Titanic Survivor Edith Russell - British Pathé Interview (1970)

Edith Russell (née Rosenbaum), a first-class passenger on the Titanic, tells of her experience of Titanic’s collision with the iceberg and how she survived the sinking after a crew member tossed her toy pig into a lifeboat.
This interview originally aired as part of an unknown documentary from British Pathé in 1970.
Read the full annotated transcript of this interview: titanicarchive.org/collection...
Film Sources:
- A Night to Remember (1958), dir. Roy Ward Baker / The Rank Organisation
- Titanic (1997), dir. James Cameron / Paramount
- Titanic (2012), dir. Jon Jones / ITV
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[@debbiep4647]

What a fantastic interview and lady!!!

[@erikpeltomaa9873]

At the time of the sinking Edith was 32 yesrs old she was supposed to be 33 but her birthday was on june and titanic sank in April🙂🐖👩‍🦱

[@NicholeMorrow-q4]

I knew it was my mother calling me
❤

[@jocelynastheart2732]

She is very Right there is no way that the band played til the end! the ship was going down everything was a a kilt so the band had to be holding on to things certainly not their music instruments !

[@rimski7265]

Very true

[@James.G.Ireland]

It's obvious they didn't play till the very end

[@jkephart4624]

Isnt the violin found in perfect (Nearly perfect condition) evidence they quit playing before the ship was full under atleast long enough to pack up the violin lol

[@jkephart4624]

Any link or recommended videos of of 3rd clsss passengers interviewed in camera?

[@titanicarchive]

A few are on the channel currently: Olaus Abelseth, Kate Gilnagh, Gus Cohen, and Agnes and Marguerite Sandström. There will surely be more added to the channel in the future!