[4k, 50fps, colorized] (1898). The first tragedy ever filmed. The launch of HMS Albion.

Try the ultimate tool to upscale the quality of vintage video to 4K: tinyurl.com/AIupscaler She was launched on 21 June 1898, after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women and children, drowned in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history.
Filmed by Robert W. Paul.
Music: Frederic Chopin
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65 - III. Largo
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[@C.I...]

Where's the original? This looks horrible.

[@theendoftheline]

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[@NerdOutWithMe]

It's interesting to think, another 100 years from now or more, someone will see these films and it will be the equivalent of us getting a glimpse into the 1700s. How odd it will be for someone 200 years from now to look that deep into the past. To see life before the technology we have and will have by then. So fascinating to me.

[@mada1241]

Me too, deep history is always really good. If you like fantasy, and deep history check out The Malazan Empire

[@VHSRarities]

@Adrain Serrano breh

[@waspsallows2437]

Hmm 200 years into the future, very long time, perhaps planet of the apes or planet of the something

[@ChrisTopher-gu8gf]

They'll be like look! Daft sods are wearing masks again 🤪

[@ssherrierable]

Our technology will not advance as much in the next 100 years as it did in the past 100 years. Things get harder and more complicated. They don’t get easier to figure out.

[@jangroom2719]

My great grandparents were there and were thrown into the water when the jetty collapsed. They were rescued , but my great grandmother died a few days later and is buried along with all the others. She left 6 children, my grandmother the eldest at 15 and the youngest only 2 years old. My grandmother told me the story when I was 15.

[@jamesbehrje4279]

It is my thinking her grandmother was one the children that survived. That would make her somewhere between 15 and 2 yrs old. She didn't specify who the children belonged to but Im going to assume that she was the mother of some of the children.

[@kykykyykykyk2851]

yes i can confirm, i was there and saw everything

[@EikoHolic]

@@kykykyykykyk2851 I can confirm your confirmation. I was renting the eye of Sauron and saw everything too!

[@CANNAskrix]

@@kykykyykykyk2851 lol me too

[@toxy3580]

Was also there and can confirm this.

[@TheGoobler]

That over the shoulder shot @ 1:57 is something I’ve never seen in old footage before. It feels so modern and imperfect, not all properly set up and sturdily shot. Super cool to see

[@TheGoobler]

@@77thTrombone​​⁠​​⁠ ​​⁠ That’s why I said *“It feels.…”* To me, the viewer with an opinion, it *felt* modern. It *felt* imperfect. It didn’t *feel* properly set up. And it didn’t *feel* sturdily shot.

[@jock2128]

also the shot of the woman 0.57

[@Sceolawylie]

Agreed.

[@konrad7086]

There are a few channels on here, like @films by the year, who try and upload as many surviving 19th century films as they can find, and a there are many which are surprising and seemingly out of place for the time compared to what we typically see in as stockfootage in docus

[@TheGoobler]

@@konrad7086 I’ll have to check that out, thanks!

[@jaminova_1969]

It is almost as if a history book has come alive. I was once a shipbuilder and we launched ships the same way. I've read about turn of the century steamship design, I've seen pictures, and maybe some in a museum, but this film is truly an experience. The people, the places, and the technology. I'm sorry it was tragic day, but I'm happy to have been witness to some of it.

[@respecthanz9685]

Maybe in the future we will have history books that will show the stuff in video about what is happening

[@TigerRose246]

Well-said. I feel exactly the same - never thought I'd ever see something like that. Eerily fascinating.

[@hermisadventures8142]

Although sad, this video is absolutely remarkable and fascinating. The closest we might ever get to time travel or a time machine. Please keep doing this work, it is so necessary, thank you.

[@androhyper9485]

Oh so u copy comments huh?r u a bot? I hv literally seen this before many times 😕

[@buckzz___]

@@androhyper9485 they aren’t a bot

[@Man-cv5ws]

It’s a film not a video

[@batman-cw2hd]

wen you practice witchcraft spiritualism and occult divinition and demonic practices the result is that these kinds of accidents are bound to happen.

[@batman-cw2hd]

@Ricky Moore yes its real and so are witches iv burned a few of them along the way.

[@danportillo2694]

It took me a while, but I finally spotted the disaster. At 1:08, you can see the area right next to the ships's starboard side is a nice and organized audience in chairs, but by about 1:48, when that area becomes visible again, suddenly it is replaced mainly by water, and much of the dock is empty.

[@madmanmapper]

*Port side. Ship's launched backwards.

[@danportillo2694]

Thank you for that input.

[@kevinbergin9971]

Hey folks, left and right side work for me. But thanks.

[@simonebu]

@@kevinbergin9971 on a ship left and right depend on where you're looking, hence why port and starboard

[@52down]

I can't see shit there

[@trouaconti7812]

When the HMS Albion launched on June 21st, 1898, it produced a wave that swept hundred of onlookers in the water, drowning dozens, many of them children who’d been brought to the front of the pier by their parents to get a better view of the warship. There are at least two surviving films of the Albion launch-both intrinsically interesting, because they represent one of the first times that the boundlessly creative new technology of cinema faced a boundlessly destructive one. The first, The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall, was filmed E.P. Prestwich. It consists of a single breathtaking bird’s eye view of the launch, with the ship lurching into the water from the top right corner of the frame. This is the second film, shot by R.W. Paul-a remarkably modern-looking record of the chaos and commotion around the launch, often framed over and around the shoulders of onlookers.

[@donny9078]

Your single comment holds more intelligence than all the comments I've seen on KZbin combined.

[@Mikeofindy]

Damn your brain is hott. And your face ain’t so bad either 🥸

[@jpcodnia9133]

Thank you cutie Now I can delete my comment asking for info on what happened

[@eddybutternoodles5934]

Doesn't the lady wearing that hat look like Pee Wee Herman?

[@randalldavis9495]

Thanks for sharing.

[@rongendron8705]

I'm 76 & my grandfather was a Spanish-American War naval veteran, who served from 1898-1904! Seeing this short film, (made the same year that he joined the Navy), makes me realize that 124 years ago wasn't that long ago!/ R.I.P. to all those who died in this needless & unnecessary tragedy! ,

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[@clintdavies491]

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[@aerinina]

@@Praise___YaH that wasnt needed bruh

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Yeah the passage of time is a really weird thing. Honestly 1898 wasn't really as long ago as we think it is. Especially when you look back at the years before you were born seem way older and longer ago than they really are. Like for example there's people alive today that were born in the 1920s and 1930s walking around and talking with us still.

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

​@@ADreamingTraveler That's true, 1898 is over a century ago (5 score and 4 years), but some of us probably knew people who were alive in 1898, even if they were quite young. All of my great-grand-parents were alive in 1898; the one I remember best was 3 years old that year, and died at 87, when I was 15; 40 years ago.

[@kevinw9073]

These vintage movies are priceless. A+

[@thegayestgoth]

Not vintage, historical.

[@robertanderson1788]

That's what we are.

[@senatorbensasse875]

@@thegayestgoth also vintage

[@josephastier7421]

And hysterical

[@anaseymour4556]

This is a real tragedy tho ... Literally 34 people died

[@Rodriguez934]

Very sad for those who perished. These 19th century films are fascinating.

[@johnbarrert3732]

I didn't find it sad personally,just another reminder of how human beings take things for granted and indulge in moronic practices, like building a stage out of wood next to a ship launch,I repeat moronic human behaviour.

[@indridcold8433]

Including those that died in the accident, everyone in the video is now dead. Soon, we will be dead as well. All of us spend more time dead than alive. It rather makes life pointless.

[@seansy59]

@@indridcold8433 life itself isn't pointless. What it has become because of society has become pointless. We have 100 years to live if we are lucky enough. But everything in this world is so money relied on, we have to give up 90% of our life just to live. Taxes, credit scores, fees, mortgages, licenses, registrations, the list goes on forever. Long ago it used to be full barter, now everyone and everything wants money the minute you wake up each day. For a measly 100 years on Earth, it should be barter and enjoying life nature and hobbies as when we are all gone none of what we did comes with us

[@beamboy14526]

@@seansy59 5000 years ago you would also have to spend your entire life hunting or gathering berries. Today, instead of hunting, most people work in extremely specialized jobs. Basically like a tool maker who makes weapons for their tribe to hunt/gather berries more efficiently and receives food/clothing/shelter in exchange. But instead of bartering, we use money to facilitate the exchange of goods/services.

[@indridcold8433]

@@seansy59 I barter for almost everything, save the necessities. Money truly has no value. When I repair a vehicle for someone, I will trade for parts, a repair on something I have that the person can do. I do not even use credit. If I can not barter for something or pay cash, I do not get it. It sounds very antiquated. However, I have no debt, save for my mortgage that is paid in full in five years.

[@GizmoRob176]

Amazing that there were two angles this was filmed from. It's remarkable there was one moving picture camera at all.

[@thomascolleur8873]

It is hard to believe that the Martian Invasion of 1912 happened less than 15 years after this tragedy. Incredible.

[@mikestyles499]

To be able to watch history unfold over 100 years ago is truly phenomenal. Thank you for what you do.

[@mogadon7]

Need to get ye camera closer to thou action.

[@SStupendous]

@@mogadon7 Why are you talking like a Mormon in 1844

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@mogadon7 Say again?

[@snoopyalien24]

In the future, they'll be able to see videos of us now. So 500 from now, they'll be able to see us! And read these comments! And watch our dank memes!

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

@@Praise___YaH What video comment sections would Jesus spam?

[@feellucky271]

The Frederic Chopin sonata which accompanies this beautiful sad short film was more contemporary to this disaster than anyone alive today as he died only 49 years previously whereas 123 years have passed since. Franz Lizst,also a friend and contemporary was probably the first "rock star" along with Chopin seemingly similar with all of the trappings...alchohol,drugs,many women(and men) it's been said and all of the excesses that go with it.Chopin died at 39 years oldof tuberculosis.

[@Supreme_321]

Instead of Chopin and Lizst shouldn't that be Brahms and Lizst...

[@lokmanmerican6889]

The 3rd movement of the Chopin Cello Sonata, here in vivid sound, captures the sense of unfolding tragedy in this video only too well. Written in 1845/6, it heralded the composers own untimely death.

[@writeract2]

never knew about chopin or liszt.

[@Laszlo-b8k]

Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher

[@Thilindel]

Chopin was NOT involved with men...that's something that is poorly translated by so-called 'modern' historians. I speak Polish and he does not in any way cite such feelings towards men. If this were the case, in the past 170+ years, it would have been obvious.

[@carloscollomps1552]

At 1:22 you can see the wooden rubble coming afloat from under the ship. It's the remains of the structure where people were sitting just seconds before. I saw some drawings from the time this disaster happened and viewing from the front of the ship you could see the collapsed structure at the left of the image (right side of the ship in this footage).

[@bruceccorwin]

The description said a wave collapsed the stage, but the way everything got pulled under the ship makes it seem more like some lines got snagged and pulled the stage under. Hard to say for sure.

[@Yolaeth]

Ships are sometimes launched atop a wooden structure that floats away as the new ship enters the water, not sure if that applies here

[@lutzderlurch7877]

@@Yolaeth I'd second Yolaeth's comment here. To keep the ship upright un the slipways, a form of cradle is built from wood, that slides into the water with it. As the hull begins to float on it's own, it no longer needs that support and the cradle seperates from the ship.

[@tregoboing]

@@Yolaeth That makes a lot of sense now, The large wood pieces definitely looked like they came from underneath the boat.

[@trevorbrown6654]

June 21st 2023 will be the 125th anniversary of this tragedy and therefore the age of this film. Speeding up the frame rate like has been done here really makes a difference more than the colorization as it brings the film to life and draws the viewer into the drama. Incidentally HMS Albion was a battleship that was layed down in December 1896, launched 21/6.1898 but wasn't actually ready for active service until June 1901(by which Queen Victoria was dead and Edward VII was now the monarch) due to constant delays in the manufacture and installation of her guns and other machinery. She saw active service in WW1, in both the Mediterranean (where she received some serious damage from Turkish land based cannons) , and off the African coast. She was patched up enough to stay in service and finished the war as a sentry ship off the coast of Queenstown (now known as Cobh) in Ireland. She became a mobile barracks for about a year but was finally cut up for scrap in Morecambe, Lancashire at the beginning of 1920 (the same time as her sister ship HMS Canopus was also scrapped).

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[@JohnEltinAhern]

@@Praise___YaH is nowhere safe from religious fundamentalists peddling their superstition?

[@Praise___YaH]

@@JohnEltinAhern 1. jesus is Lucifer, written by “THOSE” from Israel, who this “WORLD” bows to worship as “THEIR” god/savior and “THOSE” from Israel have deceived the world 2. Salvation is so very Simple HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Hebrew Book of Isaiah Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.

[@fortboy66]

The ship building company paid for the funeral costs and for a large memorial to be erected at a east London cemetery, seen it, it has a large anchor at its centre. Also, didn't the workers at the company form West Ham United football club, the club badge had a pair of riveting? Hammers on it.

[@JK360noscope]

Of course it'd be an east London cementary... lol

[@harry2.01]

West Ham United, previously known as Thames Ironworks IIRC.

[@redpillsatori3020]

"HMS Albion was laid down by Thames Iron Works at Leamouth, London on 3 December 1896. Tragedy struck when she was launched on 21 June 1898;[3] after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women and children, drowned[4] in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history.[5] Albion's completion then was delayed by late delivery of her machinery. She finally began trials late in 1900, during which she was further delayed by machinery and gun defects, and she was not finally completed until June 1901.[6] HMS Albion was commissioned on 25 June 1901 at Chatham Dockyard, by Captain W. W. Hewett and a complement of 779 officers and men, to relieve battleship Barfleur on the China Station.[7]"

[@jsldj]

What genius put the reviewing stand THAT CLOSE to the launch!

[@martabachynsky8545]

You would think they never heard of water displacement.

[@vesseleightyseven]

Idk but he was probably unemployed after this lol

[@misspeach3755]

According to a report, the police had warned them.

[@Jackaljkljkl]

It was a stand for launch workers, and was not designed for viewing.

[@ashsomers1]

Who let them on the stand, viewing or otherwise and 2 angles filmed it? I'm smelling a satanic ritual rat. I'm guna check out dates times etc.

[@AmiraSmyrna]

Your restoration of these clips are remarkable to say the least. Fascinates me, to rewind and watch the different people and their clothing , expression imagining what they were saying who they were etc etc. Blows my mind.

[@werewally3156]

Looks like a dream. Crazy, right about that time my great grandfather was on a ship bound for Ellis Island.

[@majadito1985]

From where?

[@oldyeller6518]

Mine too! From Italy

[@werewally3156]

@@oldyeller6518 yup. My pops told me that he was a minor and got deported twice before he got it right.

[@oldyeller6518]

@@werewally3156 oh my goodness, he was determined!

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

Mine too, from Sweden.

[@TSZatoichi]

I'm so glad there are people out there restoring/preserving these old films and digitizing them for all of us to study. Rich people of the world, THIS is the kind of thing you should be using your money for, what would be peanuts for you would be a fortune for these people.

[@VHSRarities]

Check my channel. I am a forensics expert. I might intrigue you.

[@BiscoitoGrobo]

Well, it could be better restored. The stains were not removed.

[@blogengeezer4507]

'Rich people' are historically the root source of gainful employment, education, technology, prosperity for the vast majority. Without the investments from Rich', absolutely nothing would happen. The entire world of humanity would return to day by day, battling the elements, and each other, foraging for enough sustenance to barely survive.... one more day.. note; Education systems, with dreams of imagination prevalent, tend to leave that part out.. ;}

[@bobcastro9386]

@@blogengeezer4507 Well put sir.

[@blackcellagent]

While tragic and very sad, I can’t help but wonder what each individual was doing during before or after this. How their lives were. What it was like to live in that time. It looks like everyone was dressed in their best and it’s so different from now. Incredible video.

[@ADreamingTraveler]

This was a special event so people were dressed in their best. But styles change all the time. The style before and after this were completely different as well.

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

It wasn't any different, people just smelled worse, but you probably wouldn't have even noticed since everything smelled like shit. Poor people were poor, rich were rich, priests were predators and everyone was racist and depressed, sounds a lot like Britain today, eh?

[@blackcellagent]

@@JohnDaubSuperfan369 The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@alphinmesa9945]

I mean life is still the same but different in its own way

[@BrisLS1]

No radio, no television, no electricity at home, no cars, possibly no flushing toilets at home, basically a hard dirty life. Disease could take you out quite easily, if not drowning while watching a boat launch. I would not want to live it for even a minute.

[@itsjustme9354]

It has an eerie feel to it, it's absolutely fascinating.

[@MusicEchos]

What this reminded me of happened 20-25 years ago. I took a cruise on an older ship with no more than 500 passengers. There was a roof that was decorated like a much older ship. They played music such that would have been played in the 1920s. It was my best cruise ever.

[@JohnMartin-ux2rm]

Another amazing trip back in time . Thank you !!

[@tonybkent]

As an aside, I noticed "Cambria" in shot near the start. As a child in the 1970s I remember my grandmother taking me to see it moored up at Rochester in Kent as a tourist attraction. I probably went onboard but only vaguely remember, being so young at the time. Interesting to see it out on the water 124 years ago and at such a terrible event.

[@RMS_Oceanic]

Thats a very awesome story!

[@1971ironmike]

Worst tragedy ever filmed also happens to be the worst filming of a tragedy. Nothing to be seen here.

[@pinkrose5796]

Most of the women probably drowned due to the clothes they were wearing. All those petticoats, and layers of clothes just dragged them down plus I'm sure they did their best to save their children if possible. Even little girls had petticoats which could make it difficult to swim😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Flips420]

@Ricky Moore yet, somehow, you escaped the laws and theories of natural selection. I blame your parents for having you.

[@vmm5163]

@Ricky Moore 👍👍👍

[@misspeach3755]

Back then, it wasn't common for women to know how to swim. Clothes certainly weren't the determining factor here. According to your theory, the men who jumped into the cold water to rescue the spectators and also wore layered clothes of natural fibres should've drowned, too.

[@pinkrose5796]

@@misspeach3755 Woman wore layers of skirts which would make it more difficult to move your legs as they would've gotten entangled in all the skirt material. Men wore pants and would be able to move their legs to kick and stay afloat. Women also wore corsets,etc which would make it more difficult to take deep breaths whereas men wore shirts with nothing constricting their ability to take a deep breath.Go to the low end of a pool wearing pants and walk around; then put on a corsets, and ALL the layers of clothes, gloves, purse, jewelry, shoes, hats, etc that women wore and walk in the pool. Also try it after you've gotten you're entire outfit soaked. It's much more difficult and just about impossible to stay afloat.

[@Jac70]

One statistic that suprised me was that one of the major causes of death for women in earlier centuries was drowning. Often these would be women who went down to rivers to wash clothes. The natural fibres such as wool and cotton that everyone wore in those days would become waterlogged and extremely heavy, to the point where people could not drag themselves out of the water.

[@SamTimelapseMan]

To be fair, the audience was ridiculously close to the dock and launch site. I wouldnt be even twice as far as they were

[@shawnbottom4769]

Just goes to show that people who think "common sense" died in the modern Era are wrong. It never existed in the first place!

[@Vscustomprinting]

To be fair they were a much more arrogant lot. The era called for daring and to embrace danger... Of course there were accidents, but they were also hardy and spirited, even if that only adds up to climate change and the end of the day 😂

[@eliasvonbrille]

Because today we know better. Don't forget that this technology was new back then. They had no idea of the dangers and risks involved. It was always like this in Human history. Testing out stuff until it goes wrong and then learning from it with reducing the dangers.

[@SamTimelapseMan]

@@eliasvonbrille of course and that's true, I just meant personally(and not from a point of marine knowledge) that I wouldn't feel safe that close to something that big

[@eliasvonbrille]

@@SamTimelapseMan So you wouldn't drive on it either?

[@kokoeteantigha389]

This reminds me of a fairly similar tragedy in my hometown of Calabar in the early seventies. A naval vessel had berthed at the base and practically everyone was there to view this uncommon sight. Crowds were packed on a wooden pier when it collapsed under the weight and - it is believed - hundreds drowned. The occasion strikes me particularly because I could easily have been at the quay as well but for reasons I cannot now remember I decided against going. Some students from my primary school were among the fatalities.

[@mariebarnes416]

So sad.

[@scottnyc6572]

It’s incredible that for this being the first tragedy caught on film the photographer knew to keep rolling with the camera.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Whoever they are they're probably just as shocked as everyone else that the thought of stopping didn't occured to them until much later

[@garymorris1856]

It's remarkable to watch this footage from almost 125 years ago !

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

When I was born, this would have happened only 63 years ago.

[@garymorris1856]

@@eucliduschaumeau8813 When I was born, it would have have only 53 years before. (1951).

[@AvyScottandFlower]

To me, the tragedy is to know ALL those people are dead RIP grandma, she lived for almost a century, and died just two months ago, last October.

[@AvyScottandFlower]

@@exiletwin I hope one day humanity conquers digital/biological immortality, and then future humans/sentient beings could be able to afford rethinking their own mortality Or maybe that won't even be a desirable outcome.. it's a great existential question, perhaps for future generations to answer.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

It's hardly a tragedy to live a long and hopefully happy life. Some of the children could have lived until the 1980s. To die before your time, that is a tragedy, tho'.

[@RapidCycling07]

We will all die one day. Our souls exist forever though. Hopefully we will go to Heaven and not to Hell for all eternity.

[@Cola82]

@@AvyScottandFlower personally, I’m not interested in living forever. I used to think I’d like a very long life, like, 1,000 years. But the older I get the more content I am with the time I have. We need to make way for new minds and the ideas they will have. We need to let our species grow and change. It would be a tragedy indeed if the people living today were to completely control the future of the human race.

[@kevinbergin9971]

@@AvyScottandFlower For my friends that are N.Y. Knicks fans, "immortality" means an amazing amount of bad teams to try and root for. 🤣

[@sunkissG]

I have watched this 3 times and I can’t make out anyplace that was swamped

[@CineRocco]

You probably already have found it but just in case: Watch from 1:04 to 1:55. If one is on the ship facing forward, it occurs on the right side (I think they call that starboard)

[@sunkissG]

@@CineRocco I went back and rewatched and what I saw was thip is launched then it switched to the people in boats and going to shore.

[@Smedley1947]

I have watched it 10 times at 0.25 speed and still can't figure out what happened. I have to take it on faith that something DID happen❗😱

[@johngalactus4014]

This is incredible, the closest we can get to a time machine. Wish we had a way to see footage from like ancient Egyptian times.

[@Terrapin22]

The people on board were waving goodbye. They stopped when they saw what had happened.

[@coloradostrong]

They should have waved faster then, after seeing the peeps going down.

[@kevinpyne5808]

I missed the actual tragedy. RIP.

[@michaelportone2915]

Where did you watch it from?

[@JuanSolo-ln8yq]

Look at 1:11 then 1:48 notice the chairs neatly organized are completely wiped out

[@MrPhife333]

@@JuanSolo-ln8yq What chairs? Where are the chairs?

[@terryallen9546]

I can imagine engineers and scientists warning of disaster...and ship owners and politicians telling everyone, there was nothing to worry about...and later blaming someone else.

[@sonnyday6830]

@@JuanSolo-ln8yq wanna pinpoint it a bit more as I see no chairs

[@frankmanola3443]

This event is described at the beginning of the book “Down to the Ships in the Sea” by Harry Grossett. The book relates Grossett’s career as a deep sea diver, but he began as an apprentice shipwright at the Thames Ironworks. One of his jobs on that day was to help put up “Danger - Keep Off” signs on the gangway these spectators were sitting on (which had been built for use by workmen on an adjacent slipway, not for spectators to this launching). The backwash from the launch was much bigger than usual, about 10 feet high according to Grossett, and it swamped and destroyed the gangway.

[@loftonrudolph7586]

That is so tragic. One wrong decision is all it takes.

[@tregoboing]

Thats interesting, thank you. Had a quick look for the book but is obviously hard to come by now.

[@sallyire1]

Very interesting! So spectators were not even supposed to be on the gangway as it had not been built for that purpose. That is relevant information...thank you!

[@ginomorris4873]

This was astonishing it’s incredible and very sad all rolled into one historical film that’s thankfully been preserved for all to see.I’ll be interested to see what you present to us next .Thank you for sharing this.

[@sabrinasjourney]

What incredible angles the film was shot from...what kind of cameras used, I wonder? How are all these 1800s films popping up now...?

[@maksphoto78]

Utterly fascinating! Seems like ever since photo and cine cameras were invented, everybody and their dog were filming something! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5K8l5xjdpyrj5I

[@leeriches8841]

@@maksphoto78 I own some incredible cine films from my family, some from 1950s/60s/70s Edinburgh, Scotland

[@krashd]

People are beginning to digitise everything as it becomes cheaper and easier for people to do so, and it makes sense as digital content can't degrade - it can be destroyed, and that's why people have backups, but once something is digitised it can no longer deteriorate over time.

[@sergeantbigmac]

I think its because a lot more film was shot in those times than we realize, but because much of it is mundane (family home movies or city scenes and the like) therefore professional film preservers in the past might not have been motivated to. But now that home film to digital scanners are becoming more accessible and inexpensive to the general public people are motivated to scan those old reels in their attic, which combined with the recent advent of AI film coloring (also available to the public) and more niche historical film groups on the internet have created a demand for this content and therefore new motivation for preservation I would guess.

[@VHSRarities]

My whole family got boxes of reels from my granny and grandpa we never gone through. That’s why bro. They were like the cell phone in ur hand now. Everyone had one and even waking up was one of the most filmed things home movies of breakfast 1890s search it. Also these films since you’re working with negatives can be scaled to 4K or 1080p. eBay is our best source for these films. A box of 40 home movies reels ran me 400 bucks.

[@maddogmccoy3203]

Great video ....an awesome look back into history! .....Beyond the tragedy , we are seeing a glimpse of day to day life in the last years of the 19th Century....The Spanish American War was in full swing ....and the guy standing in the dingy at 2:44 is blowing the first Chewing Gum bubble ever caught on film!

[@TheBetito123]

Its probably just an artifact

[@benmac1089]

I thought he was spitting out a whistle.

[@nicolascalvache8102]

Could have also been tobacco, couldn't quite see what it was!

[@ulissegarnerone]

I spotted the exact same thing and searched for comments in that sense! Turns out chewing gum was invented in the 1860's decade so i believe it's not an artifact or something else, but maybe the first chewing gum bubble ever recorded on film, definitely one of the first, at least. Talking about a funny thing like this sounds disrespectful of that tragedy but that's History, even greek wars we talk about all the time must have been impossible to watch on film without getting sick. Amazing video, precious testimony, thank you.

[@ulissegarnerone]

Or maybe it is his tongue chewing tobacco or something? In every case great video.

[@RaptorJesus.]

There's something so existentialy terrifying about watching old videos like this, Realising every single person in the video is dead, and in a century we too will be just forgotten shadows in random videos. We feel like we'll live forever, and then a video like this comes along to open our eyes to just how temporary and fleeting human lives are.

[@ronnie7lambo]

Just found this absolutely amazing thank you so much. You are a legend!

[@satireofcircumstance6458]

The 1890s is my favourite decade in many ways: the fashions, the art, the literature, the new technologies coming online, the first filmed images. It was the cusp between the old world and the new, and therefore, with hindsight, it may have been the peak of Western civilization.

[@changopardomuzik4953]

Yeah but they didn't understand that then. They were just living life, it's like someone analyzing our lives in 100 years. We just watch life pass by very few of us like yourself are bright enough to see the big picture.

[@patschamps]

A tragic event. I can’t help but notice the fashion back in these times. I wonder how long it took for them to get dressed back then. Especially the women.

[@hybridAbsol]

Dont forget about the cowboy culture slowly dying

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

@@hybridAbsol I'm from Texas and I can tell ya, it ain't dead.🤠

[@hybridAbsol]

@@Dirtbag-Hyena the cowboys today got heavy weapons, kinda ruins the vibe :v

[@xxMary89xx]

It's incredible to think that the parents of the older peorple in this video were probably born in the 18th century.

[@michellebyrom6551]

Just about a century before this event, yes. Not many people survived beyond 70 in that era, the average being 65.

[@peterfeltham5612]

The choice of music is so fitting.

[@bidenadministrationischina5091]

The music is really what allows me to immerse myself into the videos. Well done and bravo!

[@sladeb6036]

Everyone always seemed to be dressed in their best even if the clothes were worn out.

[@bojangles2492]

It's like the first LiveLeak video ever.

[@mindyourbusinessxoxo]

I literally don't see anything. I just see a ship going into the ocean

[@jpturner171]

Wow so powerful and sad. Thank you for all the hard work putting this together!👍🏽

[@RKWWWW]

Nothing says tragedy like the mellow notes of the cello.

[@Smedley1947]

As Lyle Lovett once said, "There's always room for cello".

[@bunnygirl2448]

I can’t tell when it collapses. Am I looking in the right place? Where/when is it?

[@dertery8724]

I think that footage is either missing or destroyed. All we appear to have now is the launch and the aftermath of the sinking. Still very impressive though and the uploader deserves much credit.

[@ivok9846]

crucial question is "what wave!?!".

[@lunchbox1553]

I don't believe the news was true

[@david9783]

It looks to me like it just rolled backwards and then a lot of lumber started appearing, along with what appeared to be big roof, maybe the stage, then lots of flotsam on the starboard side. No big wave was visible.

[@nokomarie1963]

Watch carefully from 1:06 to 1:13 on the lower right side of the screen. The packed stands are there, and there is a lot of spray or mist, and everything wiggles, but it is really a wave and then a second one, and then the stands are gone, and a bunch of little heads and large spars are floating in the water.

[@jeffreyraia5804]

It's wild to think that just 30 years before this ship was launched, wooden sailing ships were being used. Such a remarkable leap in ship technology.

[@robbleeker4777]

That is just something nobody could have predicted... I would think that is was probably a combination of an overcrowded stage and the wave, that caused it to collapse

[@georgial6398]

it was easily predictable, the stage was not meant for spectators

[@slwgekte]

So what happened? I cant really make out what the tragedy was from the video

[@backgroundmusik]

Imagine drowning and not being able to kick your boots off because you had to use a freakin button hook to put them on

[@musicom67]

On that note, I guess a bustle doesn't move like a big jellyfish

[@andnowi]

Is there a controls feature in the youtube app that gives b&w option?

[@--ART3MIS--]

I'm really glad I've found your channel. fascinating stuff!

[@joynazarini5128]

Кости этих людей давно уже истлели, а мы смотрим их. Врят ли они думали, что через 132 года кто нибудь вспомнит о них 👌👌👌

[@sergionetwork4882]

все тлен

[@xChimkin]

you mongols got a way with words

[@sergionetwork4882]

@E123 Well of course it's Russian, he himself is Mongolian

[@Icu-812-me2]

Only you would leave the bodies to the elements. I am sure those unlucky enough were recovered were showed the proper respect in death

[@joynazarini5128]

@E123 Украина

[@flash_channel2161]

Fascinating film, more late 1800s films please.😊

[@Jolteon52]

"Stop filming and help us instead"

[@xenotbbbeats7209]

It always makes me sad to realize that every person in that film is gone. So much for death denial.

[@calmandharmony]

It's sad to think nearly all their children are gone as well.

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

The internet itself will become a time machine in 100 years or so. Like imagine just going back 1900s and seeing a video your grandma posted of her taking a jog in new york in 1920. It'd be like that but just change up the dates

[@danvincent2600]

I can’t help but think that mega cities will look like they do in blade runner/Brazil. I mean huge skyscrapers linked by suspended walkways and (of course!) the obligatory flying cars!: ps. Hello the year 2568!

[@vmm5163]

Facebook is deleting the pages of people who have died, so a lot of history is already being rubbed out ☹️

[@kevinbergin9971]

Two quick thoughts: 1) Love the women in those hats! 2) Nice attempt at colorization too.

[@proudblack9453]

Much classier than their contemporaries in crop slops with blue hair.

[@justincase2281]

This is something you never hear about. I've never heard about it. Just goes to show tragedy happens to all people in all times and if it weren't for photography, we would never really see it as it happened. Can you imagine how present day peoples' view of history would change if still, and motion picture photography, were developed say, 3000 years ago. Imagine seeing the Crucifixion of Jesus!! OMG!! Incredible footage here. Thanks much!!

[@Smedley1947]

There's been a lot of tragedies since 1898 and only 34 people died. Near Trinidad Colorado in the US there was a massacre of coal miners who were trying to strike, killed by the combined forces of the Colorado National Guard and the private army of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company who mined coal to feed their Coal Fired electrical generation station and Iron Works. 25 workers killed just for trying to make a better life for themselves. You'll never ever hear of that. It was called the Ludlow Massacre. The struggles of working people are never allowed to see the light of day in our history books anymore. But it was in Colorado history books when I was in junior high school in the very early 60s. People now just wouldn't believe how bloody the struggle was to just get decent wages. Apparently they don't want you to know this has been going on for a long time. Businesses are still trying to crush unions daily.

[@pacolet2994]

It's still a cool video, but if you didn't tell me I'd have no idea this was a disaster. Another version with still images or pauses to point out details would be appreciated.

[@arturocevallossoto5203]

The last bit at the end shows some guys on the small boats completely soaked, so maybe they were being pulled out of the water?

[@GreatGreebo]

Love what you’re doing…thank you ❤️

[@pekingente88]

Can you imagine 10 years earlier Jack the Ripper doin his crime..

[@thegayestgoth]

Not vintage, historical.

[@midnightmoon3230]

And hitler was only 9 years old at this time

[@KingOhmni]

Tragic yet utterly fascinating. Like travelling back in time.

[@Olhado256]

I don't know why this is in my recommended videos but my brain can't process the fact that this is 1898. Amazing.

[@notkimjong-un3019]

Just think, everyone in this video is dead, and the world has kept going on.

[@JohnSmith-ff1rk]

Hah, I thought I was the only one who thinks like that.

[@ryanhruska6667]

So let me get this correct. They new enough about water displacement and physics to build that large of a vessel. But didn't understand how much water it would displace and the resulting wave 🤔

[@Rob774]

Those who knew... had nothing to do with the seating area of onlookers. Not uncommon even today for one to not talk to the other.

[@typeorulz]

@@Rob774 You speak the truth.

[@timewave02012]

Bruh. Water displacement, basic physics, and shipbuilding isn't something we just figured out in the last 100 years.

[@Janeator]

Your 4k 50fps algorythm is screwing the hell out of this video.

[@deleted5794]

How do people begin to make these colorized, and in 4k? It''s remarkable, and so is the video just in general

[@MatthiasLehnen]

Deep learning makes it possible :)

[@ADreamingTraveler]

The way black and white is done there are ways to figure out which gray scale color it uses represents the actual colors in the images. It's not always 100% accurate color reproduction but you can get it pretty close.

[@manny4707]

this one is horribly done. when you zoom in and go frame by frame you can tell that they just threw it into a video editor and forced an ai to make it 4k and speed up the fps. There are shapes going everywhere, the boat sometimes doesn’t look like a boat, the dock which is meant to be the main focus in the video is impossible to see because the ai doesn’t understand what it is. Some videos are meant to stay in their normal fps. Especially old footage like this which was made with film which is extremely sharp. The details in this video would be extraordinary if not for the editing.

[@misspeach3755]

2:17 I like how that gentleman shoos away the camera. How very contemporary.

[@MAINEVENT99]

he is like "stop bothering us, can't you see we are in some shit trouble around here"

[@christianlewis7055]

Every single person that existed while this was filmed, is no longer alive. A whole world of people has perish and been replaced since then.

[@defftlingo4803]

I say that everytime I see an early 70s porn. They all dead (nearly) now.

[@LeClusterFunk]

@@defftlingo4803 aight den

[@kattihatt]

Innovative comment. Did you simply just copy paste from another video?

[@christianlewis7055]

@@kattihatt no, it’s just a genuine thought of mine that I found quite profound. Why are you being so pessimistic about it? Do you not grasp the gravity of such a notion? There’s so many implied existential thoughts to sprout from the idea. There’s only currently alive, people who have experienced the past 115-ish years at most! Every other occurrence and experience that’s ever been observed by a human in the previous thousands of years is gone. We can mostly only read about it. Being able to watch it in a video like this brings it so much more alive and is valuable for us to be able to reference our past as clearly as possible. As well as fascinating.

[@veneraberens2547]

WOWWWWW NEVER STOP SAVING AND SHARING THESE SO MONUMENTALLY MOVING TO THE SOUL AND HEART

[@sergeigarbar1896]

i looked attentively, bu did ot see stage collapse. can u point out please?

[@androsstandley9195]

What respectable people. Soooo smart even the worker. Sadly this will not been seen again .

[@vmm5163]

It won't be seen again? Good! That Victorian dress etiquette was emotionally restrictive and classist. We have to fight for our freedoms where expectations of dress is concerned. Btw, did you know that a man can walk round bare chested in today's society, yet a *completely* flat chested woman can't because her mere n*pples are considered a sex organ? Why do flat chested women have to wear a shirt? It's sexist in the extreme!

[@corywiedenbeck1562]

@@vmm5163 it is common decency,freedom fought here wasn't freedom to be degenerate as we have been

[@thomasmint1761]

It’s pretty amazing. This was taken 124 years ago. And, while video quality today has improved, it’s not that dramatically better

[@BradleyWashburn1]

At least no one had their smart phones out trying to record this.

[@pearvoz]

it's so hard to wrap my brain around this that this is footage of real people in a real event and not actors on a movie set

[@vindolanda6974]

And to make the waste of life more useless, this ship would be obsolete in 7 years. The launch of the revolutionary British battleship HMS Dreadnought in 1905 immediately made all earlier battleships like this inadequate.

[@brettk9316]

Wow amazing and sad at same time. This was a year before my first European ancestor even came to America.

[@marbleman52]

Brett K...Why, your ancestors are mere youngsters...lol..! One of my ancestors showed up in America in about 1750. We fought for America in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812, and of course the Civil War and the later wars as well.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

I am not entirely sure what they expected with a ship that large. What a shame and preventable.

[@offthewallsurfer1]

@2:37 the very first Wifi icon was filmed as well, stern of row boat to the right.

[@chrishumphreys3009]

For a full description of the event read the opening chapter of the book Down to the Ships in the Sea by Harry Grossett.

[@brbhave2p00p4]

KZbin is the closest we will ever come to a time machine

[@thegayestgoth]

I was watching these films on the History Channel in the 90’s.

[@kevinbergin9971]

@@thegayestgoth You're both wrong. I have a time machine.

[@kck9742]

ScrewTube are anti-free speech tyrannical commie c-suckers. It's the people who do the work of restoring and sharing these videos who should get credit.

[@marbleman52]

@@kck9742 ...Yes, and along with CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times and many other Socialist platforms, they are the propaganda arm of the Socialist/Democrat Party.

[@L77kim77l]

The music pulls you also right into the water...

[@chillybean08]

My great grandmother, witness this event when she was a little girl, as she lived in the area. My uncle recorded an interview with her as she talked about the incident

[@natemofield281]

Who ever set that up wasn't to bright.

[@xianshep]

The irony here is strong.

[@eddieoi9444]

Even seeing a historic tragedy brings a lump to my throat..,

[@aburninglandfillofbadmovie2930]

The weird flexing wiggling shifting effect one sees in this video could be the camera picking up water vapor, but could also be a tell-tale clue that the video is a kinematographic piece of film.

[@colbyandbrennen3543]

So weird to think stuff like this is happening everyday today and in hundreds of years time people can watch it back in HD quality

[@gasparocelloman9852]

Tragic circumstances indeed. Your choice of music is very apt. Are you able to share who the performers in the Chopin are, please?

[@fishfinsteve]

Am I missing something, or back then did they not understand the physics of water displacement?

[@zainabsiddiqui7358]

Exactly. Regards from Scotland.

[@jonsmith1162]

More likely that stupidity was endemic then as it is now, with equally tragic consequences.

[@TheAMVDJ]

It took me a while to finally see what exactly happened. At first, I was looking to the right of the screen because when the ship was launched whatever that is at the right of the screen looks to get torn apart. But then I saw it. It's happening sorta behind the ship. There appears to be a huge elevated mass of people and when the video slows down you can make it out through the smoke all the people falling. Very sad to see!

[@tonyloechte9994]

This is history that should never be lost.