girls into doing this and i think she was just a victim of circumstance."

"a composed, controlled vanessa williams gave up title of miss america 1984." "i'm not a person who gives up when the going gets rough. however, the potential harm to the pageant and the deep division that a bitter fight may cause has convinced me that i must relinquish my title as miss america." "this is a unique and terribly difficult situation in the 63- year history of miss america." "after viewing the photos, i was enraged and i felt a deep sense of personal embarrassment." "in her hometown of milwood, new york today there was sympathy for vanessa williams and hostility towards the man who published the photographs." "based on circulation figures, penthouse could gross well over four million dollars above the average issue. the magazine says it has the required model release but vanessa williams says she does not recall signing it and publication of these sexually explicit pictures is a violation of her rights." "miss america is supposedly apple pie, ice cream, peaches

and cream and every young girls dream. i think she did the correct thing by resigning." "the new miss america, until the next pageant in september will be last year's first runner-up, suzette charles, the nation's second black miss america." "the pageant has helped launch my career this september and i owe this to them." still to come on "through the decades." "a dynasty tarnished and a political career marked by sc

crime's most notorious namewas john dillinger. the dapper outlaw. the face of america's golden age of gangsters this week in 1934, dillinger's spree came to a deadly end by the time he was 31-years old, john dillinger was the stuff of legend. his bank robberies, prison escapes and shoot outs with police, gave him a folk hero edge for a public hypnotized by his charm and glamorous style. but for the federal bureau of investigation, dillinger was the first to be labeled public enemy number one. and in 1934, fbi director j. edgar hoover wanted him captured. dead or alive. "desperate public enemy now

rises to fame as an underworld hero. arrogant, that expression in his eyes." dillinger was notoriously elusive. but lucky for the fbi, one of his confidants, anna sage, came forward and proposed a deal. sage was a romanian immigrant facing deportation but offered to lead federal agents to dillinger if they let her stay in the country. on the night of july 22, 1934, sage informed the fbi that dillinger would be attending the biograph theater on chicago's northside to watch the clark gable gangster movie "manhattan melodrama." "i'm going to clean off every rotten spot i can find in this city and blackie; i don't want to find you in one." "and if you do?" "what do you think?" "you're going to give me everything i got coming to me. you're going to nail me every

time i step out of line and sock me to the limit. "you said it." "and cockeyed as it all sounds, i'll be proud of you." when the movie let out, shortly after 10:30 p.m. the agents were waiting. "dillinger killed by federal agents commanded by inspector samuel cowley assisted by east chicago, indiana police. the belongings of public enemy number one." "i heard two shots just instantaneous. a woman screamed. she said she had been hurt in the leg and lifted up her dresses and a man lay motionless on the street, blood all over him." "i tried to rush to their assistance thinking that maybe two gangsters were fighting. so i brought some water from a garage and a sprinkling can but a federal agent held me back and said no more use the help them. he is gone now and i said who is gone? he said that's dillinger." he lived fast and died young but not before leaving behind a mark, a legacy that has lingered as one of america's deepest fascinations.

july 24, 1956 gave us the end to a legendary comedy duo. after starring together in 16 films, dean martin and jerry lewis ended their partnership. the two worked as a team for 10 years. "hollywood or bust" was their last movie together. in 1998, steven spielberg's world war ii epic "saving private ryan" was released in theaters across the united states. the film, which starred tom hanks and matt damon, took home a total of five academy awards. and in 2005, lance armstrong won his seventh straight tour de france. less than a decade later, in a dramatic fall from grace, armstrong was caught using performance-enhancing drugs and was stripped of his seven tour titles. scandal always has a way of transcending most moments in history and in july, 1969, ted

kennedy would find himselfthe focus of national attention for what became known asthe chappaquiddick incident. while apollo 11's maiden moon voyage commanded most of the world's attention throughout july, 1969, on chappaquidick island in massachusetts there was an undercurrent of scandal in the making as a young senator ted kennedy, after leaving a party, drove his oldsmobile delta 88 off of a wooden bridge and into the cool waters of the channel below killing his 28-year-old passenger, mary jo kopechne. "again for the kennedys, it was death but this time the death of an innocent woman. one of the many bright, attractive, young people drawn to the center of things by the magnetic magic of the kennedy name and fame." kennedy was able to escape but he did not report the accident until the following morning.

ten hours later, a startling and seemingly inexplicable response. one that would raise the eyebrows of a nation. "the rest of his statements concerning the long time lapse before he reported the accident are hard for many people to credit. the kennedys have fierce enemies as well as fiercely loyal friends. they gave no quarter in their various political fights and they must know that their enemies will give none now." "they descended on him here like a pack of jackals." in a decade that saw both of his brothers killed, ted kennedy now sat as the family's political patriarch. but all of that hung in the balance as the country latched on to such a confounding tragedy. "a lot of people have been claiming that you've been giving senator kennedy preferential treatment what do you say to that?" "well i say that uh thathat can be their opinion probably but i'm not giving the senator any different treatment than i've given anybody else involved in a case such as

this." "as the mourners gather outside st. vincent's roman catholic church the kennedy's are meeting for the first time with mary jo kopechne's mother and father in the parish rectory." "the kennedys move to the church. senator ted kennedy wearing a neck brace his wife joan and his sister-in-law ethel, the widow of robert kennedy." mary jo kopechne was laid to rest four days after the crash. and while senator kennedy mourned her death, the questions surrounding his involvement inthat death and his curious timeline began to linger too long for a fiery media desperate for clarity. "the kennedy party returned to hyannis port from the funeral in one of the family planes. the senator, his wife joan, mrs. robert kennedy and the rest of the party were met by a cluster of reporters and camera men." by the time a week had gone by

since the accident, kennedy could stay silent no longer. "this is a cbs news special. a statement by senator edward m. kennedy." "tonight he asked for television time to explain to the people of massachusetts. we are standing by now for his statement from hyannis port." "my fellow citizens. i have requested this opportunity to talk to the people of massachusetts about the tragedy which happened last friday evening. this morning, i entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident." "no words on my part can possibly express the terrible pain and suffering i feel over this tragic incident. this last week has been an agonizing one for me and for the members of my family. and the grief we feel over the loss of a wonderful friend will remain with us the rest of our lives."

"senator kennedy has spoken. we will see what massachusetts and the country says." following his televised speech, senator kennedy received an outpouring of support. "i must say, i was very much touched and very much moved by the sentiments which have been expressed and i as i indicated i'm hopeful of submitting my record to the people and if elected will serve the six years." he would win reelection the next year but the incident on chappaquidick essentially dashed kennedy's presidential hopes and like most scandals throughout history would hold steady to the man's legacy. justice for two victims of an infamous american serial killer.

the birth of an iconic aviator whose disappearance is shrouded in mystery and a tale from the old west about one of america's favorite bandits. about one of america's favorite bandits. this is july 24th on "through

the decades." in july of 1985, tickets for a bruce springsteen show in d.c. went on sale. hoping to grab a few, over a million of his fans took to the phone lines, jamming up the mid-atlantic phone system for hours on end. even at the white house. "how hot is rock star bruce springsteen? well, he's so hot that it seemed everyone in and around the nation's capital was talking about him today. everyone that is, who could get thru on the telephone." "bruce springsteen is the hottest ticket in the country. at&t has learned that the hard way. last week switchboards in

new jersey lit up. today, it was the washington area. red trouble lights. jammed circuits. the pentagon admitted some long distance problems though the serious communications gear is separate. the white house had a few problems but it has separate circuits too. the state department was, what else, diplomatic." "i didn't have any problems." "it's what my music director, paul shugrue and i call brucemania. anytime springsteen's within 300 miles and there are tickets available, people go absolutely wild. the listener lines have been ringing off the hook. we received calls from at&t asking us please stop giving out the number. it froze up, my understanding is that it froze up 800 numbers in three states and it's just a typical response from listeners for springsteen. he's become so, so incredibly big. he's always been a star, but he's really gone beyond the megastar if we can use that

overused word." "last monday, at&t recorded 858,000 long distance calls in the washington area between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. this morning, with the springsteen concert selling out, the number during that hour zoomed to 1,952,000 calls, more than twice as many. other than springsteen, a spokesman said, only natural disasters trigger so many calls." july 24 has seen many other notable names make their mark through history. in 1897, amelia earhart was born. by 30, she was the first female aviator to fly solo across the atlantic ocean. james rhyne killian was born the same day in 1904. he served as the tenth president of the massachusetts institute of technology before becoming a science advisor for president dwight d. eisenhower. baseball's barry bonds was born july 24, 1964 the left fielder holds several major league baseball records including most career home runs and most home runs in a single

season. the world lost the eighth president of the united states july 24, 1862. unlike the seven presidents before him, martin van buren was the first president to be born a citizen of the united states. the same day in 1997, supreme court justice william j. brennan died. he was known for his outspoken progressive views including opposition to the death penalty and support for abortion rights. and the true tales behind a few legendary figures of the old west. our journey continues. next, on "through the decades" our journey continues. next, on "through the decades"

welcome back. in 1966, michael pelkey and brian schubert made the first base jump from the top of el capitan in yosemite national park. both came out with broken bones. base jumping has now been banned from the rock formation. and in 1978, billy martin was fired for the first of three times as the manager of the new york yankees baseball team. as a manager, martin was known for rning losing teams into winners. but he was also criticized for not getting along with veteran players and burning out young pitchers. tales of the old american west have filled pages, speakers, and screens for more than a century that world of duels, bandits, and six-shooters didn't just come from the creative

imaginations of fiction writers they had plenty of source material thanks to a pair of dramatic events that share an anniversary whether it was the actual first or simply the first remembered - on july 21, 1865, two veterans of the wild west marched slowly towards each other in what would be known as the first "western showdown." the night before in springfield, missouri, the famous "wild bill" hickok got into a spat with a man named dave tutt. tutt had taken hickok's watch as gambling collateral. wild bill warned him not to wear it in public and according to the greene county museum, did it anyways. they would settle it at 6 o'clock the evening of july 21. at about 75 yards apart, tutt drew his six-shooter followed by wild bill. tutt missed. hickok did not. tutt crumbled to the ground. wild bill had won the first american showdown and took back his watch in the process.

then in 1873, the infamous jesse james pulled off another western first along the chicago rock island and pacific railway. in the small town of adair, iowa, james put in motion the first american train heist. he put the plot in motion after hearing one of the cars had $75,000 worth of gold sitting inside. outside adair, james and his gang loosened a section of track. then on july 21, when the train was coming through they pulled it out right before the locomotive came around a curve sending it crashing into a ditch. jesse and his brother frank climbed on board but the safe they were after only had $2,000 in it so the gang just robbed the passengers instead. while the haul wasn't what he wanted, james had pulled off the country's first train robbery.

it was a wild west first that just like wild bill hickok; james would take to an early grave. james would take to an early grave. if descent could transcend, it was this week in july, 1969. when two americans navigated the lunar module onto the surface of the moon. a landing. an accomplishment that would eclipse all others that came before it. four days after ascending from florida's cape canaveral, apollo 11 was on the cusp of remarkable history. "eagle we got you now. it's

looking good, over." as michael collins orbited the moon aboard the command module, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin tucked inside the lunarmodule "eagle" were making their way to the surface of the moon. "roger, you're a go. you're a go to continue power descent. you are a go to continue power descent." it was a moment that on july 20, 1969 had the attention of the entire world. "we're go. we're go. altitude, velocity light... 220 feet ... fifteen forward." "sixty seconds." "ok engine stop." "we copy you down eagle." "tranquility base, here. the eagle has landed." at 4:18 p.m. eastern standard time, the united states landed the first humans on the moon. an achievement that rendered

millions speechless. "roger, tranquility ... we copy you on the ground ... we've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing aga. thanks a lot." "oh boy ... phew ... boy" five hours later, the hatch of the lunar module was opened and u.s. astronaut neil armstrong emerged to forever claim his place in history. "armstrong is on the moon. neil armstrong, thirty-eight year old american standing on the surface of the moon on this july 20, 1969." "that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind." "that's one small step for man

... [spanish translation] ... one giant leap for mankind. [spanish translation]" *cheers lunar module pilot buzz aldrin would join armstrong shortly after. "ok, i'm on the top step. i'm ready to hop down from one step to the next." "you' got three more steps and then a long one." and for the next two and a half hours, the moon's first pioneers explored its desolate landscape. "it has a stark beauty, all its own ... it's uh it's like much of the high desert of the united states ... it's uh ... it's different but it's very pretty out here."

meanwhile, some 238,000 miles away was a globe transfixed witnessing something that hardly seemed real. "you know what these pictures look like? some of those early movies, uh of science fiction of man on the moon, don't they?" "it's so true." "the colorant ... the black and white registration ... the whole thing looks like a movie." beyond the feat of rocketing a man to the moon, july 20, 1969 and the moon landing played host to other engineering coups like broadcasting a tv signal from another world. "are you getting a tv picture now houston?" "neil, yes we are getting a tv picture." and connecting a phone cl across intergalactic space. "hello, neil and buzz. i'm talking to you by telephone from the oval room at the white house. and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made from the white house. i just can't tell you how proud we all are of what you've done." for america, landing on the moon was a significant point of pride

signaling a major defeat of the soviet union in a heavily contested space race that had consumed the two nations for over a decade. "they've got the flag up now and you can see the stars and stripes on the lunar surface." as for the world, apollo 11's accomplishment stood unrivaled offering a technological turning point. one that made almost anything appear possible. "this means a lot to all the countries, not just for america." "and being out of it and being closer to the moon makes us realize that we're all human beings together." "we accepted the challenge of going to the moon. the acceptance of this challenge was inevitable. the relative ease with which we carried out our mission, i believe, is a tribute to the timeliness of that acceptance." through the decades. we take a look at the moments frozen in time thanks to the lens of a camera. july 24, 1969 marks the day

apollo 11 returned to earth. the mission to and from the moon included the first human footsteps on the lunar surface. the crew splashed down about 950 miles southwest of honolulu, hawaii. and in 1979, notorious serial killer, ted bundy was convicted of two murders in florida. the seemingly charming and handsome young man was responsible for the murders of numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and was sentenced to death. shortly before his execution, he confessed to at least 30 homicides committed in seven states. and in 1987, a 91-year-old from california became the oldest woman to climb mt. fuji in japan. hulda crooks hiked the entire 212 mile trail in the high sierras over the span of three days.

an american actress becomes a lightning rod for controversy in the midst of the vietnam war. a music legend preaches about the dangers of rock and roll. and law enforcement caught up with the man who called himself captain midnight. it's still to come on "through

if one person could define the anti-war era of the early '70s, it would be jane fonda. the actress put herself in the middle of america's debate about america's policy in vietnam and how the war was being framed by the nixon administration. but this week in 1972, america saw a different fonda on tv. one that gave birth to the nickname "hanoi jane." in 1972, u.s. troops had been fighting in vietnam for more than a decade. anti-war protesters had been at full throat for most of that time and had just gained a powerful spokesperson - the reigning academy-award winning actress, jane fonda. she'd been politically outspoken before speaking about social inequality in 1970. in '72 she was married to one of the organizers of the 1968 d.n.c. protests, tom hayden.

both paid close attention to what got leaked in the pentagon papers regarding tactics in vietnam. then after new reports came out, fonda set out on a journey to call out the nixon administration. but on july 21, 1972, she got caught in the crossfire herself. "i think it is shocking that the man who is the president of the united states takes such a cynical attitude toward the american people. he thinks that we have a price tag. that if he reduces the number of white american deaths and reduces the cost of the war that our conscience can be pacified, that the american people don't care whether millions of people in asia are killed in our names." the nixon administration was

about to tout its winding down of the vietnam war at the republican national convention. nixon had ordered underwater mines to be placed at the mouth of the red river. diplomats were also reporting that u.s. planes were targeting the region's advanced dike system that allowed the lands to be farmed. the thought was if they can't grow food in flooded fields thousands would starve eventually forcing the north vietnamese to the negotiating table. it was a tactic revealed in the pentagon papers years earlier that the johnson administration considered but declined. nixon appeared to using it however, along the red river to slowly inflict damage on the capital of the north hanoi. "nixon is aiming at the one most vulnerable point, since it is an agrarian society, and that is their crops, their lands, their agriculture."

fonda eventually accepted a north vietnamese invitation to see the damage herself. "anyone who has seen the dikes knows that, first of all that the vietnamese wouldn't be foolish enough to build any defense installations on the dikes. these are in the middle of rice paddies. it's virtually impossible. you have to wade through mud to get there." many in the administration felt the vietnamese were using fonda as their own propaganda tool and that fonda's harsh criticism of nixon's strategies was harming the war effort. and she didn't do herself any favors on the last day of her trip. visiting a group of north vietnamese troops, she sat in the gunner seat of an anti-aircraft gun - one that likely had at least shot at americans. footage of the massive mental lapse aired in the u.s. on july 211972. it was more than enough for

millions back home to think fonda's activism was doing more harm than good. when she returned, she continued her tirade against nixon's targeting of the dikes. "he has chosen a way of trying to destroy the democratic republic of vietnam in such a way that it's easy for him to say 'it's not my fault. last year, look at all the people that died in the floods of pakistan. it's a natural calamity. it happens all the time.' but this year, i was there and i saw and i believe that, this year, if there are floods and if people are killed and that land if it is flooded than it is nixon's responsibility." and while she felt she was bringing attention to an important human rights crisis, the nixon administration set out to make her a villain. "i think a congressman said the justice department should look

into this." "ahhh, the justice department should look into what mister nixon is doing. there is a very serious betrayal. there is a very serious traitor in our midst and i think it's richard nixon." comments like those earned fonda a spot on nixon's enemies list before he resigned amidst the watergate scandal. so while she may have had the last laugh and helped bring awareness to a war that was on its last legs -- many have not forgotten over fonda's decision to play along with america's enemy. a decision, she says, still haunts her more than four decades later. the protest that took control of the airwaves and when time ran out for "captain midnight." and the world gets its first look at history's most famous shipwreck. it's still to come on "through the decades." it's still to come on "through the decades."

on july 24, 1979, little richard spoke to a revival meeting in san francisco about the dangers of rock & roll. the singer had a pivotal impact on the music world with his most popular hits coming out in the 1950s. but by the '70s he had returned to his evangelical christian roots and had become an ordained minister. in 1982, the survivor song "eye

of the tiger" topped the billboard pop charts. it was the second hit that came out of the rocky film franchise. and in 1998, aerosmith announced that they were postponing the first 13 dates of their u.s. tour after drummer joey kramer had received second- degree burns in a gas station fire. in 1986, a 25 year old armed with a transmission dish, a keyboard and calling himself "captain midnight" managed to hack hbo's signal. he was upset that the company had started to scramble its satellite signal and was charging a monthly fee. his message of protest and warning was beamed into homes around the country for four and a half minutes. and this week in 1986, he was caught. "federal officials announced today they'd finally caught up to the video pirate calling himself captain midnight. the

man who disrupted cable tv programming to say that he was mad and that he wasn't going to take it anymore." these days, between cable, satellite, and streaming services, we're used to paying for television. but it wasn't always that way and with the growth of cable tv came something new - premium channels. and by the '80', if you had a satellite dish, and knew what to do with it, you could get your get the big cable stations for free. at the time, there was no one bigger than hbo. hbo, along with showtime and the movie channel had announced they encrypt their signal requiring satellite owners to pay for a descrambler box and a monthly fee. "people who own satellite dishes represented by an organization called space converged on washington last month to urge congress to protect their access to the airwaves. they stuck to their guns today." "is it reasonable for you to pay $12.95 and you invested $2500 to put on your own satellite antenna and the person next to you is paying $12.95 and he's got absolutely no investment in equipment?"

for video pirate, captain midnight, the answer was a resounding no. this is what hbo viewers saw for four and a half minutes just past midnight oapril 27, 1986. "in this country, somewhere in the vast cable tv audience, there lurks someone called captain midnight. a tv hacker who somehow managed to commandeer the signal of the biggest cable service if only for a short time." it would take almost three months for federal investigators to find captain midnight. they arrested him on july 22, 1986. "in a jacksonville, florida federal court where he pleaded guilty, captain midnight who really doesn't wear a mask, turned out to be john r. macdougall, an ocala, florida man who sells those dishes you put in your backyard to tune in those satellites as long as the signal isn't scrambled like hbo's." "through a laborious check of thousands of transmitters and with help from a tipster the

fcc high tech sleuths tracked macdougall the way j. edgar hoover's boys tracked old fashioned criminals." "it could also mean some old fashioned trouble for the hi tech video pirate who could get up to a year in prison and a big fine." macdougall ended up paying a $5000 fine and got a year of probation. it's the most famous shipwreck in history. ever since that night in 1912, the titanic has held a special place in our fascination for 70 years, its mysteries lay frozen in time on the bed of the north atlantic that was until 1986, when the we all got our first look at the doomed oceanliner. this is what it looked like before it set sail on april 10, 1912 with more than 2,200 passengers and crew onboard. this is what the titanic looked like after almost 75 years at the bottom of the sea. "yeah, it's amazing. just imagine going over the top of

the titanic with a giant helicopter and pouring out molasses that looks like rust and have it just pour down and over the decks and down the sides of the ship. it's amazing." that's oceanographer robert ballard, and the expedition leader of the sunken titanic, who after discovering the wreckage in 1985, went back in 1986 to film it and bring it to the world. "i mean i had been pursuing that ship for 13 years and to finally see it, it was like getting my doctorate. i mean it was like this big piece of pressure came off my back and i was glad but unfortunately the first look only lasted 10 seconds. the submarine was flooding water in the batteries and we had to abort the dive but

i saw it for 10 seconds and my feeling was, so it really exists." by his third dive, ballad and his crew had a birds' eye view of the fateful ship. "it's amazing. what we thought was growth and couldn't understand what sort of growth it would be is rivers, literally rivers of rust and it pours down the side, if you look at the side of the titanic, you have these veins, like little rope size veins, that just run down the side of the ship and there are just thousands of them and then they come out on to the sediment and they cull us into a river. it's just amazing, it would be interesting to pick up some of the rust to see what it is, but we're not picking up anything." shockingly, some of the ship's debris remained completely intact - a set of rusted stairs, a deck bench, a plate, a toilet and even an unopened bottle of champagne. "the team that explored the wreck of the luxury liner

titanic appears to have rewritten history. it returned with a wealth of still pictures and videotapes and it found no evidence of the 300 foot gash long thought to be ripped in the ships' side when it struck an iceberg in the north atlantic 74 years ago." "we landed on the deck of the titanic and then we could drop the little robot over the side and examine part of the bow and then we drove along with the submarine the entire length of the ship on the starboard side and there's no gash." "expedition leader robert ballard said he was most moved by the twisted wreckage of the stern from which most of the victims jumped to their death." "the stern was the hardest place to work emotionally. the bow still had its nobility. it still had its beauty. the stern was carnage of debris and you felt it when you were there." "to the scientists, to the world, the expedition is a marvelous story. only the survivors would prefer not to be reminded. marjorie newlrab is 97-years-old. she lost her

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