Did the Titanic’s Violinists keep playing while the ship sank?

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    On the night of April 14th 1912, just 4 days after the Titanic had set off on its maiden voyage from the English port of Southampton, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of south-east Canada and sank in less than three hours , with a loss of over 1,500 lives.
    Wallace Hartley and his band members gallantly stayed on the deck, playing non stop music right to the very end in order to avoid panic among the many scared and bewildered passengers still onboard the sinking vessel.
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    Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  3 года назад +486

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  • @imranbutt1929
    @imranbutt1929 3 года назад +900

    The fact that they knew they were going to die, and they still kept there cool, honestly deserves my respect, and I hope it does for you.

    • @CHMP-rv4no
      @CHMP-rv4no 3 года назад +10

      I guess when you accept the death is coming, there is nothing to fear anymore all that remains is that calm acceptance.

    • @skul-ly8240
      @skul-ly8240 3 года назад

      It doesn’t

    • @TheGreekPianist
      @TheGreekPianist 2 года назад +3

      And imagine them keeping their cool as passengers screamed around them nonstop! I’m a musician and I know that would be impossible for me

    • @Nomulus64
      @Nomulus64 2 года назад +2

      When the music stopped, The legend began....

  • @rifroll1117
    @rifroll1117 3 года назад +4950

    “Gentlemen...it has been a privilege playing with you tonight”

    • @nandinhocunha440
      @nandinhocunha440 3 года назад +116

      Thank you sir

    • @Lsd911
      @Lsd911 3 года назад +127

      hits me hard every time

    • @Wanda_Maximoff832
      @Wanda_Maximoff832 3 года назад +69

      The fate of this band lies on your shoulders, so whatever u do, don’t stop

    • @PossiblyGenii
      @PossiblyGenii 3 года назад +76

      I'm the uncultured one that first thought of Green Day in the simpsons movie.

    • @zombieatom1418
      @zombieatom1418 3 года назад +23

      May God be with us all

  • @will-qw1tk
    @will-qw1tk 3 года назад +2271

    Titanic band members, good men they were, they played till the end.

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 3 года назад +4182

    *Fun Fact:* The Japanese musician, Haruomi Hosono of the _Yellow Magic Orchestra_ band (the leading member), is the grandson of the only Japanese survivor of Titanic, Masabumi Hosono.

    • @ClassicOshaViolation
      @ClassicOshaViolation 3 года назад +391

      Sadly that man was made fun of beacuse it was not "honorable" that he tried to survive.

    • @Maks_Oniszk
      @Maks_Oniszk 3 года назад +73

      @@ClassicOshaViolation is that japanese who dressed as women?

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 3 года назад +71

      Was he not also the only Japanese passenger aboard the Titanic?

    • @ClassicOshaViolation
      @ClassicOshaViolation 3 года назад +74

      @@Maks_Oniszk I belive he snuck on a life boat.

    • @jinpark8879
      @jinpark8879 3 года назад +68

      Supposedly, he was dishonored for surviving and was mistaken as another Asian man who was Bangladeshi who moved everyone out of the way to survive the Titanic and was even more dishonored.

  • @yernar9185
    @yernar9185 3 года назад +2114

    True chads never leave unfinished business, even in the face of death.

    • @weefweef
      @weefweef 3 года назад +29

      Amen

    • @Supernova-270
      @Supernova-270 3 года назад +27

      You mean lads

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 года назад +16

      Amen. At least they went out on their own terms.

    • @Supernova-270
      @Supernova-270 3 года назад

      @@silverhawkscape2677 what do you mean are term

    • @felixc.3444
      @felixc.3444 3 года назад +28

      @@Supernova-270 he means they died on their own accord and they died doing what they did best, music.

  • @ComicalRealm
    @ComicalRealm 3 года назад +2212

    Its sad that they could've left the ship at that point, but decided to stay onboard to comfort the passengers during the sinking.

    • @thedootlord
      @thedootlord 3 года назад +87

      Brave people they were

    • @shook8331
      @shook8331 3 года назад +13

      @Noble Zealot1 my thoughts exactly 🤣

    • @mikef5881
      @mikef5881 3 года назад +49

      And just HOW could they have left the ship - when all the remaining boats were reserved for women and children?

    • @chengkuoklee5734
      @chengkuoklee5734 3 года назад +37

      To overcome survival instinct is very very difficult. You need very strong will to do that. Salute!

    • @rexjolles
      @rexjolles 3 года назад +2

      Like a fucking violin as your boat is sinking

  • @milos6348
    @milos6348 3 года назад +439

    It's hard to imagine how it must've felt like coming to terms with the inevitable death in couple of hours and deciding that you're gonna go down doing what you love. Respect.

    • @ryanmacleod2749
      @ryanmacleod2749 3 года назад +18

      Yeah, I have a hard time coming to terms with getting needles, these guys had balls of steel

    • @davidbooth46ify
      @davidbooth46ify 3 года назад +1

      "Respect" Cringe.

    • @felixc.3444
      @felixc.3444 3 года назад +2

      @@davidbooth46ify true nonetheless

    • @breadthatsred5815
      @breadthatsred5815 3 года назад +16

      @@davidbooth46ify Yes. They deserve respect. Problem?

    • @tacoguy764
      @tacoguy764 3 года назад +5

      @@davidbooth46ify Does the edgy kid don't respect anyone?

  • @azj_
    @azj_ 3 года назад +1082

    Everyone: Scream and panicking
    The Violinist: Enjoying the last playing of music before they die. (Truly respect for them)

  • @chiken1627
    @chiken1627 3 года назад +655

    Gentlemen, it was an honor watching this with you tonight.

    • @aliffianchannel.7419
      @aliffianchannel.7419 3 года назад +12

      Thanks sir. It was an honor for me

    • @bruhism173
      @bruhism173 3 года назад +13

      It was an honor sharing 4 letters of your name as mine.

    • @halo129830
      @halo129830 3 года назад +5

      Likewise sir may we go down in history

    • @jackietang3789
      @jackietang3789 3 года назад +6

      May history remember us years from now

    • @chamber.it30.06
      @chamber.it30.06 3 года назад +2

      hey bruh it was in the morning not night bruh

  • @agniteyt
    @agniteyt 3 года назад +304

    Honestly that scene with the violinists hit me hard.. .

    • @xGoodOldSmurfehx
      @xGoodOldSmurfehx 3 года назад +1

      James is definitely good at getting drama to a whole other level, i watched it again after so many years and it still hit me as hard as it did the first time
      thats cinema at its finest :(

    • @triplem5770
      @triplem5770 3 года назад +2

      6:34 what you gonna do? sink me?

  • @sketchygetchey8299
    @sketchygetchey8299 3 года назад +4789

    Girls cry at “I’ll never let go”.
    Men cry at “Gentlemen….it’s been a privilege playing with you tonight”.

    • @LezSpringfield
      @LezSpringfield 3 года назад +263

      Yeah that line hits like a truck

    • @LezSpringfield
      @LezSpringfield 3 года назад +248

      Or like a ship into an ice berg.

    • @soulassassin0g
      @soulassassin0g 3 года назад +157

      Legends cry when the guy hit the propeller.

    • @Dee-nonamnamrson8718
      @Dee-nonamnamrson8718 3 года назад +60

      @@soulassassin0g Cry from laughter maybe. Even as a kid that part made lmfao.

    • @ErikBramsen
      @ErikBramsen 3 года назад +23

      @@Dee-nonamnamrson8718
      That's because you're a girl.

  • @OutcastsRedeemer
    @OutcastsRedeemer 3 года назад +854

    Death: "It's time to go."
    Titanic's band: "Did we play well?"
    Death: "Yes." *looks around to the 1500 other people who stood with him* "You played beautifully."

    • @bangboomdie3326
      @bangboomdie3326 3 года назад +20

      perfect

    • @marmer4541
      @marmer4541 3 года назад +12

      😢😔

    • @shadowwriter329
      @shadowwriter329 3 года назад +48

      Death:...it is a long journey to make...perhaps an encore for the travel?
      Lead Violinists: *smiles* "it would be my honor, sir."

    • @joakimberg7897
      @joakimberg7897 3 года назад +3

      @@shadowwriter329 from where did you get that quote?

    • @shadowwriter329
      @shadowwriter329 3 года назад +13

      @@joakimberg7897 I didn’t, I made that up on the spot after seeing the comment above. It felt right to be honest.

  • @petitponeydu7727
    @petitponeydu7727 3 года назад +160

    i was in the french military when the costa concordia went down near the italian cost, we heard from the helicopter pilots of the italian navy and cost guard that the musicians on the ship also played while the ship was going down, playing "my heart will go on" untill they were rescued.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 3 года назад +8

      Damn. These musicians, man. :-O
      Petit poney ? Es-tu tout gris et tout petit, petit poney ?

    • @petitponeydu7727
      @petitponeydu7727 3 года назад +4

      @@Briselance +999 points pour avoir eux la ref !

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 3 года назад

      @@petitponeydu7727
      Eh ouais, man ! Ancien marsouin, j'imagine ?

    • @petitponeydu7727
      @petitponeydu7727 3 года назад

      @OVERHAND je croit que je me rappel de toi aussi ! et oui je poste souvent dans les coms de la chaine de code rno, c'est marrant comme quoi même sur internet le monde est petit !

    • @bluey3575
      @bluey3575 2 года назад

      Imagine if they played that meme song instead 😂😂😂

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 3 года назад +260

    Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote:
    "Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?"

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +164

    Like my time in Holdfast: Nations at War, playing as the violinist, until the ship sinks, while everyone evacuates on a pinnace…

    • @tenno5509
      @tenno5509 3 года назад +3

      or some enemy adept sailor randomly climbs on board and thrusts his pike into your chest

    • @tjenare123halla8
      @tjenare123halla8 3 года назад +3

      🤣🤣 dude. This comment underrated AF

  • @pinnedcomment8614
    @pinnedcomment8614 3 года назад +469

    Today I learned Canadians say "sorry" so much that The Apology Act was passed in 2009, declaring that an apology can't be used as evidence of admission of guilt.

    • @variegatus4674
      @variegatus4674 3 года назад +64

      People would say "nobody cares" or "who asked", but I'm the one to say, that's a cool fact.

    • @NicholasJScott
      @NicholasJScott 3 года назад +28

      as a Canadian I can confirm we do say sorry after anything we do, even if it was good!

    • @loganmalough2379
      @loganmalough2379 3 года назад +24

      As a Canadian, I don’t know what’s say except; sorry. So sorry, eh. Sorry.

    • @Oropher420
      @Oropher420 3 года назад +8

      Meanwhile I learned before that Canada means "Settlement" or something along those lines.

    • @titanlord9267
      @titanlord9267 3 года назад

      huh, interesting

  • @jpjp6077
    @jpjp6077 3 года назад +206

    Me hearing that the violin was auction " It belongs in a museum!"

    • @MercenaryOO7
      @MercenaryOO7 3 года назад +11

      I was like "It belongs with the man"

    • @Marc_W_McKinley
      @Marc_W_McKinley 3 года назад +7

      I really love seeing indiana jones quotes in comments

    • @rexjolles
      @rexjolles 3 года назад

      Who cares

    • @SaraRoseVaughan
      @SaraRoseVaughan 3 года назад +8

      It does, now. It's at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It's lovely, I've seen it myself.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 3 года назад +4

      @@MercenaryOO7 That's what I'M saying!
      I'm surprised, and saddened, to know it wasn't buried with the man....like, why WOULDN'T you do that??

  • @silentgamer2434
    @silentgamer2434 3 года назад +498

    I'm a huge Titanic nerd eveeything about her from her construction to her demise is fascinating

  • @retrocollector1999
    @retrocollector1999 3 года назад +74

    Nearer my god to thee! Such a touching piece of music, Rest In Peace 😔❤️🪦

  • @Issacnewton_
    @Issacnewton_ 3 года назад +14

    This is truly braveness and courage of these violinist
    Salute to these people.

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 3 года назад +248

    “I guess we’re down to a quartet. Trio. Duet… _Solo…”_

  • @guesstime6445
    @guesstime6445 3 года назад +247

    Wow. That part of the movie “Titanic” was true. Sad none of them lived to play again

    • @ouzi9122
      @ouzi9122 3 года назад +9

      The one violinist did, he started the band Sugar Ray. You're welcome

    • @myDickbiG
      @myDickbiG 3 года назад +2

      its a privilege to play with you all

    • @cyanmantan7616
      @cyanmantan7616 3 года назад +9

      A huge amount of "Titanic" is surprisingly historically accurate. James Cameron poured a lot of work into that one. It's also the reason I got so much into history. :D

    • @JV-df9em
      @JV-df9em 3 года назад

      @@ouzi9122 He just wanted to crumble statues, and fly.

  • @brexit_thunder
    @brexit_thunder 3 года назад +275

    Unpopular opinion: These guys played music to die for

  • @NoobBLOX
    @NoobBLOX 3 года назад +256

    Rest in Peace to all casualties of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic.

  • @thetitotvshow
    @thetitotvshow 2 года назад +17

    The scene in Titanic (1997) where the musicians play their last song is so heartbreaking and it's impossible not to cry.

  • @MrlspPrt
    @MrlspPrt 3 года назад +751

    Gentlemen, it has been a privilege making James Cameron's Titanic references with you today.

    • @luismedina5792
      @luismedina5792 3 года назад +17

      The replies you're going to be getting will be interesting

    • @DrDoobius
      @DrDoobius 3 года назад +11

      @@luismedina5792 making popcorn rn

    • @rexjolles
      @rexjolles 3 года назад +1

      @RDMrusher k

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 3 года назад +15

      @RDMrusher I agree. Weird that modern feminism doesn't do anything about the inequality men face. They say feminism is about equality, but then only complain about women's issues.

    • @gretathuumberg
      @gretathuumberg 3 года назад +4

      19 hours and nothing interesting

  • @DarthKanye
    @DarthKanye 3 года назад +139

    “gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you”

  • @toradora1439
    @toradora1439 3 года назад +23

    Rare to find people with such commitment and devotion to ones passion in the face of death.

    • @KyrieChii
      @KyrieChii 2 года назад +2

      And such a giving spirit that they not only managed to hold themselves together in the face of certain doom, but cared enough to try to comfort others with the time they had left.

  • @wolfenstien13
    @wolfenstien13 3 года назад +12

    To stand and still perform while everything around you falls apart is solid bravery. They now live beyond time and space.

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 года назад +273

    After all these years the Titanic's swimming pool is still full of water.

    • @creeperplayz1089
      @creeperplayz1089 3 года назад +6

      Lol

    • @joecobb5520
      @joecobb5520 3 года назад +34

      That jokes almost as old as the titanic itself, impressive you found the ancient texts that held it.

    • @joe.d.1
      @joe.d.1 3 года назад +2

      So unoriginal.

    • @OneAnarchistBoi
      @OneAnarchistBoi 3 года назад +1

      @@joe.d.1 Shut.

    • @joe.d.1
      @joe.d.1 3 года назад

      @@OneAnarchistBoi communist.

  • @kingkermit7323
    @kingkermit7323 3 года назад +27

    It was nice that simple history did a video on these fine fellows and also let's just take a moment to realize how improved and updated simple historys Titanic model has gotten.

  • @miloserra1518
    @miloserra1518 3 года назад +14

    Playing an instrument is hard enough during normal conditions but this gentleman managed to keep calm and play in the middle of the chaos knowing their fate was already sealed
    Respect 💯

  • @johnbeauvais3159
    @johnbeauvais3159 3 года назад +21

    Fun fact: when you hear the name of a liner like Carpathia or Lusitania that ends in “ia” it’s a Cunard line ship, and if it ends in “ic” then it’s a White Star liner

    • @tgant2000
      @tgant2000 3 года назад +3

      There is one exception: The Queen Mary. The legend is that the line's directors requested permission from King George V to name the ship after "Britain's greatest queen" - meaning Victoria, his grandmother - and he responded "her majesty will be delighted to hear it", meaning his wife, the Queen Consort Mary. They had no other choice...

  • @anoriginalname410
    @anoriginalname410 3 года назад +32

    Can you do a video about the Titanic's engineers? The ones who stayed down below decks to keep the power on, so everyone could see, and stay calmer. I think it would be a cool video.

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid 3 года назад +4

      They also stayed below to ensure the ship stayed level long enough to launch all the lifeboats.

    • @c.j.cleveland7475
      @c.j.cleveland7475 Год назад +1

      Great idea except they all died. Lots of the stokers got out but the engineers stayed until the end.

    • @anoriginalname410
      @anoriginalname410 Год назад +2

      @@c.j.cleveland7475 Yeah, I realized that a little while after making this comment, I just forgot about it.

  • @mrmacias4217
    @mrmacias4217 3 года назад +51

    I hope he's playing with his band in heaven

  • @urielmedrano2101
    @urielmedrano2101 3 года назад +46

    The Titanic Violinists are the definition of dedication

  • @trevorslinkard31
    @trevorslinkard31 3 года назад +34

    Captain: *goes down with the ship*
    Hartley: *goes down with his violin*

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 года назад +97

    Crewman: "Only women and children in the lifeboats!"
    Old bearded dude: "I identify as both"

    • @daveyj.2807
      @daveyj.2807 3 года назад +5

      I Bill Willamson a older bearded man Identify as a woman and a child....LIFEBOATS HERE I COME!!!

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 3 года назад +2

      Imagine dying because of your gender, despite most of the boats only being half full

    • @insertnamehere001
      @insertnamehere001 3 года назад +3

      @@chaosXP3RT it's almost like being a gentleman has its obligations, along with its privileges.

    • @gethynphillips7739
      @gethynphillips7739 3 года назад

      @Black Box Painting don’t compare the two. Feminism wants equality whisky incels want something horrific

    • @gethynphillips7739
      @gethynphillips7739 3 года назад

      Wut?

  • @its.steve01
    @its.steve01 3 года назад +45

    The band members who played in the Titanic would never be forgotten

  • @asoru5573
    @asoru5573 3 года назад +69

    These are the REAL gentlemen's death style, RIP for the musicicans

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 3 года назад +53

    2:28 Jack and Rose sitting on the bench.

  • @bryanday7570
    @bryanday7570 3 года назад +76

    Technically it has served as a great sea bound hotel. For fish.

    • @VK-jy3pi
      @VK-jy3pi 3 года назад +4

      Lots of complaints about tetanus and collapsing ceilings.

  • @ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής

    I can imagine all great composers of History welcoming Titanic's band members at the musician's Hall of Heroes in heaven

    • @KyrieChii
      @KyrieChii 2 года назад +3

      That is a truly lovely thought. I hope you're right, they certainly deserved it. You always hear about & expect Captains bravely going down with their ships, but this was unique, & so amazing that they managed to not only hold themselves together, but actually cared enough to try to comfort others. I'm blown away by it.

    • @BlessedHope7.7.7
      @BlessedHope7.7.7 6 месяцев назад

  • @josephbrown4768
    @josephbrown4768 3 года назад +3

    I always enjoy at the end of these videos now when there's a few moments of quiet to remember the person or people who died. It's very kind of you guys and it really drives home the feelings of sacrifice. Well done.

  • @mirnasimmi4901
    @mirnasimmi4901 3 года назад +2

    Wallace Hartley a man i never met whose death brings me tears. God bless your soul and those of your friends you all went down as legends. In the face of imminent death they continued to play. Unstoppable

  • @ricardodoesguidesandvlogs5404
    @ricardodoesguidesandvlogs5404 3 года назад +52

    Rest in peace to those who died aboard.

  • @CT-Clone
    @CT-Clone 3 года назад +2

    It's small stories like these which makes this one of my favourite history channels

  • @pinnedcomment8614
    @pinnedcomment8614 3 года назад +100

    Only one sport has ever been played on the moon.
    A game of golf on the moon was recorded in 1971. Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the surface of the moon.
    Wanted to share some useless info :)

    • @counterfeit1148
      @counterfeit1148 3 года назад +3

      That hardly counts as actually playing the sport, in my opinion

    • @monochromeyoshi
      @monochromeyoshi 3 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/wQYob6dpTTk/видео.html

    • @counterfeit1148
      @counterfeit1148 3 года назад +2

      @@monochromeyoshi Apparently it's age restricted so I can't view the video, but I could see the thumbnail and as far as I can tell I agree with you

    • @frankierzucekjr
      @frankierzucekjr 3 года назад

      That's really cool. As a fan of space stuff, I bet the ball is probably still flying around somewhere. Lol

    • @Nmdixon-cu7vm
      @Nmdixon-cu7vm 3 года назад

      @@monochromeyoshi that escalated quickly.

  • @panelledsquid9890
    @panelledsquid9890 3 года назад +5

    From Colne, Wallace's bust can be found next to the war memorial. His grave's up at the cemetery on Keighley Road, and there's a pub named after him.

  • @TheKersey475
    @TheKersey475 3 года назад +38

    That one guy: "glub glub"*
    *Translation: "Free Bird!"

    • @xy3124
      @xy3124 3 года назад

      Ah I see, more a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan than of classic violin music.

    • @jonaha.k.ashazam2535
      @jonaha.k.ashazam2535 3 года назад

      😂😂😂

  • @HEADSHOT12331
    @HEADSHOT12331 3 года назад +46

    Playing music for the sea. Even with death facing them.

  • @attigator
    @attigator 2 года назад +11

    Fun related fact: On May 4,1982, the HMS Sheffield sank. After the crew abandoned ship and were on the life rifts, they all started singing “Always look on the bright side of life” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

    • @yezki8
      @yezki8 2 года назад +2

      Reminds me of an old saying:
      "The old died with deep brood, while the young perishes in laughter"

  • @Bobthecat3
    @Bobthecat3 3 года назад +24

    “Gentlemen it’s been a great privilege playing with you tonight”

  • @tdpuuhailee8222
    @tdpuuhailee8222 3 года назад +6

    2:16
    Nice detail: Titanic only had three smokestacks, the fourth was just a huge ventelation system

  • @battlefieldcustoms873
    @battlefieldcustoms873 3 года назад +2

    fun fact. this actually made me tear up. what a man.

  • @curraheewolf
    @curraheewolf 3 года назад +6

    They don't make them like that anymore. May they rest in peace.

  • @nomannoman8022
    @nomannoman8022 3 года назад +1

    In honor to him for his bravery and his band, your animation is getting better simple history, keep it up

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker 3 года назад +15

    It's so respectful that these fellas were not even White Star Line employees and still they played music for the her terrified passengers. Then went down with the ship. Legends.

  • @korosuke1788
    @korosuke1788 3 года назад +3

    The minute of silence broke my heart. :'(

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 3 года назад +10

    Not even a disaster could stop these legends from playing the music.

  • @thomasking1912
    @thomasking1912 Месяц назад

    My 4th Great Uncle was a Cello Player on Titanic, Percy Taylor. He passed away during the night playing with his boys. Rest in Peace, Percy, and to the rest of the band.

  • @Auscan_Octrice
    @Auscan_Octrice 3 года назад +12

    Anyone else notice how the 4th smoke stack had little to no smoke coming out of it? It had no connection to the boilers and was instead connected to the kitchen as a simple vent fun fact

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid 3 года назад +1

      It was created because passengers might not have thought the engines were that good if there were only 3 funnels.

    • @AndyHappyGuy
      @AndyHappyGuy 2 года назад +1

      @@foxymetroid No? Funnels only indicate the number of boilers.

    • @AndyHappyGuy
      @AndyHappyGuy 2 года назад +1

      There is a misconception that the 4th smoke stack was just a massive hollow cylinder like disneyland castles. If you look closer, you an see all sorts of walkways, pipes going all the way down into the engine room all inside the 4th funnel.

  • @acorneredviper3865
    @acorneredviper3865 3 года назад +2

    I like how he put jack and rose in the background

  • @NewOrleansGrey1
    @NewOrleansGrey1 3 года назад +17

    What many people don’t know was the families of the eight band members actually received fines from White Star for the band members loosing their uniforms.

    • @maxthecharacter1296
      @maxthecharacter1296 3 года назад +3

      Wtf?! How is that the family fault? If anything it's their fault!

    • @spidervenom8443
      @spidervenom8443 3 года назад +2

      Damn thats just a slap in the face

    • @Redrum101896
      @Redrum101896 3 года назад +2

      They sure did. That part of the story always pisses me off.

    • @KyrieChii
      @KyrieChii 2 года назад +3

      UGH, that is just _heinous._ On one hand you see these brave men acting so honorably in the face of certain doom, thinking to try to comfort others in the time they had left.... On the other you have the sort of heartless greed that makes me a cynic.

  • @BirdyBirdo28
    @BirdyBirdo28 3 года назад +5

    This takes dedication to a whole other level

  • @DSIREX_
    @DSIREX_ 3 года назад +4

    I like how the animation includes the 4th boiler not smoke like the real one

  • @fighterplane3550
    @fighterplane3550 3 года назад +38

    Fun fact: the pool of The Titanic is still filled with water

    • @anoriginalname410
      @anoriginalname410 3 года назад +2

      Not it's not...
      It's filled with sea water.

    • @svuntekarlberg
      @svuntekarlberg 3 года назад +1

      @@anoriginalname410 It always was lol

    • @wooeo9962
      @wooeo9962 3 года назад +2

      @@anoriginalname410 sea water + the pee of the panicked

    • @supe4701
      @supe4701 3 года назад +3

      @@anoriginalname410 sea water isn’t water? I should of known people were lying to me

    • @anoriginalname410
      @anoriginalname410 3 года назад

      @@supe4701 Can't tell if you're joking or not.

  • @janellecatigbe8343
    @janellecatigbe8343 3 года назад +21

    "Did the Titanic’s Violinists keep playing while the ship sank?"
    Those people who watched the Titanic Movie: **YES**

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345
    @simple-commentator-not-rea7345 3 года назад +15

    Wallace Hartley fits the description of a hero. Let us also remember the other members of that band who stood alongside him that day:
    - Theodore Ronald Brailey (Pianist)
    - Roger Marie Bricoux (Cellist)
    - John Law Hume (Violinist)
    - Georges Alexandre Krins (Violinist)
    - John Frederick Preston Clarke (Bassist)
    - Percy Cornelius Taylor (Cellist)
    - John Wesley Woodward (Cellist)

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 года назад +20

    Violinists: "Any requests?"
    Passenger: "Can you play Don't Bring Me Down?"

  • @robertturosik7139
    @robertturosik7139 3 года назад

    I saw that violin at the titanic museum in gatlinburg Tennessee. It sent shivers down my spine.

  • @panzersoldat_4265
    @panzersoldat_4265 3 года назад +10

    The number of lifeboats was so low because the aim of lifeboats in this ship was to rescue survivors from other wrecks. In fact, the original design of the ship onñy had 14 boats, whereas in the end, it got 20. Titanic had more than the required number of lifeboats.

    • @panzersoldat_4265
      @panzersoldat_4265 3 года назад +2

      @Tranhoang Long exactly. The legend of its unsikability are due to her older sister ship: the RMS Olympic. Both ships shared the same design.
      The thing goes like this: in 1911 a British warship crashed into Olympic's bow. Warships back then were designed to be able to inflict some serious damage to other ships by ramming. Olympic only sufferd minor damages, being able to return to land and be repaired.
      As you can imagine, if a ship fucking designed to sink other ships with its stern, didn't manage to sink an ocean liner, we are talking about a really robust liner. And thus, when the news of the accident spreaded and people knew that another ship like Olympic (but even more improved) was about to be launched, the expectation were high af.

  • @damienkendrick1664
    @damienkendrick1664 3 года назад

    Bless each of them. A sacrifice made for the benefit and comfort of those they felt needed their music. No more nobler an end could be met.

  • @khelpher6963
    @khelpher6963 3 года назад +102

    Girls: Why boys don't cry at the end of Titanic do boys have feelings
    Boys: Depressed violinists keep playing until the end of their lives

  • @manuelacosta9463
    @manuelacosta9463 3 года назад +1

    Utterly brave of them to continue playing in order to keep the passengers calm even in face of such a tragedy. May they and the others rest in peace.

  • @CJ_1406
    @CJ_1406 3 года назад +3

    Person: My job is harder than I thought.
    Violinist: *are you sure about that?*

  • @KennyMcCormick99
    @KennyMcCormick99 3 года назад +2

    THESE GUYS PLAYED NON STOP on a giant ship while it was sinking...
    But you can't go halfway through one DAMN song on RUclips BEFORE 1 AD!

  • @davecrupel2817
    @davecrupel2817 3 года назад +3

    6:43 God help me....the man died with his instrument...his tool of the spirit with him....
    That is so poetic and beautiful...

  • @KyrieChii
    @KyrieChii 2 года назад +1

    I never realized this had _actually_ happened. Jeez, it's really got me emotional. It's so profoundly sad & yet amazing at the same time. They faced certain doom & not only held _themselves_ together, but attempted to comfort others with their gift. As someone else said here in the comments, I hope they were welcomed to the afterlife by the greatest musicians/composers of history, they deserved it.

  • @BigSmokeRailfanning
    @BigSmokeRailfanning 3 года назад +4

    Gentlemen, it has been a privilege honoring the musicians with you tonight.

  • @davidchalmers2504
    @davidchalmers2504 3 года назад +1

    I saw Hartley's violin in a museum. I think it's locked away in a vault now.

  • @yugoslavball1945
    @yugoslavball1945 3 года назад +26

    Me: watching simple history videos
    Me: “This is the life.”

  • @michaelmorgan150
    @michaelmorgan150 3 года назад +1

    Dang, this story seriously gets me every single time.

  • @iancabruhvideos3211
    @iancabruhvideos3211 3 года назад +9

    “Gentlemen its been a privilege playing with you tonight”

  • @yeetnoodle9668
    @yeetnoodle9668 3 года назад +1

    Band leader: till the end?
    Everyone else: till the end....

  • @Wanda_Maximoff832
    @Wanda_Maximoff832 3 года назад +19

    A secret band in the titanic: *are you ready to iceberg*

  • @nathanielgallagher143
    @nathanielgallagher143 3 года назад

    There is something so none chilling yet tearjerking (at least for me) in the simple acts of gallantry that such an era produced. Playing music isn’t all that special but they made it a big deal by accepting their fates and still carrying on. I don’t know if anyone else feels this way but I do.

  • @aidan9156
    @aidan9156 3 года назад +19

    Rumors say, “She’s still on her maiden voyage” 🚢

  • @phantomwraith1984
    @phantomwraith1984 3 года назад

    They found his body with his violin still with him. A gentleman to the end

  • @theravingtimes9582
    @theravingtimes9582 3 года назад +11

    That awkward moment when alcoholism saved you from having to board Titanic.

    • @carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338
      @carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338 3 года назад

      Alcoholism also kinda saved Titanic's main baker, he survived two hours in the freezing water after getting drunk aboard the ship and was rescued by RMS Carpathia. Scientists still debate the exact details on how alcohol helped him that night.

    • @momotaro__
      @momotaro__ 3 года назад

      @@carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338 I guess because it makes your inside body hot so then he freeze to death slower?

    • @timbrown3666
      @timbrown3666 3 года назад

      @@momotaro__ Alchohol actually makes your body temperature drop faster, it just gives the sensation of being hot as warmth goes away from your core and to your extremities. It's an anomaly how that man survived

    • @momotaro__
      @momotaro__ 3 года назад

      @@timbrown3666 ah I see, alright then

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 3 года назад +1

    Violinist Josh Hume’s body was also recovered, and he is buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

  • @Andre-fg1xy
    @Andre-fg1xy 3 года назад +20

    Titanic: the king of the unsolved misteries of the 20th century

    • @VuurBarbaar
      @VuurBarbaar 3 года назад +4

      i thought it was already solved? old tipe of iron, no good view made mistake and boom ice berg

    • @Andre-fg1xy
      @Andre-fg1xy 3 года назад

      @@VuurBarbaar wow

    • @bpdbhp1632
      @bpdbhp1632 3 года назад +5

      Its not a mystery and it also isnt unsolved. Wtf

    • @Andre-fg1xy
      @Andre-fg1xy 3 года назад +2

      @@bpdbhp1632 uhh, ok😥

    • @bnol03686
      @bnol03686 3 года назад

      Jp morgan......

  • @faristotle2979
    @faristotle2979 3 года назад

    You guys are awesome. You always listen to what the comments ask and what they suggest and sure enough a month later lo and behold. Real champs. Tysm, Faris

  • @averageforzaplayer1048
    @averageforzaplayer1048 3 года назад +4

    Titanic: *sinks close to New York*
    The violinist: *Sea of thieves intensifies*

  • @vjm3
    @vjm3 3 года назад +1

    The part when the water is rushing in and the two old people are holding each other on the cot. That always gets me.

  • @n30nv43
    @n30nv43 3 года назад +18

    Filmora "no watermark"
    Then explain the big watermark that covers half of the screen...

  • @polygonalfortress
    @polygonalfortress 3 года назад

    This is enough to make any gentleman cry.

  • @frankierzucekjr
    @frankierzucekjr 3 года назад +4

    This very interesting. I couldn't imagine having to stay on a sinking ship

  • @marmer4541
    @marmer4541 3 года назад +2

    "Gentlemen , It has been a privilege playing with you tonight"
    Thats where legends cried