RMS Titanic

Doomed From The Time She Left Port!

We all know the story of the Titanic. What most people don't know is that The Titanic never stood a chance against that iceberg. From the time Titanic left port she was doomed! When the worlds most advanced, biggest, and most luxurious ship hit, everything that went into the design, construction, and the sailing of Titanic was against it. Indeed, the very decision to sail at all was a mistake. Coal Bunker #10, for boiler #6 had been burning almost out of control for days before the ship left port, and continued to burn until the day before the doomed ship struck the iceberg. The bulkhead had been glowing red from the extreme heat caused by the fire. That in turn changed the composition of the steel in the bulkhead, weakening it.

J.P. Morgan, the real owner of the Titanic, decided not to sail on the Titanic at the last minute due to what he claimed was an illness, but he was feeling well enough to make a call to the American Ambassador to Paris, Robert Bacon, who also backed out. What was Bacon's excuse? He claimed he needed to stay behind in Paris to smooth the way for his successor. Why that necessity would occur to him at the last moment rather than earlier is puzzling but not when one stops to factor in the presence of the fire.

Another thing everyone knows about if you saw the movie Titanic, is that the water tight bulkheads only went as high as e-deck which, obviously made them decidedly non-watertight. Why anyone would think that water could not flood each compartment enough to spill over the bulkheads is beyond comprehension. Of course we all have hindsight and history to aid our judgment of the tragedy.Captain Edward John Smith had only sailed a ship the size and weight of Titanic once before. He had sailed the White Star Line's Olympic prior to this, with two instances of collisions. He was exonerated from responsibility in both cases, however the writing was clearly on the wall. Shipping and the change required in seamanship due to the size of the ships had passed him by, and he had only sailed Titanic during her sea trials.

Leaving England for her maiden voyage, Titanic (Smith) nearly ran into the USS New York moored nearby. That was an ill omen of things to come which went unheeded.

Another well known blunder was the lack of life boats on Titanic. Thinking the ship was unsinkable any way,the White Star Line designers and bean-counters decided that lifeboats for 1178 people were enough. That left just under 50% in the water in the event of a disaster. Which did occur on April 14 1912 at 11:40 p.m. Instead of 1178 getting in the boats, only 750 managed to secure passage on the lifeboats, and due to class distinction, that left most of the third class passengers literally out in the cold.

CORRECTION

An Error being corrected

My name is Joe Tedesco, and I became a lensmaster (and I use the term loosely) almost exactly a year ago. I have tried very hard, as I'm sure 95% of the people who create these lenses do, (Maybe I'm being generous here) to be as accurate with my information as I possibly can, verifying my sources with other, credible sources.

With a topic such as Titanic, and literally thousands of Websites with information on the subject, and another thousand books written in a thousand different languages there is NO excuse for writing or saying something so far off as I accuse myself of doing. I have since removed it, and if you spotted it and didn't say something to me about it, well, shame on you, because that is how we keep accountability. If no one caught it but me, I highly doubt that, but if no one did, then..."Whew!"

Well, I got bit by the hurry up and get it done bug and I then put the stupid topic pictures, and story right here on my lens. It sat here on MY lens for MONTHS, and I was responsible for it being out there. I was basically perpetuating a lie, and because I didn't look into it like I AM SUPPOSE TO!, like we all are suppose to do, I was responsible for putting something on my lens that was false.

It is very frustrating, embarrassing, and I am sorry that it happened. The last thing I want any one to think is that I would write anything that is considered not credible or far fetched. A conspiracy theory is one thing, if you have hard evidence, circumstantial or whatever. Pure bull crap is some thing else. And I'm sorry.

New Table of Contents

CORRECTION
Comes A Prohet?
"Titanic" Quotes
The most important thing about Titanic:
Titanic Passenger & Crew List
Encyclopedia Titanica News
Said to be THE ONE!
What exactly is an Iceberg?
Titanic, Steaming Along As It Was At 11:40 pm, April 14, 1912
Titanic Photos From Flickr
RMS Titanic Facts And Stats
Bad Omen!
Titanic -vs- New York
A Night To Remember!
Bruce Ismay
Titanic Amounts Of Stuff On Ebay!
Tragically Beautiful!
Titanic: On The History Channel
Beautiful even in death
Titanic Ideas
Titanic Wreck photos
Great Books On the Titanic
RMS Titanic, Ship Of Dreams
Was it Fated to Happen?
There is so much stuff out there on Titanic!
Titanic Links To Check Out
Movies Inspired By The Tragedy
Titanic Vids form You Tube
Titanic Items At The SuperStore
Want To Learn How To Boost Your Lens Ranking?
What Do You Think Of My Lens?
Titanic Bookmarks
Blogs On Titanic
Lens of the Year Nominees
Titanic Twitter

Comes A Prohet?

By Morgan Robertson (1898)

Fourteen years before the launch of Titanic there was a much quieter, and decidedly less tragic launch; this one, a novel by a struggling writer by the name above.

The premise of this book? He imagined the biggest, most luxurious Atlantic ocean liner ever built. This fictitious ship was a triple screw, with a displacement of 70,000 tons, and a length of 800 feet.

The passenger capacity of Robertson's ship was about 3000, with enough lifeboats for less than half.

Robertson filled his ship with the richest, most complacent people imaginable, which incidentally, most rich people were during this period; the Victorian Era.

The ship was magnificent, and considered "unsinkable." That is, until it crashed into an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic!

What was the name of this fictitious ship imagined by Morgan Robertson in 1898 for his book that was published by the firm of M.F. Mansfield?

No, it wasn't Titanic, but you are not far off if that was your guess. It was called the Titan. The name of the book...Futility. Apropos isn't it?

But how prophetic was Morgan Robertson in writing this book? And did his book have anything at all to do with the naming of the ship?

I know that sounds amazingly fanciful, but the whole thing is just a little coincidental don't you think? Whats one more leap of the imagination to think that maybe Mr. Ismay knew of this novel and decided to prove that Mr. Robertson's book was just a work of one man's over-active imagination.

The truth of the matter is, White Star did name this ship Titanic, and not the first one that was built, which was Olympic. Of course, I guess it stands to reason that would be the case, after all these were Olympic class ships.

We'll probably never know the truth of that one unless some long lost diary of Bruce Ismay turns up some where with the specific wording in it. And I doubt very much if his descendants would allow anything like that be released.

I for one, think it is a wicked and unkind twist of fate that a book like Futility preceded, and unfortunately proved to be so prophetic. Fourteen years later the world witnessed the worse maritime disaster in history.

If you are wondering about Titanic's specs as opposed to that of the fictitious Titan, well here they are:

Length: 882.6 ft: Remember, the Titan was 800 ft long.

Displacement: 66,000 tons. The Titan was 70,000 tons.

"Titanic" Quotes

By Famous...and those who have become famous because of their Titanic quotes.

Captain Edward John Smith enjoyed the respect and love of his crew and passengers alike, and rightly so. With more than 40 years at sea, he had commanded seventeen White Star vessels, including the Adriatic in 1907 on her maiden voyage, which was uneventful.

After that, he had the honor of commanding the brand new sister ship of Titanic, the Olympic, which proved far more trouble some than the old sea dog would care to admit. Twice the Olympic was involved in collisions (and another time run aground) which were directly related to her size, and the inexperience of her crew. Both times Captain Smith escaped culpability, but he knew his days at sea were near an end. He would retire after his return voyage with the new ship Titanic, after her maiden run.

With all his years at sea, and all his experience and knowledge of what can happen while at sea, and the unpredictability of the ocean, Captain E.J Smith said something after the maiden run of the Adriatic that, frankly, shocks me. Considering what was to happen in his near future, and I think he of all people should have known it could happen at anytime while at sea under certain conditions, why would he utter the words that would ultimately follow him to the bottom of the North Atlantic?
"I have never been in an accident of any sort worth speaking about. I never saw a wreck and have never been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort..."I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that."

Like I said; the good captain spoke those fateful words after the run with Adriatic, so he had every right to feel and be confident. But as a sea captain, he knew the history and violence of the sea. Even during his time, he must have known that compared the ocean, the Adriatic or Titanic, or any ship man could devise would prove inconsequential compared to the awesome power of the ocean.

Benjamin Guggenheim slept through the Titanic's collision of the ice berg, but was awakened just after midnight by his mistress, Madame Léontine Aubart, and her maid, Emma Sagasser. Sagasser later quoted Guggenheim's valet, Victor Giglio, as saying, "Never mind, icebergs! What is an iceberg?" But they never the less persuaded Guggenheim to wake up and get dressed.
Later, on the boat deck, as the two ladies were reluctantly getting in lifeboat No.9, Guggenheim, speaking in German, told the maid, "We will soon see each other again! It's just a repair. Tomorrow the Titanic will go on again."

But a short time later, as he realized that not only was the situation much worse than he implied, he saw that he was not going to be rescued, he returned to his cabin with Giglio and the two men changed into evening wear. He was later heard to remark the quote most remember from the movie;"We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen." What the movie did not include was the message he gave to a passenger for his wife: "If anything should happen to me, tell my wife I've done my best in doing my duty."

The wealthiest passenger on the ship was John Jacob Astor IV. There is unsubstantiated rumor that, after the Titanic struck the berg he quipped, "I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous."

A written quote, by Colonel Gracie of the U.S. Army, a passenger of the Titanic, survives to tell the heroics of Charles H Lightoller "Lights." It cannot be overstated enough that Lightoller was one of the unsung heroes of Titanic, even though the ship was ultimately doomed. "For what he did on that night" wrote Colonel Gracie "he is entitled to honor and the thanks of his own countrymen and us Americans as well."

The most important thing about Titanic:

The human stories behind the tragedy. Yeah it was fascinating how the great ship sank on her maiden voyage, and why.

But The real stories of the people are what keep the tale of Titanic alive.
Did you know, it is said that the over night Chief Baker, Charles Joughin was drinking whiskey heavily, and actually waited until the last minute to step off the Stern's railing as the Titanic went under, and he never even got his hair wet. Maybe the whiskey served as insulator

Titanic Passenger & Crew List

3rd, 2nd, and 1st Class

Have you ever wondered at the names of those on the Titanic?...Even a little? Well I have, especially the crew. Most people who have written about Titanic have focused on the passengers, and the rich ones at that...including me for that matter. That will change real soon for me...I have ideas. But here is "The List."

Titanic Passenger and Crew Biography and Titanic History | Encyclopedia Titanica: Encyclopedia Titanica

Is a comprehensive site on the Titanic, her passengers and crew, their stories, and much, much more.

Encyclopedia Titanica News

Titanic is still in the news!

Want to buy a model built from the original Titanic plans from Harland & Wolff?-it'll cost you!

Life-sized Titanic replica planned to be added to Belfast's Odyssey Arena.

Why do you suppose a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, attracts visitors from all over the world? It is because 121 of Titanic's victims are buried in the cemetery called Fairview Lawn.

These and other stories await you at

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Said to be THE ONE!

What exactly is an Iceberg?

Not your every day block of ice!

The Titanic's Iceberg, as it is known to some stood about 50-100 feet high and maybe between 200-400 feet wide. It was what was under the water, obviously , that did all the damage to Titanic. In fact it is thought today that not only did Titanic strike a strong glancing blow, but it also may have ridden up on to the berg causing damage to its double bottom. The variations stated are due to the fact that everything happened so fast that no one got a photo at the time of the impact. Captain De Carteret, the Captain of the Cable ship MINIA had this photo in his possession when he arrived at the scene. He and others on his ship said that this was the "only berg" in the vicinity and they found debris and bodies floating relatively near to it.

An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water.Numerous definitions of the word "Iceberg" URL accessed December 20, 2006.

read the rest of the Wikipedia article

Titanic, Steaming Along As It Was At 11:40 pm, April 14, 1912

Titanic Photos From Flickr

Obviously I didn't take ANY of these photos. There are literally thousands of photos online of the Titanic and it's sinking. These are just a few.

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RMS Titanic Facts And Stats

Thats a lot of stuff!

Length - 882 feet 6 inches.
Beam - 92 feet 6 inches.
Draft - 34 feet 6 inches.
Height - 175 feet from keel to stack (the boat deck was 60
feet above the waterline).
Decks - 9 total, A through G with the boilers below.
Tonnage - 46,328 Registered Tons.
Displacement- 66,000 tons
Hull Construction - 1 inch thick plate steel held together with over 3 million steel rivets.
Power plant - 29 coil stoked boilers, each 3 stories high. The boilers used 3 of the stacks for exhaust, the fourth was used to vent Titanic's' numerous kitchens and galleys. The stacks were 22 feet wide and 62 feet high.
28 fully decorated First Class Suites.
heated swimming pool.
4 electric elevators ( 3 in First Class and 1 in Second Class).
2 libraries.
4 restaurants.
3 galleys.
Titanic used 14,000 gallons of drinking water each day.
57,600 crockery items (pots, pans, baking sheets)
29,000 pieces of glassware
44,000 pieces of cutlery
75,000 lb. fresh meat
11,000 lb. fresh fish
4,000 lb. salted and dried fish
7,500 lb. bacon and ham
25,000 lb. poultry
40,000 fresh eggs
2,500 lb. sausage
40 tons potatoes
3,500 lb. onions
800 bundles fresh asparagus
3,500 lb. tomatoes
2,500 lb.. green peas
7,000 heads lettuce
1,000 loaves of bread
2,200 lb. ground coffee
800 lb. tea
10,000 lb. rice and dried beans
10,000 lb. sugar
250 barrels flour
10,000 lb. cereal
36,000 apples
36,000 oranges
16,000 lemons
1,000 lb. grapes
13,000 grapefruit
1,120 lb. jam and marmalade
1,500 gallons fresh milk
1,200 quarts ice cream
600 gallons condensed milk
6,000 lb. butter
15,000 bottles of ale (beer)
1,000 bottles wine
850 bottles liquor
8,000 complimentary cigars

Survivor Rates:
Passengers Women and
Children Men Total
First Class 94% 31% 60%
Second Class 81% 10% 44%
Third Class 47% 14% 25%
Crew 87% 22% 24%
Total Survivability: 31.6%
Total Possible Survivability: 53.4% (with all lifeboats filled to capacity)

Bad Omen!

Titanic -vs- New York

Two ships that almost didn't pass in the night.

While the Titanic was slowly cruising out of Southampton (Above Photo), she was gliding past a much smaller, and lighter, American liner, the New York. The shear weight and mass of Titanic caused New York to break her ropes, and get pulled toward Titanic.

With the help of the tug boats working on New York, Captain Smith was able to avoid a collision with the smaller American ship.

In retrospect, it would have probably been better for all involved if that particular collision had taken place. For, maybe the far more deadlier one, wouldn't have happened.

Letter written by first class bedroom steward, Richard Geddes to his wife. He did not survive.

"My dearest Sal,

We got away yesterday after a lot of trouble. As we were passing the New York and Oceanic, the New York broke her ropes and very nearly ran into us but we just happened to avoid a collision, I could see visions of Belfast. It must have been a trying time for the Captain. Now I hope you're feeling good and not worrying because I think you needn't. How is my little sweetheart getting along, I guess she misses me a wee bit, what do you think? The ship is going to be a good deal better than the Olympic, at least I think so, steadier and everything up to now. I will close now. Haven't any news, I'm feeling pretty good.

With fondest love and kisses to my dear wife and kiddies,

Your affectionate husband

Dick"

A Night To Remember!

The One Book You Must Have

In 1955 Walter Lord wrote what was, and is to this day, in my opinion, the definitive book on the sinking of the Titanic. He explains things in a way anyone can understand and appreciate. The human tragedy that took place that night. His eye witness accounts are exhaustive and complete. It is amazing how some of his eye witnesses say the Titanic broke in half, and others say it went down as one piece. Of course, thanks to Dr Robert Ballard and his discovery of Titanic in 1985, we now know the once proud and beautiful "unsinkable" ocean liner broke in half.

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Bruce Ismay

How one decision changed his life

On that dreadful night in April 95 years ago, Bruce Ismay made a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. While aiding one of the crew getting people into the boats, it is said Bruce could not resist taking one of the available seats in collapsible lifeboat C. According to another passenger, Mr. W. E. Carter, of Philadelphia, who was also helping out, and got into the boat along with Ismay, there were no more women or children in the vicinity. Since most of the lifeboats were not filled to capacity, it is doubtful that Mr. Ismay took a seat that was meant for another passenger.

On 23 April 1912 the London Times published Ismay's personal statement cabled from New York: ...Captain Smith gave the order to clear the boats. I helped in this work for nearly two hours as far as I can judge. I worked at the starboard boats, helping women and children into the boats and lowering them over the side. I did nothing with regard to the boats on the port side. By that time every wooden lifeboat on the starboard side had been lowered away, and I found that they were engaged in getting out the forward collapsible boat on the starboard side. I assisted in this work, and all the women that were on this deck were helped into the boat. They were all, I think third-class passengers.

As the boat was going over the side Mr. Carter, a passenger, and myself got in. At that time there was not a woman on the boat deck, nor any passenger of any class, so far as we could see or hear. The boat had between 35 and 40 in it; I should think most of them women. There were perhaps, four or five men, and it was afterwards discovered that there were four Chinamen concealed under the thwarts in the bottom of the boat. The distance that the boat had to lower was, I should estimate, about 20 ft. Mr. Carter and I did not get into the boat until after they had begun to lower it away.

When the boat reached the water I helped to row it, pushing the oar from me as I sat. This is the explanation of the fact that my back was to the sinking steamer. The boat would have accommodated certainly six or more passengers in addition, if there had been any on the boat deck to go.

To say that Bruce Ismay got a bad-rap from history would be an understatement. It would have made no sense, at that point in the disaster, for Ismay to stay on the ship. All that would have happened would have been another senseless death in an already unbelievably horrible disaster. But because his name was Brice Ismay, he was branded a coward. And who was most responsible for this branding? Why, none other than William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate, and one of the richest men in America. He and Ismay had met years earlier, when Ismay was White Star's agent in New York. The two men took an instant disliking toward each other and Bruce made the fateful decision of being uncooperative with the press which infuriated Randolph. He took his revenge by using the power of the press, riding the unbelievable emotional wave that resulted in the sinking, and terrible loss of life by branding Ismay a coward for getting into that boat.

You can read the entire story for yourself by clicking on the above link, which will take you to the Titanic Historical Society, Inc.

Titanic Amounts Of Stuff On Ebay!

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Tragically Beautiful!

Titanic: On The History Channel

The History Channel has been providing great history facts and stories for years. Check out this exciting Titanic site from The History Channel.

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

Beautiful even in death

I believe the tale of the Titanic will never fade, even as history takes those who survived that night (one survivor remains alive) the story itself is far too big for anyone to let go. Thankfully Dr Robert Ballard found Titanic before she could completely disintegrate.

I'm thankful we have photos and paintings like the one above and the ones below. Besides the picture to the right will forever be the most famous sunken bow.

But did you know?

Robert Ballard is the great-grandson of the legendary old west lawman Bat Masterson? Well, I didn't know either until I looked it up on Wikipedia.

Other Ballard Discoveries

German Battleship-Bismarck in 1989: Sunk by the British on May 27 1941.

American Aircraft Carrier-USS Yorktown in 1998: Sunk by the Japanese at the battle of Midway in 1942.

He most recently discovered the wreck of John F Kennedy's PT-109 in 2003. In addition he visited the Solomon island natives that saved the PT's crew.

Titanic Ideas

Many, Many people are Titanic buffs. Some of them don't even know it yet. Point it out to them.

Titanic Wreck photos

Looking at pictures of the Titanic wreck always seems to depress me just a little. Because I know the whole thing could have been averted, it just does something to me on a deep, personal level.

The most famous bow ever!

What ever a Telemotor is.

Notice the way the deck bends down but does not break away? Perhaps it has since...

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Great Books On the Titanic

Theories of what happened and in what order on the night of April 14, 1912 are not quite as numerous as the books written on the subject but there are many of both to keep anyone busy for quite some time.

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Here's my favorite link:

RMS Titanic, Ship Of Dreams

Was it Fated to Happen?

Or could it have been avoided?

Of course we all know the basic story of Titanic sinking after hitting the ice berg.

Maybe there are some who know the story of the coal fire in coal bunker #6.

Still others know of the pump hoses blocking some of the water tight doors from closing all the way, and allowing water to spill past them.

And what of the gang way door, and portals to passengers rooms being left open and taking on water, adding to the speed at which Titanic went down.

Are there kernels of truth to any of these rumors? We know for a fact there was a coal fire in coal bunker #6. In fact, it seems this bunker gave way under the pressure of the water just as it seemed the men had gotten boiler room #5 under control. Of course these men had no idea that their efforts were in vain.

The point to all these questions? If there was never a coal fire in bunker #6 would Titanic have been steaming at such a break neck speed (trying to stem the fire in the bunker) through such a dangerous stretch of the North Atlantic? Then all those other mistakes would have been non-existent, and maybe, just maybe this lens would not exist.

Or maybe another whole separate set of circumstances would still, have doomed Titanic.

I guess we'll never know, but that is my question to you...

What do you think? We have to assume the Titanic's speed would be the same, because there is not definitive proof that the reason they were going so fast was to damp the coal fire...it is assumed- though, admittedly, with good cause.

Would Titanic have sunk, even if the fire had never happened in the coal bunker?

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She still would have foundered, hitting the berg a glancing blow that way, the end result, would still be the same.

I read the article on the coal fire, and believe that was the reason for the speed. Still, I think history would be different had Titanic not been going so fast, and this lens would NOT exist.

dotty hart says:

speed was the main factor....

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There is so much stuff out there on Titanic!

As much as I study Titanic and what happened that night, I am still shocked at how much stuff is available out there on this ship and the tragedy of that night almost 96 years ago.

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Titanic Links To Check Out

Everything you wanted to know about RMS Titanic

WebTitanic | Wreck Information | Titanic Found: Here is a time capsule of the most notorious and deadly seagoing tragedy of the 20th century. Everything you wanted to know about the great Titanic is included in this Fasinating Presentation. WebTitanic is a comprehensive gathering of information from books, newspaper articles and personal knowledg
RMS Titanic, Ship of Dreams: An outstanding lens created by: Karendelac

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Movies Inspired By The Tragedy

There's been a bunch!

Do you know the first movie inspired by the Titanic sinking was made only 1 month after the great ship went down, taking 1500 plus people down with her? One Month!

Saved From The Titanic: Saved From The Titanic (1912)
Debuting a month after the sinking, and starring an actual survivor, Dorothy Gibson, this was the first telling of the Titanic tale.Made by Eclair Films this 10 minute short stretched the truth and presented nothing more interesting than a survivor re-enactment.
Titanic1943: TITANIC (1943) "I Demand A Seat In A Lifeboat!!!"(Bruce Ismay (NEVER SAID THIS) to Capt. Smith) In Nazi Germany, at the height of the Second World War, the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, thought that by showing a film depicting British incompetence, it would help to boost flagging German morale.
A Night To Remember 1958: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
(1958)
"I don't think I'll ever feel sure again, about anything"
In May, 1911 newspaperman James MacQuitty took his 6 year old son, William down to the local shipyard to show him the launching of the Titanic.

Fast forward forty seven years, and after the review of Walter Lord's book; "A Night To Remember"

Geoffrey Unsworth, who would go onto later fame with "2001:A Space Odyssey" and "Superman:The Movie"(1978) did the lensing (whatever that means). Lending technical assistance to script writer Eric Ambler was Walter Lord.
SOSTitanic 1979: S.O.S. TITANIC
(1979)
"God went down with the Titanic" S.O.S. Titanic was conceived as a joint venture between ABC TV and the British company EMI. The idea behind the $7,000,000 production was to revisit the idea behind "A Night To Remember", but show the who but show the whole voyage from the departure in Southampton to the rescue aboard the Carpathia.

The movie doesn't focus on any one plot line, but bounces around from the Astor's in First Class, to Lawrence Beesley in Second Class to various passengers in Third Class with assorted composites thrown in, like Beasley's(composite) shipboard flame, Leigh Goodwin.

We get to meet people not seen before or since, (just like the original book by Walter Lord) like honeymooning couples The Harris' and Marvin's.
We also get to see life below decks with the crew as well, like Alfie King, the elevator operator, Stewardess Mary Sloan, Peter Fletcher, ships bugler, The Boot Boys, etc.

The movie was the first color version of the story. It can be seen in two versions: A 140 minute version told in flashback fashion, starting with the rescue, and a 109 minute version, shown in straightforward fashion. The longer version was shown on ABC TV, September 23rd, 1979, and the shorter version was shown in theaters around Europe. The shorter version suffers from bad editing, and lapses in plot cohesion.

The movie starred David Janssen as John Jacob Astor, David Warner as Lawrence Beesley, Susan Saint James as Leigh Goodwin, & Cloris Leachman as Molly Brown(revisiting a part she played in 1956 on TV), Ian Holm as Bruce Ismay and future star Helen Mirren as Mary Sloan.

The movie was filmed at Shepperton Studios,England, The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, The Waldorf Hotel in London and in the Artic.
Raise The Titanic 1980: RAISE THE TITANIC (1980)

Based on the book written by Clive Cussler, but not done nearly as well:

"It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic!" Yes! The special effects cost more than the actual ship.Yes! The movie has atrocious acting!Yes! Some of the "special" effects are shoddy!Yes! The movie has numerous historical inaccuracy's as depicted in the photo that accompanies this short review.

The picture would leave you to believe the ship went down pretty much intact, as far back as...well, the sinking, there were eye witness accounts of the ship's break up as it went down.

They took everything great out of a best-seller, and then decided to make the movie!

BUT!!!!

The scenes of the actual raising, accompanied by a great John Barry score comes off well. Also, Alec Guinness adds a lot to this mess with his one scene, as a survivor (who SHOULD be well over 100, but historical inaccuracy's ARE this movies strong suit!)

The story concerns the race between the Americans and the Russians to obtain a rare mineral, to set up a "Star Wars" type defense system using the mineral, supposedly lost when the ship went down. The cast was head up by Richard Jordan, cast as Dirk(?!) Pitt, rugged adventurer. Jason Robards plays Admiral Sandecker, Pitts boss. David Selby is perpetually uptight scientist, Gene Seagram. Anne Archer is the one, lone female caught up in all this slosh as Dana Archibald, Seagrams girlfriend, who has the most laughable bits of dialogue: "Fishy on the hooky"??????

The movie came from the man who brought us the stinker "The Cassandra Crossing", Lord Lew Grade. After this movie took in less than half what it cost to make, and was universally panned, Lord Lew was basically out of business.
Titanic 1996: TITANIC
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"I've Mourned Enough" A year before Titanic/Leo/Jack and Rose fever swept the world, this TV movie premiered as a two night showing on November 17 & 19th, 1996 on CBS. While not critically acclaimed, the movie does add some interesting points to the Titanic saga.

As usual, the movie shows life in First Class, represented by imaginary characters Wynn Park (Peter Gallagher) and Isabella Paradine (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and less-than-life in Third class by more imaginary folks like con artist Jamie Perse (Mike Doyle).

There is a representation of true life characters like Molly Brown (Marilu Henner) and Bruce Ismay (Roger Rees).

As far as I can tell, every myth and semi-myth was wheeled out for this 173 minutes of missed opportunity. Everything from Captain Smith (George C. Scott) saying that CQD means "Come Quick Distress" to the rape of a Third Class girl by the (apparently) sexually ambiguous steward, Simon Doonan (Tim Curry) makes this movie less than stellar.

It does make an attempt to show real life happenings on board, like the story of The Allison family and there psycho nanny, Alice Cleaver.
If you are not overly-familiar with the facts of April 14th, or on the other hand, want to feel superior in your knowledge of April 14th. If you choose to find this movie and watch it, just ignore the historical mistakes, and the attempts to make the First Class overly rich,spoiled and heartless (which they basically were, Eva Marie Saint is a hoot as the old bitch, Hazel Foley, more concerned with her dogs survival, than her husbands).
Apparently the DVD of this movie is defective, with the sound out-of-sync in certain scenes.
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003): Directed by James Cameron. With Bill Paxton, Dr. John Broadwater, Dr. Lori Johnston.

Academy Award® winning director and master storyteller James Cameron journeys back to the site of his greatest inspiration, the legendary wreck of the Titanic.

With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts and friend Bill Paxton, he embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the final grave where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.

Using state-of-the-art technology developed expressly for this expedition, Cameron and his crew are able to explore virtually all of the wreckage, inside and out, as never before. With the most advanced 3D photography, moviegoers will experience the ship as if they are part of the crew, right inside the dive subs.

In this unprecedented motion picture event, made especially for IMAX 3D Theaters and specially outfitted 35mm 3D theaters across the country, Cameron and his team bring audiences to sights not seen since the sinking 90 years ago and explore why the landmark vessel, more than any shipwreck, continues to intrigue and fascinate the public.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Titanic's Ghosts . Clues & Evidence | PBS: Canadian historian Alan Ruffman began the quest to find Catherine Wallis at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Searching through a back storage room, Ruffman came upon an assortment of documents left over from the recovery efforts of the Mackay-Bennett -- letters, photographs, and coroners reports for all of the bodies found at sea. After carefully sorting through the collection, Ruffman found a description of a victim that sounded like Joan's grandmother:
Titanic (1997): Directed by James Cameron. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane. Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the unsinkable ship. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers.

Deep-sea explorer Brock Lovett has reached the most famous shipwreck of all - the Titanic. Emerging with a safe believed to contain a diamond called 'The Heart of the Ocean', he discovers the safe does not hold the diamond but a drawing of a beautiful woman wearing it, and nothing else!. When Brock is later interviewed on TV, he shows the drawing to the cameras, and a 100-year-old woman named Rose Calvert living in Michigan recognizes the woman in the drawing - herself! When Rose calls in to identify herself as the person in the portrait she is invited to visit Brock's explorer ship over the wreck. Rose tells her story of the Titanic and its ill-fated voyage. Engaged to a would-be steel magnate, Caledon Hockley, she boards the Titanic's first-class suites with him & her mother in Southampton. Also boarding are Jack Dawson & his friend Fabrizio, after a lucky poker game wins them tickets in steerage. When Rose contemplates suicide by jumping off the stern in 3rd class, Jack dissuades her and pulls her back onto the ship...and a bond is forged between them as Jack is invited by her into 1st-class the following day. Rose's mother & Cal Hockley try desperate measures to keep them apart. But that strategy goes out the window when the Titanic collides with an iceberg, and due to a design flaw begins to sink - despite being proclaimed 'unsinkable'. Now Rose & Jack must fight to stay alive, but is young Jack already doomed because of his lower status as a steerage passenger? Written by Derek O'Cain

Titanic, the ship of dreams, is also believed to be unsinkable. It leaves port from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. And on its epic journey a poor artist named Jack Dawson and a rich girl Rose DeWitt Bukator fall in love, until one night, their fairytale love for one another turns into a struggle for survival on a ship about to founder to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Rose leaves her fiancée Caledon Hockley for this poor artist, but when the Titanic collides with the Iceberg on April 14th, 1912, and then when the ship sinks on April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning, Jack dies and Rose survives and 84 years later Rose tells the story about her life on Titanic to her grand daughter and friends on the Keldysh and explains the first sight of Jack that falls into love, then into a fight for survival. When Rose gets saved by one lifeboat that comes back, they take her to the Carpathia with the 6 saved with Rose and the 700 people saved in the lifeboats. The Carpathia Immigration Officer asks Rose what her name is and she loved Jack so much she says her name is not Rose DeWitt Bukator, but her name is Rose Dawson. She seen Cal looking for her, but, not wanting hin to find her, she hides her face beneath a blanket and he doesn't see her, so they never ended up together. Her mom, Cal, and friends of the family have no choice but to think that she died on the Titanic. But in the crash of 1929, Cal is married, but then he put a pistol in his mouth and committed suicide. So now Rose became an actress in the 20's, and now 84 years later Rose Calvert is 100 years old and tells her grand daughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell, and Anatoly Mikailavich the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage, and then to Rose all Titanic and the real love of her life Jack Dawson is all an existence inside of her memory, and Titanic is to rest in peace at the bottom of the North Atlantic from 1912 until the end of time. Written by Scotty McCoy

A treasure hunter seeks for a diamond in the ruins of the Titanic. He finds a paint of a beautiful woman wearing the diamond which connect him with Rose Dawson, an old woman claiming to be the woman in the paint. She tells her story, about the sink of the Titanic. She tells how she was a 17 years old girl, and how she fall in love with a poor man named Jack Dawson. She describes, by flashbacks, her journey from Southhampton to New York, the time she spent aboard the "unsinkable ship", and the last hours of the Titanic. Written by rsilberman

Titanic Vids form You Tube

Nothing says it quite like video. The sinking of Titanic is the biggest maritime disaster in history. But, again, video is like a psychedelic drug for people. They just can't resist it, especially when it is a representation of something as poignant as the Titanic Tragedy.