On February fourteenth, 1939…
(Video: 01:01:01 – wide shot of ship with Nazi insignia)

…a massive German warship slid into the water at Hamburg.
(Video: 01:01:12 – the ship is Christened with Champagne)
(Video: 01:01:22 – wide shot of ship heading toward water)
(Video: 01:01:27 – closer shot from different angle of ship sliding into the water)

Her name was The Bismarck
(Video: 01:01:14 – shot of ‘Bismarck’ sign)
(Video: 01:02:16 – Nazis sieg heil on the ship’s deck)

…and she was about to become legend.
(Video: 01:02:21 – title comes up)

Join Bob Ballard, the man who found the Titanic
(Video: 01:03:01 – shot of Bob Ballard)
(Video: 01:03:09 – "I knew the story of the Bismarck as a child…)
(Audio: 01:03:13 – "It was an elegant ship, a warship…very much like the Titanic…had such a short life")
(Video: 01:03:26 – still of bow of Bismarck (zooming out)) – AUDIO BLEEDS OVER
(Video: 01:04:45 – tilt down on gun turrets) – AUDIO BLEEDS OVER
(Video: 01:04:54 – shot of troops on the deck of the Bismarck) – AUDIO BLEEDS OVER
(Video: 01:10:14 – shot of water on the bow of the Bismarck) – AUDIO BLEEDS OVER
(Video: 01:33:38: – The Bismarck gets hit) – AUDIO BLEEDS OVER

as he searches for the greatest battleship ever sunk.
(Video: 01:23:06: – Ballard looks at grids)
(Video: 01:13:23: – Ballard demonstrates the ship’s sinking with a model ship)
(Video: 01:20:37: – submersible rover goes under water)

National Geographic proudly presents "Search For Battleship Bismarck."
(Video: 01:40:44: – zoom back of the rover and the ship)

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