RMS Olympic Nantucket Collision 1934 (HD/audio)

On May 15,1934, RMS Olympic, on approach to New York in heavy fog, collided with Nantucket Lightship LV-117 causing it to break apart and sink. There were seven fatalities out of Nantucket's crew of eleven. In this combination of newsreels we see the Olympic arriving in New York City harbor with the city skyline in the background and a close shot of the damaged bow from the collision. On arrival Captain J. W. Binks (Olympic) and Captain George W. Braithwaite (Nantucket) are interviewed along with surviving crew from the Nantucket -First Mate Clifton E. Mosher, John F. Perry, radioman and Laurent U. Roberts, oiler.
Thanks to the Moving Image Research Collection from the University of South Carolina we also have uncut footage which includes Olympic passenger Negley Farson describing the collision in detail. Even more intriguing we have the uncut footage of the press conference with Captain J. W. Binks (Olympic) and Captain George W. Braithwaite (Nantucket). Binks, at first unaware that sound is being recorded, shows concern for Braithwaite being too long infront of the cameras and refuses to allow him to be thanked (indirectly acknowledging that while they acted swiftly they were in fact the cause of the collision). But tellingly he asks Braithwaite to "smile." The two captains briefly compare ages, Braithwaite refuses to discuss the collision on camera and in an interesting twist a reporter calls Binks "Captain Jinks" causing him to swiftly correct him.
The reel finishes with some excellent close ups of the Olympic including a shot filmed under the stern and Captain Binks looking out from the starboard wing cab, which can be seen in clear detail.
All the footage is presented with actual audio recorded at the time of filming.
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[@jamescarrello6710]

I don’t care if the design is outdated. But we need more Olympic looking ships. They look (in my opinion) far more majestic than the modern day cruise ships.

[@anormalcommentor9452]

And the older ships had perfect proportions, now ships are too wide and tall

[@e9_2o]

Yo I agree

[@uK8cvPAq]

Don't think they would meet modern safety standards unfortunately.

[@jacklodge8560]

yeah but olympic was an ocean liner not a cruise ship

[@anormalcommentor9452]

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[@TheTransatlanticExchange]

What remarkable footage this is of RMS Olympic. Never before have I seen this. The clarity and vividness is breathtaking and perhaps the best quality ever of any of the Olympic Class Liners. For those interested in her ill-fated sister, Titanic, this is the closest we'll ever get to seeing what she would have looked like had she not sunk. The footage also put a sad human face on the Nantucket Lightship's crew. The understandable tension, which could be cut with a knife, can be clearly seen here.

[@4637812648]

A pity she was scrapped soon after this. It was the 1930s, and make-work projects were the priority for many governments.

[@johnfurface]

Maybe just maybe had this collision not occurred, she might not have been scrapped with the world economy beginning to improve at least somewhat just before WWII. I think she was recalled from service soon after this and that definitely hastened the calls to send her to the scrap yard. Then all she’d have to survive to become a museum ship was this little thing called the Battle of the Atlantic...

[@gabriel1088_]

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[@rimaman8681]

actually we are looking at the titanic, the olympic swapped names with the titanic before she set sail , so it was actually the olympic that sank in 1912 , the two ships were almost identical

[@rimmy9054]

It was awful to see the Nantucket crew interviewed while in such a state of shock. The captain of the Olympic started out cheery but you could tell he was moved by the fragile state his fellow captain was in and was trying to guard him against the reporter’s demanding questions.

[@Aelvir114]

1:11 - Olympic’s horn sounds eerily majestic

[@JaggerHA]

Totally.

[@the_viking4237]

That's what titanic sounded like. Also Erie

[@danielhamilton1438]

Olympic one of the most beautiful liners ever to sail the seas. Olympic was the first and later on the last of the Olympic class.

[@reddatyoshi3773]

Daniel Hamilton another one being the titanic

[@jimmyminter4857]

This one was the Titanic ! Think about why we are pay taxes on April 15. also. J.P. set it up that way, so we could pay them.The elites,when did the I.R.S. start and the federal reserve start and how did Morgan get his insurance. money from the sinking of Titanic.Plus the men who did not want the federal reserve were killed. We were so lucky I guess , are just cursed? Was it planned that way?

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Jimmy Minter Olympic did not sink... Artifacts recovered best Titanic’s hull number, 401. Every part of the machinery would have to have been replaced to switch them. The only part that bore Olympic’s number, 400, was her propellor blade, unrecoverable due to being half buried and her weight.

[@rmsolympic6235]

Aww Thank You..!

[@godsunchainedbeginner540]

i cant understand why they dint save ship to the future .

[@NJP76]

Man! If we could only build ships as majestic as the Olympic Class liners these days. I realize that the design is far out-dated, but there was something special about these majestic ships. Just look at those lines and the at the pride that was taken in the design. I know there are ships out there that would dwarf the Olympic class liners, but could any of today's ships even come close to matching the sheer elegance of these liners of the past? I don't think so. Just so sad that the Titanic 2 project fizzled away. Would have loved to have seen that ship sail.

[@garthks]

+NJP Vlogs The Titanic 2 Project is still in progress, and I believe the Ship will sail in 2018.

[@1940limited]

It doesn't look out dated to me. it's a hell of a lot better looking than the cruise ships we have today.

[@NJP76]

@g bridgman: You are absolutely right. True, the sheer size of "modern" ocean liners is impressive, but they just don't have the charm or class of the Olympic class ships.

[@1940limited]

They don't have the charm of class of any passenger ships from the 60s on back. I understand Maritime Law now requires the bridge to be further forward than it used to be, thus we don't see the long bow ahead of the super structure. I always wondered why the modern ships look so ugly. Now I know. That's one of the reasons. they are engineering marvels, but the older ships were, too, and with a lot more style and grace. It's a shame not one 4-stacker was saved.

[@randomrazr]

titanic 2 is done? there not doing it?

[@davidaikman1920]

Some amazing footage here. Seeing her sail, hearing her whistles blow. Admittedly, a tragic end to a glorious career, but still great to see real, great quality footage.

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

This wasn't the end of the Olympic's career. It was close to it sure, but it wasn't the reason for it

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

Very interesting and almost haunting experience to hear the actual voice of the Olympic, along with the symphony of various whistles. To see back in time is one thing, to hear it is a whole other thing. You can see the funnels of the SS Leviathan briefly, coincidentally, it was Captain Binks who would be commanding her final voyage to the scrapyard in Scotland.

[@ammedia9870]

What time stamp?

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

@@ammedia9870 If you mean the SS Leviathan, it's at 1:48, and 2:22. Also can be briefly seen behind Negley Farson at around 5:28. Interestingly you can see smoke coming out of one of her funnels, she was mothballed in the 30s but saw some service in 1934.

[@ammedia9870]

@@Goetterdaemmerung86 thanks !

[@Shipwright1918]

A lightship crew's worst nightmare, a pea-souper fog and all of a sudden out of the mist comes the knife-like prow of a liner bearing down straight at you. From what I understand about this incident, the Olympic was homing in on the lightship's radio beacon to get aligned with the approach to New York harbor, intending to turn away at the last moment. Apparently, somebody on the Olympic miscalculated, and she ended up cleaving Lightship Nantucket (#117) clean in two and sunk her, ended up killing 7 out of the 11 men on board. This was the last nail in the coffin insofar as the White Star Line went, the ensuing lawsuit and settlement from the U.S. Govt. coupled with slumping passenger numbers from the Great Depression forced the merger with the White Star's old rival, Cunard (forming the Cunard-White Star, later dropped to just "Cunard" again), and it was a relatively short time later that the "Old Reliable" was sent to the breakers as she became surplus to requirements along with the old Mauretania as the two Queens were to be entering service. Interestingly enough, the replacement lightship which White Star ended up paying for was built like a battleship with an armored hull and 43 watertight compartments, guess they were hedging their bets in case something like this ever happened again.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Shipwright1918 they weren’t gonna let that one sink. She would have punched a hole in Olympic.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

There has been a cover up for all these years, I am the daughter of the commander of the Nantucket that went down that morning and it was not the gentleman shown in the video's with his head wrapped in the bandage. My fathers name is Guy Vernon Emro. That is why the man posing as the captain refused to speak in front of the camera's. I have been seeking the right people for some time now to contact to set the records straight, not sure who that might be.

[@gsmith4679]

Ms. Horsetrainer The Captain of the Nantucket wasGeorge Braithwaite not Emro

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@@gsmith4679 You are wrong , you don't know all the details for the coverup

[@justina249]

Cant blame the ship blame the people operating the ship. But in this case blame dense fog

[@fuckherrightinthepussy8255]

the olympic should've been turned into a hotel like the queen mary

[@corrion1]

+fuckher rightinthepussy It was going to be preserved but the mayor of Jarrow outbid and bought it for the depressed city to break down

[@TheFarmerfitz]

Ya... Problem is that it was 1935... Mid depression...

[@tonyhinojosa7710]

White Star Line was a shipping company, not a floating hotel company. The Queen Mary was preserved because another company bought her from Cunard, otherwise she would have been scrapped as well.

[@rimaman8681]

yeh but the olympic/titanic was before the queen marry

[@flaminglaughter]

I thought the Olympic sank!

[@DSGNflorian]

Wonderful footage. The Olympic looks so elegant and majestic. Too bad it was a sad occasion. I liked the Olympic best as she appeared in her early 1911-12 days. That long, beautiful hull and equally sleek superstructure, windows and promenade openings laid out with almost Bauhausian cleanliness. Wide open, spacious upper decks with little clutter, topped by that famous quartet of immense, well-proportioned funnels. The Olympic and Titanic were, in my opinion, the best looking 4-stackers ever built and rank among the most attractive ships of any era. Olympic's clean, uncluttered lines were quite a contrast to other Edwardian liners of her day and yet, she seemed to be the most Edwardian of them all. The later changes did nothing to improve her looks. Adding lifeboats was, of course, unavoidable after a certain notorious event in April of 1912. However, I wonder if the changes to the B-Deck window configuration were really necessary even with added staterooms. The same goes for her sister Titanic. A way could have been found to build cabins out to the sides AND keep the window lay-out intact. That would have resulted in unique, bright and airy staterooms with a wall of 3 or even 4 big square windows each.That rather awkward italic script for her name on the bow and the lowered sheer line band were a misguided attempt to give her a touch of streamlined Art Deco to keep up with newer, trendier liners in the 1930s. They should have left her alone...

[@unknownmfcker.0]

DSGNflorian A very fine design of the late Thomas Andrews

[@rmsolympic6235]

Awww Thank You!

[@3CShannon]

At 4:43 you can hear the whistle of the Olympic, it sounds just like the one from the Titanic that they raised and sounded, the video is on youtube somewhere

[@3CShannon]

It sounds quiet as he is standing near the stern

[@stancedstyfon1234]

caerleon 857 I always thought it would sound a lot deeper...a pitch maybe similar to normandie's....it sounds like a riverboat

[@Legitcar117]

CALEB KITTS it has the same whistles as normandie

[@stancedstyfon1234]

LegitGaming117 I know but normandie mainly used the tyfon horns....

[@dhtelevision]

caerleon 857 Sounds like the Mauritania

[@PassiveSmoking]

The captain of the lightship so obviously doesn't want to be talking to the press. Poor guy must be terribly traumatised, he was nearly killed and most of his crew are dead, and that press guy just won't leave off.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

There has been a cover up for all these years, I am the daughter of the commander of the Nantucket that went down that morning and it was not the gentleman shown in the video's with his head wrapped in the bandage. My fathers name is Guy Vernon Emro. That is why the man posing as the captain refused to speak in front of the camera's. I have been seeking the right people for some time now to contact to set the records straight, not sure who that might be. Any input would be most appreciated.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@@Robabin No you are wrong , it was not.

[@Robabin]

@@cactusladysouth1000 yes it was

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Forced script.

[@derekgeorge1332]

My Gt Uncle died on the Nantucket seaman Ernest Benjamin George from St Helena.

[@Aelvir114]

It’s weird that this is the best quality footage I’ve seen of Olympic out of all the 1930s footage of Olympic. The quality I’ve seen for her last voyage is not as good as this one

[@boy-re8ii]

when I see a ship I understand why they call them "she". By just looking and hearing them, they sound so feminine. Titanic, Olympic, Britannic, Mauretania, Lusitania, and Aquitania were all the most beautiful ships in world history...they still are. Modern ships can't beat them, they are too cluttered with bars, restaurants, water slides, etc. #goldenageofoceanliners

[@tonyhinojosa7710]

boy123 321, you should check out Cunard's current fleet of superliners. They are built as traditional transatlantic liners with luxuries and technology that easily surpass their predecessors. These modern ships with waterslides, climbing walls, etcetera are only cruise ships built for leisure cruising, not for traversing the Atlantic in style.

[@handledav]

You just think that way because your old

[@CovBert]

Doesn't the word ship have something to do with why all ships r female

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Maritime Law ,Maritime admiralty law.

[@fredv6237]

Know the difference between the elegant ocean liners and the so-called hideous cruisers, old man. Cruise ships don't aim for elegance, they aim for customer service. Appearance don't matter to them, bruh. Only service.

[@tillyboos]

Olympic was still grand and beautiful in 1934, even after 23 years in service, which ACTUALLY isn't that long.

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

It's an eternity with regards to technology and societal standards. By the 1930s people didn't do communal bathrooms or sleeping quarters, but in 1911/12, when Olympic was new, just having ANY kind of accommodation for 3rd class (basically "economy" class) was space age. You weren't all in a giant space and disregarded till the trip was over. Fast forward 20 years and the common person was now used to standards that were unthinkable in the prior decades

[@drewb52]

Reporters are so eager to catch the story, that in this case, the comments were rehearsed--------the comments may have been the seaman's true words, but they were repeating them a couple times before the cameraman was finally satisfied he got the big shot. I felt bad for the captain of the Nantucket ------he's horribly injured, and he just lost several of his crew members----friends. So now, they have him on board the Olympic to shake Captain Bink's hand------the guy that just killed several of his friends/crew. Maybe I'm over sensitive, but it appeared to me, that they (the press) thought it was important to get the news footage than to deal more personally with the tragic and fatal accident that just occurred.

[@drewb52]

+drewb52 You know.....if something like this happened today, someone would be charged with manslaughter probably.

[@vulpesinculta3238]

You're not being overly sensitive at all. What you see here is the cold-blooded corporate rehearsal typical following maritime accidents at the time, where the captain of the smaller ship or the ship belonging to the smaller line is always forced to take up a subservient/forgiving attitude towards the captain of the bigger ship or the ship belonging to the bigger line. He is even being goaded, and at one point someone refers to an official tasked with "writing up a report", and by the lightship captain's facial expression you can tell the report is going to be a cover-up and that if he doesn't "forgive" Captain Binks and put a smile on his face while doing it he's going to be fired and blamed for the accident. Well, there is some justice in the world - Captain Binks was pulled off the Olympic a few months after this accident, retired, and died five years later in early 1939. This accident remains the main reason why he was famous, so anyone who knows the name John W. Binks probably knows it mainly because he rammed the Olympic into a lightship.

[@JustCalMeBozeman]

@@vulpesinculta3238 Don't be making Captain Binks out to be some monster here, he was operating Olympic responsibly. It was an unfortunate accident.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@@vulpesinculta3238 There has been a cover up for all these years, I am the daughter of the commander of the Nantucket that went down that morning and it was not the gentleman shown in the video's with his head wrapped in the bandage. My fathers name is Guy Vernon Emro. That is why the man posing as the captain refused to speak in front of the camera's. I have been seeking the right people for some time now to contact to set the records straight, not sure who that might be. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@@vulpesinculta3238 You are exactly right, There has been a cover up for all these years, I am the daughter of the commander of the Nantucket that went down that morning and it was not the gentleman shown in the video's with his head wrapped in the bandage. My fathers name is Guy Vernon Emro. That is why the man posing as the captain refused to speak in front of the camera's. I have been seeking the right people for some time now to contact to set the records straight, not sure who that might be. Anyone who had a relative on the Nantucket that morning please contact me.

[@jay-watzz]

Wow, such raw and uncut footage.

[@gregduck7455]

Wow, just astounding. The newsreel footage of the Olympic just riveting. Am gobsmacked. Thanks for posting this collection of amazing cine film.

[@yankees5297]

This is really excellent footage. Perhaps the best I've ever seen of the exterior of Olympic. Thanks you very much for posting it!

[@sophiemac1632]

You can tell the captain of the lightship is still so shaken.

[@RatPfink66]

He had sustained severe head injuries. He would die as a result several months later.

[@daily501]

She must have witnessed that skyline change dramatically during her transatlantic career.

[@karaalley4219]

The reporters were really annoying. Trying to get the two captains to say this and that ; expected the reporter to just hand them a script to read 🤦‍♀️

[@mafia_gamer_official30973]

Even though it is RMS Olympic, the model of the ship is still same as Titanic's and it makes us feel that in alternate universe, this is Titanic that never sank.

[@jeffhouston7585]

Well, they're not exactly equal but they're nearly identical. I also feel that.

[@BeefSupreme115]

In my opinion, the black-haired crewman of the lightship (standing in between the other two survivors) seems really fidgety and anxious, I cannot imagine the psychological stress something like that would have put someone through

[@SdH76zhEU]

They reinforced the Hull of the Olympic (After the Titanic-Desaster) so strong, she hardly had visable dents on the Front waterline! Nice and good quality footage from the 30ies, i think never seen such nice footages of the olympic class-Ships!

[@namord1923]

they did not reinforce the hull

[@mauretaniafan1133]

This is so interesting, the interviews with the two captains and the crew; the recording of the Olympic and her whistle; the showing of the damage. This is so cool to watch. it is also cool to see how loud with ships New York was.

[@jisidorfisk]

Thank You, Your videos are a treasure to me. I thought I had everything ever captured on the great ships. I was wrong. :) I have studied these liners for 30 years.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

There has been a cover up for all these years, I am the daughter of the commander of the Nantucket that went down that morning and it was not the gentleman shown in the video's with his head wrapped in the bandage. My fathers name is Guy Vernon Emro. That is why the man posing as the captain refused to speak in front of the camera's. I have been seeking the right people for some time now to contact to set the records straight, not sure who that might be. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[@teju1245]

10:57 heartbeat of Olympic 💥🔥

[@Kris-qy7hh]

I don’t think so, it likely came from a tug alongside her

[@NomdePlumber]

Imagine how haunting it must have been to see Olympic come out of the fog after the sinking of her sister ships.

[@josephhelliwell9938]

Bruh. Be like a ghost coming for you...I think I'd crap myself.

[@guilhermegarcia8791]

The Olympic, alone, was braver, stronger(maybe luckier) than Titanic and Britannic together. This ship survived three times: against HMS Hawke in 1911 before Titanic, during the war she sank an U boat and this ship in the vídeo. OMG, she was a killer ship. All the bravery of the three ships was just in the Olympic. Ironically, she wasn't, technically, stronger as Titanic and Britannic were. Britannic had a double ship hull and Titanic had a little more security solutions that Olympic hadn't. But, the least strong was the ship more durable.

[@allenmarvets9803]

Just amazing how big she was to see on film almost like I was there as well! Built identical to her other 2 sisters too! Man oh man what a ship

[@eyestoenvy]

Splendid footage, a treasure indeed, thank you for posting!

[@1987VCRProductions]

In some of those first shots, it sounds like the Olympic was sounding her big whistles in response to some of the smaller vessels sounding their's. In particular the shot at 1:11.

[@TheVaughan5]

Thanks for the upload - remarkably clear images of the Olympic gives us a true perspective of how the ill fated Titanic looked. While slightly crude by today's standards (The structure of the bridge for instance) the beautiful lines of these early superliners make the current bunch look totally out of proportion and monuments to bad design.

[@davidaikman1920]

Today's ships don't even look like ships. They look like big pieces of welded blobs, with their decks pancaking down on top of each other.

[@TheVaughan5]

David Aikman Totally agree and I think it's only a matter of time before one of these monsters capsizes with the resulting disastrous consequences!

[@JustMe-nm8wv]

@@TheVaughan5those ships have many windows etc if something like this sinks many could be pulled into the ship during the sinking or if one of them ever lists this is the absolute nightmare without any escape

[@raflamar4146]

I wish that they hadn’t scrapped the Olympic. She would’ve been a marvel, out of the three sister ships that were believed to sail the oceans eternally, only the Olympic lasted longer than the year

[@vilstef6988]

The reporter at about 8:00 comes off as such an a-hole. Still feels bad?!? He's lost his ship and most of his crew what is the reporter expecting?

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

Some things never change, unsuprisingly they're still like that

[@JayS1889]

What a truly fantastic historical video of the Olympic. Just tragic circumstances. Rip to the people who lost their lives. I’m so glad these films survive.

[@NomdePlumber]

I love the two captains exchanging banter and marveling at the technology of talking pictures.

[@galaxystarrs5432]

Olympic and her Whistle were so beautiful. I wish they didn't scrap her. 😔

[@TitanicHorseRacingLover]

Thanks for posting. Such great history. I had no idea the survivors and the captain of the Olympic did press conferences after the collision. I learned something new.

[@VerifiedFiveIron]

Lol. “Captain Jinx.” That cheeky reporter.

[@michaelbenton1434]

Great footage. Thanks for sharing

[@ktyle778]

I really like the Olympic font @10:34 very modern in my opinion.

[@jus10lewissr]

The surviving crew of the Nantucket are clearly traumatized and haven't even processed what happened yet. Just imagine going about your normal daily routine with your shipmates -- who are probably more like family to you at that point -- and then, out of nowhere, you're in the water fighting for your lives, totally unaware than more than half of you are already dead. Damn.

[@rodriguesroshan]

0:50 Ohh.. what a majestic voice that great Olympic had.. so majestic!!! She indeed was a Queen

[@paulscott2037]

Captain Braithewait of the Nantucket is clearly haunted, no doubt thinking of the deaths of his crew and I get the sense there are things he wants to say that he is either unable or unwilling to. I wonder what became of him.

[@RatPfink66]

He died 5 months after the collision, as a result of the severe head injuries he sustained. He was 69 years old.

[@connern5791]

Actually he died in 1936 after an unspecified operation

[@r3dm15t8]

They sound quite bitter towards each other, understandable I guess.

[@captainmark1000]

LV 117's bell has been recovered and is on display in New Bedford MA near the State Pier. Interesting note, the Nantucket Lightship WLV 612 is often berthed there as well. The 612 was the last Nantucket Lightship and the last Lightship to hold that duty as all were replaced with Large Navigational Buoys.

[@altermike3197]

Imagine if Olympic was here today, what a sight it'd be

[@TH33QUALIZ3R]

What a surprising and interesting find. Thank you!

[@artman40]

Unsinkable ship is good for sinking other ships.

[@Boskov01]

artman40 Olympic sank a U-Boat in World War I so yeah.

[@rmsolympic6235]

artman40 The U-Boat Deserved That

[@nursarrinahdomado8594]

@@rmsolympic6235 yep he sunk your cousin lusitinia. Sorry if your cousins name is wrong spelling

[@mr.juniii5523]

@@nursarrinahdomado8594 there are a lot of u boats and olympic did not sink u 20 it was a deferent u boat

[@grahamkight9111]

@@mr.juniii5523 it’s a joke bro we know

[@robertcotner8568]

7:00 “Thanks for saving me from the wreck you caused.”

[@cactusladysouth1000]

There has been a cover up for all these years, I am the daughter of the commander of the Nantucket that went down that morning and it was not the gentleman shown in the video's with his head wrapped in the bandage. My fathers name is Guy Vernon Emro. That is why the man posing as the captain refused to speak in front of the camera's. I have been seeking the right people for some time now to contact to set the records straight, not sure who that might be. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[@robertcotner8568]

@@cactusladysouth1000 Very interesting, you should post this as a public comment rather than a reply to my post so it can be seen by more people who may be able to help. Good luck!

[@gsmith4679]

Ms. Horsetrainer Her story is a fabrication, the Captain of LV117 was George Braithwaite.

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@@robertcotner8568 I thought I did post this as a reply to your comment.?

[@Apaleutos24]

Oooh...that's a hell of a footage. With sound...It may sound silly, but since I haven't seen that before in my life, I'm telling you that, if we were some centuries in the future and technology was enough sufficient, I would have thought that you must have travelled back in 1934 to roll that straight out. Congratulations, that is great footage!

[@danijelujcic8644]

6:53 when he realizes news reels "are talkies now"

[@rodriguesroshan]

The earliest footage yaken of Olympic was in 1910-1911 of her construction and launch.

[@Cruz474]

The Olympic Class liner where the most beautiful vessels ever made

[@adamanus9181]

If Olympic was never scrapped we could of seen So much great Olympic footage in the Camerons Titanic movie.

[@TravisaInc]

agreed

[@umum5892]

For the 1900s, I think this is better quality than some potato footage today lol. Anyway absolutely beautiful footage.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Film has higher quality than digital, in most cases, there’s no compression or digital color correction to muck it up

[@1940limited]

The best archival footage of the Olympic I've ever seen. Thank you so much for posting. I feel very badly for the crew of the Nantucket lightship. I don't think it was too long after this that the Olympic was taken out of service and eventually scrapped. That was one of the dumbest things the British ever did. That and scrapping the Aquitania. I wish at least one of those ships had been saved. I'm glad the Queen Mary was saved, but Americans did it, not the British.

[@RatPfink66]

Her screws and shafts were cracked and unsalvageable, but the ship herself was intact. The excuse for retiring her was that transatlantic passenger traffic was "waning." Ie, the decision was entirely financial. Her last sailing was in 1935, her final breaking up in 1937.

[@1940limited]

@@RatPfink66 So the ship was in need of major repairs, I never heard about that problem before. Transatlantic service was definitely waning, but Cunard built the Queens anyway which I believe were profitable until the mid 50s. It would have been nice to preserve the Olympic as a display item, but a monumental task and something I'm sure no one thought about back then.

[@ivywt]

@@1940limited i heard that they had plans to turn her into a hotel, but because of the great depression they couldn’t go through with it

[@davidlister370]

Sadly it's all business really, better to scrap and move onto the next bigger and better thing rather than preserve the current for the future. You see it all the time, with most things (especially transportation). You also have to remember, who knows what's going to be historically signficant in the future? Really hard to say, and the people in 1935 who made the decision to scrap the Olympic wouldn't have known (or likely cared) that it might be of historical interest in the future - especially nearly 100 years from that point. Think for example of classic cars which after a certain amount of time would have reached the end of their lives, been considered worthless junk and scrapped, but now due to the passing of time would be considered rarities and have finacial/historical value. Same sort of principle really.

[@the4tierbridge]

RIP the seven people who died on the Nantucket 117 lightship in this collision.

[@xianshi3288]

She still looked like a new ship in 1934. So sad they scrapped it a few years later.

[@signalstatstevedouglas1387]

a friend of mine was an oiler back then he worked for a small company called 3in1 oil co.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

The cuts and 'interviews' show how scripted 'candid' interviews were... Kind of sick to think of how these men were being treated after such a traumatic and painful event.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Binks made a mistake, I’ll give them that, but to have had control over the most beautiful ship afloat at the time in her dying days is a resumé topper.

[@boataxe4605]

3:33: Didn’t know that one of Lyle Lovett’s ancestors was a crewman on the Nantucket.

[@buckfaststradler4629]

Or Lyle is older than he admits

[@RatPfink66]

that haircut is typically 1930s. you just had your ears lowered, neck tapered up and usually pomaded the rest.

[@marcmaz21]

Titanic definitely the most known, but Olympic was hands down the greatest ship of that era. Magnificent

[@mikemancini313]

RIP to all fatalities in the Natucket Lightship V-117 collision with the Olympic: Alfredo Monteiro Cook May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117 Ernest B. George SN May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117 Isaac Pina Cook May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117 John M. Fortes SN May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117 Justin F. Richmond Oiler May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117 Matthew S. Rodriques SN May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117 William W. Perry Chief Eng May 15, 1934 LIGHTSHIP #117

[@johnritcher5751]

Titanic should of maintained course, if she hit the berg head on she would of survived. As Olympic demonstrates here, these ships were not poorly built.

[@Electrodium]

I agree.

[@thtoneguy0321]

John Ritcher yea it wouldn't have sank then but they would have got shit for not trying to turn from it.

[@Legitcar117]

John Ritcher they were far from poorly built.

[@duncanbhaltaireanraigwilso9627]

The bridge crew would have been better served by putting the rudder hard to port (hard to starboard under tiller orders), reversing the port engine only using the full power of the port engine to pull the bow to port and maintaining full ahead on the starboard engine to push the bow to port. The starboard engines exhausted steam would have supplied the central turbine engine with power for the central propeller which would have continued pushing water over the rudder turning the Titanic in half the length that she did. She may have ruined the counter of her stern (fitting iceberg above the waterline) but, she'd have been just fine. Shed have been out of service for a few months having her stern rebuilt but, she would have sank. I've pulled a similar manoeuvre myself to turn in a strong current. Titanic (counter to peoples belief), was actually a very agile ship for her size and old design. Captain Smith did his own mini sea trials with her in the Celtic Sea on the second day of the voyage and she practically turned on a dime. There's an excellent photo of the S turns she made online. Just put Titanic turning in to google. Plus, at a sea temp of -2C she would have split wide open in a head on collision and sank in minutes. Take a look at the very latest evidence. Titanic is getting forgotten lately so the newest evidence isn't as well known as it should be. She wouldn't have just crumpled to the collision bulkhead she would have splintered. It's been found that her hull plating would have shattered like glass in such circumstances. She would have sank like a stone killing everyone on board. Titanic was physically well built in fact she was built like a tank but, her steel contained a lot of Manganese nodules which made it brittle at low temperatures. That's the best the metallurgical technology in 1912 could do.

[@randomrazr]

hittig it head on would warp the whole superstrucutre rendering the water tight doors not so water tight. might have even sank faster with the bow all crushed

[@Fenners82]

Amazing footage

[@wiskimike]

Great footage Mr Murdoch! Love to the the Olympic in a high quality original footage. Also you can see many many changes on olympic if you compare her to 1911! Cool! Cheers!

[@rimaman8681]

7.58 the captain of the sunken ship politely says fuck off

[@cactusladysouth1000]

He wasn't the captain, there was a huge cover up, my father was the Captain when it went down. Guy V. EMRO

[@MrDaiseymay]

After the obvious investigation,of this very unfortunate collision, with the loss of lives, What was the conclusion, as far as blame is concerned ? Anyone ?

[@WYTREXOFFICIAL]

Whistle list 0:49 1:11 1:54 2:22 4:54 5:16 9:58 10:20

[@Elektrikvik_74]

4:43 olympic whistles

[@Embracing01]

Can someone explain how they altered Olympic's name lettering on the bow of the ship and made them larger in size (as seen in this footage) to what the lettering had been previously when those letters were supposed to have been incised into the steel body of the ship?. If that method was used, then wouldn't those letters have been impossible to change?. Once they're incised into the steel I assume they can't be changed, but that doesn't appear to be the case here.

[@davidlister370]

Simply by bolting a strip of metal with the ships name in larger letters over the original name plate

[@Embracing01]

@@davidlister370 The photos of Titanic on her maiden voyage don't show any signs that the name was bolted on, they look like they were incised into the steel. The wreck footage from 1987 shows the letters TITANIC.

[@davidlister370]

@@Embracing01 Didn't mention the Titanic at all, not sure why you're bringing that into this. Clearly, this is probably updated to make it look larger, easier to read than the original Olympic nameplate later in it's life. The font is different too

[@gokulgopan4397]

The hull plates could be removed and replaced with new letterings incised.

[@Embracing01]

@@gokulgopan4397 If that's true then I suppose they could also replace the letters on the Titanic to make it look like the Olympic.

[@lipstikknleathr]

my mom always told me not to trust anyone who can't look you in the face when their talking to you & from what I am watching in this video , I think that there was more to what really happened because no one from either ship can look straight fwd when telling about their experiences

[@LootableCorpse]

I noticed it too, something is off about this whole story. They look like they are putting on a show. The irony of ramming into a ship that is supposed to guide you during fog and bad weather and they don't even try to explain why they ran that course or why they failed to see the beacons or what exactly went wrong with the antenna homing navigation.

[@vilstef6988]

It was not long after this The Olympic was retired and sent to the breakers. It's a shame she doesn't still exist. Much was to change about ocean travel all too soon.

[@teamfamcullen]

Really amazing that this was recorded!

[@calebkitts88]

A magnificent ship she was. I found her story more interesting than Titanic's. Her whistles...Were they really the largest whistles ever built? I've heard that they were bug wasn't necessarily sure.

[@davidaikman1920]

Yes they were the largest whistles built at the time, as far as I've read anyway.

[@calebkitts88]

David Aikman Sweet

[@serpentine1084]

What type were they?

[@jamesparsons9022]

@@serpentine1084Smith-Hyson whistles. You got your answer after 5 years!

[@gsmith4679]

The Captain of the LV117 was George Braithwaite.

[@colleensymes4399]

She was a tough ship, even though she split another one in half, she looked as though nothing happened

[@manduse5247]

She was the true unsinkable ship

[@subirdebnath2519]

Incredible Video...lots of love from India...I'm really happy to see the footage 💙

[@SirtubalotTX]

"At the time of the smash", I got a kick out of that one. lol Amazing footage though, thanks for posting.

[@marfeezain]

Dang , its sad to see The LightShips Captain injured of the ram. However tho , i never see a ship rammed a lightship once.

[@jus10lewissr]

Anytime I see photos/footage of an Olympic-class ship -- almost always the only surviving sister, the RMS Olympic -- taken from afar, I yearn for the chance to not only see it in person, but to actually step aboard her as well. I really wish Clive Palmer would have lived up to his word and brought Titanic II to life for all of the world to experience. With the Olympic scrapped damn near a century ago at this point and her two younger sisters both sinking before they ever had a chance to be the incredible liners they were intended to be, Clive's modernized replica was more than likely the only way we were ever going to experience what it might be like to go back in time, so to speak, and step foot on a beautiful and majestic Olympic-class ocean liner. Such a shame, though. I spent years anticipating the build, maybe even knowing I'd never actually step foot on her, but still content anyhow with the idea that she'd be brought to life.

[@darrentaylor1644]

Olympic also rammed German u boat 103.

[@deepseadirt1]

I know, the Deep Sea Detectives did a sub dive special to U-103. It's here on Yt.

[@corrion1]

beautiful footage there's no doubt about that

[@fede1969]

Amazing footage.

[@borninjordan7448]

Jesus, that interview was insensitive.

[@Randmguy30]

10:20

[@resetplayz53]

I wanna see the Olympic so badly so I can see what the titanic was like and how big it actually was... but sadly it was scraped

[@projectblade82]

Man that collision happened on new york

[@espenlia7657]

Smile for the camera. This man was run over by a 47,000 ton ship

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Olympics captain seems troubled by the crash, as anyone would but he seems to be effected by it more than he should be, could be feeling guilt or responsible and that’s sad from a 3rd perspective

[@KingHowitzer34]

I don't like how in the later years they added the line going along the hull.

[@watson123]

Do you know why Olympic didn’t sink? - cause it was made out of Nokia 3310 😂

[@Ryuu1010YT]

she's real unsinkable ship she can survive through ww1.

[@messi8921]

How times have changed. The way the Olympic Captain told the other guy to smile. 😂

[@altnap]

0:48 whistles literally a whole ass song.

[@Massev6871]

Today's ships are nothing more than moving apartment blocks. They have no soul or beauty.

[@djmaut472]

Olympic's horn sound looks like she's crying

[@GhostlyPlayz94]

Titanic: Sank by Iceberg Britanic: Sank by Naval Mine Olympic: Crashed into Nantucket That's crazy.

[@subjectc7505]

The Olympic sunk a Uboat and other ship. Still was able to sail until she was scrapped due to the great depression