Charles Herbert Lightoller
- Self (Titanic survivor, 1937 interview)
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Guglielmo Marconi
- Self (after testifying at Titanic inquiry)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Frank Prentice
- Self (Titanic survivor)
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Arthur Rostron
- Self (captain, Carpathia)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
E.J. Smith
- Self (captain, Titanic, aboard Olympic)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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The only known film of the famous ship
After the death of her cinema projectionist husband in England, his widow "discovers" in her garden shed a rusting canister below his work bench which contains authentic period newsreel film (which appeared to have become forgotten), of the "R.M.S.Titanic" at rest in her engraving (fitting out) dock in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1911 shortly after she had been launched there on 31/5/11.Unfortunately this is the only actual film of the famous ship in existence and it does not last long. To make the video an acceptable length commercially, the producers of this film have included period film of the construction of her elder sister, "R.M.S.Olympic" whose keel was laid in 1908 and the ice flows from 1912 to give viewers an impression of what the origin of "Titanic" was like and the environment during her tragic collision accident with an iceberg at 11.40p.m. on Sunday 15/4/12.Also seen is authentic footage of the "Mackay-Bennett" which sailed out of Halifax , Nova Scotia, Canada being chartered by the undertakers (morticians to my US readers) acting for the relatives of the deceased, in a quest to find and preserve bodies recovered from the sinking location in the North Atlantic where crew and passengers perished.The saviour ship of the 705 souls aboard who survived was "R.M.S. Carpathia" which is seen steaming across the ocean.You will also see the White Star line offices in New York and people helping to organise relief for survivors together with certain of "Titanic's" suriving crew including Robert Hichens the coxain who was actually at the ship's wheel during the collision and was notionally put in charge of the same lifeboat as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown ". "Carpathia's" captian, Sir Arthur Rostron is also seen but he does not seem happy to be filmed for too long!
The point is that since "R.M.S. Olympic" was the elder sister ship, she attracted the bulk of the publicity causing the media to pass her off as the "Titanic" after the tragedy on film and in photographs since obviously there was no other cine film of "Titanic" available.Undoubtedly if you see old film of "The Titanic" apart from what I've mentioned above, it is probably of the "Olympic".Typical are the launch - "Olympic's" hull was painted grey for the cameras of the day and at Southampton on her maiden voyage in June 1911, by which time it had been painted regulation black separated by a gold band which separated the white painted upper structure.
The oldest survivor, Milvina Dean, who was a baby at the time has made a late career move speaking at "Titanic" conventions around the world and responding to requests in the media for her story: is interviewed by Fred Dineage for this film.
"The Lost Film" is a must for students of the disaster and the ship, since it informs viewers how little actual film of the great ship survived after her elder sister "Olympic" had scooped the headlines the previous year(1911).It also lays to rest certain wide public misunderstandings propagated by the media.
The point is that since "R.M.S. Olympic" was the elder sister ship, she attracted the bulk of the publicity causing the media to pass her off as the "Titanic" after the tragedy on film and in photographs since obviously there was no other cine film of "Titanic" available.Undoubtedly if you see old film of "The Titanic" apart from what I've mentioned above, it is probably of the "Olympic".Typical are the launch - "Olympic's" hull was painted grey for the cameras of the day and at Southampton on her maiden voyage in June 1911, by which time it had been painted regulation black separated by a gold band which separated the white painted upper structure.
The oldest survivor, Milvina Dean, who was a baby at the time has made a late career move speaking at "Titanic" conventions around the world and responding to requests in the media for her story: is interviewed by Fred Dineage for this film.
"The Lost Film" is a must for students of the disaster and the ship, since it informs viewers how little actual film of the great ship survived after her elder sister "Olympic" had scooped the headlines the previous year(1911).It also lays to rest certain wide public misunderstandings propagated by the media.
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