Everything Possible about Titanic's Grand Staircase

The most famous part of Titanic. Step back in time and learn about every rivet (almost) holding up the Grand Staircase in this Titanic University documentary!
📽 Titanic (1943) Titanic (1953) A Night to Remember (1958)
📽 The Producers (1967) SOS Titanic (1979) Titanic (1996) Titanic (2012)
All footage was captured in Demo 401.
Thanks to Gio Castro for the behind-the-scenes staircase renders.
Thanks to Jack Gibson for the opening Titanic sailing shot.
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◼️ TITANIC CLOCK: www.titanicclock.com/
🎶 Titanic's band composed by Ege M. Erdogan.
00:00 Intro
02:34 Design and Function
09:27 The Tour Begins at the Boat Deck
13:43 A Deck and Two Icons
18:51 B Deck and a Titanic Mystery
20:20 C Deck and a Famous Artifact
22:05 D Deck and a Palatial Palace
23:04 E Deck and Secrets
23:36 Ending and Legacy
25:14 Patreon Officers June 2024

[@aliensounddigital8729]

Feel so sad for the wood workers and the ship builders. So much work just for a ship to sink.

[@aaronparsons5201]

I knooooow. My god all that work... gone! Some people might have even died or suffered to make that wooden work of art

[@IntrepidMilo]

Even if the ship had not sunk. All that woodwork would have been scrapped.

[@OzzieBo]

@@IntrepidMilobut it would have lasted for at least another 30 years.

[@artycharr]

one of the workers sons said in a documentary some of them broke down and cried.

[@ljones396]

​@@IntrepidMiloNot necessarily. They were often repurposed and used in hotels etc, so far from wasteful had it not sunk.

[@Ocatico1]

The "shut up he thinks he's witty" jokes, are wonderful 😂 But god, the amount of work that goes behind this recreation is amazing

[@matthewdewinkeleer3384]

I'm glad my humor isn't lost! (as well as the team's work, but the jokes are what's important)

[@pavelfara8513]

Imagine you were on the Titanic, you board on the D deck, your cabin is down on E deck and you basically don't ever need to go up the A or Boat deck. So you never get to see the dome or the clock.

[@eternal5930]

You would still inevitably go to the lounge or writing room, and to the boat deck when the ship sinks

[@3UZFE]

Though, you might need to use the gym or go to the wireless office to have a message sent.

[@RundeKatze]

@@3UZFE Wireless messages was not handed over in the marchoni room. As a passenger they had to be handed over and paid at the office on c deck. They had pipes for moving the papers up and down from marchoni room to c deck.

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

Social stratification, amirite?

[@BimDaTitanicNerd]

I'm pretty sure you would still at some point want to go to the Lounge, Smoking Room or Reading & Writing Room on A-Deck. So you would've had to use the Grand Staircase and see the clock and dome from the A-Deck landing. Also you would've needed to go up to the Boat Deck during the sinking, unless you use the smaller staircases on the Promenade that went up to the Boat Deck.

[@TheOceanlinerEnthusiast]

Oh god, i can't wait for this!

[@TJkiwiOWEG]

its been 84 years

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Such beautiful craftsmanship!! Another reason to feel sad at her loss. Thank you for showing this video to us.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Titantic is amazing. I love the grand staircase. Thanks for this story.

[@JKS62B50]

What an honor to be an Officer for this amazing project...

[@TheGeezzer]

IRL (In Real Life) thousands of hours of work from thousands of artisans, creating an eye-opening marvel out of wood, brass and plaster, perfect down to the last tack...all just to rot at the bottom of the oggin. Such is crazy life such is crazy death. THG is going to be memorable!

[@jonathanp89]

When it is released...in 2112.

[@srmparadigm]

I could listen to Matt talk all day :)

[@CalledTurnAGundam]

Titanic transcended from just a lucrative concept for a company, to a lucrative concept for multiple companies.

[@robbicu]

Thanks, Matt! Awesome!

[@paulwoodford1984]

plot twist… How the grand staircase looks on the wreck is actually how the grand staircase looked 😎

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

Those are *factory* rusticles!

[@TitanKaiju75]

A bold artistic choice to be sure!

[@j.suis9668]

The details that went into this spot alone… smh 🤧 people MUST now understand why we love this area of the ship!

[@davidaikman1920]

I felt like I was watching an episode of the Antiques Roadshow. Very detailed.

[@TheDrunkenMug]

Awesome video, Thank you !! ❤

[@scottwilder1170]

obsessed with these kinds of videos!!!

[@cristiancastro5853]

Excellent video! It really helps people grasp the sheer amount of detail built into this beautiful space. If I were on the ship I would feel like I was in a palace.

[@Will_Byers1986]

J'ai hâte ❤❤

[@user-jv1ze2pw4v]

Well done Matt lovely animation from Jack

[@sarahpainter7969]

Thank you, this is fascinating

[@fmyoung]

tyvm for the upload

[@Brandyalla]

16:31 "For inquiries or to lodge a complaint with the line, please contact the purser at _email address"_ I can't quite read it, but I assume it's THaG's contact address. I find this little modern touch hilarious! Good on you guys

[@3UZFE]

Truly fascinating

[@ericcriteser4001]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@FluxKitten]

What an amazing experience

[@JCastro-ex4pc]

What a grand video.

[@barron204]

Awesome.

[@AngelGoddess44]

Absolutely Beautiful ❤

[@jamesmcgrath2995]

I want to see more Britannic recreations! Stunning.

[@lora-2-alba-19]

Merci a vous🎉

[@augustosolari7721]

I was holding court with these two ladies... HONOR & GLORY 🎉CROWNING TIME🎉

[@Kimberly-cx9uv]

Finally i remember the "TitanicClock" Chanels video about the origins of the Clock, but i was wondering where the influences for the rest of ship came from! please more areas!

[@fmyoung]

Here's why the Titanic's story will just never die: (1) she was the world's biggest movable man-made object of her day, (2) she excelled in luxury, (3) she was on her maiden voyage (of all voyages), (4) there were many celebrities of the day on board, (5) there was already a lot of talk about all her features before she was ever launched (including the whole "unsinkability" talk), (6) she was the world's newest ocean liner of her time and (7) the Titanic is the first or maybe the only ship thus far in living memory to be sunk by an iceberg. It seems the Titanic will always be in our minds despite herself; unlike the ship itself, the story remains unsinkable

[@dangerdoberman]

Oh the possibilities!

[@richsw]

I think the decorative inspiration for the GSC primarily came from the Cassiobury Park staircase now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchased in 1922. [Interesting video, Matt, but less 'background' music please - it was really intrusive, especially over 25 minutes.]

[@jaymonahan2592]

are you channeling Mr. Plinkett @1:57? haha

[@KaiwunShowtime]

The workers at H&W when the ship sank: ALLAT WORK FOR WHAT

[@fmyoung]

When they heard the news "they were reduced to tears they took it to heart" (Ken Marschall in 1994's "Titanic: The Complete Story" from A&E)

[@DarthMeteos]

9:00 You say that the staircase did not break free. But the staircase is an empty hole on the wreck. What did happen to the staircase?

[@dicky7600]

Wood rotted away.

[@matthewdewinkeleer3384]

I was going to talk about that at the end of this video, but it would have made this even longer. So hopefully we'll bring it up in another video someday. But most likely a lot of the GSC was ripped apart by the forces of water during the descent down, and much was ejected aft when the bow hit the sea floor. The candelabra and several wrought iron inserts are right aft of the bow (almost touching the bow.) It's just not as simple as "it was wood so it floated out." Steelwork for what's left of the staircase is still hanging in the wreck, in the well, it's just not filmed very well (excuse the pun.)

[@ctg6734]

@@matthewdewinkeleer3384 I've seen video of the steel framework at the lower end of the staircase, but it didn't seem to account for the upper deck sections. I wish someone would do a more thorough exploration of that area to see if there's more remnants in the well.

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

​@@ctg6734James Cameron needs to do another dive with the extraordinary cameras we now have and release it to the public in HD. The hole where the Grand Staircase was looks so creepy, and I know what you mean about the lack of steel at the very bottom. Perhaps the rest is covered in more debris?

[@enjoyyoursleep1]

Reckon THG will ever create a Brittanic Walkthrough as done with Titanic? Perhaps in her two layouts, as hospital ship and her intended layout as gigantic?

[@whillard2447]

They actually have already done both !

[@kentslocum]

I know it's unwise and unecessary to tempt fate, but I think it would be amazing to stay in a hotel that was decorated like the interior of Titanic. I just want to walk down that grand staircase! 😊

[@fmyoung]

I have heard on a few other docs that the interior designs in the Titanic and Olympic were not really innovative; Ken Marschall even goes as far as to say that they were "quite pedestrian". They were based on those of older ships and were elaborated on so they were according to one of the narrators "evolutionary, not revolutionary". I still like the interiors of both ships though

[@EddieMcclanahan]

Great video, although I wouldn't post those original cherub photos next to the games version of it, they're not even close. 😢

[@clintwilliams3818]

I never knew the clock figure carvings had names, hence the name of VDR's project i'm guessing. Interesting.

[@kaneki-ken96]

2:12 BOO! 🤣🤣

[@tommcgee2584]

I’m curious about the oil painting on boat deck, I noticed that addition recently and I’m wondering what lead you and the team to add it?

[@kef103]

I think the staircase did break up and float out . The pressure would give immense force to anything buoyant.

[@MysticalQ]

Imagine having a separate KZbin channel for Titanic University 🤨

[@TyZaTube]

1:46 that was hilarious😂

[@vincentcerasoli5969]

I appreciate the not so subtle dig at James Cameron. "This beauty was too strong to simply break up and float out upwards. It was stronger than a movie set."

[@jonathanp89]

The Grand Staircase of the Titanic "popped out" due to different water pressures inside and outside of the ship during the sinking. As the ship sank, the outside water pressure at an example of say, 20m depth would be given by: P⁰= 1000kg/m³×9.81m/s² X 20m= 196,200Pa   Inside, if we use an exanple depth of 10m: 1000kg/m³ ×9.81m/s² ×10m=98,100Pa The pressure difference denoted by (Δ𝑃) [ΔP=P outside −P inside] ​ =196,200Pa−98,100Pa=98,100Pa (Pascals) If this acted on an area of 50 m²: F=ΔP×A=98,100Pa×50m² =4,905,000N Absolutely enough force to make that staircase pop like a Champagne cork and rip itself to bits especially as the grand ship went down.

[@matthewdewinkeleer3384]

I don't know about science, but like we said, it certainly was damaged on the way down. Most of it seems to have been blown out and aft after it landed in the mud. But there are entire rooms of solid wood still at the bottom of the sea on Titanic attached to their steel framework, which did pop up like a cork. Would the staircase wood, which was mixed with wrought iron, and built *around* a solid (during the sinking) steel framework of columns and girders, fight its way up?

[@ImBadAtNames2876]

not a day goes by where is dont think about how much we lost when Olympic was scrapped. if only she was spared like Queen Mary...

[@LuciusBelDoesArtSometimes]

Wait… …is 19:55 a photograph of Olympic… *showing the corridor ceilings?!?!* :0 WHAT?!

[@IntrepidMilo]

At 21:07 you can clearly see that there are two cherub. I had no difficulty see them.

[@beckerderbacker4976]

Can you please share the link to that Perry & Co catalog?

[@wobblyvideoeffect9929]

Everything Possible About Titanic's Grand Staircase* Honor And Glory*

[@WeaselKing1000]

If an electric chandelier is properly an 'electrolier', then surely the D Deck electric candelabra should be termed an 'electrolabra'? 🤔

[@EmperadorElijah]

Regarding architectural measurements for the Grand Staircase, is the stair rise 9" and the angle of ascent at 28°?

[@OceanHeartFan91]

Is there any plans to add updates to Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean?

[@metroid767]

Was the ‘Oh. Oh. How Embarrassing’ a Mr. Plinkett reference?

[@user-jm8sd6pq2c]

Does anyone have the name or youtube link for the music in the video?

[@ninageorgieva3708]

Me tooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

8:04 9:12 9:17 9:23 14:52

[@NauticalSimulation]

Are you guys back developing again???

[@armandomoransillas8413]

Como vuelvo jugar su juego

[@lucianf89]

Titanic's dome was illuminated.

[@gokulgopan4397]

Only the chandelier at the center was illuminated. The skylight above gave light at day time.

[@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

11:06 22:35 24:19

[@petermillar8866]

Bets are on that the mad Aussie will build Titanic 2 before this game every comes out.

[@fmyoung]

Oh yeah, Clive Palmer

[@Orthodoge]

And today they make ships look like motel 8

[@mari005]

im here for the 2012 mini series slander

[@BriinsCroft]

Sink demo plz

[@explorationgmer1336]

Hope one day we can get it on iPad too

[@foolsification]

Any comments alluding to a lack of effort or ambition to release the finished game exude pure ignorance. What studio do you know of that ever released a demo as fleshed out as these independent creators? I’ll wait.

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

I don't agree with your statement that the general populace would be able to identify the Titanic if asked to do so, at least certainly here in Great Britain the majority of us could identify it. Other countries, I'm not so sure. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I'm sure almost everyone on earth knows about the Titanic when they get to a certain age.

[@tylerdaniel8956]

I disagree with that statement as well. It sounded quite pretentious. The Cameron film’s explosive popularity alone would cause the average person to correctly identify Titanic as long as you don’t also include Olympic in the lineup.

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

23:05 WOMAN JUMPSCARE

[@stingfan4]

The Titanic movie grand staircase was a 1:1 reproduction of the original using exactly the same materials and construction methods.

[@danieljaymeshansel5086]

That is not correct. First of all the sets are scaled up, and look at photos of the grand staircase structure its metal framework under the wood. The wood is just for show, everything structural is metal under the wood.

[@stingfan4]

@@danieljaymeshansel5086 you are incorrect look it up. Jim Cameron was obsessively meticulous about historical accuracy. Cameron, Don Lynch and Ken Marschall even talk about it in the Titanic 20 years later documentary.

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

He was so meticulous about historic accuracy, he invented fictional characters, and had them involved in some corny love story. 🙄 Pull the other one.

[@matthewdewinkeleer3384]

​@stingfan4 the movie set was made as accurately as possible for when it was constructed, but it was still a film set. It was made smaller, larger, and to size in certain spaces. The dome was circular on the set instead of oval like on the ship because of the changes, for instance. And indeed it was mainly built out of wood only, with a basic steel framework, and was placed in the sinking soundstage. That's why it floated up as a whole when the water poured in.

[@jonathanp89]

Question to EVERYONE. Would you accept being taken back to April 10th 1912 and the chance to experience Titanics maiden voyage with a 75% chance of surviving the sinking? If you survive it back to New York you transport back to current year (rn 2024), however if you died, you are gone forever. 1 Rule: You cannot mention to any crew or passengers the icefield or anything a "Monday morning QB" would know. I would do it 2bh 😊

[@Starshipsforever]

Nothing really about the oft-neglected aft 1st Class Grand Staircase? Boo! It needs a more extensive video!

[@deardiary8292]

So true. It’s also in my opinion, so much more extravagant than the fore.

[@thomN9]

oh boy it's time to watch a new titanic honor and glo- shut up he thinks he's witty.

[@Luke-pn3dr]

@3:34 whatever that is.. it’s hideous. Why does everything on these new boats has to be colorful and look like a disgusting theme park? Just goes to show that we lost the ability to be classy in any way or shape. Minimalism or some kind of disgusting patchwork of color and materials. Truly sad

[@firstname2807]

So we've given up on releasing the game at this point?

[@DimitrisSartzetakis]

huh?

[@JCastro-ex4pc]

Shut up he thinks he's witty.

[@TVonthePorch]

Bravo, magnificent!