Newly-released footage shows the first time divers saw the Titanic after it sank. 

The video, that's been released for the public to see for the first time, shows a group of divers led by Robert Ballard, taking a close-up look at the wreckage in 1986. 

It was the first time anyone had seen the vessel since it sank in the North Atlantic on 14th April 1912.

The wreck had sat at the bottom of the ocean for nearly 70 years and its location was only discovered in 1985. 

The Titanic had been making a journey from Southampton, England, to New York City when it hit an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1,500 people. 

The remains of the ship now sit on the ocean floor, 2.4 miles below the surface.

Eighty minutes of dive footage has been shared by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to mark the 25th anniversary of the Oscar-winning film 'Titanic'.