On May 7, 1915, the German submarine U 20 torpedoed and sank the luxury liner Lusitania with a loss of 1,198 lives. The sinking was surrounded by mysteries and controversies, and a crew of skin-divers have been filming the wreck 300 feet down-a record for television-in an attempt to resolve some of them.
Sir Stephen King-Hall sets the disaster in historical perspective and the film includes interviews with several survivors.

Written, produced and edited by Maurice Harvey.
Made by the BBC Film Unit in association with NBC News
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