Was the movie Titanic shot in the Atlantic Ocean?

The large model of the Titanic was build on the shore in Baja California, with the starboard side of the ship completed and the other partially finished. Shots of the ship requiring a port side view were made by flipping the scene digitally. read more

Actually some scenes, aboard the Keldysh, were shot in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Nova Scotia. Some but very few(I think you can tell) were shot at the actual wreck. The rest of the scenes were shot on a full scale RMS Titanic, but only the starboard side fully complete (for filming purposes), in Rosarito, Mexico. read more

Shots of the ship requiring a port side view were made by flipping the scene digitally. Views across the top of the ship showed the Pacific Ocean, not the Atlantic. The inside scenes were shot on sets built in California. Water scenes were shot in huge tubs with the water three to four feet deep. read more

The final scene of the movie was filmed as a shot of the liner sinking, but it was cut at the last minute for fear of upsetting Titanic survivors. Sound. Atlantic was one of the first British films made with the soundtrack optically recorded on the film (sound-on-film), and was Germany's first sound movie feature. read more