[4k, 60fps, colorized] (1901) RMS Lucania, the first "wireless" ocean liner, leaves for America.

Try the ultimate tool to upscale the quality of vintage video to 4K: tinyurl.com/AIu... RMS Lucania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company and launched on Thursday, 2 February 1893.
She was the joint largest passenger liner afloat when she entered service in 1893. On her second voyage, she won the prestigious Blue Riband from the other Cunarder to become the fastest passenger liner afloat, a title she kept until 1898.
Several experiments with the Marconi radio were carried out at RMS Lucania, including the first ice bulletin in the Atlantic, long-distance transmissions, and the first Atlantic voyage with full radio coverage.
On the evening of 14 August 1909, she was badly damaged by a fire and sold for scrap. The construction of the Titanic had begun 5 months earlier, in April 1909.
Music: J.S. Bach, Orchestral suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - 1. Ouverture
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[@XIXbacktolife]

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[@royalpitamamma]

So just to let you know, I was raised by a man born 1890 and his wife born 1900. I watch these films because it reminds me in many ways how they dressed me and cared for me in 1987. (He being 97 and his wife 87 when they became my old mother and father). I was dressed in Victorian and Edwardian clothing complete with head coverings, pinafores, and more. As a female, I was raised at home and taught at home. I was instructed in cooking, sewing, the Bible, and household management. We didn't have a flush toilet, electric, or a car. He was a flax farmer. I was instructed in the vocation of farming of flax, breaking, retting towing, spinning, and weaving. I also helped can the old fashion way and helped preserve meat in an actual larder. I miss my old mother and father dearly. They did the best the could given their age. I will forever be in their debt.

[@canugurlu9001]

i always ask my grandparents about their grandparents. i am full of curiosity with the past and people of those times. i can’t imagine what it is like to be rasied by people who were born in 19th century. what did they look like? did they look like us? how they used to think? my grandmother was born in 1939 in turkey. and she saw her grandparents who were born in 1880s. what i’d give to be alive in those times.

[@royalpitamamma]

@@canugurlu9001 My old mother and old father looked like typical older people, although now that I think of it they were very slimly built. Also they preferred the older styles and my old mother made our clothing. She taught me to sew by hand and a lot of my quiet time was doing that with her instructing me. She used to tell me I had to put twenty stitches to an inch of fabric sewn. We did most everything by hand. However, unlike other people I have lived with, we did have a water pump in the house and I didn't have to carry water. That was a relief. My old father was told he should "whip me" for misbehaving and he said, "I don't beat my mule, why would I beat my child?" I believe they were kinder and gentler than modern people. They were quiet and listened. Every one my biological mother's age never had time to listen to my concerns, but my old father and mother did. They did allow me to read quietly when I was not sewing. I thought this rather progressive of them since many other people of their own religious persuasion didn't believe women needed training in reading or the Bible.

[@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead]

HOW OLD ARE YOU MITCHELL, I WAS BORN IN 1964 BUT I THINK YOU HAVE ME BEAT BY AT LEAST A FEW YRS???

[@royalpitamamma]

@@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead I was born in 1980. As I explained, they raised me in 1987. They only raised me for a few short years as they were already ancient when I came to them. So I am younger than you, but lived a life like a Victorian/Edwardian child because of a couple that took me in that was from that time period. He passed away from cancer before my 9th birthday.

[@royalpitamamma]

@@TioDeive My life is a series of foster homes that took care of me. Most of my foster parents were "plain people" in the United States. That means, Amish, Mennonite, and such. My old mother and father, were technically Mennonite though I suspect they were of a very progressive church. I was rotated into and out of foster homes from 1986 until 1996 when I moved out into my own apartment at 16. At 23, I owned my own home free and clear from a bank and by 27 finished college. All while raising a family of 6 children and owning a very tiny home business to keep us afloat (and gardening, sewing, canning, baking, homeschooling my children, like my old mother did etc) My children did not have tv or internet until 2012? or maybe 2013? I do know most were almost grown. I am now a mother to two boys still at home, and a grandmother to four grand-daughters. I often sew my grand-daughters clothes, give them jars of my blackberry jam, etc... These things were gifts my old mother gave to me and now I share them with my grandchildren and children.

[@funkystyle7249]

Its so mesmerizing to see them moving, people who had dreams and now gone. One day we too will be like them.

[@ezzahhh]

I like to think that 9/10 will definitely die but that 1 / 10 will keep on going strong

[@jimhouse9961]

@@ezzahhh lol dream on

[@tamar5261]

Dead you mean?

[@azia5051]

Yep true life is short.

[@FinsaneLorist]

We will? I already started to grow my mustache

[@brihath0805]

Fascinating video!! My wife's grandmother arrived in NYC aboard the Lucania in November 1907. She was born in Aberdeen, Scotland before emigrating to America. The Lucania's records show it departed from Liverpool, England for that voyage.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

wahhh

[@johnross2924]

It surprises me how the Americans generally give the impression they would rather forget their British ancestry link?

[@BlueBaron3339]

When the new century held promise, regular working people felt keenly uncomfortable with a camera pointed at them, no one could have have been comfortable with the concept of the selfie, everyone wore a head covering, and the subsequent horrors of two world wars were far outside the realm of their imagination. But to imagine it as a simpler time would be false. There never was such a thing. Just their time. Filled with its complexities. We're in our time, though briefly, with its own set of anxieties.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

Yeah, but now we face extinction and replacement, which they didn't

[@BlueBaron3339]

@@javiergilvidal1558 Over the course of that century, many would. Actually would. But apocalyptic predictions have always dogged the human race. Usually to manipulate people through fear to provoke hate to gain power.

[@ushoys]

@@BlueBaron3339 True. But apocalyptical predictions are far more credible now than then. The most likely is humanity's annihilation from nuclear weapons, inconceivable 120 years ago.

[@BlueBaron3339]

@@ushoys Objectively and scientifically, yes. But it seemed just as real at other times, given the baked-in nature of it in so many cultures and religions. And I don't mean loons who teach their kids to drive at an early age just in case mommy or daddy is "raptured." 😂

[@vk2ig]

But looking back, what an exciting time! The scientific and industrial advances ... this new fangled thing called "wireless", as well as increasing use of the "motor car", people talking about the new wonders of "electricity" and "telephones", and in not too many years the "aeroplane"! I still remember when my grandfather told me of the first time he saw an aeroplane ... it was before he turned 10, and he was born around 1900.

[@robsmithadventures1537]

Watching these I sometimes forget that these aren't characters or actors in a movie, that we are actually watching footage of people going about their daily lives at the start of the 20th century.

[@pereiraplaza222]

Try not to forget anymore. Good luck !

[@azia5051]

Yep true.

[@royalpitamamma]

end of the 19th century...

[@randomobserver8168]

@@royalpitamamma But the title says 1901.

[@royalpitamamma]

@@randomobserver8168 Yes, we call them ahead of their actual time. I was born in 1980. I was born in the 20th century. Because at the end of the century it will be 20 in front. Anyone born in 2000 and above was born in the 21st century.

[@XIXbacktolife]

Top moments: 2:24 On how cameras improve sailors' productivity. 3:00 On why you should always take your own food onboard. 3:15 Pretty maids all in a row. Any fan of the Eagles here?

[@MerrimanDevonshire]

"You can check out when you like, but you can never leave"?

[@carlosmerces]

When you finish processing these videos do you watch again with emotion?

[@XIXbacktolife]

What excites me the most is seeing the reactions of the public at the premiere.

[@XIXbacktolife]

Well, that fits more with the Titanic, but great song anyway.

[@LittleLulubee]

@@MerrimanDevonshire *anytime

[@hueydoc]

Little known fact. Mayonnaise was made in England at the time and had become a delicacy in the Americas, especially in Mexico. Mexico had ordered 12,000 jars of mayo from Townes & Pressler and it was loaded on the Titanic to go to New York, ne offloaded and then sent by another ship to Mexico later. And as we all know, the Titanic sank on it's maiden voyage and all of it was lost at sea. Mexico in particular was so upset about the loss of the mayonnaise , they later declared the expected arrival date of May 5 as a National Holiday in remembrance . That is why we now have the holiday celebrated every year as Sinko De Mayo

[@daveurbex]

Every time I watch a video like this, I can't help thinking - who was the lady in the back of the frame, what was her name, where was she going, what was she doing that particular day and what was she thinking. What was the name of the gentleman in the top hat, when was he born, when did he die, what did he do for a living. What was in the newspapers that day... Oh, my God.

[@XIXbacktolife]

The only thing I can tell you for sure is that the maid on the left was not in charge of the ironing onboard.

[@mtlicq]

Saloon Passenger List from the RMS Lucania of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday 20 April 1901 from Liverpool to New York, Commanded by Captain Horatio McKay (Lt., RNR). *Senior Officers and Staff:* Commander: Captain Horatio McKay (Lt., RNR) Surgeon: James Pointon Purser: William Field Chief Steward: Henry Clark *Saloon Passengers:* Mrs. Aitken and Maid Capt. Francisco Alvarez Mr. William Anderson Mr. Sam Anderson Mr. Emil Auerbach Col. Hanbury Barclay Mr. Henry Bell Rev. Philotée Bero Mr. Joseph Bibby Master J. P. Bibby Miss Rachel Bourke Mr. C. Augustin Brackett Mr. H. Bratnober Mr. W. S. Briggs Mr. F. Brodigan Mr. William L. Brown Mrs. Brown Mr. F. A. Brownell Dr. W. N. Bullard Mrs. Bullard Mr. Jasper Adams Campbell Mrs. Campbell Miss Campbell Master J. A. Campbell Mr. F. Carver Mr. T. I. Chadbourne Mrs. Chadbourne Miss Chadbourne Mr. Harld Cherry Mr. Percy Chubb Mrs. Chubb and Maid Mr. A. E. Clarke Mr. E. J. Clode Mr. J. B. Colvan Mrs. Gertrude Cookes Mr. G. E. Cotton Mr. Thomas Craig Miss Craig Mr. H. C. Davis Mr. Charles E. De Wolf Mr. C. Cottrell Dormer Mr. J. J. Dugas Mr. James Dunne Mr. J. Dutt Miss Eddowes Mrs. A. Eden Mr. A. Fels Mr. A. F. Firth Mr. C. B. Flynn and Valet Mr. William W. Frazier Mrs. Frazier Miss Frazier and Maid Mr. J. D. Gavin Mrs. Gavin Mr. Edmund Gerson Mr. C. T. Geyer Mr. W. R. Goodbody Mr. Charles Gow Mrs. William Reed Green and Maid Mr. R. D. Guiness Mr. W. B. Hamper Mrs. Hamper Mr. R. D. Harling Mr. H. A. Harrington Mr. Alfred P. Hedges Mr. R. D. Hessey Mr. R. Wentworth Hicas Miss Annie Hillard Mr. Henry Holder Mr. Henry Hollinden Mrs. Edward T. Holmes and Maid Miss M. Humbert Mr. E. Aldy Hurry Miss V. L. Illingworth Mr. John Inglis Mr. W. Inman Mr. T. M. Ives Mr. Thomas Johnston Mrs. Johnston Mrs. E. H. Joynson and Maid Mr. Hubert Kenworthy Mrs. Kenworthy Mr. Kames Kerr Mr. David Kirk Mrs. Kirk Mr. Fred. Krause Mr. K. E. Lawton Miss Lindsay Mr. John Q. Lockman Mr. R. H. Martin Mr. Alexander R. Martin Mr. Charles McArdle Mr. J. P. A. M. McCormick Mr. R. D. McGibbon Mrs. W. J. McKeen Mr. H. R. Melville Mr. Martin J. Melvin Mr. C. W. Merrill Mrs. Merrill Mr. H. C. Merrill Mr. William Mills Mr. E. R. Morgan Mr. Harald Mowinckel Mr. F. J. Murphy Mr. Thomas A. Nevins Mrs. Nevins Mr. G. M. Newcomer Mr. A. E. Orr Baroness de Pallandt Mr. Pardee Mrs. Pardee Mr. C. N. De Peyster Mr. E. H. Piercy Mr. H. P. Pike Mr. J. Piza Miss. F. Piza Mr. John C. F. Randolph Mr. Frank Reid Mr. George Robertson Miss Robinson Mr. W. H. Rohrer Miss C. Rose Mr. Arthur Schwarz Mrs. Schwarz Mr. H. D. Selleck Mr. H. Shellenberger Mr. Lucius H. Smith Mr. Pierre J. Smith Mr. S. C. Squier Mrs. Squier Miss H. Squier Mr. Henry Stadlmair Mr. J. E. Starr Miss Helen Stewart Mr. E. A. Still Mrs. Still Rev. F. Stockmans Mrs. Ruthven Stuart Mr. W. R. Stuart Miss N. Taylor Mr. Arthur M. Tree Master Tree and Nurse Mr. William Tulloch Mrs. Tulloch Mr. William P. Ward Mrs. Ward Mr. G. F. Watts Mr. Thomas Webb Mr. William Whiston Mrs. Whiston Miss Whiston Mr. W. J. Whyte Mr. M. B. Wilkinson Mr. H. R. Wilson Mr. John A. Wilson

[@mtlicq]

Top hat gent at the station, perhaps the mayor? or Port Master? I don't know. April 1901 continuation of the Philippine-American war, also the Boer War in South Africa (along with Brits concentration camps for the non-anglos, although probably not publicized in newspapers), Queen Victoria's funeral was a couple months earlier 02 Feb 1901, big snowstorm in Ohio, ...

[@joeshmoe9978]

@@XIXbacktolife Her facial expression makes me think she wasn't feeling well.

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

I think exactly the same. Everything you said.

[@princeofcamelot1487]

Fascinating in every regard

[@mrwillard95]

Man, I'm speechless. I'm just glad I found this channel.

[@GrantTarredus]

Beyond stunning. Documents such as this provide so much more than simple entertainment; they inform and remind us of our humble status as members of our single human family. Thanks for all you do.

[@nancyblum12]

Beautifully said.

[@GrantTarredus]

@@nancyblum12 Thank you!

[@orangeziggy348]

This was shot 8 years before the Titanic. I feel mesmerized when I see these turn of the century films because I am imagining my great grandfather and my grandfather and how they must have lived at the time. My grandfather was born in 1898, so he would have been almost 3 years old at the time of this filming. I often visited the old house that he had grown up in; he had 13 brothers and sisters and he was the last born. The house had a pecan tree that I would eat pecans from. It used to have a fruit tree orchard, and my great grandfather was a dairy farmer. All of my grandfather's siblings used to bake their own fruit pies and kill and prepare their own chickens, removing the feathers, etc. My great grandfather would drive a horse and carriage early in the morning when it was still nighttime to bring milk into the city to his clientele and I have a photo of my grandfather as a small child standing in the carriage to go with him into the city to bring the milk. My grandfather grew up to run that dairy. Then my father was born in 1940, and as a child he had a bunch of hunting dogs- beagles and would go with his brothers to hunt rabbits. I remember my grandmother showing me her several pairs of gloves and her old purses made of some kind of chain-mail design that she handed down to me. I remember my grandmother taking me into my great grandfather's house, walking up the old dark staircase that was 2-tiered and all built of wood, with wood lined walls surrounding it. And took me to feed the goldfish that were in an old pond made from a sugar-cane pot. And she allowed me and my brother and cousin to climb trees where the fruit orchard used to be. My grandfather's house (the last property of the dairy farm) was just sold 2 years ago. Even though we normally consider 1900 to be so far away, in the past, it really wasnt all that long ago.

[@wildsmiley]

11 years before Titanic sank. Nice story.

[@omegaman1409]

One can thank the filming industry. It is one of man's greatest invention and gift to the world.

[@CristineTot]

Nice. The ship is so similar to the one they recreated in the movie Titanic. I commend their attention to detail with that one. Whoever improved this footage. Kudos to you! We got a better glimpse of the past and it's truly fascinating.

[@LittleLulubee]

I love that movie ❤️

[@ministryofanti-feminism1493]

Not really. RMS Titanic was FAR larger, far more luxurious and far more advanced. Both occupied space and time of the Edwardian era, the pinnacle of our civilization.

[@vk2ig]

My thoughts exactly when I watched the passengers boarding - they paid quite a bit of attention to detail in the boarding scene in the movie.

[@LittleLulubee]

@@vk2ig Maybe the film-makers used this clip to help with accuracy

[@smokeyjoe4078]

Titanic came just 10 years after this footage

[@ruraladventurer1884]

Just 2-3 generations ago was a time when it would have been downright alien to step outside without your head covered. Fascinating.

[@djosbun]

That's exactly what I was thinking while watching this. People dressed so much better, too. I'm sure they had more class than today's 'average' person.

[@jessebaldwin2661]

Most men had a beard, mustache, or both.

[@feloniusduck183]

there's literally a man with no hat screen left at 0:48

[@meganturner8438]

I have often wondered who the crazy bastard was that walked out that first day without a hat. People passed by and in agreement were like “yeah! Screw these hats!” and than threw them all down in protest. I probably smoke too much pot.

[@Toodle.Pipp001]

Before fast fashion, attire denoted your class and wealth. Gentlemen in top hats, workers in flat caps. Same with ladies, the bigger and more elaborate, often with very expensive and exotic feathers, to the poor ladies with nothing more than a shawl to keep their heads covered and warm.

[@OoLOSTWORLDoO]

It amazes me how well tailored their clothing is.

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

They only had 2 or 3 outfits

[@bc-yc3yc]

I miss that....i was born in 1956....the cloths were well made....my mom took me to Bullocks in downtown LA....i enjoyed it... but now i dont like shopping.....i just wear my blue jean shorts and a tee shirt i'm good and happy with that...miss those days.😪

[@JoMarieM]

It's because people actually took pride in looking nice when they went out in public back then!

[@ianharwell7500]

and the sheer hard work to clean them too

[@PK-yf3hd]

And how healthy and well fed people in these old films were...the urban poverty stricken certainly weren't, so are these I see mostly middle class ?

[@wildsmiley]

Amazing footage. Lucania was a great liner, sadly not talked about enough today. She held the Blue Riband for several years, taking it from her sister ship, Campania, in 1893. They were, for a time, the largest afloat, until SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse came on the scene in 1897.

[@stickerbombe]

3:00 first appearance of ''Squish that cat'' 1901 colorized

[@XIXbacktolife]

Note that the guy with the cat seems to be the cook of the ship. I will say no more...

[@Kozi_art]

@@XIXbacktolife hahaha 😆

[@isadetou5552]

@@XIXbacktolife pauvre minou alors!

[@agustinfodrini]

What was of every single one of these people? What was of the lives of those little dots lost in the horizon, buried amidst a crowd of corpses, never to be heard of again? Or those ostentous young souls filled with purpose and ambitions? Perhaps we'll never know, yet they'll forever remain immortalized in the memory of Time. Even if long lost and forgotten, a fragment of who they once were will remain alive somehow, somewhere, through this ancient recording. They'll forever feel the Sun on their skin as they board the majestic vessel and roam through its freshly varnished halls and corridors. They'll forever sense the gentle touch of the cold breeze as they stare into the boundless ocean and ponder about the uncertainty that lies in the long voyage ahead. Regardless of the inevitable marching of Time, they'll endlessly return to that sunny Thursday evening in which, filled with longing, hopes and dreams, they sailed into a whole new world. That is the beauty of one of the greatest miracles ever conceived by mankind: The Camera.

[@steveabrams2537]

My grandmother, great grandmother and family left Russia and immigrated to the US on the Lucania. Departed Liverpool and arrived June 3, 1906 in New York. Great footage to see what their journey was like. My guess is these were first class passengers.

[@seandelap6268]

Absolutely incredible footage of those times.

[@mrs.g.9816]

Wow! Seeing the faces of people from 121 years ago. I saw a couple of infants and realized that they are now gone, too.

[@NickvonZ]

KITTY!!😺 When people DRESSED for travel. Even the cat was in full "After 6 attire".

[@asintonic]

Can you just imagine in todays world flip flops a worn tshirt and pajama pants to board a 3 hour flight.

[@jec1ny]

Those people were third class passengers and those were their ordinary street clothes.

[@retroworld1488]

The woman boarding at 0:21 seconds I could’ve sworn that looked like Margaret Brown or better known as the ‘unsinkable Molly Brown’ she survived the Titanic later on

[@txterbug]

How could they build magnificent ships and everything else we can think of BEFORE motion picture???? So crazy.

[@uxgfreestyles6830]

shows how little entertainment mattered back then

[@ushoys]

Obviously because it was much easier to build a steel ship that invent the technology necessary for motion pictures.

[@vk2ig]

Ummm ... but isn't this (originally black and white) film of the time exactly that - motion picture? No, it doesn't have sound, but it has the pictures.

[@randomobserver8168]

@@vk2ig True, but at this point the motion pictures were brand spanking new and ships like Lucania were at most evolutions of technologies being worked on for generations.

[@randomobserver8168]

I can see that too but I think other commenters have points- The itself incredible technology of a steamship was built on scientific and metallurgical principles discovered a century or more earlier. The optics and chemistry behind film and recording are one of the most sophisticated things humanity has actually ever done, however routine to us now. The generation of people sailing on these ships were living in a time of revolutionary achievement in physics, chemistry, optics, materials sciences and others. Plus, looking over the long sweep of history, it might be the case that man always needs entertainment, but he applies his growing scientific skill to more impactful things like transport and shipping first. Or to communication in a more primary sense, and then these skills quickly find entertainment and archival applications like movies and home movies.

[@AbbyXO412]

When I watch these videos, I get this uncanny feeling that the past is still as present and existent for the people in them as our present is for us. The people in these videos have no idea that while they live and breathe, 120 years later we are all peering into a window that offers us a tiny glimpse into their lives. The next time you see a camera roll, remember that maybe…just maybe…someone born many years from now is watching you from the other side of the lense.

[@georgestrimpopoulos9708]

When they board the ship they remind me of my self when as an eighteen year old boy i stepped into a plane to fly to Johannesburg from my small town in Greece, full of dreams.Unfortunatly i failed and at 50 now i am broke, divorced with no children but when i see those films i guess that this is life,many of them succeeded but not all of them and in the end... Life

[@LittleLulubee]

I failed at life, too

[@georgestrimpopoulos9708]

@@LittleLulubee Hang on maybe life will give us a second chance

[@LittleLulubee]

@@georgestrimpopoulos9708 Thanks, I hope so

[@agustinfodrini]

You're 50, not 80. Go for it.

[@georgestrimpopoulos9708]

@@agustinfodrini Thank you

[@WahChingU]

Loved the little boy with his dad watching the passengers boarding…

[@marshall2931]

I watch your videos and realize I was born in the wrong time. I contemplate myself because I can’t handle modern times. I don’t fit in with the newer society my dream years are 1870-1900. And your videos are the closest I’ll ever be to that. Please never quit. When I see a new video pop up it helps distract me even for only 5 minutes. From my shitty life. Even though we’re living through history because in 100 years people will be saying the same thing.

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

I feel you friend. My dream time period would be after the Second World War 1945 to 1977. But remember, there is always somebody else's life who is shittier. Please keep your spirit up.

[@removedbyutube]

What they said, someone else out there might be dreaming of living the life you have now.

[@Tinf0iI]

i feel the same, let's build a time machine and go back 😂 who else is in?

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

@@Tinf0iI I definitely am!!!!!

[@JayZx777]

The average life span in 1880 was like 35 years so it is most likely that you would be dead already or close to it. I do agree that it is fascinating to see this footage, but life at that time was quite bleak. Think how many people would die for diseases that are curable today, how many women died during childbirth, how many kids died in just the first few years. The 1880s - 1930 was quite morbid, and harsh. It would be nice to visit for a few days! Cheers and enjoy the present, perhaps visit a museum to treat your curiousity.

[@tamar5261]

Fantastic film. I love the way you can see the jokers in the groups trying to be serious but still making people laugh. The nurses nervous at being filmed but you just know that they burst out laughing soon as they are off camera 😊

[@RomulanCommander]

This is amazing and beautiful footage, but what a pity it is that the lovely Cunard red of the funnels has been made black. Lucania and her twin sister Campania are some of my favourite liners.

[@lancelessard2491]

The RMS Lucania made history by publishing the first on board bulletin from news transmitted by wireless telegraphy.

[@johndoogan3712]

I looked her up. She operated from Liverpool to New York and most likely sailed to and from Princes Pier within sight of the Royal Liver Building which stands 300 feet high with 25 foot diameter clocks and the famous Liver Birds.

[@cirrus1964]

@@johndoogan3712 Those days, when I lived in Hawarden ave (Sefton Park), way back 1957, where already then gone. As I used to walk to Pier Head.

[@johndoogan3712]

It was 15 years later (1972) when I boarded the Isle of Man 🇮🇲 steam packet vessel 🚢 M S Ben My Chree (Means lady of my heart ❤️) for Douglas for my first visit to the TT and more since. Even to this day, I fondly remember the song 'O Liverpool Lou'.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@johndoogan3712 ...although the Royal Liver Building wouldn't have been there at the time.

[@johndoogan3712]

@ Tooley Headbang. I subsequently looked up when the Royal Liver Boilding was opened which was in 1911. 10 years after this sailing. I hold my hands up having made a boo 😒 boo 😒. I first sailed from there in 1972 to Douglas, Isle of Man 🇮🇲 to watch the TT races and several times since.

[@tonyburnett2917]

These kind of pictures are amazing. We always see accelerated images, in black and white. There, it's very bizarre, it's as if it humanized the characters we see. The facial expressions are noticeable. It's very disturbing, in a good way. Of course, we know that they were human like us, but with these black and white time-lapse images that we always used to see, it's as if it was 1000 years ago. There, with this image quality, it is much more realistic and close to us.

[@karenh2890]

Absolutely. It's fascinating!

[@jeanlilymanwaring7125]

Wow, wow - what incredible filming, memories for evermore !

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

Just the labour and employment that went into the timber plank life boats is mind boggling, I must say the captain and officers were quite dapper in their uniforms and seaman's beards !!

[@cirrus1964]

ship carpenters, wonder what their wages were. As labor in those days was cheap for the rich!

[@williamschlenger1518]

Great movie clip.Feels like being there. Seems like it was better prepared than the Titanic.

[@williamjefferson5912]

The men had strong faces back then. Fascinating! The lovely Ladies, were always beautiful as usually. Just gorgeous women from back then! Thank you for sharing!

[@planetX15]

What do you mean by "strong faces"?

[@carlosmerces]

@@planetX15 I think he is referring to people that lived hard times in the past, without future luxuries we have today (back them what we have today was only for the richest people)

[@Finnmarken91]

Wonderful footage of the R.M.S Lucania!

[@schaumi396]

The cool thing is: Cunard is alive in 2022. You can still book a cruise on Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria or Queen Mary 2.

[@vicsaul5459]

Outstanding film processing. 😊

[@itsjustme9354]

Absolutely fascinating to watch the music is very fitting. 1901 to 2022 oh how goes so fast ,one day we too will just be another distance memory.

[@johndoogan3712]

1901 was when Abraham Holzman composed Blaze away, a highly popular American 🇺🇸 march tune. 121 years later it is still played by orchestras and fairground organs.

[@randomobserver8168]

All long dead, even the infants, and unremembered by name, but brought briefly to life again.

[@ACEVella]

This is so fascinating! As we are used to seeing pictures of people taken at this time and they all look so serious. So it's nice to see them smiling!

[@ginafromcologne9281]

Amazing to even have video recordings from that time! It's also so kind how the crew men helped the passengers going up. But let's be grateful we don't have to wear these heavy long skirts anymore. lol. Thank you for uploading it! :)

[@marciogomesgomes8502]

As pessoas sabiam que estavam sendo filmadas e se comportaram de forma protocolar. Muito bonito tudo!

[@milxl]

2:51 the officer faking it for the camera and pointing the sky

[@MelbaOzzie]

Really interesting movies. But I find it really curious that everybody, even children, were wearing hats. I wonder why that was; and why did we stop?

[@gardenplots283]

Maybe since people didn't bathe as often wearing hats kept your hair clean longer. Kept you from getting sunburnt at a time before sunscreen. It may have been a finishing touch for appearance sake similar to how women used to change clothes before leaving the house.

[@jumbo6498]

Why do people wear anything?

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

I read somewhere along the internet that in the US people (men) quit wearing hats so much right after WW ll when automobiles started getting accessible to the masses because there wasn't the headroom for them in a car like there was in public transportation.

[@jc1979af]

People spent a considerable about of time outside. A trip to town you would walk between stores. Hats would keep the sun out of your eyes and prevent sunburn. Same reason why people wore long sleeved

[@jaminova_1969]

How exciting to be going on a voyage to a new land!

[@gonzaloreyes8782]

People watching the cam like what the hell is this?

[@Rusikulya]

That hose was pumping water better than modern pumps

[@me-lf7us]

This is a priceless treasure, thank you!

[@geigertec5921]

Queen Victoria was still on the throne when this video was taken, she was friends with people who had met Napoleon.

[@rockoorbe2002]

Carnival cruise passengers: we got WIFI! Lucania passengers: hold our flasks

[@osocool1too]

Amazing footage of life on board 120 years ago.

[@rogerdodger8349]

Wow! Where did you get your hands on this? Fantastic! Thank you!

[@calebwilliams7659]

The officers are walking down the deck heading to the mess hall. As they turn the corner there's the head chef holding up a cat. YUM!

[@mikeat53]

What did these peoples children and grandchildren become in America and what contribution did they make to society 🤔

[@darklordchinchin8190]

So pretty nostalgic I was there back then I am crying with tears of joy.

[@davidkgreen]

Great Uncle Com. GG Morris was captain of all 4 Tanias the Elizabeth and the Mary.He actually docked the Mary in New York without tugs because of a dockers strike.Met the guy and his parrot in the late 50s on the Canadian Prairies.

[@gregkellyclavier9129]

The RMS Lucania left Liverpool and then onto Queenstown Harbor (Cobh now) and then onto New York. My great grandmother Ellen Walsh was on that ship and wrote amazing memoirs. She writes that the ship was too big to enter the harbor so they cast anchor outside the harbor and a tender came out bringing more passengers and mail. She says the passengers danced and sang each night.

[@marciaspitzkowsky7221]

My Grandfather was a cook on this very voyage. He probably fed your great grandma. His name was John Savage.

[@joansavage1857]

Just wonderful! Thank you….

[@LittleLulubee]

Reminds me of the Titanic 💔😭

[@will8026]

Absolutely wonderful....

[@hh19064]

The broad smile on the young maid at 2:22 is adorable and compelling. Who was she? What did America have in store for her? We will never know.

[@techsostip]

RMS Lucania Fate:Scrapped by Thos. W. Ward after being damaged by a fire at Liverpool on 14 August 1909

[@glennabate1708]

Am I the only one who noticed Captain Smith on this video who died on the Titanic 11 years later.

[@PlanetImo]

This was fascinating.

[@glennabate1708]

Wow Captain Smith that would die 11 years latter was the Captain of this ship too.

[@amaritineenthusiast]

No it's not him.

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

Fascinating to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@1967MGC]

I wonder if my great-grandma left the same port about 11 years later. She said goodbye to her tuberculosis-stricken dad for the last time.

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

LOL, that cat @ 3:00 doesn't seem too happy about the whole affair....

[@maggieoakley9020]

Just amazing thank you!

[@bytheseaside5363]

They were like us, just better dressed (I think) and probably less concerned or freaked out about things like we nowadays, getting all agitated and anxious about basically everything.

[@Thatgirl1965]

11 years before the Titanic.

[@realfangplays]

Hey, this might be a bit of a trade secret but which sites do you use to look for old videos? So far I've been able to figure out the US National Archives and Internet Archive. Are there any others?

[@ryohn5468]

I'm curious to know if many clothing from that time was ever saved for historical purposes.

[@LittleLulubee]

Sure, you can find them in museums

[@rococo9342]

100年以上前に見えない鮮明な映像です。

[@khaterehlunden5136]

Thank you so much

[@elainebmack]

I sometimes wonder if anyone watching these films today would recognize a long departed relative.

[@deliarodriquez7129]

I love these videos looking back how the world was.

[@christianpetit9347]

Dans 100 ans il y aura des video des personnes qui on vecu en 2022, et cela sera la même chose souvenir du temps qui passe 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔❗

[@floydc3664]

As always, great video...

[@genekelly8467]

What I find interesting is those phone-shaped ventilators-they are so obsolete in 1893..John Ericsson's ironclad "Monitor" had fan-driven ventilation in 1862!

[@micheljenson7080]

Completely facinating. Observe the women @ 1:53 with a complete squirrel on her hat...a fashion back then. Some had bird and other animals.

[@pho3nix-]

Precursor to the Titanic

[@DerpyPossum]

not really

[@AtheistOrphan]

No. Far smaller and a rival company.

[@Embracing01]

The last time I saw this footage (which was in b/w) uploaded from another channel the title of the video had something to do with Liverpool as it included some of the shots seen here, for example the crew washing down the decks and the women crew posing for the camera and the man with the cat, but there was no mention of the footage having anything to do with RMS Lucania leaving for America. There's some footage in this video that wasn't seen in the Liverpool video I saw, included the exterior shot of the ships. Is this just footage from different clips?. Also, I noticed the name on the bow clearly, which looked like the name was "embossed" and sticking out from the steel, yet from what I've heard or read ships of that time had their names incised into the steel and not welded in, but the shot here didn't indicate that.

[@jongodsell88]

All Cunard vessels had each letter of their name and port of registration cast in bronze or brass which was then affixed to the hull with non-ferrous bolts.

[@Embracing01]

@@jongodsell88 That probably explains it. If that particular ship had been a White Star Line ship using that method then that would've been odd as those ships had theit names incised into the steel.

[@davidmcintyre998]

The officer with the wavy cuff stripe is i think 1st Radio officer.

[@stevemarshall3481]

Every single one of them are dead, even the little baby at 1:48 gone and 99% of them totally forgotten, if some of them are lucky they might have their names written down somewhere but that's all it is, just a name, so little time on this planet makes you wonder why 🤷‍♂️

[@junocrusader5860]

Hearts filled with hope.Heads filled with 'Wut the hell? I waited in line 12 bloody hours to get on this Godforsaken boat and now I'm treated like human Chattle !!!' Take a look at their body language and facial expressions.Lol

[@davevaebutuoy]

Where's Waldo challenges: Find a person NOT wearing a hat. Find a male member of the crew who DOESN'T have facial hair. My favourite part of the video is @2:59 where the chef shows us what's for dinner! Or @3:16 where the cleaning staff "pose" for a video.

[@deanronson6331]

Something tells me that trans-Atlantic ship kitties had it made in the shade.

[@pedenharley6266]

Fascinating! Thank you!

[@lyndafreier4090]

Hi.. Every.one..im...from...buffalo..usa...i..love..this...clip I..love..the..titanic..a..lot..im..learning..more..about..her...sisters..ships...love..the..clip..with...the..cat..you..know..i..wish...they...would..talk...about..the...dogs..and..jenny..the..cat..and..other..animals..lost..on..the..titanic.they...are..little Souls...to...thank....you...and..sheba..says...20..wags

[@andypeterson4680]

People are so interesting to watch from over a hundred years ago

[@TheRampa]

03:00 Cat friend of someone working in kitchen, clever cat

[@mtlicq]

16 life boats for about 180 - 200 (?) people, about a dozen people per life-boat, yeah they could do it.

[@jec1ny]

The Lucania was capable of carrying around 2400 passengers and crew.

[@johnanthonylucock7833]

A wonderful glimpse of a bygone era

[@michaeltaylor8835]

God rest their souls

[@godmaentertainment4375]

Sad to see, that all this old B&W footage has been colourized :(

[@IsraelLlerena]

I wonder if any person on the titanic filmed on the ship during their voyage and we will never know because it went down with the ship. But who knows.