Titanic: The Facts Told By Real Survivors | British Pathé

[@msladyashley1]

My Great Grandmother, Nelle Snyder was a passenger and survivor of the Titanic disaster. She, and her maid were rescued in lifeboat # 7. She was returning from her honeymoon in Europe.

[@milfhunter329]

robert meyerriecks What did she tell about the titanic?

[@Parkerlee1000]

I call bullshit

[@PRINTEDBYMM]

@@Parkerlee1000 its not hard to believe..

[@eternalhalloween1]

Hey Robert. She must have had some interesting stories to tell. I recently read that even the survivors were greeted with an absolute downpour once they made it to safety in America. Imagine spending all that time dodging the flooding doomed ship, then spending all that time in a crowded lifeboat, and then when you're finally safe, being greeted by a downpour of rain.

[@violetdesjarlais8420]

Im sorry but it was not glong there before it went to Europe it was in canada

[@Trini2DeBone]

It's truly sad that persons in steerage or lower classes had to stay below deck until the upper classes were cleared. It means that some persons probably never made it to the deck of the titanic at all.

[@doffineotienongoga1281]

Yes my dear Maria some were stuck in there till the end

[@greenkitty82]

Yes very few people from steerage survived. What a tragedy and it must have been absolutely frightening to witness and experience. Huge iron ship like that, going down like that in a couple of hours. God rest their souls.

[@xz4zzyx]

It’s horrible everyone’s equil

[@greenkitty82]

Unicycle Crazy !!! We know as human beings we are all equal on this earth but in certain cultural systems, particularly in the U.K. where Titanic left, there is a belief system of hierarchy based on money, work and education - the working class, upper class and middle class. In the UK it goes way back in the times of old kings and queens and even today we still have a class system in the UK. I'm middle class as I'm educated but not rich but then there are others like simple labourers who are deemed working class. We shouldn't be labelled that way but we are. Working class or living in a manor as a well educated upper class person shouldn't matter, we are all people with a heartbeat.

[@xz4zzyx]

Greenkitty82 I agree

[@sammyinbrooklyn]

My grand uncle survived. Third class passenger. Daniel Buckley Jr. he spoke before the senate explaining how awful the 3rd class passengers were treated. He joined the American Army and died by sniper shortly before WW1 ended. He’s my hero.

[@aliray1165]

That is such a sad story. He sounds like an amazing guy.

[@lodersracing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kenadams5504]

First class hero.

[@StylesP710]

How tf did he die in ww1 and ride in the titanic?? Doesn’t add up

[@jasonbrisco]

@@StylesP710 ... pick up a history book and leqrn before you write something so stupid.

[@TapanThakur1964]

Today is 14th April, 2024 - 11:04 PM, Sunday. It has been 112 years since Titanic sank at the bottom of the Atlantic. RIP to all those who lost their lives on that fateful night🙏

[@Have_you_seen_papyrus]

Rip

[@taztaz7267]

It'd impossible to bring that ship because it will just crumble

[@jeffscomp]

@@taztaz7267 not to mention it’s hard to do anything with that water pressure. It’s 12000 feet under water which is over 2 miles.

[@taztaz7267]

​@@jeffscomp the only thing I can think off send robots with ropes or high definition cameras

[@yash_walia]

Yeah​@@taztaz7267

[@fieryheadedgirl]

For those unaware, this is Edith Russell. This is my favourite quote of hers - ""I'm accident-prone," she said. "I've been in shipwrecks, car crashes, fires, floods and tornadoes. I've had every disaster but bubonic plague and a husband.""

[@marylinthicum678]

I liked that quote. Thanks for sharing it. She must have been quite a character.

[@carlosdossantos917]

I love her! She's the highlight of this video.

[@loriematthews6418]

💞😂😂💞

[@thecomedypilot5894]

I think having a wife would be the real disaster rather than a husband… Ok so apparently I offended a bunch of left-wing liberals with this joke. Please take my comment for what it is, *a JOKE.* I honestly don't think having a wife is a disaster, so please stop getting all offended by just a simple comment.

[@loriematthews6418]

@@thecomedypilot5894 i agree, 😂 believe this could work "both" ways.

[@donna6368]

This is such incredible footage. They are human walking history books. Imagine all that they lived through.

[@Saranda4787]

Really? They don't look like books to me. They look more like...human. Find out what literally means before you decide to (mis)use it.

[@donna6368]

@@Saranda4787 Lady, have a seat. It was meant as a compliment as to the amount of history that they experienced in their precious lives.

[@amiraprichard1741]

Saranda Krasniqi omg chill out. people find anything to be mad about now. just shut your face.

[@nuss529]

That's actually a beautiful way of putting it, "They are walking history books"

[@donna6368]

@@nuss529 😊

[@susieq9801]

I met Elizabeth and Violet Mellinger, mother and daughter survivors who lived in my town and are buried a couple of miles from where I live. The daughter was 12 and lifted into a lifeboat by Will Murdoch, 1st Officer. Their lifeboat picked up 2nd Officer Lightholler from the icy water and the mother gave him her coat. In return he gave her his silver officer's whistle.

[@lillykluge-browne8616]

Susie Q

[@karamuenster]

Susie Q oh wow!! 😯 so interesting. Thanx for sharing Susie.

[@vaishnavitiwari4461]

Oh my God !! To think that none of the crew survived. They indeed were heroes. Imagine what must be going in his head while giving that whistle that was to be the last thing of his life to reach people

[@ashleyn8946]

Vaishnavi Tiwari I think the 2nd officer survived but he did that by swimming to a overturned boat.

[@kirkgriffin8882]

Ashley N 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th officers all survived. One of the officers shot himself while the lifeboats were being loaded.

[@envymhere2446]

Respect the Ocean. It's undefeated, its ruthless, merciless, powerful and its vast.

[@harvesterofstorms4932]

Well put.

[@mzj7246]

Exactly

[@Criticodoscriticos]

Very true. I am terrified of the ocean.

[@Mone333Williams]

I could be wrong. But A LOT of aristocrats and extremely wealthy ppl were on that ship and I think right around WW1 the world was changing fast and the modern age had begun..the gap between the super wealthy and very poor was too great and if Europe was gonna survive there couldn't be such a big gap between neighbors becuz of birth status. They needed each other to rebuild Britain during WW1... That ship killed ALOT of wealthy ppl at once..That ship was doomed from the day it sailed becuz NOTHING is unsinkable...gods true magic tends to happen when man kind puts machine built thing above gods natural wonders like the ocean. I personally don't believe a iceberg sunk that ship. U ever saw ice slice thru a metal plate even the thin-est of metal ? Me either smh

[@Criticodoscriticos]

@@Mone333Williams sir, do you know what an iceberg looks like ? We are talking about a mountain of ice inside of the sea "pretty much", it was a 122 METERS long iceberg my friend. Yes, it did sunk that ship, because it was very possible. Also, you need to consider the speed the ship was traveling, more than 23 miles per hour, which makes the impact even worse.

[@iwantlee9510]

And now they are all dead. Every single person who sat foot on the Titanic is gone. Both the victims resting on the ocean floor of the north atlantic, and the survivors who made it home. It's sad to think about.

[@ninarae8837]

@Leo Welch i dont think "moves on" is appropriate. Life continues, but no one should be "moving on." Those words are just so cold to refer to people who wanted to live, just like you do right this moment. (or maybe you don't. but sometimes you do.)

[@t1ny03]

I think it's sad, yes. But if they never stepped foot on titanic, never even knew if its existence - like billions of other people on the planet - they would still be gone unfortunately. May they all rip.

[@stevenmurray8984]

Pretty soon the Titanic will be gone herself

[@sophiaroberto3563]

@Leo Welch I think you mean the heart will go on

[@iwantlee9510]

@Debziez there's probably a couple left

[@JaneMagdalena]

Amazing footage. Shivers went down my spine when she mentioned the "suction". I have actually never realized, there must have been massive water pressure dragging the boats towards the sinking Titanic, putting them at risk of sinking too....

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

MMLF 7619 I believe they were also concerned of being swamped. A boat that did go back was piloted by one of the crew members. He waited to go back, because he was afraid if they went back too soon they’d be tipped over by so many panicking people. They waited. I believe less than 20 people were saved from the water because of this. Fun fact, the pig in this video was musical, played music. Another man took a Bible he’d promised his brother he’d always carry until they met again.

[@rogergoodell1874]

Actually there was no suction. They all thought there was, not true at all. It’s been scientifically disproven.

[@pepesupreme6451]

@@rogergoodell1874 Source?

[@laurentaylor1200]

Charles Harris what’s the source? how could that be true, it was tons upon tons, there had to have been SOMETHING??

[@rogergoodell1874]

Pepe Supreme Mythbusters

[@katiek3396]

It's so interesting to hear the different classes speak about things that happened either during the trip and the disaster. How first class were so worried about stuff and the third were just trying to survive. It's almost as if the urgency wasn't the same. First class certainly assumed they would be saved first and they weren't wrong. It's really sad to think how we as humans never learn or change.

[@billhosko7723]

JFC... get over yer pious self... u woke types are endlessly looking for affirmation...

[@lemurman7978]

This happened in a time where reputation was everything, and being the richest (first class) meant escaping many things, and they probably knew they would be saved meanwhile 3rd class had no idea if they would survive at all. In a way, this still exists for other matters.

[@arex1072]

There was also a lot of known celebrities on the ship,ofc it dosent mean there more important than others but back then that’s the reason they saved them first as well

[@liam2386]

this was portrayed vert well in the 1997 movie.. the rich asking. their maids to heat their room for when they return. the poor running from the rising water

[@len3169]

Like that one guy that tried to pay money to get on the lifeboat then took that child and said he was the kids only family. What a horrible person.

[@94frankiec]

I can’t imagine going through something this traumatic - running around the ships deck as it’s sinking, seeing the ship sink and hearing all those people suffering - and just having to move on with your life. So many of the survivors must of felt like a part of them was left on that ship and were never the same people again afterwards.

[@autumninvirginia1229]

But they chose to go on and not sit and wallow. For sure the survivors were preserved for a purpose great or small. For many adversity builds resilience and strength and gratitude. I have no idea how terrible that night was but I do know many decent hard working people died because of poor decisions by the power players who wanted to set a record and over ruled a skilled Captain. Thank God for the skipper of the Carpathia .

[@aidenpettigrew9246]

Yeah you can. In fact, you just did. Your brain physically cannot imagine something impossible or incomprehensible.

[@isabellas5447]

​@@aidenpettigrew9246uhh sir it is just a saying

[@MutmahinahLuqman]

The same thing I was thinking

[@potentpotionssubliminals1122]

It's officially 108 years since Titanic sank

[@fantasticpotato5698]

No way this comment is real

[@donnaiwicki6889]

Sadly its true

[@rockfreakk5712]

@M yeah 😟😂

[@kr4zyy]

@@rockfreakk5712 300+ bodies were recovered. 1.1K + bodies were never found or recovered. This means at least 1.5K people died then.

[@eunuchprovocateur4734]

Ok, it was officially 107 years last year. It will officially be 109 years next year. What is the point of this comment?

[@beardedsailor9465]

The problem was to make this voyage at a time of the year when there was a lot of ice in the North Atlantic.The crew received a lot of warning about icebergs but still kept a dangerous high speed because they wanted to arrive in New York earlier so that the press would talk about how fast the ship was.There were some naval engineering mistakes,not enough lifeboats,the boats were not filled with people to its full capacity,there was no consideration for the 3rd class passengers,so many mistakes.They could have better observation instruments for the men who were watching out for icebergs like some nautic telescope or binoculars.The sea was calm,there was no fog,they could have seen the iceberg from a distance enough to dodge it.

[@beardedsailor9465]

Paul Heenan they received warnings about icebergs from other ships way before the collision but still kept a dangerous high speed,the two last warnings were not sent to the bridge.One of the lookouts said that if he had binoculars he could have seen the iceberg before.During the investigation some passengers said that they heard Bruce Ismay talking with the Captain about increasing the speed.There was also criticism of the avoidance maneuver and so many other things

[@paulheenan9098]

Fernando Miranda Yes, the last warning would have helped, for it could have pinpointed the exact iceberg they were going to hit. Even Officer Lightoller testified that had he known that ice was so close to Titanic, he would have slowed the ship down. In his own words, "That piece of paper would have saved that great ship." The blue colour of the berg was what helped hide it against the dark blue horizon until the last minute. As for Ismay wishing to increase speed, it was Titanic's first voyage, so he was discussing a possible speed run, weather permitting, on Monday morning for the ship to test its engines.

[@beardedsailor9465]

Paul Heenan It was a combination of incompetence and misjudgment by the crew,the bridge,wireless operator and managers of the company

[@paulheenan9098]

I completely agree, in addition to just some bad luck for the ship (nearly causing an accident before it even left port) and by sheer coincidence sailing straight into a lone iceberg. I've always thought, had Smith not adjusted her course to ironically avoid ice, would she have survived her voyage?

[@keishastewart5614]

There are a lot of other stories and conspiracies that are saying that the sinking wasn't an accident 😞

[@joannebutcher860]

This footage of survivors talking about what happened is amazing. What a real character the lady who spoke was !

[@mariannejohannessen9751]

Oh how i Love her 🙂🙁🙏💓💓💓💓🥀

[@Kelly14UK]

I think her name is Millvina Dean

[@mkphotofilm]

The one with the taxidermy pig? Taxidermy is kind of creepy. Norman Bates was a taxidermist.

[@MrMJmusicLover]

Can you imagine the sound of crashing furniture and dishs.😳

[@foxyknowledgeseeker1]

Her name is Edith Russell. The pig was a music box gifted by her mother as a lucky charm after a road accident in 1911. There is a longer interview of her talking about her experience in another video.

[@jimmymcjimmyvich9052]

My Mother Catherine Dempsey Nee Keane was a niece of victim Andrew Keane Athenry Co Galway. She told us of the sadness her father experienced.She died last week 30 12 23. Rest in peace mammy.

[@samarjitmechie]

Really? How old was she? Could you please tell me more.. Could we please connect over facebook or insta..?

[@abdoukouriba2520]

Facebbook pls?

[@brianschmidt9919]

rip

[@jessicawalker3614]

Well if that's all true, it sounds like you have an amazing story to share.. if you ever choose to. All in your own timing of course. I just hope it comes across me, if you do choose to. It's an incredible namesake. 💜🙏🏻🕊️

[@jimmymcjimmyvich9052]

@@jessicawalker3614 Well it is all sadly true. His name is engraved on my grandparents grave in Athenry Co. Galway. It reads ''Lost On Titanic''. Later this year I am getting a rock from the Homeplace to make into a headstone for my mother. I think It will be a good idea. I live on the opposite side of Ireland and her grave is near me.

[@mahtinown-eel]

This was over 100 years ago and I’ve heard the story of the Titanic my whole life and yet, watching this made me tear up. It’s never not sad thinking of 1,500 people dying in such horrific fashion

[@VenusEvan_1885]

And people back then were very ignorant and sexist, all the passengers that died were men, they saved only women, talk about men rights, sadly nowadays men still have no rights in comparison to woman

[@spaghetits1338]

@@VenusEvan_1885 your entire statement is ignorant and it’s 2022 my guy. Women, children and babies were ordered to be saved first by the captain/ a higher positioned officer. There were families ripped apart and didn’t want to be. Now, give me a credible basis that proves that today, ‘men have no rights’?? Idk where you are but people STILL have rights it’s mostly women’s that are violated.

[@VenusEvan_1885]

@@spaghetits1338 if you're a feminist I am not gonna argue with you, i hate Feminists

[@spaghetits1338]

@@VenusEvan_1885 yeah cause you’re completely and utterly misinformed about the actual definition and reasoning why feminism exists. Really funny as well how you refuse to have an argument with someone that simply asked for credible sources that you must have when you made that baseless claim yet you failed to provide any. Kinda proves that you likely can’t even argue properly at all since you barely tried. Anyway, your statements already show too much about you and your reply is exactly as expected. Tells me arguing with you is going to be tiresome so I won’t really be willingly wasting my time on you. Adios!!

[@ld5420]

Oh Martin

[@CanadianPrepper]

The woman is a great storyteller with a good memory

[@BeanThatDude]

Do you think they planned this to kill the rich people⁉️ do you believe in aliens I think they built the pyramids

[@YogaBlissDance]

19 Trunks...amazing how much she cared for her things!

[@mistressmozart]

Edith Russell! She was a journalist

[@WVChad]

Woman? I thought it was a man at first

[@bada4989]

​@@exploreitsgood4u "The "pig" was a music box in the shape of a pig. The papier-mâché toy, covered in pigskin and playing a tune known as "The Maxixe" when its tail was twisted, was used by Edith Russell to calm frightened children in the lifeboat in which she escaped."

[@JulianShagworthy]

Something that always gave me chills was a survivor reporting the enormous, muffled sound of the ship imploding about 30 seconds after it disappeared beneath the surface - it was the noise of the iron buckling under the pressure and crushing every air pocket in the vessel shut.

[@CRD-hi6vk]

I cannot imagine being there and experiencing that and hearing those sounds of the ship cracking and imploding. Then seeing the others in the water with no hope of getting on a lifeboat.

[@blacknonbinarydisabledlesbian]

Along with the bodies of any unfortunate men,women,children,and pets trapped aboard that didnt die from drowning or freezing. Even the thought of that happening to their bodies while the ship imploded is horrible.

[@bulkyzero]

Woah where can I find that account?? It imploded??

[@blacknonbinarydisabledlesbian]

@@bulkyzero basically the ship sank further than any human can dive. Hence why the wreckage wasnt discovered til way later. I think even further than a submarine can dive without imploding

[@bulkyzero]

@@blacknonbinarydisabledlesbian come to think of it, I remember reading a little about how it imploded as it sank. Yeah I can’t imagine what that would have sounded like. Maybe like a giant Whale’s roar. Spooky

[@kriskalpa]

it's amazing to hear her describe the moment of impact, that there was a slight bump and then another. Didn't feel like anything then she went to bed. Amazing story. so good these stories weren't lost.

[@kristina286]

exactly now, 2.20 am, 100 years ago, the titanic sank. all people who died in this tragedy, rest in peace. you will not be forgotten.

[@Corxival]

Wow, a comment from 8 years ago

[@aveskao8497]

@@Corxival right?

[@Corxival]

@@aveskao8497 It's crazy to me

[@Amanda-ie4vw]

@@Corxival Woah

[@jada850]

omg, 8 years ago :(

[@selentorfan5123]

In fact titanic supposed to be the most safe ship.But instead is the most tragic history

[@Googaify]

because it was safe for those times. just not unsinkable, not in such circumstances

[@anom3778]

You cant just ram an iceberg at full speed and expect everything to be fine lol.

[@elizabethcarter880]

It has alot to do with the fact there where not enough life boats.

[@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786]

anom head on you might

[@tay.mchardy2045]

@@anom3778 Actually the ship was designed in such a way that if the ship collided head on with the iceberg only one of the front compartments would have flooded. The ship would not have sunk

[@bobandvegana4trump140]

They should of played this after the movie titanic

[@petermasterson8276]

@Martin have

[@jessevollmar2689]

Absolutely no reason they shouldn't that be very good historical information about society of the titanic

[@violetdesjarlais8420]

Are before

[@terra7113]

bob and vegana 4 trump play it before the movie

[@colettetaylor8645]

There was an original British Titanic movie before the 90's one which is more accurate and didn't have the love story. It also had a few facts at the end. It's an excellent movie.

[@scattypetty]

"We didn't know one another, so we couldn't get into conversation" is the most British thing ever. I'm sure they had at least one thing to bond over...

[@troyundroy1]

We don't tend to demarcate classes/ages/genders/roles nearly as much these days. Back then... you stayed in your lane as a social norm. Quite sad really - much like the 3rd class passengers being locked in the lower floors while the ship sank.

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

That was a real eye opener to me! Different times. I think if they were Irish you couldn't stop them talking ... but maybe they were in shock.

[@crystallineblue4344]

@@troyundroy1 Third class passengers were NOT "locked in the lower floors while the ship sank". Only uneducated simpletons believe everything you see in FICTIONAL movies.

[@realitia]

@@theeggtimertictic1136 I was thinking that, too. People must have been in absolute shock. Folks spoke to each other in other boats, according to stories and accounts.

[@chiefline7084]

That is the whitest thing I ever heard in my life

[@smydie]

My Great grandmother was booked on that trip but had to cancel last minute . She ended up on another voyage to New York ,we still have a crystal chandelier she bought in NY. True story

[@jenn8388]

My husband’s great grandparents were supposed to be on there as well, but great grandpa fell ill and they sold their tickets to someone else.

[@atonybiz4608]

Imagine if it wasn't canceled, you may have not been here today or may have. 🤔

[@MrMJmusicLover]

@@jenn8388 I feel like I died on that ship. To this day, I have a fear of cruise ships and the ocean and it has nothing to do with the movie. I just don't want to go near any cruise ship or large body of water. 🙁

[@jenniferraymond9766]

@@AnAdorableWombat Do math much? It's totally possible that someone living today had a great grandparent aboard that ship. My great grandmother was born in 1893, which would have made her a young woman in 1912. Her daughter, my grandma, was born in 1925. My mom was born in 1945. She didn't have me until 1975, at age 29. I am currently 47.

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

I'm 46 and my grandfather was born in 1911. So my great grandmother could have been on the ship.

[@vanessalegend]

The people sharing their experiences in the video are not actors, they were recorded a long time ago. The first lady to speak is Edith Russel. The last Titanic survivor was Millvina Dean who died in February 2009 at a Nursing home aged 97 years. (She was only a 6 week old baby when she was on titanic).

[@unreleasedbeatssmeditz3329]

Ohhh

[@ashleeelizabeth9418]

She was 2 and a half months old..

[@nowelalalalala]

@@ashleeelizabeth9418 like that makes a difference lmao

[@EbonyJ-rt5bb]

@@nowelalalalala ikr 🤷🏻‍♀️😆😂🤣

[@imtheking_3256]

@@ashleeelizabeth9418 actually not she was 2 months 1 week..

[@syb_764]

I’ve heard stories about people saying they were about to board the titanic but ended up going on another ship. That just gives me chills. Imagine seeing what ended up happening and realizing if u decided to go on that ship u might not have made it out alive.

[@JK-ff1ft]

Or if they went it may have meant someone else could have died as they took their place on the lifeboat

[@shakinram]

Similar to those who were supposed to be on flights that crashed on 9/11 but had plans change

[@hellifromtheblock]

My grandfather was planning to board the ship Wilhelm Gustloff in WW2 the day it was sunk by torpedos. He spontaneously decided to go by train.

[@shawnabarnett7008]

My whole life my grandma told me about how someone in our family actually had a ticket & never ended up boarding. The ticket still exists within my family & I hope one day to see it.

[@liam2386]

@@shakinram seth macfarlane was meant to be on one of those flights

[@LaeDanielle]

“When he threw that pig…I knew it was my mother calling me” Lord forgive me for my laughter. I’m screaming.

[@clairejohnson6522]

"What do you think i am,an acrobat, a monkey,or something?"made me do the same.

[@LaeDanielle]

@@clairejohnson6522 😭😭😭

[@mateovillacorta2279]

Humor persists even in the face of tragedy.

[@spreadthelove77]

When you call a ship “Unsinkable”, Nature’s gonna remember that.....

[@jct3439]

Right! ESPECIALLY if you have the AUDACITY to say “nOt EvEn gOd HiMsELf CoULd tHiNk ThIs tHiP”. This is tragic as hell but this is why you don’t test Nature/God... Keep them thoughts to ya self

[@prototyp3972]

@@jct3439 ...who said that?

[@jct3439]

@@prototyp3972 Look up the newspapers written about the titanic at the time. I can’t think of the specific company off the top of my head but some papers were definitely saying that, if not then something along those lines

[@anonnieman]

It was bloody well near unsinkable, but near was not enough this time

[@whhrms]

@@anonnieman The WSL was responsible for the "unsinkable" label. It appeared in one of their earliest brochures (1910) on the Olympic class liners. which were still under construction, and was taken up as "fact." It was published uncritically in Shipbuilder magazine with the word "practically" added to "unsinkable," and was kept going by an intense word-of-mouth campaign being driven by none other than the WSL people themselves, including Captain Smith and Thomas Andrews of Harland & Wolff. This was all at the height of the Industrial Revolution when many people truly believed that man had finally conquered Nature, or at least stake out a safe place for himself. The Olympic class liners were very safe ships by any standards, probably even safer than many of the ships that are sailing today; but as one person posted here, they weren't meant to go ramming over an iceberg at 22.5 knots - not even an icebreaker would try to do that. The iceberg found the Titanic's Achilles Heel. "Practically unsinkable" also comes with an obvious qualifier: "practically"? It means "realistically," "sensibly," "reasonably," "nearly," "all but," etc. Even then, you can see, the WSL was sort of hedging its bets, since it knew full well there was no such thing as an unsinkable ship.

[@giggles7179]

The most terrifying detail I ever read was that the survivors in the lifeboats could actually hear an implosion beneath them as that massive ship made her final descent. Especially in the pitch-black of the moonless night with hundreds of screams, having so much happening underneath them that they couldn't see would have been enough to snap _my_ sanity.

[@daniel-davis]

Sadly Ironic that is to the titan sub

[@jmiller9972]

U just gave me chills

[@giggles7179]

@@jmiller9972 That's exactly how _I_ felt when I read it. I can't fathom how terrifying all of it must have been. Then, to sit silently in one of those boats four hundred miles from land as the screams and pleas for help started to go silent one by one? I hope this doesn't come across offensive, but I honestly don't know what would have been worse: being in the lifeboats with all those sounds echoing through your head for the rest of your lifetime or being in the water and having your panic and your consciousness slip away within minutes?

[@MrScotty5877304]

My great grandfather was on the Titanic they were announcing that only women and children were allowed onto the life rafts when a guy running by slipped on a chunk of ice, he said he was laughing that much he nearly dropped his purse 😉😂

[@jmiller9972]

@@giggles7179 absolutely terrible...I couldn't imagine

[@PebblezfrmDetroit80]

I love hearing old people tell stories! I could listen to her all night!!!! RIP beautiful!!!!

[@redqueen7533]

Same

[@abbiepotter9453]

The way she explained everything was sad but true and just hearing her experience was wow also she seems so sweet.

[@PebblezfrmDetroit80]

@@abbiepotter9453 ikr!!!!

[@LeaveAhNah]

Something important I’ve learned; the discovery of the Titanic was monumental in confirming the stories of many woman and children and no longer making them feel crazy or hysterical in the eyes of these “naval professionals”. almost every survivor said they saw the ship break in half and stand upright, and of course, all the confident men denied that was possible. That is until the bow and stern were discovered thousands of feet apart.

[@ObongaTTV]

What are you on about? What "naval professionals" were making people feel crazy? Noone denied the possibility of the ship breaking as it was witnessed and recounted by Frank Osman, a Seaman in lifeboat 2. Sounds like you are inserting fallacies to align with a socio-political narrative that 100% has no place in the conversation at hand. Indoctrination I suppose. All the best w whatever you got goin on 😅.

[@trobinski1842]

Most sexist comment ever written. Men also cried out WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, and told stories of seeing the boat tear in half before their eyes.

[@faithlivings395]

@@trobinski1842they’re on about men that weren’t on the boat didn’t believe the people telling that story

[@AmberLewis-hu5vh]

600ft away from the other part of the titanic i believe

[@zeddeka]

You neglect to say why the "naval professionals" formed those opinions - because the eye witness accounts were totally contradictory. Most of the eye witnesses said the Titanic did *not* break in two, and those that did could not agree where it broke.

[@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289]

I love these interviews, they truly are historical gems. It's awesome that this was in color.

[@marysorocko5256]

absolutely amazing videos!

[@moski9861]

When year was this interview recorded?

[@dekerz165]

@@moski9861 1956, 67 years ago.

[@moski9861]

@@dekerz165 Oh wow, thanks!

[@dekerz165]

@@moski9861 your welcome matey

[@reziaakter1886]

A short information about the old lady: Edith Louise Rosenbaum Russell was an American fashion buyer, stylist and correspondent for Women's Wear Daily, best remembered for surviving the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic with a music box in the shape of a pig. Wikipedia Born: June 12, 1879, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Died: April 4, 1975, London, United Kingdom

[@tulip1695]

96? Whoa.

[@ashleysix2523]

Was it really a music box though? It almost looks like an old taxidermy job...I was wondering if the pig was alive when thrown...Like a mini pig maybe...

[@naturalbornchiller158]

Incredible.

[@Taelyr]

Awww she died 5 years after this interview was made😢💔 rip Edith

[@taurangasurf]

So she was born just a few years after the American civil war, survived the titanic, two world wars and saw a man land on the moon....amazing.

[@WestAbbey]

Fotage like this should never be forgotten or put away, it should be shown for future generations!!

[@dontshitsh9404]

Why ?

[@dontshitsh9404]

What did Titanic constribute to society ?

[@RaquelPereira-fj4kt]

why would they be put away? the older something is the more valuable.

[@RaquelPereira-fj4kt]

​@@dontshitsh9404in many ways. some are in the comments.

[@mindedchaos]

the future generation unfortunately dont care about history good or bad ... they just destroy the history and act like it never existed

[@jee2206]

Ocean Gate Expedition disaster brought me here. Rest in peace for those on board and for the Titanic passengers. May they all find peace.

[@prittyugly86]

Idk why people are calling it a disaster ... I'd call it a f*ck up.

[@KusherK_]

@@prittyugly86Did you find the guy who asked?

[@prittyugly86]

@@KusherK_ I'm asking

[@dbyspae122]

@@KusherK_me I did

[@peterroberts5835]

My relative, Nelly walcroft, was a Titanic survivor. The letter she wrote (available online) post rescue is truly harrowing. We Recently visited an exhibition in Worcester where we managed to narrow down using her letter what lifeboat she was in. A very humbling experience.

[@thesilversurfer7136]

I just read about your relative Nelly! What a story! Thank god she survived. She was in 2nd class and they didn't think much of the 2nd and 3 RF class people. Such arrogance! Surprised Astor didn't make it since he was so upper crust. Sad the men had to wait but manners and courtesy were the rule then.

[@annaleathompson2702]

Where is the letter located? Would love to read it. Incredible legacy

[@trainstrains1]

@@thesilversurfer7136 In fact a number of what would be termed "super wealthy" men gave up their positions in boats so that others could live. They were a different breed to today's new rich.

[@Kushagra.j]

@@trainstrains1 that was then. If Feminists want equality they shall have it. If anything similar to Titanic happens i hope all the men take the seats irrespective of other factors as they are physically stronger and thus would be able to overpower others. Can you imagine the outroar if women were forced to stay back or be shot just to let the men go through to safety while they were made to wait and suffer a dreadful, miserable death!

[@Milena-ek6gm]

@@Kushagra.j homie calm down and take your hatred for women somewhere else....preferably somewhere where you don't come in contact with any other person ever pls 🙏🙏

[@jasa6554]

Titanic was so sad! R.I.P FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DIED ;(

[@allipeteclarke08]

The movie was crap tho

[@Taelyr]

𓅿modern walmart𐂂 comment was made 6 years ago bud, lol

[@williamwhitecloud9020]

And the pet dogs in Cages

[@Pppiston]

Mmmhmm

[@sweetvirgoo]

𓅿modern walmart𐂂 Crap?! You're mom thought that when you where born.

[@Bojangles5-2]

Thank God someone had the foresight to make this recording! Love the voice inflection and dropoff when the old woman speaks.

[@jonburrows2684]

She went commando

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Its more interesting to also hear how people interacted with people back then. We all here people say "the good old days", "You could leave your doors unlocked. People talked to each other" well here we see they didn't 7:59 "No well we didn't know one another so we couldn't get into conversation".

[@NoCallerID70457]

Shut up. You have an uglybdog as a profile picture. Worst animal ever.

[@nerysevenden9408]

The people on those boats were complete strangers to one another so they wouldn’t have talked. But as far as communities of people living their lives in the same neighbourhood you get to know the people in the towns you lived in and you did leave doors unlocked and you did speak with people out and about because even if you weren’t close with them they were still familiar to you.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Yeah, you can’t really make that comparison in this particular circumstance - they were in the midst of a horrendous mass tragedy. I’m going to go out on a limb here-and say that everyone “not talking on the lifeboats,” had less to do with “not knowing each other” and more to do with the fact that they were floating aimlessly in the middle of the ocean, in pitch darkness, wet, freezing, terrified, traumatized, listening to people screaming/dying all around them- and nearly every person, on every boat, having just lost *at least* 1 person close to them… Do you expect people to sit there and chitchat about their favorite teas to pass the time?

[@crystallineblue4344]

"We all" do NOT "here people". We HEAR. Your lack of elementary schooling is appalling.

[@CoriAlexis93]

Insane how the ship was split up based on class. And the order people were saved was based on class. It’s very interesting to hear interviews from survivors of different classes. How their experiences were vastly different.

[@noone8118]

"We were not allowed to go to any part of the ship except the deck "...Sounds somethinh like any commercial airline would do...how ironic that class divide is accepted as normal

[@KatieBellino]

I imagine based on ticket price, which of course generally means your richest people will be in 1st class. This practice is still used if you think about airlines. Go to a music concert, there are expensive tickets and cheap tickets; you're expected to stay in your area.

[@klavier285]

Third class women would have had priority over first class men for getting a seat in the lifeboats. Being first class didn't help that much for the men. Though they still had a better chance than 3rd class men for sure.

[@rufusreir1732]

Have you never travelled on a plane then ? Duh. Stupid comment

[@ScoopDogg]

still is today

[@MorenaHildegard]

this lady and the two men make you imagine what people in 1912 was like, the way they talk, the way they look like, they are the perfect picture of the past

[@karlbuchanan1363]

Dignity, grace and fortitude? Yes. A time when most chose to be representative of their generation

[@rainbowpandasays8851]

🤦‍♀️They are the past.

[@karlbuchanan1363]

@@rainbowpandasays8851 they were there. People and their times are not the same thing and times change, but people change much slower.

[@calvinbrice.t2140]

I mean they are. They’re from that era. You hear how they speak no one really speaks like. This may be from the past but this is amazing. This is how people spoke. Cherish this video

[@alitanicholas9579]

Living time machines. ❤

[@shawnmccrary5526]

The woman is Ms.Edith Russell. I’ve seen her in other interviews and gives me the feeling of a straight forward yet honest and tough as nails woman. Something about the story grabs us all. Such a loss of life that should never have happened.

[@gardengnome1827]

@array s that means she also survived the flu pandemic of 1918.

[@gmar7836]

@@gardengnome1827 correct

[@tonyfeeney6978]

@@gardengnome1827 Edi was unsinkable and a pandemic wouldn't have bothered her.

[@DaveSCameron]

Great eireann lady

[@richp.1234]

She had a super interesting life.

[@Rainytwilight]

When I watched the movie I didn't feel sad for Rose and Jack at all, I felt horrible for the elders who were left behind, laying on their bed waiting to drown and the mother who told the story about Tir Na nog.

[@Fullcowlingsmash]

Rose and jack was the fictional part of the movie The real thing was yes the older people and the workers who were trapped the babies kids and many others

[@crystallineblue4344]

OMG - you actually "think" the Rose and Jack CHARACTERS in the 1997 FICTIONAL movie are real people???? SMH... You're not too bright are you?

[@EDRIANPENGUINO]

@@crystallineblue4344 No need to be rude there...

[@kristenbrinn3940]

@@crystallineblue4344It’s not impossible to feel bad for fictional characters.

[@S_J_banana]

And now 111 years later 5 new men have died there. RIP. As a person who has followed the Titanic disaster since 2012, this is all such a shame. Don’t mess with history ladies and gentlemen

[@kaylariggs5188]

😞 May they all rest peacefully in Heaven.

[@myronp5764]

RIP to the 5 dead people

[@krunkle5136]

Or you become history. Si.

[@Wh40kFinatic]

At least it was a quick death.

[@LovelyCharmaine]

If they even got to the bottom alive*

[@GreenBananaz]

“When they threw that pig, well I knew It was my mother calling” … What an odd remark. Caught me off guard. I’ve never heard such a sentence In my life

[@Eric-eh7vg]

How is it not a meme?

[@beth16440]

The toy, paper mache pig was a good luck mascot given by her mother, after Edith was involved in a car crash the previous year. Edith had promised her mother that she would always keep it with her. If she hadn't gone after the toy pig, she would have died. For her, it was her mother calling for her to get in that boat. By twisting the pigs tail, Edith would play the pigs musical box to drown out the sounds of the dying and for the long, cold seven hours they awaited for rescue, Edith would continuously play the pigs musical box to stop the children from crying and keep them entertained.

[@bethroberts2575]

I had to rewind when I heard that. I was like “a pig? Why was there a pig on the titanic? And why does that mean her mother was calling her?” So damn confused 😂 I understand now, glad she jumped after her pig. Should defo be a meme.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

She was an entitled aristocrat, who cared nothing for the "help-class people," only that fvck'n pig...

[@jibjub7047]

​@@bethroberts2575 I literally went onto Google and searched "Was there a pig on the Titanic?" Lmao.

[@justijess5233]

1,503. What a shocking number. All those people dead because too many mistakes were made. To those who died that night, rest in peace.

[@Firemarioflower]

@lerebox NO

[@Firemarioflower]

@lerebox Yeah true but 1503 died on Titanic not 1496

[@Leo.de99]

@lerebox my grandpa as a kid was actually supposed to be on the gustloff, he fled from east prussia because of the russians and was a hour or so too late to get on the gustloff. Which means if he got on the gustloff I would not be alive today

[@soonermagic24]

@@Leo.de99 biggest bullshit story I’ve ever heard

[@therealDYL93]

Now think about 9/11 and double that number.

[@debbiecreter2005]

We visited a traveling exhibit of the Titanic several years ago in Flint, Michigan. It was very respectfully presented. We received a name of one of the passengers on each of our tickets and as we went through the exhibit, we saw information about many of them. Personal artifacts retrieved from the ruins and ocean floor were displayed, and a large display of what the water temperature felt like at that time, which was painfully cold. By the end of the exhibit, we found out if our passenger lived or died. It was a very somber, but realistic exhibit which empathetically and with dignity personified the people and this tragic event. The feelings from seeing this stayed with me for a long time. My utmost respect to everyone who endured that event. May they all rest in eternal peace.

[@misterd7843]

I went through one of those and it was fascinating. "My" passenger was a preacher named John Harper who had been invited to preach at a church in Chicago. I still have the "boarding pass" they gave me. I'm pretty sure he didn't make it, but that info isn't on the card because, as you said, you didn't find out until the end of the exhibit.

[@debbiecreter2005]

@@misterd7843Thanks for sharing your experience of the Titanic exhibit! It was such an emotion filled experience and exceptionally presented.

[@rellewilson7814]

She mustve been a hoot in her day, man shes awesome

[@Adam-cj2jg]

She looks like a man

[@OliviaBrookeee]

Adam what the hell

[@toejam516]

It's normal for women to lose estrogen in old age, same with men and testosterone.

[@livingashtree1942]

@@Adam-cj2jg no lie, I thought shd was a man till she mentioned the kid calling her ma'am

[@debroyprasenjit]

@@livingashtree1942 Likewise!

[@Paulintouch]

may they rest in peace

[@kendallrosedanley596]

RafaelAnimz wow a 3 week old comment?

[@armanator7291]

@@rafaelanimz992 wow a 4 week old comment

[@David-vi2dm]

@@armanator7291 Wow a 3 week old comment ?

[@mahamahmad21]

Amen 🙏❤️

[@alex-nk5wg]

@@David-vi2dm wow a 3 months old comment

[@julieprice9310]

They believed that a rescue ship was on its way . No one knew the outcome of tragic event that was about to happen .

[@Sigma.6]

Sorry but you don't know what you're talking about. Smith and the officers knew exactly what was going to happen!

[@CosmicPegasus]

***** It was the SS Californian, not the Lusitania.

[@sundushussain7185]

Julie Price listen

[@xgracee.e3811]

Rescue ships were on its way. However they were several hundred miles away, and reached the Titanic’s location went it was already on the sea floor. I can’t remember which ship was the first to make it though, but I know that it came 1 hour and 40 minutes after it’s sinking.

[@Coco-mc9zs]

If they would have been paying attention at the station they would have been ...sad

[@Nick-cy2tn]

Absolutely incredible that there were any survivors at all let alone video interviews with some of them.

[@ferdinandcapellan1465]

Your watching a real titanic survivor who is already an adult back then (1912) and then telling the real actual story first hand. This footage is insane !

[@hamza_ali_]

Woah yeah!! 😶

[@Vic-wi9cr]

uploaded 11 yrs ago and video taken many yrs ago

[@mohddalibinzali1165]

I think this interview was recorded in 1970's

[@kevinwaterfield7400]

I knew this Lady and she had a very interesting life after surviving the sinking

[@kberg6019]

@@kevinwaterfield7400where can we read more about her?

[@DarthMeteos]

This is well before the wreck was discovered... How cool to see contemporary interviews.

[@kathleennorton6108]

Her room being so well sealed, if for some fluke they stayed so, as well as her trunks, I wonder if the trunks are down there preserved still?

[@emperor___palpatine]

Kathleen Norton probably

[@Khloe_dancer_model]

Kathleen Norton yes..must be..

[@DarthMeteos]

​@@kathleennorton6108 At the Titanic's depth, the pressure is over 6 tons per square inch. Submarines for that depth have inches of titanium plate to keep it out, and any weakness results in the instantaneous death of the crew. There is no trunk in the world that could seal from that pressure. Any amount of air would be forced out. It would rupture immediately.

[@AdrianoCROST]

@@DarthMeteos As i know pressure is much lower at that depth (around 2 tonnes).

[@terrylewis_]

This is random, but I've seen the traveling Titanic exhibit twice. They'll give you a passenger slip at the beginning, and at the end you see whether or not you were among the survivors. Both times I was among the deceased which doesn't really surprise me, but it is so heartbreaking to visually see the list of names of all those who perished. I have always been fascinated with the Titanic from a young age. My Meemaw was alive when Titanic happened and I wish I asked her about any memories she had of that time. Such a tragedy.

[@Emily-xu6fi]

I’ve done the same thing. Super eerie

[@sarahhayslip1793]

I saw the exhibit in Las Vegas, it was amazing. P.S. I was a survivor.

[@austinadams9464]

My great grandmother was born in 1906 and was from Sweden. Her name was Fauma. When I was 8 years old, a year before she died, I asked her if she remembered anything from 1912 and what happened with the Titanic. She told me that it was "very sad" and that her father and mother were very sad when they heard the news, and she was a little girl playing with her toys. I still think its crazy that she lived nearly 100 years. She saw the 21st century. She used to tell me a lot of stories about Sweden during World War 1. Crazy honestly when I think back to it. I'm nearly 25 now and I still remember some of her stories.

[@billhosko7723]

Yer p[hoto is trash...

[@animallover18193]

Yeah me too I died once and survived once it is so sad

[@recherche4528]

Thank you for posting. This is fascinating.

[@antoniograncino3506]

From a 1970 documentary. The Lady of the Pig is Edith Russell. She was 32 at the time of the sinking. The pig is actually a wind-up music box. She led an interesting life, including as a front-line correspondent during WW 1. Wickedpedia has a very good article on her.

[@texaspete33]

She must been in her in her 90's during this interview.

[@zirk5392]

Thank for the info. This is what I was looking for.

[@Spurz1975]

@@texaspete33 Yes, she was 91 , she died in april 1975 just 2 months before her 96th birthday.

[@GDgrl]

Thank you! I was trying to figure out what year this was made!

[@syahriyanatlanticasejati575]

It happened over 50years before that interview, yet they remembered it as if it's happened yesterday.

[@gooberclown]

I learned the Morse Code when I was 12 years old. Much later, I saw a movie about the Titanic, where the radio operator aboard the Carpathia copied the S.O S. distress signal from the Titanic. I could understand every bit of it, including the position report of the vessel. It gave the movie an eerie, realistic feeling.

[@brendafegley3317]

That was the first time the SOS distress was used

[@Yetaxa]

@@brendafegley3317 It actually wasn't, although it was relatively new at this time. It certainly cemented it as THE distress call

[@annapersson5085]

My grandmother was going go the states to work.. The family she was going to work for sent her a ticket to the Titanic. She lived in Sweden and took a boat over to Southhampton but came to late. The ship had already left! She had to take a another ship, not at all like the fantastic Titanic. When she was half way over the Atlantic she heard about the catastrophe.

[@abdihassan7208]

did she like southampton

[@VickiSmith-eg9oo]

Wow. Being late probably savdd her life.

[@fmyoung]

You should tell the Titanic Historical Society

[@nickmarinelli5291]

I love seeing Ms. Russell! She was an absolute awesome human being!

[@6figureceleryjfs378]

I could listen to older generations tell stories all day.

[@frankfigueroa4586]

I love this woman she really describes what happened so well.

[@TejaaaaaaReddy]

Weaving stories

[@musicpipe]

Olympic (unseaworthy) was scuttled having a Titanic nameplate attached, for an insurance claim ($21 Million). White Star-line was owned by J.P. Morgan, facing bankruptcy, plus a coal miners strike in 1912 restricted ocean Liner travel. The Californian who's only cargo was wooly jumpers {basically empty} left the previous day & waited to pick up the Titanic passengers. Typical incompetence caused the Captain of the Californian not to recognize the Titanic & thus ignored its distress signals. After a court trial the Captain of the Californian, was never allowed to Captain another ship. The Iceberg is a Big Lie Pure & Simple.

[@falsum6913]

@@musicpipe Utter Tripe never head such nonsense in my life

[@Tigerroux]

I wonder what the pig was all about. As horrific this event was, I wonder why she carried the pig with her.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

@@musicpipe Is that true?

[@Bellabob]

I’ve always been fascinated by the Titanic, I visited the museum in Belfast and just find it such a compelling event. A few years ago, I found out that my Great Great Uncle had been offered a role as a butler on the ship, but he turned it down because he suffered from seasickness.

[@tineb2442]

My (Belgian) great-grandfather was offered a role as pianist and he didn’t go because of homesickness!

[@faith4disney]

"a role"

[@TheTaintedTragedy]

It's so crazy to me hearing both of their stories from different classes of society period one at the time was only worried about luggage and the other 1 was worried about his life. At the end of the day they both were just glad they survived. Even the lady sounds like as she's telling the story she realizes how miniscule her luggage was compared to the situation that was happening around her that would forever change her life. It is also crazy to me realizing now how accurately James Cameron got his movie hearing them talk about the band playing music. Even then playing with the ice on deck after the iceberg was hit.

[@JokeriPokeri17]

I love the posh elegant english that the narrator speaks in this exciting piece of history of the RMS Titanic, absolutely love this fascinating video.

[@RufusT9]

The narrator and interviewer is Sandra Harris, an Australian journalist whose father was the Lord mayor of Perth. She worked for British TV for a while in the 70's.

[@endokrin7897]

She's extremely attractive. She's not bad looking, either.

[@brandoninorlando]

One of the best videos ive watched on You tube , I love the history.

[@Trini2DeBone]

Agreed. KZbin should have a section for Favourties separate from LIked Videos

[@christophharriso653]

You will love the whole story look up owen benjamin- the titanic

[@tammyileene4060]

Me, too. I like history. Yep.

[@elizabethbrown2960]

Great narration from a real human. 🕊️🥀

[@sweetvirgoo]

Doesn't everyone love titanics history?

[@WeDemBoyz949]

I’m here after that submarine went missing with those 5 on board. RIP to everyone who lost their lives while Titanic sank and the survivors who are all not with us now. Prayers up to the people who lost their lives on the submarine. :/

[@denisemonroy82]

Same 😢

[@leyiannapaul]

Me also😢

[@lookinggoodwithtash2982]

Same

[@unlimitedgaming7872]

SAME 🙏

[@Luckydog-cc9jn]

@@Mr.Body_CatcherI would spend it on a history museum on the titanic instead. A lot cheaper and safer

[@anniemonroe9285]

It's heart wrenching to watch everyone waving as the ship leaves.

[@rbsk999]

That's footage of the Olympic, though.

[@guywithacamera416]

7:57 That has to be the most British thing I've ever heard

[@samk8018]

LMAO that's hilarious , but could have been the shock and horror too

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@samk8018 If that's so, it's not funny

[@munzirrafik7753]

haha typical . dont ask them a direction when go to london.. No answer for you.. !

[@domiu7235]

🤣🤣👌

[@nataliecovers__]

I'm like huh... Why not? Of course you can have a conversation! Haha

[@GrooveYouVerse]

I find Titanic so fascinating, not just because it's size, imagery, but also because of the tragedy. These stories survived when there wasn't enough boats for everyone. We are fortunate and honored to hear such stories from survivors.

[@DrivenA111]

Well obviously because of the tragedy.

[@moon-uh5kd]

@@DrivenA111what’s the point of your comment 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

[@jessH090]

It’s such a shame that they didn’t fill the boats to their full capacity.

[@elenamcgibbon5379]

Eedďďe8

[@DrivenA111]

@@moon-uh5kd Can you read? Can you think? Millions and millions less people probably would even know what the Titanic was if it weren’t for the tragedy. So that part is obvious. I pointed that out. And you respond with that silly stupidity? *Apply those emojis to yourself*

[@Jasmin-fd3ny]

Thank you for uploading this to KZbin. I’ve never seen this before and it made me appreciate it more than ever.

[@Hemi-Homer13]

My great grandfather had warned everybody that the ship was going to sink he kept yelling and yelling “The ship is going to sink!!” till they whooped his ass and kicked him out the movie theater.

[@HeyYaKnow]

This must've been insanely traumatic to have experienced.

[@peachyemi870]

It was. Most people had PTSD from it :(

[@okitasan]

hearing that the sound in the area after the ship went down was something like the roar of a baseball stadium, except it was all people screaming in agony, must've been horrific -- and then the slow fade as every voice eventually went silent

[@starfireprincess]

Atleast everyone envolved are dead now. No more suffering.

[@Akhi_Umar]

@@starfireprincess There is an afterlife, do not be so sure that they aren’t suffering. Hell and paradise is real.

[@uninterestingprofile]

@@Akhi_Umar The Easter Bunny is also real. 🐰🐰🐇🐇🐰🐰

[@scarletespinalgomez3320]

I wish I could go back to 1912 and tell people there was an iceberg so they can turn it another way.🥺😭

[@annanimity7085]

They would have laughed at you and called you a lunatic unfortunately 😣

[@karinarayjr699]

Then titanic probably wouldn’t be as famous

[@terrybardy2848]

@@karinarayjr699 Perhaps, but over 1500 people would still be alive.

[@scarletespinalgomez3320]

Karina Ray Jr But at least people wouldn’t have died which is what matters 😭

[@scarletespinalgomez3320]

Melia Adelita Cybelle I Know that IS what’s sad 😔

[@ededdison8965]

I did not know that these interviews existed. This is fascinating to be able to hear stories firsthand. The titanic is quite a momentous and tragic part of our history.

[@niktaylor7790]

Listening to her talk about how calmly she moved scares me. God bless her.

[@missladybug6712]

I love the fact that Mrs. Russell made a point of stating that she was without underwear! What an incredible lady with an equally incredible story. Bless her sweet soul!

[@cheezheadz3928]

Why do you love that?

[@delilahcaroline3489]

@@cheezheadz3928 because back then women didn’t tell anyone about their “unmentionables”!!

[@mojopin70]

Hideous woman, clearly rich , 19 trunks? 3 rooms ? Complaining whilst the poor were drowning.

[@ros4395]

She couldn't help being rich.

[@Audit-xq4vu]

@@ros4395 I mean really… back then if your father was rich, your mother was the keeper of the house and books & it was just custom for all your children, especially girls, to fall in line with knowing how to be a good house wife… she probably even married into a rich family, because the rich marries off to other rich.. it’s how a legacy keeps on rolling..

[@jessehassell1864]

Sad thing is the lifted boy that she talks about he most likely died. Because he was part of the crew an he was 14. Back then 13 or older wasn't considered a child

[@aaronjones7260]

His name was Arthur Barrett, he was a 1st class lift attendant and his father I believe was a baker on the ship, and sadly yes, they both perished

[@cyndisbranti1594]

TITANIC story haunts me. I’m absolutely fascinated about it. The loss of men, women and children. I can’t imagine how scary it must have been for every crew and passenger. RIP TO ALL

[@jshepard152]

Mostly men. 19% of men survived compared to 73% of women who made it back.

[@brennam954]

@@jshepard152 That is a made up statistic

[@alhera674]

57% of statistics are made up on the spot.

[@jshepard152]

@@brennam954 Since you don't know what you're talking about, I'll provide the actual stats. There were 782 male passengers on Titanic. 650 of them died. That's 83.1%. There were 402 women on Titanic. 102 died. That's 25.4%. Source: "Gender, Social Norms, and Survival in Maritime Disasters". Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixson, Dept. of Economics, Uppsala University, Sweden.

[@dorotheanehls3963]

Und unvorstellbar, diesem eisigen Wasser ausgeliefert zu sein...

[@sand-7938]

James Cameron’s movie is one of the most beautiful movies ever made in the history. Outside of the small numbers of boat at their disposal, the third class should have been made aware of not being saved in case of a catastrophe. Maybe they would have not travelled with the Titanic. It must have been difficult to watch the ship drowning from afar and they were just not talking to each other because they didn’t know each other. As per the movie, the third class was interacting with each other, dancing together. They would have talked to each other on their safety boat.

[@earlonaret]

The 3. class was not a majority in the safety boat… No one there to speak to.

[@carmencarmen9489]

@@earlonaretthat’s not what he’s saying

[@G1NZOU]

That's the thing though, regulations and industry practice at the time was that lifeboats were not intended to carry every single occupant of the ship, but rather ferry people onto another ship that had arrived to rescue. The thought was that overloaded lifeboats, especially on the open ocean, will capsize anyway or the occupants will succumb to exposure anyway if no rescue arrives, and that barring an extreme case most ships in distress only list or take one water partially and are in a condition to limp to port or be towed with a skeleton crew once the passengers have been offloaded to another ship. So it wasn't that the third class were chosen not to be saved, it was that a fast sinking before rescue arrived was deemed so unlikely that it wasn't considered. The Titanic disaster did change those regulations and also how ships communicate and organise rescue, rules about SOS messages were tightened and rescue flare meaning was made less ambiguous.

[@earlonaret]

@@carmencarmen9489 uh, my bad. I didnt read it correctly, sorry!

[@joeskys2362]

​@@G1NZOU That information is not true the Titanic owners simply violated the Safety standards of that era. The purpose of life boats are to simply saves lives. The Titanic had only 20 lifeboats. That's enough for only more than half of its passengers. According to Maurice Clarke the Titanic's safety officer. The Titanic needed to have had 10 more lifeboats. The owners knew this but still refused. They wanted to depart on time and, they didn't want the lifeboats to spoil the view on deck. The Titanic Owners simply lied and, threatened there safety officer into silence. This new info has just recently resurfaced. Therefore the death of so many lives were due to illegal actives of the arrogant rich.🤔😥

[@had940]

I can sit and listen to them tell me stories all day

[@Kissfan96dr]

reminds me of that scene in 1997's Titanic where old Rose was telling her story and everyone aboard hunting the heart of the ocean were gathered around, enthralled.

[@dannygreene7405]

Some guy had $2500 cash and a gold watch on him when they found his body ..thats $35,000 now almost

[@bjleist1963]

Danny Greene , John Jacob Astor IV.

[@joniheisenberg6691]

Hi Heisenberg

[@SausageRoll4u]

Didn't save his life tho!

[@yongjiahui6287]

Damn right

[@martinr9109]

@@Kalossabrakstein who's saying money is more important?

[@kaylalabrant2929]

I just watched the titanic again (after 100x by now). And I still cry like a baby. My heart will forever be broken. Seeing the kids get tucked in bed killed me. The baby frozen in it’s mother’s arms in the ocean..... this world confuses me :(

[@thegigglystinkfinger8515]

It confuses all of us i think

[@Therejectionartist]

Stay on land, travel only on foot, but stick to the roads and steer clear of the moor.

[@mysticblue3387]

Don’t watch it if your going to cry

[@jonwinder6622]

cry baby

[@rickricardo5326]

@@jonwinder6622 At least she has a heart Something you seem to lack

[@Kissfan96dr]

imagine surviving that nightmare and then having someone make you look at that picture in the back.

[@Mutasis_Mutandis]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@bohogothhoe]

Literally my first thought as well. Why parade their tragedy???

[@nancyjackson3909]

Like jesus coming back and seeing crosses

[@leadvendor]

Yeah, that was pretty insensitive.

[@frostbite6689]

“Not even god can sink this ship.” God - “Bet.”

[@Kinobambino]

God: watch this

[@kayleeharper9865]

God: hold ma hoops

[@Danbo22987]

God: *takes an ice cube from his drink and throws it in the water*

[@shainilashamu2178]

So it is proven that God exists.

[@dheaismaxx]

God: what did he saaaaayyyy???

[@cliveedwards2958]

This is a truly fascinating piece of film..the elderly lady is lovely and makes such astute observations about the atmosphere and the class system..It is a great record of the human tragedy that was all too real..thanks for posting this

[@doravernon1511]

Can't you see its a man. 😂

[@ElBoxeo1]

@@doravernon1511 no but all the women in your family are men.

[@robbieogle8622]

Thats a man. Hes a cross dresser.

[@henrysantos121]

*Excellent documentary*

[@moominmay]

People are carrying on like the old lady is British - she's American!

[@SenyorCapitàCollons]

Moomin Mai She has a very british accent. I know that they still have that accent in some very remote villages in America.

[@skepticalbadger]

No, she has a very neutral, 'posh', American accent. You will still hear this among well-to-do Americans on the East Coast.

[@filipzawistowski4615]

I'm English, and I knew straight away she was American. The way they pronounce their r's is always the biggest giveaway.

[@JN003]

i would wager some Irish ancestry , parents with an irish accent , prolly grew up somewhere in the states.

[@filipzawistowski4615]

Edith Russel, pretty sure she's full American. Google her.

[@julienielsen4462]

Wow love these old footage stories. The lady was so well spoken. I wonder how she lived her life after she was saved.

[@mohddalibinzali1165]

Me too. She's like a celebrity even more

[@kevinwaterfield7400]

Read the book called Shadow of the Titanic written by Ronald Denney

[@whathappenedwas7083]

I was a second grader when the movie came out, I always loved the theme song. And it was very tragic to see the fear of those people as it went down, and how freezing that water must have been.

[@cm1133]

I can’t. stand Celine Deon. I was so happy when they stopped playing that damn song on the radio.

[@1dkwhat2put]

@@cm1133 my mom said the exact same thing😂

[@cm1133]

@@1dkwhat2put I’m glad I’m not alone!

[@Divinesoul.336]

It's so horrific tragedy😢. Rest in peace💙

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

A relative of my grandmother was a boxer from wales. She often mentioned that he was off to fight in America on the titanic but was late and saw it sailing off without him

[@marys3630]

@@SadFloweGarden I see what you did there. lol

[@fmyoung]

You should let the Titanic Historical Society know

[@gmar7836]

If she had 19 trunks she was doing pretty damn well back then

[@hotcrazycatladyme168]

Well yeah, most of them were filthy rich and the ones who weren't they locked up downstairs so they could get the "important" people off the ship first.

[@b.walker5955]

@@Sofia-bt4yo the man in the interview, who was on the Titanic clearly told you those below were not permitted on the first class level. the first class level was where the boats were stored, loaded and then lowered. Class was indeed what separated lives from access of the boats.

[@b.walker5955]

Wikipedia the story read that she failed to insure her trunks that were filled with couture (she was a fashion buyer/editor) designer goods that were to be models for future sales once in the States. Because the ship was unsinkable there was no reason to obtain insurance. Even without insurance, she prevailed and would later win in her lawsuit against White Star and it was said it was the highest pay out in all the losses the titanic was responsible for. EUREKA that had to have been some dresses! ~ do read the story you will enjoy the details I don't have time or space to convey. She lead quite a life and would pass in 1975 at 95.

[@whhrms]

@@b.walker5955 The fact is that the lifeboats were stored forward on the Boat Deck in the 1st Class promenade area and astern in the 2nd Class promenade area. That obviously gave those passengers an advantage in reaching those boats. 3rd Class passengers were segregated from the rest of the ship below decks in order to comply with U.S. immigration restrictions. There were ways for them to reach the Boat Deck and some of them found those - just not nearly enough! Once they reached the Boat Deck, though, women and children were permitted to enter the boats with no class prejudice.

[@kulsumirfan6650]

Why would u take 19 trunks with you on a holiday 😐!

[@rmstitanic8163]

An event in history that will never be forgotten. And will always be a Night To Remember, for the sadness of the loss of so many, and such a beautiful ship, and of the braveness of the crew in saving as many as they did. Mistakes were made and much finger pointing was done. But time has passed on and the memory of that time should be heart felt for all who was lost that night of the 14th /15th April 1912. 🌹

[@andrewjennings7306]

Nice name drop of the original movie.

[@rmstitanic8163]

@@andrewjennings7306 Not the first or original film based on the sinking of the Titanic. But in my opinion, the best.

[@matthewsmith2241]

It wasn't until my wife told me abouta title called Night to Remember that it was about the Titanic. Night to Remember was made based off the book of same name that not many people may know about. Before that, only one I saw before was the 1997 version w/ DiCaprio and Winslet in it. There was a Halmark version of Titanic think in 1980's sometime (or maybe early 1990's) w/ George C. Scott, Catherine Zeta Jones, Tim Curry Marilu Henner; and one other one too. Wife + I have all 4 movies and after watching history segments, think I heard a Night to Remember is as close to actual accounts of the event out of all 4 versions. Plus too, yes there was 1 or 2 other versions before A Night to Remember, but think both of them from recollection weren't as popular; and when making, think people were afraid of seeing it due to being so fresh in history as tragic event. Especially my wife, we're obsessed of history of it in general that can't stop thinking about it.

[@rmstitanic8163]

@@matthewsmith2241 good comments. The Cameron version copies much of A Night To Remember. But in my opinion it lacks the realism. Its obviously well made with the CGI graphics. But in a lot of shots of A Night To Remember, a real ship was used in certain parts. Obviously not the distance shots, but the close up ones. Plus they had guidance from some of the survivors of the actual Titanic. One part of the film that gets me every time is when the ship is about to go under, an old man picks up a little boy that has lost his mother, and the old man says to reassure the boy, "don't worry sonny " we'll find your mummy ", fully knowing they are about to perish.... I do have the George C Scott version. Titanic, The Story So Few Lived To Tell. 100th Anniversary Edition. But it was a present. Its ok. But again lacks in some areas for me. I don't have the Cameron version funny enough. Too much of a love story for me. I too am very interested in Titanic and have always had a fascination for it. (Since a young age). I luckily own a very small piece of Titanic. Part of The Legacy Collection. 👍

[@jackdundon2261]

A little bit of trivia for ya, but I recently found out lieutenant lightholer you remember him from the movie (second officer in the opening scene). Anyhow in world war 1. He was captain of a destroyer and sunk last German U-boat of the war. he probably would have been charged for war crimes but it was brushed under the rug, when his crewman using small Arms shot a bunch of the German u-boat survivors in the water.

[@whitenoisejosh-sleepfocusc2917]

Humans: This ship is unsinkable Nature: Hold my beer

[@sviesosvaikas1126]

this hold my beer joke isnt funny anymore

[@whitenoisejosh-sleepfocusc2917]

@@sviesosvaikas1126 than don’t laugh 🤷🏼‍♂️ Move on with your life.

[@sviesosvaikas1126]

@@whitenoisejosh-sleepfocusc2917 It was never really funny to begin with. Its a joke for autists whose brain move slow to think of anything better. I dont mean to insult you or those who use it, its just my opinion. Now when I have said it ill move in peace. Thanks

[@66voldemort]

This tragedy wasn’t the fault of nature or an iceberg, it is completely the fault those who let it go to sail without enough life boats for all on board.

[@fmyoung]

@@66voldemort It was both the shortage of lifeboats and the fact that despite that they still sped through the ice danger area. The law on lifeboats may have been lenient but that doesn't mean shipowners couldn't provide boats for all.

[@josephconsoli4128]

I wish I would've been old enough to recall the story, but my grandfather immigrated to America in May of 1912 and was originally scheduled for the Titanic. I always felt a strong connection to the ship and its story. It contains volumes of reflections on human nature. The one thing that surprises me is that when people say, "years ago people cared about others more and had better values", you find that although it may be true to a degree, people always had basically the same idiosyncrasies, especially when it comes to a serious crisis.

[@Floppedd]

Boi what conecction did u feel wogh the ship? U werent born back then and no family member of yours was in that ship stop making lies

[@bookywooky2259]

​@That1HotMF exactly! 😂 I find comments like this narcissistic in nature because it's more about themselves than anything else. Millions of people have found the titanic sinking interesting, myself included but I would never say I felt drawn to it because of some old relative who was SUPPOSED to be on it. We're all drawn to it because of the disaster and Cameron's film making it even more interesting for newer generations.

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@bookywooky2259 Just saying it adds to the overall mystique of the ship for me.

[@thomasshaughnessy9023]

My great grand uncle was sadly a victim of the tragic sinking and he wasn't even supposed to be on the Titanic! Truly a sad turn out

[@julijejejdj4074]

Can you explain more? Why has he not supposed to be there

[@thomasshaughnessy9023]

@@julijejejdj4074 Well he was a horse farmer and he was planning to sell a horse at the docks and use his payment to buy a ticket for a different ship, but his payment was late and so he missed his ship, instead he bought a ticket for the Titanic and the rest is what we know as the sinking

[@julijejejdj4074]

@@thomasshaughnessy9023 Thats very interesting, thanks for sharing

[@whhrms]

What was his name?

[@thomasshaughnessy9023]

@@whhrms Patrick (Pake)

[@mysteryjesus]

The Titanic was already a legend long before Cameron made the movie. I remember pre 1985 it was often on tv talking about how no one knew where it was, and people were searching for it. When they finally found it, they had a TV special showing some of the items that they brought up like a purse filled with old money and other things. It's always been a legend since the day it went down.

[@whhrms]

Titanic interest really took off in 1955, when Walter Lord published his book A Night To Remember, which became a best seller. A condensed version of it also appeared in Reader's Digest magazine. The film ANTR was released in 1958. Interest has been non-stop ever since.

[@meg2231]

survivors from all walks of life proving that no matter how we live, we all face death the same way

[@allthingsbegin]

"but when people say that music played as the ship went down; that is a ghastly horrible lie!" Damn right. I love how she said that.

[@whhrms]

Certainly they weren't playing as the water closed "over their heads," but they kept playing as long as they could. That much is documented, whether Miss Russell heard them or not.