The Titanic Chronicles

[@Catssandra13]

Hearing this investigation is fascinating, after watching nearly every single documentary possible about the Titanic. It is excellent, thanks.

[@waynej.keeley7074]

Thank you! Please feel free to share it!

[@michaelbenitez539]

@@waynej.keeley7074 I have never heard such a thought of Titanic and Frankfurt communications

[@drumgk]

David McCallum is an awesome narrator, his acting is not bad either. His voice is just right. His work on the documentary “Titanic death of a dream” Helps make it the best Titanic documentary available. It has a few inaccuracies but most Titanic docs do. He played Marconi operator Harold Bride in the 1958 movie A night to remember.

[@sweetassugar2076]

@Living With Mental Illness is that duckie

[@OpTiC_DaD]

I was going to make this comment, Death of a Dream is my favorite Titanic Doc

[@frereM]

Of the many times over the years that I have see Mr. McCallum on screen, his performance in "A Night To Remember" always stands out. His was a striking portrayal among many excellent performances in a film that is about the most true to the real events as possible (with the exception of the breaking in two of the ship prior to sinking). That film is so factual that it is almost a documentary and generally lacks the gimmicks that Hollywood usually throws in (no Leonardo di Caprio and a fantasy romance, etc.).

[@14714623]

33:55 sounds just like old rose from the movie!

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

thenumber It is her.

[@aquamarine0023]

That's because it IS her, actress Gloria Stewart! :-)

[@brucemarquardt7422]

it is.... :)

[@crazyfx5242]

You are not the only one who noticed her voice! I am glad she did this though! She played as a survivor in the movie, and she also voices for the "real" victims.. Truly amazing lady she is!

[@KnightRider46]

I thought the same! Then I came to the comments, did she do this before or after the film ? Anyone know?

[@TheCarnivalguy]

I've read much of both the American and British inquiries. I really wish this presentation was longer, or even better in multiple one hour parts. It was very interesting and well done. I appreciate you posting this.

[@keeperofthecheese]

45:22 "You never mistake a distress rocket" And yet he was made aware that a ship had fired rockets, and then gone to bed...

[@omegacadenza10]

The distress signals were timed in, I believe intervals in 7-10 minutes each. The Titanic was frantically sending them off in the chaos in 2-5 mins; It’s unfortunate but this is what the time considered.

[@jamesporter1123]

white rockets were fired which means "stay away" green rockets were the "in distress" colour to use. officer Boxall fired green rockets when he was in the lifeboat to signal to the Carpathia

[@21stCenturyComm]

Gloria Stuart as one of the passengers. Very distinctive voice, recognized it immediately. Very cool.

[@waynej.keeley7074]

Yes, it is the late Gloria Stuart. Every actor is from a former TItanic project

[@CajunAdrienne]

I recognized it too!

[@DennisFTowle-gi3gf]

I THOUGHT, IMMEDIATELY, THAT WAS GLORIA STUART'S (Older Rose) VOICE!! That was nice to hear!! 👌🏻

[@bonniejohnson1518]

the mirage theory is the only logical explanation why no one on the bridge, nor the 2 in the look out crows nest could see the ice berg until it was too late. That ice berg was completely cloaked. Nothing else logical explains why some 6 or 7 people saw nothing until they were about 500 yards away. Sometime between 9:00 PM and 9:30 captain Smith retired and commanded Liteholler that he be alerted if conditions should change. So apparently the mirage conditions hadn't yet fully developed at that time, of the which they were close to entering the Labrador current. Oddly enough, this is just about the time that the message from the Musaba came in warning of heavy ice conditions DIRECTLY IN THEIR PATH. Smith thought they were somewhat out of harms way by adjusting his course some 20 miles south to circumvent the earlier warnings from previous message received during the day. Sometime after 10:00 PM visibility began to change and become poor. My guess would be approx. 11"00 PM.........These two critical events is why the Titanic struck the ice berg >1) the accidentally failed delivery of the message from the Musaba, and 2) the abrupt change in visibility that apparently was not reported to captain Smith, whereas these conditions didn't exist when he retired for bed around 9:30 or there about. 2 reason why the ship sank 1) even though Phillips had already received 13 or so messages, and the Captain had already made his adjustments according to those he received by steering the ship some 20 miles south to stay clear of the dangerous area, it was still important for Phillips to deliver the 14th message which came in from the Musaba. The location of that message warned of many large Bergs, and heavy field ice, along with pack ice directly ahead of the Titanic's course. Phillips had no idea how important those coprdinances actually were, and it was not his job to know, but rather just deliver the message and allow the commander to discern them by conferring with his charter that was on duty. Sadly, Philips, according to Lightholler, set the message aside and forgot to deliver it to the bridge among all the confusion in the radio room that night. This was a vital message that should have been delivered, I'm sure Phillips felt terrible about this mistake later before he died on the collapsible boat ....note: the messages sent by the passengers were not frivolous, they paid to have them delivered, and it was their wishes. Phillips was not working for the White Star Line, but rather for a private company whose job was to take messages from passengers and then send them..HOWEVER, when a notice came in to be forwarded to the bridge or Captain, then that took precedence. 2) Captain Smith had retired for the evening shortly before Lightholler's shift ended. The orders were to alert the Captain if conditions changed. Lightholler left this same message with Murdock when he retired for the evening at 10 oclock. Sadly Murdoch did not alert the Captain about the great refraction upon the horizon that was impairing vision. This refraction was confirmed by many crew and members on the ship, along with other log books from of other ships passing through the area. Stanley Lord even noticed it. Stanley Lord said it was a most peculiar nigh indeed, in that the conditions were very unusual, whereas one could not tell were the horizon ended and the sky began. Also, one of the passengers testified that the ice berg he saw after the collision vanished away from his sight at about 150 yards. Yes, it could have been in reality some 300 yards, however this is further proof that the berg was severely cloaked by a enigmas mirage condition... Again; Stanley Lord said it was a most peculiar nigh indeed, in that the conditions were very unusual, whereas one could not tell were the horizon ended and the sky began.. Its my belief that Lighhollers statement "that if the captain was awoke that he would have slowed the ship down and very possibly stopped it altogether for the night. and waited for daylight to proceed"........so in conclusion; Smith thinking he was out of harms way, was unknowingly heading straight into a dangerous ice area.... A true fluke indeed, because they probably could have hit that berg a 100 times at most all angels and still not taking out 6 compartments, thus would have remained afloat long enough until a rescue ship came..a real long shot indeed. No ship other than the Titanic has ever had a collision and taken out 6 water tight compartments, ... side note: Philips stayed at his post to the very end> Very honorable. And Murdock must be commended for his excellent steering of the vessel under such immediate and extreme conditions having only seconds to react. AND he never reversed the engines, and the ships maneuverability was excellent , and would be considered satisfactory even by today’s standards also,,,.....

[@michaelserviss9278]

What if it was seen but there was no officer on deck to give orders to avoid it? (This is a theory out there).

[@bonniejohnson1518]

@@michaelserviss9278 Murdock's post was stationed just to the right of the bridge, plus there were other officers on the bridge, and two people in the crows nest in direct contact with the bridge....The ice berg was inigmasly cloaked on the horizon...Also, one of the passengers testified that the ice berg he saw after the collision vanished away from his sight at about 150 yards.....................Even Capt. Rostron nearly missed a couple bergs on his way to the rescue, which was actually against company rules....If he had struck a berg his legacy would most likely have been quite different...JMO

[@martigrow2468]

Thanks so much for your detailed summary, Bonnie... it has shed more light to my thinking!👍 Ever since reading "A Night To Remember" (back in school), the Titanic has been one of the most interesting disasters☺️ that has touched my heart. It stirs almost every possible emotion that a human can feel... anger, love, terror, pride, hope, shame and lots of questions,, etc. etc. etc. I'd often prayed that the Titanic would be located during my lifetime... and it was! Then... James Cameron fullfilled one of my wishes by giving life to my thoughts about what actually took place! It's very clear that mistakes were made by various people in that great disaster... and such a tragedy obviously needs someone to blame. However, I have come to feel that everybody did their best(?) at what they thought was their best during a disaster that nobody had even anticipated... so were totally unprepared to handle. The fact that so many people actually believed the ship was unsinkable was the worst disaster in itself! Others couldn't even believe distress calls when they saw them... while the passengers were even refusing to get into the dark cold lifeboats! It's certainly been "a lesson to remember". The most important question I have (whenever thinking about that sinking ship) is... How would I have reacted at that time... or even today? I hope I would have done something dignified... but I think nobody really knows until they're forced into that position. Thanks for letting me express myself here.

[@ajrwilde14]

the other explanation is that there was no iceberg at all and the ship was torpedoed

[@chrischeshire6528]

A interesting note. 18 year old William Paley was the first person in the U.S. to receive the S.O.S. from the Titanic. He went on in life to start CBS radio and Television.

[@cambodianwavelength]

David McCallum...Man from U.N.C.L.E's Illya Curriakin. Splendid.

[@TheWriterWalker]

The Californian's crew should have awakened the telegraph operator.

[@michaelserviss9278]

Not without Captain's orders and Captain Lord was a very strict, even mean captain.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@michaelserviss9278, oh. I didn't know that about Lord. Too bad. History could have been changed for the better that night if Lord had made different decisions, and if Phillips had performed differently, and if Smith had responded differently -- you know the story. If only, if only, if only....

[@CajunAdrienne]

Or know how to use it themselves! Their first instinct should've been to go straight to the communication machine after seeing many rockets fired.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@CajunAdrienne, it was new technology to them, and one had to be schooled in the use of it. To my knowledge, only the Morse operator knew how to communicate with it.

[@Cassxowary]

Neither Californian nor Titanic people were sure of what they saw

[@LittleLulubee]

So the captain of the Californian was told by one of his crew that he thought he saw a rocket. And the captain admitted rockets are always distress signals. Yet after knowing a ship had fired a distress signal, instead of going to help, his response was to go to bed.

[@TheWriterWalker]

To the Californian's credit, they did try to warn the Titanic -- twice. But I agree with you. After the strike, Lord should have awakened his telegraph operator to see what the Titanic or other ships were saying.

[@young321bookie]

@@TheWriterWalker - They knew it was going to happen, it was meant to sink. :/

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@young321bookie, you think? Why was it meant to sink?

[@young321bookie]

​@@TheWriterWalker - It's difficult to say exactly how these evil 'people' think. There was definitely a financial insensitive at the very least. The Titanic cost around $7 500 000 to build, and was worth about $10 000 000 and was insured for somewhere near this amount, if not more. As always with all of these shady 'cover-ups' if you will, there are so many conflicting statements and reports to how much the Titanic was actually insured for, from what I gather the insurance policy was changed shorty before the voyage but it's difficult to say exactly what it was insured for, most probably by design. If her sister-ship the Olympic was as badly damaged as it was said from her collision with RMS Hawke on the 20th September 1911, then it's value wouldn't be close to that of the Titanic, in fact the Olympic may have become a rather large liability for White Star. In my personal opinion, they wanted the ship to sink but thought it would be over several hours, as in 5-10 hours or maybe more. And if the SS Californian hadn't totally f*cked up their part in the pre-planned sinking, then they probably would've got the vast majority of people off the Titanic before it sank...but their pre-meditated plan went very wrong. Of course it's just my opinion, but there are so many things involved in all of this that make zero sense, and I can't see why there was such an extreme cover-up in the British inquiry if there wasn't anything shady that needed to be covered up and lied about. On a side-note: You might want to check out the 1929 Grand Banks Earthquake, a 7.2 magnitude Earthquake that took place in the exact same part of the ocean at the exact same time the 'Olympic' was travelling over where the supposed Titanic still lies to this day. That Earthquake could have happened at any other time before or after in pretty much any other part of the Earth, just as the 'Olympic' could have been anywhere else but that Earthquake happened right underneath the ship at the exact time it was sailing over. A lot of seafarers are rather superstitious and with things like this happening at sea you can totally understand why, lol.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@young321bookie, thanks for that detailed response. I do think greed and pride were involved in the failure to outfit the ship with enough life boats. I do not, however, buy the insurance theory. Too many moving parts would have to be coordinated to pull off such a scenario, including getting Fleet's lookout actions, the helmsman's wrist action, and the iceberg to cooperate with a collision scheme! Come on, brother. Sometimes, bad things happen because people make poor decisions -- of which there were many that night, as you are aware. Not every tragedy or disaster is a hoax, is it?

[@susiepittman601]

Ismay is played by the guy from the young and the restless. Played him in movie.

[@rebeccatyndall1942]

Eric Braden played John Jacob Astor in the Cameron version of Titanic.

[@Cassxowary]

Rebecca Tyndall Braeden but yes

[@FischerFan]

I THOUGHT I recognized Eric Braeden's voice. Ol' Victor Newman is never one to mince words!

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Why wasn't the marconi operator ordered to turn on the machine? That could have saved lives. Even IF the Californian was 20 miles away, that's closer than the Carpathia was (50 miles ) . Had the Marconi operator been pressed into service, the Californian could have easily arrived in time to save the Titanic's passengers. It would have been a tight squeeze til the Carpathia arrived but at least people would have been saved.

[@chiccachannel]

That is one of the many whys we'll never have an answer for...

[@sandrastone7019]

Destiny.

[@madnatty]

@Popa good points. I think they could at least have lowered their own lifeboats and helped some people get into those.

[@MarinelliBrosPodcast]

It is interesting hearing Gloria Stuart who played Old Rose in the '97 film and Bernard Hill who played Captian Smith

[@Sippe1]

Oh, I thought I recognized a voice from Cameron's Titanic movie and I was right. Gloria Stuart as old Rose. Here she's heard as Helen W. Bishop.

[@waynej.keeley7074]

It is the late Gloria Stuart

[@Holly1960-]

34:00

[@mrs.elitenugz8491]

Wayne J. Keeley 🙏😢💔🙏

[@rosalynsmith5232]

And victor Newman from the young and the restless

[@rebeccatyndall1942]

@@rosalynsmith5232 Yes. Eric Braeden.

[@chrislondo2683]

Interesting they had both the Old Rose and Captain Smith from the James Cameron movie and Simon Doonan who Tim Curry played from the 1996 TV movie which came out a year before the Cameron movie. Including Molly Brown played by the late Cloris Leachman from the 1979 TV movie S.O.S. Titanic since David Warner who was in the '97 movie as Lovejoy played Lawerence Beasley.

[@marialuciaz8018]

The testimony of the lady, passenger of the first class, revealed another mistake at the dreadful night, which is, if they manned a boat properly, with strong and able people to row, they might have reached the ship (Californian), so, her crew would have been warned and could have come to their rescue. Alguém do Brasil em 2019?

[@unaninanine3743]

A row boat would have been able to catch up with a mid size steamer... and also its wake? Okay.

[@miklemikemuster]

Mrs.White sounded like a spoiled brat......1st class.

[@CajunAdrienne]

It wasn't steaming away. They were stopped with engines off. They didn't start ship again until daylight.

[@michaelbenitez539]

@@GeldardsHistory The ship they saw may had been the Samson she was doing illegal fishing in the area and could explain why the lights disappeared

[@michaelbenitez539]

@@GeldardsHistory I believe both officers from Sampson and Californian saw Titanic that night and that Sampson was between Californian and Titanic

[@fatmonet]

33:57 is the elderly actress that played Rose in James Cameron's Titanic. Did you notice her voice?

[@SuperKrock5]

Man I have mixed feelings about the man in the telegraph room

[@LindaTCornwall]

David McCallum, who remembers him in Saphire and Steel in the late seventies lol... you don't seem him much now.

[@sumanjanivinnakota2079]

He also played Harold Bride, the radio operator of Titanic in the 1958 cult classic ‘A night to remember’.

[@jeanrichard9034]

I remeber him from the man from u n c l e

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@jeanrichard9034 I was just going to ask if this is the same guy who was in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.! How long ago was this show made? I know it was after the Cameron film b/c Gloria Stuart is one of the women's voices. Even circa 2000, I would have expected him to look much older! Wasn't "UNCLE" on in the '60s? That would have been 30-40 years before this video was made! Damn, this guy doesn't age at all!

[@RSEFX]

@@DonnaBrooks THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. started filming 1964-65. He's been on NCIS since around 2003 in the role of "Ducky".

[@auerstadt06]

He is 86 years old as I write this. Not a lot of good roles for older folks.

[@janebeman6259]

I enjoyed this, and have watched it twice. Also, I've read books about the hearings.

[@karlastein3186]

David was also in the Movie A night to Remember,in which he played one of the wireless operator,

[@AniMerci]

Ismay. If “rowing away” from the ship, how do you not see it?

[@TheWriterWalker]

One fictional depiction has him facing the ship as he rowed, yes, but bowing his head and closing his eyes to block out the sight. Maybe that?

[@johnclayden1670]

Rowing, one faces aft.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@johnclayden1670, thanks. I had to look up "aft" (smile).

[@Cassxowary]

Logan Jones. You know therefore but not the right their/there/they’re? Their means belonging to them, there is a location/situation, they’re is a contraction of they are. First grade stuff.

[@myassizitchy]

@@Cassxowary that their was hilarious. It made me spit my coffee over theyre haha

[@crazyfx5242]

34:14 sounds like Old Rose from the Movie Titanic.. Glad I am not the only one who noticed that also

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

cause it is.

[@TammyFox1989]

They're using the people that were in the movie and some of their characters for this!

[@flaminggaming5295]

34:01 GLORIA STEWART 😁😁😁

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

FlamingGaming52 It’s been 84 years...

[@TheWriterWalker]

And Cloris Leachman. ☺

[@Cassxowary]

Stuart

[@scottpool4777]

Very very sad to Titanic you’re in my heart and in my soul.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

21:25 I think that's Marilu Henner. Second Officer Charles Lightoller is, of course, Tim Curry.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Thanks for pointing that out. I always liked Henner (I grew up during the "Taxi" era), but I wasn't aware of her extraordinary mind until a year or two ago.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Man, David McCallum … I didn't know that the A&E Titanic Death of a Dream (and part 2, The Legend Lives on) documentaries were not the only ones he did.

[@Ronbo710]

Brilliant voice.

[@chiccachannel]

It's funny if you think about his role in NCIS...😁

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@chiccachannel Yes indeed 😁

[@p_nk7279]

He was also in A Night to Remember - played one of the radio operators.

[@SeanRCope]

I always wondered what this narrator looked like, weird. It’s never what I imagine. Loved his work on the A&E Titanic docudrama.

[@nidgets]

Sean Cope he also played Harold bride in a night to remember.

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@nidgets Holy Cow! This guy doesn't age at all! Even if this was done in 1998 (had to be after the Cameron film), that's still 40 years later! When was this program actually made?

[@AvengerII]

Heh ehhehehehheheheh. David McCallum was FAR BETTER KNOWN for playing the role of Ilya Kuryakin in the original Man From UNCLE TV series. It was a very popular series in the 1960s but never quite got fully revived after the decade. (There was a reunion film in the 1980s but as far as I know that's the last UNCLE project with original cast members.) The only spy series from the 1960s still going strong are the James Bond movies. It's not bad that we know him better nowadays through association with Titanic in a few productions. A Night to Remember (1958) is STILL regarded as the most factual Titanic motion picture and Titanic: The Complete Story is admired by many Titanophiles as THE Titanic documentary. Quite a few actors have appeared in more than one Titanic production. It's a list of who's who (literally) of British actors -- David Warner, the late Bernard Fox, David McCallum as well as people who I know from one or another TV docudramas. The Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, was in a Titanic docudrama. And, of course, the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) had his encounter with a starship Titanic!

[@alli-kat2329]

Its Ducky from NCIS

[@scabbycatcat4202]

Might it have been possible to save the Titanic ? For example had they flooded say 3 or 4 of the STERN watertight compartments the Titanic would have simply sunk lower into the water on an EVEN keel and perhaps the internal level of the water might have reached the level of the sea BEFORE breaching the height of the watertight compartments ? Has this situation ever been considered ?

[@Sumermak]

Eric braedon is reading as j Bruce ismay...

[@Cassxowary]

SSM Braeden but thanks, thought so

[@tommybruner01]

This is fascinating.

[@ASUFAN-]

Ducky from NCIS 😍👍

[@keepgoing1973]

The man from U.N.C.L.E.

[@AJ-wd5xc]

Voice for Joseph Ismay = Eric Braeden

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Victor Newman on Y&R? WOW !

[@p_nk7279]

And he played JJ Astor in the Cameron film.

[@markusbrauns4274]

Amazing. He portrayed John Jacob Astor, in the movie Titanic. Victor Newman lives on.

[@CajunAdrienne]

What was considered a child? 10 and under? I saw a little boy that looked 12 and they told him to get back on the sinking ship.

[@Cassxowary]

CajunSweetTart child is 13 and under, 14 is when you were considered an adult because that’s when you were done school, and many went into service (servants) and didn’t go to high school, as that was for upper middle class people who wanted a career (teacher or nurse or such for females as most jobs were still for men), and Lowe was going to shoot a boy assuming he was of age, for trying to save himself, even if he looked like a child to Charlotte Collyer...

[@AussieCarsRule]

@26:10 that's not a pre-Irish Free State map of the UK from 1912 ;)

[@elrjames7799]

Did Harold Bride have an Australian accent? If not, why give him one?

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Sounds more like an American trying to do a Cockney accent (Bride was from London after all) and just not doing a very good job of it. Reminds me of a lot of amateur stage productions adapted from Dickens.

[@lindarasco1873]

@@DistractedGlobeGuy McCallim IS BRITOS

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

@@lindarasco1873 David McCallum is British, but he's not the actor voicing Bride.

[@Ronbo710]

Does anyone know the name of the re-enactment film of the hearings?

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

Save Or Souls: The Titanic Inquiry (2012). It’s based off the British Inquiry led by Lord Mersey.

[@debmac235]

Two good ones: The Titanic Inquiry and Saving The Titanic-A Documentary. The Titanic Inquiry reenacts the hearings involving the Californian, and Saving The Titanic shows a little bit of the hearings from Lead Fireman Barrett (sp?). Both are excellent.

[@DannyBoy777777]

Close ups dont help. Can see hes reading from a script, his eyes are not on the camera.

[@madnatty]

I recently learned that on the list of survivors Carpathia sent, was Mr J. Bruce Ismay and Manservant. Where did this manservant come from? A man like him would certainly have had a manservant, so one assumes he was saved in the same lifeboat...like many ladies had their maids with them. I wonder why he is always portrayed as being alone during his efforts that night?

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

Eternatty Wow good question about his manservant. I do know that several of the rich families made sure their maids and valets were saved. Ida Strauss actually gave up her lifeboat seat to her maid.

[@bramijdema759]

He was travelling with three servants, one was listed as a crew member. All three of them died, Ismay personally paid for their funerals, gravestones and gave financial support to their families. No one knows what happened to them, I presume that during the chaos, Ismay forgot about his servants, or thought the situation wasn’t very serious until the final moments.

[@tbhightower9844]

Ismay claims he did not see the ship go down as he had his back to her since he was rowing the entire time. think about that one. if he was rowing away he would have been FACING the foundering ship. i bet he did have his back to her and was cowering in a corner and wasn't rowing shit.

[@chanse2428]

The media in the Titanic movie makes Ismay look like a POS. But in truth he helped numerous passengers get to boats, and yes he did get on a boat, but when it was for every man woman & child for themselves, well I would've got on a boat as well if the opportunity came.

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

chanse2428 I feel so bad for him. That’s the way the media was back then, unfortunately.

[@unaninanine3743]

So you think you can only row away, facing? Okay...

[@Cassxowary]

Jack Elliot you can row away with your back to it too...

[@Cassxowary]

chanse2428 and he was ordered in it, and he donated a lot and started charities

[@victorpalamar8769]

Ismay said "The ship is sinking, abandon ship, women and children first, please follow me"!

[@kaziras342]

A man from uncle

[@cathylee6318]

Such a senseless loss of life. 😢

[@alanmichaelsen1761]

My teacher made us watch this in 5th grade

[@jackbrown3761]

The narrator is duggie from NCIS.

[@TankratRustDust]

Ducky

[@mr.balloffur]

This is great but it doesn't follow the testimony exactly, they leave stuff out. It's best read it yourself.

[@stephenwilson5043]

Since the enquiry ran for 36 days its hardly surprising they had to leave stuff out :)

[@mr.balloffur]

@GROWN WOMAN I read the complete transcript. A transcript is where someone writes down exactly what someone is saying under oath in a court proceeding. Still don't understand? Go upstairs and ask your mommy to help you.

[@mr.balloffur]

@GROWN WOMAN up your meds.....

[@mr.balloffur]

@GROWN WOMAN You so angry 😆😆😆😆😆

[@mr.balloffur]

@GROWN WOMAN Ohhhh not your SON! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙊🙉🙈

[@cheedevulan8547]

Trust Ducky to narrate the documentary!

[@SatelliteGalaxy]

The Titanic did not sink because she struck an iceberg. She sank because of arrogance. The captain and crew of the Titanic had plenty of iceberg warnings. They more or less ignored them. At night, other ships in the vicinity had either stopped, or proceeded at a slow speed with double lookouts. I once to took the QE2 in the opposite direction. An announcement was made as we passed over the Titanic. (I much prefer to sail to Europe as opposed to flying.)

[@elainekent7026]

I do find it laughable the way Ismay was vilified, what would his death have gained, there would still have been hundreds lost.

[@SeanRCope]

He should of at least got wet..... Coward, let the poor die I have an out.

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

Sean Cope He helped load lifeboats and saved a lot of people. He was panicking so much on the deck trying to get the boats launched that Officer Lowe had to yell at him to leave the davit alone. And remember, he was just a passenger he wasn’t an officer or a sailor what else could you have expected him to do further than save as many lives as he could?

[@SeanRCope]

Emily Carter So? He’s a rank coward. Many many men were turned away from the boats he was loading that night. He knew! Yet when an opportunity arose for him he did not hesitate. Typical posh coward. I’ve been into titanic for over 45 years. I’ve read pretty much everything. You won’t change my mind or the minds of the majority of his peers. It’s a horrible history. I don’t know why the sudden interest in trying to exonerate such a man now over 100 years after. It’s better to let it go like he did that night.

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

Sean Cope I wasn’t trying to say I doubt your knowledge as I’m sure you aren’t saying you doubt mine. I just offered my point of view of Ismay as there are still many.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Ismay made the decision to not equip the ship with enough lifeboats. The first designer had begged him to change his mind, but appearances and cabin fares were more important to Ismay. In effect, he murdered his passengers and then ran away.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Who is the actor asking all the questions at the hearing? He sounds familiar.

[@coryander1341]

Almost sounds like Hal Holbrook.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

@@coryander1341 Thanks! 👋

[@DavidBrown-jk2pm]

Sounds like Jason Robards to me.

[@trumpetedeagle2]

Does it bother anyone else that hes looking to the right?

[@Cassxowary]

the crazy one teleprompter

[@alexthompson5275]

It's duckie of NCIS. so where is the bow tie

[@stampede122]

Hi Ducky!!!!

[@johnmamo653]

I was on the Titanic

[@jamiedutton7257]

NCIS Titanic

[@bejoyful]

One of the best summaries of the never to be forgotten Titantic! Shame on Captain Lord and his first officers; shame on Ismay who cowardly entering a life boat and his presence certainly made Captain Smith continue with speed to beat the anticipated time of arrival; sadly, there was no mention on how the 3rd class passengers were treated, no wonder!

[@michaelbenitez539]

I wouldn't blame Captain Lord they were scapegoated and Californian didn't have 24 hour wireless

[@Cassxowary]

Lots of Joy there was a double mirage, they couldn’t see properly, as didn’t the titanic passengers, and I’m glad he survived over someone else, he was far more able to help the survivors than any other...

[@Cassxowary]

Michael Benitez and they did their best, double mirage

[@Rebelheart1985]

Shame on you for blatantly stick to the tabloids for your “facts” Not only is there on evidence that Ismay EVER pressured the Captain but Titanic couldn’t even beat the damn Mauretania what’s so ever. Oh and sure: how dare a simple business man chose to board a half full lifeboat near the end of the ship’s life

[@piperalpha5514]

From 7:23 onwards he claims he did not see the ship go down because he was rowing away and had his back turned to the ship. BS... When you are rowing away you would be facing the object you are rowing away from. In addition, Ismay’s ship is sinking and he was not even in the slightest bit curious to see what was happening to his masterpiece? Yeah right!!!

[@Cassxowary]

Piper Alpha you can also row away with your back to it, smart one

[@lozzylols]

I'm glad someone else realised this. I just went scrolling down the comments hoping to find I wasn't alone in working this out!

[@LittleLulubee]

Thank you for posting. What is the music, please?

[@brucemarquardt7422]

Interesting...... and scary as hell.

[@ZIGSVIDS]

20:20 min No mention of Titanic breaking half. 23:40 min It broke in half below the water line.

[@chattjedi]

It wasnt confirmed that it broke in half until 1986.

[@ZIGSVIDS]

@@chattjedi the evidence isn't there for It's stern to be sticking high in the air nd then breaking, broke under the water

[@rosedewittbukater4203]

I was there ! I survived!

[@sandy4498]

It’s too obvious he is reading to his left, is distracting to me

[@alinagordelli877]

You are cordially invited to join the facebook group dedicated to Sir Arthur Rostron facebook.com/groups/1131529347238910/

[@marietafernandez1098]

So sad all those poor people could of been save the California sa sad

[@Brentsfriend]

James Cameron is a hack! He lies! He copied most of the good stuff from "A Night to Remember" Titanic movie and added the lame romance story line... Can't wait for "Dances with Wolves"... I mean, Avatar.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

You're right. There are lines from various versions before. Like when that guy...Rose's fiance was swearing and Rose's mother cautioned, "Language." RIGHT out of a scene from Night to Remember with Officer Lightholler and his wife. " With me, Ma'am, it's the honor of serving the company. To hell with the pay!" Mrs. L. :(smiling) Language.

[@Michael-hz2pl]

Oh shut up What the fuck is he supposed to do? He wanted to stay as close to being historically accurate as possible. It was all the same for the director of A Night to Remember I’m sorry you’re too uneducated on the subject to understand that

[@scottpool4777]

Brentsfriend James Cameron is a hack he’s the worst kind.

[@Cassxowary]

It’s not copied it’s inspired by it and a more modern version to appeal to modern audiences at the same time. If you don’t like it, don’t watch. I can’t stand him right now either but don’t bitch about things you’re not forced to watch.

[@Cassxowary]

it takes a special kind of annoying person to complain about things you don’t even have to watch/listen to/whatever... don’t you have anything better to do than be a pain in the ass for no damn reason?

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

10:00 I like how the Californian isn’t on the map....🤔🤔🤔

[@DonnaBrooks]

It was so close to Titanic that at this scale of drawing, it would have been right on top of it.

[@zakiranderson722]

OMG I'm getting angry listening to ismay's account. 🤮

[@brutuslee9039]

Yes he was a despicable coward....

[@Cassxowary]

Brutus Lee not at all, he did great. He was told to get in ABD saved others AND donated a lot AND started charities, and if he had died someone else would’ve survived, someone who couldn’t have made such a difference.

[@ajrwilde14]

@@Cassxowary lots of children died come on

[@odettewiddicombe6673]

He has since passaway David m

[@stephenwilson5043]

?? David is still alive and well and acting in NCIS at 88 years of age !

[@davidcraig9938]

I think if I could see the Californian's lights in the distance I would have fired up the Titanic's engines and cruised towards here instead of just sitting their sinking and waiting to die.

[@Cassxowary]

david craig 99 double mirage, neither parties were sure of what they saw

[@charlesdarnay5455]

@@Cassxowary Listen again to the testimony, particularly Mrs. White in this case. "It was clearly a ship of some sort... we all saw it distinctly..." or words to that effect. Titanic's people knew they could see a ship. On the Californian, the officers on watch saw and reported 8 rockets to Capt Lord. Ernest Gill said clearly it was a large ship about 10 miles away. The problem was Capt Lord himself who didn't bother to go out on deck and see for himself. Had he done so, and had he seen what his officers were seeing, he would have had to commit to action. He stayed instead in his chartroom.

[@charlesdarnay5455]

The Titanic's hull had been ripped open for more than a third of her length. It would have been dangerous to attempt to move again once the engines had stopped. It would have forced more water into the hull, faster, and possibly caused more damage to the hull.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Unfortunately, by the time the lights were spotted, most of the pressure had already been vented out of the main steam pipe and the boilers had been shut down completely to prevent a potential explosion.

[@seriouslyyoujest1771]

The women amazing, the surviving men, a pack of cowards. I imagine they all died a thousand cuts.

[@aocplusme5676]

Lol hardcore delusional

[@allenbass6169]

Put yourself in their place. You wouldn't have wanted to live?

[@derrickjones7862]

Insurance fraud....

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

Derrick Jones Oh, shut up.

[@joefera8947]

Titanic was under insured. They lost a lot of money.

[@adamsapple7193]

Derrick Jones you’re an extra large douche

[@Cassxowary]

Also, the number the titanic was registered to is the one at the bottom of the Atlantic. Genius.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Sounds like there were TWO fools in the Titanic's telegraph room. Moral: Don't put the lives of hundreds of people into the hands of the immature.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@GeldardsHistory, AFTER the fact.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@GeldardsHistory, even the U.S. senator, when questioning Bride, revealed the same lack of understanding I have. Does it take less time to call someone a fool by Marconi device, the senator asked, than it does to tell someone, "We are sinking and need help"? The senator, in pressing Bride on this matter, was trying to highlight the foolishness of Phillips' using precious time to call someone a fool when he could have used the same time to repeat his pleas for help. Bride's defending the action reveals he still didn't see the foolishness in Phillips' response. That said, I do admire Phillips for staying to the very end. I can't know if I would be as courageous under similar circumstances, and his diligence until death is praiseworthy. But being that diligent in delivering the most crucial message (from the Masaba), and not being snappy with TWO operators when one was trying to warn Titanic and the other was seeking to help, would have been most admirable and would have saved the ship.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@GeldardsHistory, we will never know if the bridge, upon hearing that a huge iceberg was directly in its path, would have taken more defensive actions (the captain had already decided to take the southerly route to avoid the ice). We'll never know because Phillips never delivered that most important message.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@GeldardsHistory, I have a Titanic playlist on my channel and have listened to Bride and the hearings and other accounts. I believe my sources say that Phillips did not deliver the Masaba's message to the bridge. Phillips and Captain Smith and Ismay all share responsibility for that tragedy. The California's Marconi operator is to be commended for trying to help Phillips avoid disaster. No matter how loud the wire screech, Phillips' snotty, "Shut up!" was both unprofessional and deadly.

[@Cassxowary]

Also, it wasn’t up to them, they followed orders AND did all they could!

[@dradden1263]

Boring

[@rianelopez4948]

Ismay was that guy with a moustache in the di caprio film right?

[@Moey_Tank]

Yes

[@alexthompson5275]

And the coward of the Titanic

[@Ronbo710]

The younger guy with the moustache yes. The older guy with the moustache was supposed to be Col. Archibald Gracie.

[@alexthompson5275]

@Logan Jones. and neither were you fool. Read the Wikipedia

[@Cassxowary]

Riane Lopez and every version and real life...