Intro The Titanic famously
sank over 100 years ago, and since then, thousands of items from the ship
have been brought to the surface. Because they are so precious, lots of them are kept in a top secret
location in the US state of Georgia. BBC reporter
Rebecca Morrell got a rare peek inside. Titanic relics Relics from the most famous
maritime disaster in history. From parts of the ship to passenger’s
belongings. Everything here is a reminder of a tragedy
at sea more than 100 years ago. I can't reveal the location of where I am. All I can say is that this warehouse
is somewhere in Atlanta, because what's inside here
is incredibly precious. Thousands of items
recovered from the Titanic, and every single
one of them tells a story. Titanic artifacts The Titanic sank in 1912 and lies
at the bottom of the Atlantic. All of the items were recovered
from a debris field that surrounds the wreck, where the contents of the ship
spilled out as it split apart. So this champagne bottle,
and we have several others as well, survived
on the floor of the ocean for decades and actually still had its contents
inside of it. There's a lot of bottles
on the ocean floor and a lot of, like, stock pots and kitchen pots,
because Titanic actually broke up around one of the kitchens. So it just kind of littered
this debris all over the, the ocean floor. Some artifacts collected from the sea
floor also come from those who survived. There was a perfume salesman on board
and he actually had over 90 of these little perfume vials. And so you can actually still smell them. And that's really that's mad. After more than 100 years and all that
time at the bottom of the ocean, you can still smell the perfume.
Yeah, they're. And they're still so potent. Titanic was on her maiden voyage,
traveling from Southampton to the US when she hit an iceberg. The ship, made from thousands of thick steel plates, was thought to be unsinkable. Some items also show how life on board differed
for the social classes, from a sturdy and simple third class cup to delicate
and detailed China for first class. The items retrieved are put on display
in exhibitions around the world. RMS Titanic, Inc.
have the only salvage rights to the ship. What do they say to those who think the wreck’s a grave site
that should be left alone? Titanic
is something that we want to respect, and we want to make sure
that we're preserving the memory. Because not
everyone can go down to Titanic, not everyone can go to the ship, and we want to be able
to bring that to the public. The company's latest expedition has identified more objects
they'd like to bring back. Who knows what they'll find? And the tales each item may tell.