For those who critized this production-- remember it was shot "live" on television a long time ago, jackasses! You'd have to be one smug, condescending smartass.
@@seethevolcane Sorry to burst your bubble, but this was a live broadcast, and the entire production was choreographed and blocked precisely to the second. It was the first time such a large staging footprint was ever attempted. Not even the 1956 live production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" compared.
@John17584because TV cameras only transmitted 480 lines of resolution, and the tape used to record the program only recorded 240 lines. In other words, low quality for today’s standards.
Well done, especially for its time in television history. Reminiscent of Walter Lord's adapted work in the 1958 theatrical release, A Night to Remember. Thank you.
Well, Sir Walter Lord's "A Night To Remember" was published in 1955, after over a decade of research & interviewing those survivors who would tell their stories. And, this is all based on his book, along with the 1958 movie. Even James Cameron used most of the materials from both of Lord's novels "A Night To Remember" (1958), and "The Night Lives On" (1986), which was released just a year after the Titanic wreckage was finally located in 1985.
I’ve been a titanic fan since I was a toddler and see the 1958 version 100x times. I only just discovered this version existed and so thrilled it’s on RUclips
Thanks for posting this. I only just read that it existed this very week. Although I read Lord's book decades ago, until British journalist Andrew Wilson's Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those who Survived, I had no idea this was ever produced and aired. Apparently, Lord was a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson in NYC and that agency helped get this version done. What a treat to see! Thanks again.
Thank you for posting this. I’ve been a Titanic enthusiast since 1960 and I thought I had seen every movie, TV show, or miniseries to do with the ship but this show is new to me. Very enjoyable. It manages to include a fair amount considering the time allotted.
This is considered the grandest of all live TV dramas of the so-called :Golden Age" of the medium. With a cast of more than one-hundred and elaborate sets taking up most of the network's studios, it was a massive achievement. This was the best-ever of live television spectaculars and an early taste of the great talents of George Roy Hill--a most underrated director.
I didn't know that the kinescope of the Kraft Television Theatre, March 28, 1956 broadcast on NBC of Walter Lord's classic book, "A Night To Remember" still existed. I thought I had read somewhere that the kinescope had been thrown out, destroyed or erased over. Glad to see that that kinescope of that great TV production (which got 28 million viewers for it's original broadcast) still exists! It was rebroadcast on May 2, 1956. It received excellent ratings for its' original March 28, 1956 broadcast.
Kinescope was somewhat more complicated than pointing a movie camera at a TV screen. Special shutter in the camera and synchronized to the vertical blanking signal.
@@michaelbarlow6610 This aired in color when it was first broadcast but because videotape had not yet been invented there was no way to preserve how it originally looked.
@@epaddon . How could "A Night To Remember" have originally aired in March, 1956 in color considering the fact that regular television color broadcasting did not start until the early-to-mid-1960s?! Never mind - I just checked - the first color TV sets were available in 1953 when the first NTSC color broadcast of the opera "Carmen" occured on October 31, 1953. "Premiere" - a variety show - was the first commercially sponsored TV program to be broadcast in color on June 25, 1951. The first electronically scanned color TV demonstration was on February 5, 1940 by RCA in Camden, N.J.
@@michaelbarlow6610 NBC had a lot of color programming in the early to mid-50s because the studio where A Night To Remember aired from was specifically designed to handle their special color broadcasts from New York. There are some surviving examples from as early as 1958-59 when videotape was invented to preserve it the way it originally looked.
Thanks for sharing this! Very cool production. For people who don't know, this was done back in the day when most TV shows were live, and this was a live production with 107 actors and 31 sets.
To my knowledge, this is the only Titanic film that actually mentions Titanic's distress signals reaching as far as New York and being picked up, faintly, by a wireless operator there.
I actually had this. It was included in a torrent that has since been taken down. Seeing it here get's my hopes up of getting this one back. I like how documentary-like it feels, with the story being narrated. And for such an early tv production it looks great when it comes to production values.
Hypothermia would have swiftly claimed the majority of lives of those dumped into the frigid April waters of the North Atlantic, an event made all the more tragic since the lifeboats that were successfully launched were not loaded to capacity. Man made catastrophe, all around.
I have been interested in the Titanic all my life. I have seen all of the movies several times and read most of the books devoted to the subject, but I have never heard of this production. Considering the time that it was made and the fact that it was done live, it is quite effective. Thanks for posting.
Bill.... I've discovered that one of the 'The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' books is set on The Titanic. Googling 'Sherlock Holmes Titanic' should show you. Also available on Kindle.
14:31 Too funny. I realize this is a 1950's television production, but if the actual iceberg had been that luminous, they would have avoided it by half a mile!
In most recent exploration of the sunken Titanic they confirmed that the ONLY two gates down in 3rd class "steerage" were BOTH firmly locked STILL to this day. So they never had a chance to even get up to the first deck with the lifeboats. So sad..
Like i have said on previous occasions, this 1958 film is as close to the facts as one could possibly get,, plus the film was a pleasure to watch., in particular the acting from Lightoller , E J smith, and Andrews, but there were other notable acting roles.
Starring none other than Patrick Macnee aka John Steed of the UK secret agent series The Avengers with Emma Peel!!! He plays Thomas Andrews in this!!!!!
Fun Fact: Honor Blackman also starred in the 1958 film version of "A Night To Remember" (along with Desmond Llewelyn), to then star alongside Patrick Macnee in "The Avengers" TV Series. They would later appear in James Bond films, and James Bond star Sean Connery (who allegedly also starred in "A Night To Remember") would later star in a '90s film adaptation of "The Avengers" as a major villain.
Edit: I now know what kinescopes are For those who say this is live- you can see film scratches in the program all the way through. This was simply not possible to recreate with tape. It’s actually much more likely that this was recorded and edited on film (hence the reason why scenes from the 1943 film are present) and broadcasted.
@@CoolCademMAnimates-fz1ui I meant unless it was filmed on a Tv screen when broadcasted ? That way of keeping key moments on Tv was very popular prior to other ways. My English might not be good, in French I mean: "À moins que cela a été filmé sur un écran de télévision lorsque diffusé ?"
The base of the ship was divided into watertight compartments. It was designed so that if damage occurred to 4 of the compartments, the ship would not sink. At least 5 compartments were damaged/water rushing in. Also, the night before there had been a fire in compartment 6- a boiler room. Captain Smith was also supposed to try to beat the timing of the Olympic for crossing the ocean, making the Titanic the fastest on record to that date. Many other ships had stopped for the night because of the icebergs. Captain Smith forged ahead- I think 22 knots an hour.Initially passengers chose not to take the warning/evacuation notice seriously. The first lifeboats were not filled to capacity with passengers. This was a horrific tragedy- so many lives lost.
Did anyone see this and think it was the movie *A Night to Remember?* I did years ago, and wondered when Claude Rains would go away. As it turns out, the actual movie was here on YT first, and later reuploaded. I love this, as I have an appreciation for literature and theatre. And it's the *Titanic* disaster, and one that focuses on the events leading up to the collision from launch to impact, then the evacuation process alone. I will always recommend *A Night to Remember* over *Titanic.* The former is more fact than fiction where the latter is more fiction than fact.
I agree with you 100%. The world can call it "a blockbuster," and rave over "Titanic" all they like; I lost a lot of respect for James Cameron when he took a tragedy that cost the lives of some 1500 people and made it a backdrop, shoved into the background for an illicit love story. That's not to mention the disservice he did crew members who acted heroically but who he portrayed as cowards.
Wonderful production, but i couldnt stop laughing at the Thomas Andrews stunt dummy getting smacked in the head by a chandeleir before the set collapsed
This shows that nothing is unsinkable. Also never get on a craft that they claim as unsinkable or indestructible. It's a bad omen that things will go wrong.
1st officer murdock:*calm voice*what did you see fleet:iceberg dead ahead 1st officer murdock:*scrared and jaw droping voice*hard to starboard full astern and iceberg dead ahead sir
It's interesting how they accurately depicted the crew stopping the engines prior to the iceberg collision, but the film depicted them as full astern, and every adaptation after it.
It is said that most passengers were very calm, as they didn't believe Titanic was sinking. The panic and chaos, started later on. Specially when most boats where gone.. I can tell not just because many accoutres but also because i know a decent of the survivors.. :)
+Shagun Sonu They did take them seriously, that's why they changed course and went in a direction that they thought would be safer, but they ended up striking an iceberg anyway.
Honestly, I think this is a great movie. I mean I've watched a few segments, several minutes each but from those alone I can tell how good it is. At the core of the movie is the ship is sinking, that's going to happen, we know that but you see the different scenarios play out from all over the ship. As each story is playing out there are little reminders of the impending doom. Watch the list gradually get more pronounced. I have to stop. I'm watching the entire movie in just a few minutes.
Samuel Pomerantz Plundered repeatedly. Bits and pieces show up in the 1958 ANTR and the Molly Brown episode of “Telephone Time.” They actually built parts of a set to match the footage of the first class dining room from the 1943 film in the latter.
"Should get up to 25 knots without too much trouble ".......... Oh how stories get exaggerated over time ! The Titanic had approx 46000 SHP in a ship of 46000 gross tons . Mauritania and Lusitania had approx TWICE that power per GROSS ton - 68000 SHP in a 33000 GRT ship. Their top speed was just approaching 27 knots. Titanic would be lucky to get to 23 knots if at all.
23 would have been pushing it somewhat, but she was certified for 22.5 according to Harland and Wolff, so it's certainly doable in a pinch, as _Olympic's_ wartime record shows.
Smh ismay comfortability of his passengers should have been their safety 1st, they ignored the warnings and not enough life boats, they canceled the only lifeboat drill that could have better prepared the crew and the passengers in case of such event, alot of people believed it wouldn't sink even after it hit the iceberg, some recall seeing passengers playing with the ice that had fallen on the decks, most 3 class passengers didn't even know what was going on until it was already too late, the distress call was sent too late, because they were more concerned with sending telegrams of the rich and elite to N.Y. instead of listening to the iceberg warnings, again ignorance and arrogance ultimately caused this tragic accident, they were doomed. It set off a chain of events that by the time they realized it was too late, they had less than 90 mins, the only ship that was close enough the Californian decided to ignore titanic distress calls, they could have gotten to titanic in 2 hours, Carpathia which answered titanic was 4 hours away but they still came to the rescue, if the Californian had answered alot more people could have been rescued from the sea, some may have still died do to hypothermia and drowning but alot more people could have been saved, same thing goes for the lifeboats, yes they couldn't save everyone but if they had atleast filled to capacity they would have saved at least half the people on board instead of 706 people, again the death toll would have been less than 2/3rds of passengers and crew. This story is fascinating and devastating all in one. It also was the reasoning why there are so many regulations for cruise ships and ocean liners today, especially with safety and lifeboats
You're right. A couple of sources I have read regarding one of the Titanic radio operators, said that the Californian did contact them to warn then. The wired warning was not delivered to Captain Smith because it did not close with the needed, "MSG:". Also, when the California radio operator repeated the warning, the Titanic operator said, "Shut up, shut up shut up, I am to busy for this". Evidently, too busy sending stupid wires to NY, as you said. At that, the California operator switched the radio off and went to bed. It I because of the Titanic that a law was set in place for radio rooms to be manned 24/7. My problem is, why didn't they get to the highest point of the ship with as many lights as they could find, and send SOS signals? There were any number of things they could have done to get the attention of the California.
Jack was sending to Cape race, not new York, also even if the Titanic carried the lifeboats for 2240 people, it wouldn't have enough time to launch all of them, the last one left at 02: 05 and the conformation that the ship will sink was at 00: 30 First lifeboat left at 00: 40
They did not ignore ice warnings, they took them seriously, where the hell did you get that idea of them ignoring ice warnings? Brightside? Not even surprising
Bruh, you two need to know that the Sunday services is the reason why they cancelled the lifeboat drill so to not disturb the service and because Titanic was making good progress even with 2 boiler rooms lit Also THE CAPTAIN IS NOT AT FAULT, where the hell you two get that info from? Brightside? Such a naive kid I must see
I find it so odd that this film did not take into account the ancient custom of navigation still in effect in 1912: an order hard-to-starboard would mean turning the helm wheel to port (left), meaning that the stern would veer to starboard (right) and vice-versa, naturally.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy yes, that’s more or less what I said. I think you didn’t read me correctly. A hard-a-starboard order in 1912 turned the bow to port. That’s what I said, though perhaps a bit confusingly. You put it the same, with other words. 😌
@@josemiguelmarquescampo4902 I see. I thought it was another one of those comments from people who saw the James Cameron movie and thought it was a mistake when Hitchens turned the wheel the "wrong" way.
Have y'all this before? My great grandfather kept on saying , that the Titanic was going to sink, over ,and over , and nobody wanted to listen. It's going to sink, it's going to sink , and people were getting passed off , until they kicked him out of the theater! 😳 🥳
thomas andrews the designer of the ship....always wanted enough lifeboats..but J bruce ismay denied because he wanted the comfortability of the passengers...
+Shagun Sonu Popular mythology Shagun: there's no direct evidence that the owners overruled the designers in lifeboat provision. To the contrary: the 'Wellin Quadrant' (64 boat capacity) davits (originally proposed by Harland & Wolff's Alex Carlisle) *were* actually installed. Therefore, White Star did *not* chose aesthetics over safety. Indeed, why would Titanic's Builder's go to the trouble (and her Owners the cost and reduced aesthetic quality) of installing davits, and yet never intend to have boats to fill them; wouldn't make any sense. Moreover (even allowing the proposition, for sake of argument) the technology of the time didn't provide for a reliable means for launching a large number of lifeboats in an emergency. The Titanic disaster is a good example of this: she foundered under near-ideal conditions: on a calm sea, an even keel, over a period exceeding two hours. Even so, the crew barely had enough time to launch 16 of 20 lifeboats positioned in the davits, even those 16 weren't fully loaded; so additional lifeboats may not have proved useful in Titanic's case. Shortage of small boat building capacity,board of trade approval, deadline pressure for entry into service and a simple assumption they would not be needed, are more credible reasons why sailing wasn't delayed until requisite numbers of lifeboats could be procured, It's worth noting that Carlisle may've successfully argued for the delay (had he been in post), but he retired in 1910.
They believe the life boat that contained only 12 people was bribed by the rich couple to not over crowd the boat.. They had alot of scrutiny and lawsuits, they were acquitted
if they wasn't thinking they are more powerful than nature, and put their trust in God, they wouldn't have been any deaths. but they put all their trust in man. if they had read or had known about the book future reality, they would be hesitant. if never really happens. its reality that shows you.
It shows the dreaded English class system in all it's glory! All that time wasted on trying to persuade wealthy women to board tbe life boats....when there were plenty of poor women and children in the steerage class who could have been saved! Shocking.
The wireless operators didn't work for the White Star line, they worked for Marconi Telegraph Co. and their primary job was to transmit messages for the passengers. There had been a problem with the wireless the day before the wreck and they were far behind on transmitting personal messages. It wasn't till after the Titanic sunk that the rules were changed and wireless operators were made part of the ship's crew.
rfn944 Not enough people look at all the facts before passing judgement on people they never met and events they weren't present for. The simple fact is that the blame can't be placed on anyone specifically; it was just poor circumstances. To blame the wireless operators is to disregard half the evidence. To blame Ismay is to be naive and think of the disaster from only a modern perspective. To blame the captain is to simply ignore the physics of a ship and standard practice of the time.
I'm not claiming to be, but I don't like seeing how so many people jump on and make such ridiculous claims, such as the wireless being poorly trained. First, there were two operators working the Titanic; not one. Second, do you know what training they went through? Do you know anything about any of the training any of Titanic's crew went through? Wireless was a new technology at the time. It had really only been around for 6-10 or so years on ships when Titanic sank. Most crew of ocean liners were more comfortable on their own than relying on sporadic brief messages from other ships who may or may not be referring to something relevant to their own operations. However, and most importantly, there were over a dozen wireless warnings that came in throughout the voyage talking about ice. The last one, which would have been exceedingly redundant, was ignored only briefly because the operators busy catching up on backlogged messages after having repaired the transmitters after they broke the night before. The fact that a wireless message was ignored was jumped on by Officer Lightoller after the disaster in an attempt to blame someone outside of the White Star Line, as the wireless operators were employed by a third party company, the Marconi Company.
i can't believe why some of the lifeboats left with only 12 in them and people would not go back to help others it is shocking to think that they let little kids die but only one life boat returned to help people in the water
@@marcusbaker830 I have done my research I know a lot about the titanic kids did die in the sinking may be you should do your research before being rude I know life was different back then but even if I thought I could save one child I would of went back maybe it's because I care
28 million people tuned in when this special first premiered on NBC on Wednesday March 28, 1956.
I watched this live on tv when it was broadcast. Was 10 years old at the time and found it very upsetting. They did an excellent job.
For those criticizing this production -- remember it was shot "live" on television!
+John Chittick >>This isnt "live."
+seethevolcane That is TMI.
For those who critized this production-- remember it was shot "live" on television a long time ago, jackasses! You'd have to be one smug, condescending smartass.
@@peterhart1966 😂😂😂😂
@@seethevolcane
Sorry to burst your bubble, but this was a live broadcast, and the entire production was choreographed and blocked precisely to the second. It was the first time such a large staging footprint was ever attempted. Not even the 1956 live production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" compared.
It's amazing when you think of actors behind every scene moving from set to set (there were over 107 sets built) so that this could be done live.
Ken Morgan There were 32 sets and 107 actors involved with the production.
@John17584because TV cameras only transmitted 480 lines of resolution, and the tape used to record the program only recorded 240 lines. In other words, low quality for today’s standards.
Even for the time this was made and how it had small sets still is able to tell the story
For it's time, this is a marvellous production.
Well done, especially for its time in television history. Reminiscent of Walter Lord's adapted work in the 1958 theatrical release, A Night to Remember. Thank you.
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Well, Sir Walter Lord's "A Night To Remember" was published in 1955, after over a decade of research & interviewing those survivors who would tell their stories. And, this is all based on his book, along with the 1958 movie. Even James Cameron used most of the materials from both of Lord's novels "A Night To Remember" (1958), and "The Night Lives On" (1986), which was released just a year after the Titanic wreckage was finally located in 1985.
I’ve been a titanic fan since I was a toddler and see the 1958 version 100x times. I only just discovered this version existed and so thrilled it’s on RUclips
Thanks for posting this. I only just read that it existed this very week. Although I read Lord's book decades ago, until British journalist Andrew Wilson's Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those who Survived, I had no idea this was ever produced and aired. Apparently, Lord was a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson in NYC and that agency helped get this version done. What a treat to see! Thanks again.
Thank you for posting this. I’ve been a Titanic enthusiast since 1960 and I thought I had seen every movie, TV show, or miniseries to do with the ship but this show is new to me. Very enjoyable. It manages to include a fair amount considering the time allotted.
that's the most beautiful version of autumn ive ever heard (despite not hearing it for long) really moving
You can find the soundtrack recording of it if you search Wladimir Selinsky on YT.
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This is considered the grandest of all live TV dramas of the so-called :Golden Age" of the medium. With a cast of more than one-hundred and elaborate sets taking up most of the network's studios, it was a massive achievement. This was the best-ever of live television spectaculars and an early taste of the great talents of George Roy Hill--a most underrated director.
They did it live...twice.
I didn't know that the kinescope of the Kraft Television Theatre, March 28, 1956 broadcast on NBC of Walter Lord's classic book, "A Night To Remember" still existed. I thought I had read somewhere that the kinescope had been thrown out, destroyed or erased over. Glad to see that that kinescope of that great TV production (which got 28 million viewers for it's original broadcast) still exists! It was rebroadcast on May 2, 1956. It received excellent ratings for its' original March 28, 1956 broadcast.
Kinescope was somewhat more complicated than pointing a movie camera at a TV screen. Special shutter in the camera and synchronized to the vertical blanking signal.
@@jsl151850b .Thanks for the information.
@@michaelbarlow6610 This aired in color when it was first broadcast but because videotape had not yet been invented there was no way to preserve how it originally looked.
@@epaddon . How could "A Night To Remember" have originally aired in March, 1956 in color considering the fact that regular television color broadcasting did not start until the early-to-mid-1960s?! Never mind - I just checked - the first color TV sets were available in 1953 when the first NTSC color broadcast of the opera "Carmen" occured on October 31, 1953. "Premiere" - a variety show - was the first commercially sponsored TV program to be broadcast in color on June 25, 1951. The first electronically scanned color TV demonstration was on February 5, 1940 by RCA in Camden, N.J.
@@michaelbarlow6610 NBC had a lot of color programming in the early to mid-50s because the studio where A Night To Remember aired from was specifically designed to handle their special color broadcasts from New York. There are some surviving examples from as early as 1958-59 when videotape was invented to preserve it the way it originally looked.
Thanks for sharing this! Very cool production. For people who don't know, this was done back in the day when most TV shows were live, and this was a live production with 107 actors and 31 sets.
I remember this show, believe it or not.
amazing!
To my knowledge, this is the only Titanic film that actually mentions Titanic's distress signals reaching as far as New York and being picked up, faintly, by a wireless operator there.
The message was first picked up in Montreal.
This is an excellent film, thanks for uploading.
I actually had this. It was included in a torrent that has since been taken down.
Seeing it here get's my hopes up of getting this one back.
I like how documentary-like it feels, with the story being narrated.
And for such an early tv production it looks great when it comes to production values.
Great to hear Claude Rains :)
I have always liked Claude Rains. He was such a versatile actor. From what I have heard, he was quite the prankster on set.
Hypothermia would have swiftly claimed the majority of lives of those dumped into the frigid April waters of the North Atlantic, an event made all the more tragic since the lifeboats that were successfully launched were not loaded to capacity. Man made catastrophe, all around.
Very interesting! Was way better than I imagined it would be!
I have been interested in the Titanic all my life. I have seen all of the movies several times and read most of the books devoted to the subject, but I have never heard of this production. Considering the time that it was made and the fact that it was done live, it is quite effective. Thanks for posting.
The special effect film sequences are from the German Titanic movie the Nazis made.
I have a recording of that.
I am the same as you, Bill. This production is certainly obscure. It is very good for a tv production of this time.
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Bill.... I've discovered that one of the 'The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' books is set on The Titanic. Googling 'Sherlock Holmes Titanic' should show you. Also available on Kindle.
Sherlock Holmes
14:31 Too funny. I realize this is a 1950's television production, but if the actual iceberg had been that luminous, they would have avoided it by half a mile!
In most recent exploration of the sunken Titanic they confirmed that the ONLY two gates down in 3rd class "steerage" were BOTH firmly locked STILL to this day. So they never had a chance to even get up to the first deck with the lifeboats. So sad..
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Like i have said on previous occasions, this 1958 film is as close to the facts as one could possibly get,, plus the film was a pleasure to watch., in particular the acting from Lightoller , E J smith, and Andrews, but there were other notable acting roles.
This is the 1956 version
Agreed
What a find ! Many thanx to C H for saving and posting this : great to see and hear Claude Rains !
Starring none other than Patrick Macnee aka John Steed of the UK secret agent series The Avengers with Emma Peel!!! He plays Thomas Andrews in this!!!!!
Fun Fact: Honor Blackman also starred in the 1958 film version of "A Night To Remember" (along with Desmond Llewelyn), to then star alongside Patrick Macnee in "The Avengers" TV Series. They would later appear in James Bond films, and James Bond star Sean Connery (who allegedly also starred in "A Night To Remember") would later star in a '90s film adaptation of "The Avengers" as a major villain.
Great book very well written.
At 6:52 these lines from Thomas Andrews were shown in the 1958 film version, with nearly word for word.
Right. I thought those words sounded familiar!
This is far better than the multi million dollar NBC Live specials of today! Lol
Edit: I now know what kinescopes are
For those who say this is live- you can see film scratches in the program all the way through. This was simply not possible to recreate with tape. It’s actually much more likely that this was recorded and edited on film (hence the reason why scenes from the 1943 film are present) and broadcasted.
Unless it was taped on a Tv screen when it was broadcasted ?
@@rigaudien videotape was invented that year but weren’t common until sometime in the next decade
@@CoolCademMAnimates-fz1ui I meant unless it was filmed on a Tv screen when broadcasted ? That way of keeping key moments on Tv was very popular prior to other ways.
My English might not be good, in French I mean: "À moins que cela a été filmé sur un écran de télévision lorsque diffusé ?"
I never knew this existed.
Me neither.
Neither did I and I've watched a LOT of Titanic videos,
@@bishopioanlightoller5302 same
I didn't know it was online.
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The base of the ship was divided into watertight compartments. It was designed so that if damage occurred to 4 of the compartments, the ship would not sink. At least 5 compartments were damaged/water rushing in. Also, the night before there had been a fire in compartment 6- a boiler room. Captain Smith was also supposed to try to beat the timing of the Olympic for crossing the ocean, making the Titanic the fastest on record to that date. Many other ships had stopped for the night because of the icebergs. Captain Smith forged ahead- I think 22 knots an hour.Initially passengers chose not to take the warning/evacuation notice seriously. The first lifeboats were not filled to capacity with passengers. This was a horrific tragedy- so many lives lost.
Did anyone see this and think it was the movie *A Night to Remember?* I did years ago, and wondered when Claude Rains would go away. As it turns out, the actual movie was here on YT first, and later reuploaded. I love this, as I have an appreciation for literature and theatre. And it's the *Titanic* disaster, and one that focuses on the events leading up to the collision from launch to impact, then the evacuation process alone. I will always recommend *A Night to Remember* over *Titanic.* The former is more fact than fiction where the latter is more fiction than fact.
I agree with you 100%. The world can call it "a blockbuster," and rave over "Titanic" all they like; I lost a lot of respect for James Cameron when he took a tragedy that cost the lives of some 1500 people and made it a backdrop, shoved into the background for an illicit love story. That's not to mention the disservice he did crew members who acted heroically but who he portrayed as cowards.
Agreed. And I saw as well finally the French version + colorized !
I've never see this thank you for posting it
Wonderful production, but i couldnt stop laughing at the Thomas Andrews stunt dummy getting smacked in the head by a chandeleir before the set collapsed
21:04 - That's Leonard Stone, who played Sam Beauregarde in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
"Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!"
@@MayorMcCheeseStalker "Titanic, you're getting flooded, Titanic!"
This shows that nothing is unsinkable. Also never get on a craft that they claim as unsinkable or indestructible. It's a bad omen that things will go wrong.
1st officer murdock:*calm voice*what did you see
fleet:iceberg dead ahead
1st officer murdock:*scrared and jaw droping voice*hard to starboard full astern and iceberg dead ahead sir
Claude Rains! I would recognize that voice anywhere!
It's interesting how they accurately depicted the crew stopping the engines prior to the iceberg collision, but the film depicted them as full astern, and every adaptation after it.
It's still depicting full astern but the order to stop engines first the second command after stop engines was full astern
Its debated whether she was ever put in reverse
VERY well done production for the time.
This is very good. Never knew it existed and I am a Titanic fan. Thank you for posting it.
This must be an act. The people are too calm. There should be screaming, fighting, crying, and people fighting for their lives.
Yes, their is a vague possibility that this is a film.
It is said that most passengers were very calm, as they didn't believe Titanic was sinking. The panic and chaos, started later on. Specially when most boats where gone.. I can tell not just because many accoutres but also because i know a decent of the survivors.. :)
Really!
The people were calm and well behaved. People were civilized in 1912.
if only...they took the iceberg warnings seriously...titanic would have been saved
+Shagun Sonu They did take them seriously, that's why they changed course and went in a direction that they thought would be safer, but they ended up striking an iceberg anyway.
The Titanic would still end up in the junk shop even if it survived an iceberg.
great reactment in depht ,loved it but not for people and my heart goes out to them all
Honestly, I think this is a great movie. I mean I've watched a few segments, several minutes each but from those alone I can tell how good it is. At the core of the movie is the ship is sinking, that's going to happen, we know that but you see the different scenarios play out from all over the ship. As each story is playing out there are little reminders of the impending doom. Watch the list gradually get more pronounced. I have to stop. I'm watching the entire movie in just a few minutes.
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George Roy Hill directs!
This is the best!! How do you think all of the productions one sees now started?
It’s excellent.
I wonder what film clips they used - whether it was from Atlantic (1930) or the nazi film Titanic (1943), or some other one.
rbbonotto it was the Nazi Titanic, as that film was utilized and harvested for stock footage after the war.
Samuel Pomerantz Plundered repeatedly. Bits and pieces show up in the 1958 ANTR and the Molly Brown episode of “Telephone Time.” They actually built parts of a set to match the footage of the first class dining room from the 1943 film in the latter.
kinda like Nostrodamus looking into the future
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Why A night To Remember Kraft Television Theatre from 1956 is different then A Night To Remember from 1958?
The 1956 version was performed live, of course.
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Film version of book >> far superior.
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"Should get up to 25 knots without too much trouble ".......... Oh how stories get exaggerated over time ! The Titanic had approx 46000 SHP in a ship of 46000 gross tons . Mauritania and Lusitania had approx TWICE that power per GROSS ton - 68000 SHP in a 33000 GRT ship. Their top speed was just approaching 27 knots. Titanic would be lucky to get to 23 knots if at all.
23 would have been pushing it somewhat, but she was certified for 22.5 according to Harland and Wolff, so it's certainly doable in a pinch, as _Olympic's_ wartime record shows.
Tony Soprano is the captain of the Californian.
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No that would be Stanley Lord
Smh ismay comfortability of his passengers should have been their safety 1st, they ignored the warnings and not enough life boats, they canceled the only lifeboat drill that could have better prepared the crew and the passengers in case of such event, alot of people believed it wouldn't sink even after it hit the iceberg, some recall seeing passengers playing with the ice that had fallen on the decks, most 3 class passengers didn't even know what was going on until it was already too late, the distress call was sent too late, because they were more concerned with sending telegrams of the rich and elite to N.Y. instead of listening to the iceberg warnings, again ignorance and arrogance ultimately caused this tragic accident, they were doomed. It set off a chain of events that by the time they realized it was too late, they had less than 90 mins, the only ship that was close enough the Californian decided to ignore titanic distress calls, they could have gotten to titanic in 2 hours, Carpathia which answered titanic was 4 hours away but they still came to the rescue, if the Californian had answered alot more people could have been rescued from the sea, some may have still died do to hypothermia and drowning but alot more people could have been saved, same thing goes for the lifeboats, yes they couldn't save everyone but if they had atleast filled to capacity they would have saved at least half the people on board instead of 706 people, again the death toll would have been less than 2/3rds of passengers and crew. This story is fascinating and devastating all in one. It also was the reasoning why there are so many regulations for cruise ships and ocean liners today, especially with safety and lifeboats
You're right. A couple of sources I have read regarding one of the Titanic radio operators, said that the Californian did contact them to warn then. The wired warning was not delivered to Captain Smith because it did not close with the needed, "MSG:". Also, when the California radio operator repeated the warning, the Titanic operator said, "Shut up, shut up shut up, I am to busy for this". Evidently, too busy sending stupid wires to NY, as you said. At that, the California operator switched the radio off and went to bed. It I because of the Titanic that a law was set in place for radio rooms to be manned 24/7.
My problem is, why didn't they get to the highest point of the ship with as many lights as they could find, and send SOS signals? There were any number of things they could have done to get the attention of the California.
Jack was sending to Cape race, not new York, also even if the Titanic carried the lifeboats for 2240 people, it wouldn't have enough time to launch all of them, the last one left at 02: 05 and the conformation that the ship will sink was at 00: 30 First lifeboat left at 00: 40
They did not ignore ice warnings, they took them seriously, where the hell did you get that idea of them ignoring ice warnings? Brightside? Not even surprising
The sets aren’t Bad for 1956
I’ve rented a few times before
good documentary..rather sad..!!
This whole disaster is down to Captain Smith and his folly
He even skipped the lifeboat drill
Bruh, you two need to know that the Sunday services is the reason why they cancelled the lifeboat drill so to not disturb the service and because Titanic was making good progress even with 2 boiler rooms lit
Also THE CAPTAIN IS NOT AT FAULT, where the hell you two get that info from? Brightside? Such a naive kid I must see
It’s not Smiths fault though.
@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 I agree
There were many important people on this ship, "coincidentally" some that wanted to end the Federal Reserve. 🤔
Am i the only one who thinks the actor who plays Ismay in this looks like Robin Williams?
LOL He does look famaliar, though
they were as paniced just like camerons iceberg collison
ruclips.net/video/pms8Qiw5jY4/видео.html - in colour and HD
A titanic film made with 1960s Dr who production values...
I find it so odd that this film did not take into account the ancient custom of navigation still in effect in 1912: an order hard-to-starboard would mean turning the helm wheel to port (left), meaning that the stern would veer to starboard (right) and vice-versa, naturally.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy yes, that’s more or less what I said. I think you didn’t read me correctly. A hard-a-starboard order in 1912 turned the bow to port. That’s what I said, though perhaps a bit confusingly. You put it the same, with other words. 😌
@@josemiguelmarquescampo4902 I see. I thought it was another one of those comments from people who saw the James Cameron movie and thought it was a mistake when Hitchens turned the wheel the "wrong" way.
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@@shaynewheeler9249 Why do you keep posting this?
Titanic Radioactive ☣️☢️☣️☣️
Have y'all this before?
My great grandfather kept on saying , that the Titanic was going to sink, over ,and over , and nobody wanted to listen. It's going to sink, it's going to sink , and people were getting passed off , until they kicked him out of the theater! 😳 🥳
thomas andrews the designer of the ship....always wanted enough lifeboats..but J bruce ismay denied because he wanted the comfortability of the passengers...
Shagun Sonu There is a video on youtube called titanic a question of murder. It deal with the number of lifeboats.
ok thanks
+John Tribecka Actually it could hold 40 but only carried 12.
yes I know...friends...thanks...for commenting
+Shagun Sonu Popular mythology Shagun: there's no direct evidence that the owners overruled the designers in lifeboat provision. To the contrary: the 'Wellin Quadrant' (64 boat capacity) davits (originally proposed by Harland & Wolff's Alex Carlisle) *were* actually installed. Therefore, White Star did *not* chose aesthetics over safety. Indeed, why would Titanic's Builder's go to the trouble (and her Owners the cost and reduced aesthetic quality) of installing davits, and yet never intend to have boats to fill them; wouldn't make any sense.
Moreover (even allowing the proposition, for sake of argument) the technology of the time didn't provide for a reliable means for launching a large number of lifeboats in an emergency. The Titanic disaster is a good example of this: she
foundered under near-ideal conditions: on a calm sea, an even keel, over a period exceeding two hours. Even so, the crew barely had enough time to launch 16 of 20 lifeboats positioned in the davits, even those 16 weren't fully loaded; so additional lifeboats may not have proved useful in Titanic's case.
Shortage of small boat building capacity,board of trade approval, deadline pressure for entry into service and a simple assumption they would not be needed, are more credible reasons why sailing wasn't delayed until requisite numbers of lifeboats could be procured, It's worth noting that Carlisle may've successfully argued for the delay (had he been in post), but he retired in 1910.
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Captain Smith was 62 years old not 59!
their sinking timeline is not accurate
this was the only scene where mr andrews' death was seen 47:45
Captain Smith was a fool
+Dave S. He was not.
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They believe the life boat that contained only 12 people was bribed by the rich couple to not over crowd the boat.. They had alot of scrutiny and lawsuits, they were acquitted
Sound like trump's relatives
if they wasn't thinking they are more powerful than nature, and put their trust in God, they wouldn't have been any deaths. but they put all their trust in man.
if they had read or had known about the book future reality, they would be hesitant.
if never really happens. its reality that shows you.
It shows the dreaded English class system in all it's glory!
All that time wasted on trying to persuade wealthy women to board tbe life boats....when there were plenty of poor women and children in the steerage class who could have been saved! Shocking.
And many steerage (though far from all) were saved. 174 made it into boats to be exact.
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Quite a lot of footage borrowed from the 1943 Nazi propaganda film “Titanic.”
Yes. Some of that footage is also used, but uncredited in the 1958 movie also.
@@TitanicHorseRacingLover Not to the same extent as here.
@@giovannirastrelli9821 correct.
The wireless operator was poorly trained, by not making safety messages a priority.
The wireless operators didn't work for the White Star line, they worked for Marconi Telegraph Co. and their primary job was to transmit messages for the passengers. There had been a problem with the wireless the day before the wreck and they were far behind on transmitting personal messages. It wasn't till after the Titanic sunk that the rules were changed and wireless operators were made part of the ship's crew.
thondomain You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that safety messages are priority ones. After all, their butts were in danger too.
rfn944 Not enough people look at all the facts before passing judgement on people they never met and events they weren't present for. The simple fact is that the blame can't be placed on anyone specifically; it was just poor circumstances. To blame the wireless operators is to disregard half the evidence. To blame Ismay is to be naive and think of the disaster from only a modern perspective. To blame the captain is to simply ignore the physics of a ship and standard practice of the time.
***** Oh, I see. Well, next time I'll check with you to see if it alright to have an option. After all you are the number one expert on this disaster.
I'm not claiming to be, but I don't like seeing how so many people jump on and make such ridiculous claims, such as the wireless being poorly trained. First, there were two operators working the Titanic; not one. Second, do you know what training they went through? Do you know anything about any of the training any of Titanic's crew went through?
Wireless was a new technology at the time. It had really only been around for 6-10 or so years on ships when Titanic sank. Most crew of ocean liners were more comfortable on their own than relying on sporadic brief messages from other ships who may or may not be referring to something relevant to their own operations.
However, and most importantly, there were over a dozen wireless warnings that came in throughout the voyage talking about ice. The last one, which would have been exceedingly redundant, was ignored only briefly because the operators busy catching up on backlogged messages after having repaired the transmitters after they broke the night before. The fact that a wireless message was ignored was jumped on by Officer Lightoller after the disaster in an attempt to blame someone outside of the White Star Line, as the wireless operators were employed by a third party company, the Marconi Company.
i can't believe why some of the lifeboats left with only 12 in them and people would not go back to help others it is shocking to think that they let little kids die but only one life boat returned to help people in the water
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Shut the hell up@@shaynewheeler9249
They did not let little kids die, the children were the majority that were saved, do research before commenting
@@marcusbaker830 I have done my research I know a lot about the titanic kids did die in the sinking may be you should do your research before being rude I know life was different back then but even if I thought I could save one child I would of went back maybe it's because I care
@@lindagoodswin9519 Ohb okay, sorry for the miscommunication
omg, soooooo cheesy....
It was LIVE television from the early days of TV; don't be so judgemental (and could you do better, given technology and budget limits)?
The video quality is very baaaad
IT WAS 1956
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
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