A great movie, directed by the great Roy Ward Baker (who later made some fine Hammer films). At 1.30 we get a single shot tracking across the survivors for over a minute, a subtle but probable inspiration for the long, extended tracking shot Cameron features at the end of his movie. A great, tragic story done justice with a fine film.
I saw the Cameron film when it came out. By the time the intermission came I was bored stiff with the improbable antics of Leo and Kate and was willing the ship to hit the iceberg just to put the scriptwriter out of his misery. When our hero finally sank into the depths with bubbling groan I cheered inwardly. When O when will Hollywood realise as Eric Ambler did that history is dramatic enough without the superimposition of all that melodramatic twaddle.
James Cameron had the luxury of the under water archaeology that had been done on the wreck since its discovery in August 1985. Which had found out conclusively that the ship had broken in two before it finally sank to the bottom of the sea. In 1958 when this movie was made the underwater location of the vessel had not yet been discovered, and so there was still conjecture off what was its last moments before it sank?
@mikelheron20 Praying for the souls of the dead is what people do and have always done. It show's empathy with the dead. It has nothing to do with the worship or praise of god regardless of how the survivors felt about god at that particular time. You put your own feelings aside to show respect for the dead.
@mikelheron20 Also mankind was responsible for the Titanic going down. More lives would have been saved had the famously arrogant passengers got into the lifeboats rather than argue with the crew..
@konrad182002 Obviously. But God (if he existed - which he doesn't) could have chosen to save lives. The majority of those who drowned died because there weren't enough lifeboats - hardly their fault.
@Professor6871 Agree with you about God but not about Blair. Blair can be accused of many things but "no action"? Most people criticise him for too much action.
@Professor6871 well Jesus went on lot about loving people but he change didn't much didn't he. Alright Blair was man of actions bad actions catastrophic ones.
Thanks a lot for uploading this. It's a great film which proves that a huge budget, big names and lush decorations cannot replace a well-told story. Cameron's Titanic can only lose to this one.
A point I would like to make out is that the white rockets are not distress signals, whereas red ones are. The Californian's radio was shut down for the night so there was no way they could respond until Cyril Evans, the ship's radioman begins his watch the morning after.
The captain and crew of the Californian should have been held accountable in some way for negligence since if they had not been so blase about what they saw and heard and ignored the rockets and SOS calls they may have been able to save the lives that were lost because of it.
I thank you very much for uploading this. I would not have been able to view it otherwise. It is important for us to remember what happened to the Titanic and learn from it. The arrogance and carelessness of men led to the deaths of so many people, and this movie as well as the 1997 film remind of it. Thank you for uploading the complete film for us.
Actually, in the previous scene, we HEAR RMS Titanic breaking apart, and the stern is upended differently to how it would be if the bow were attached completely. The 1958 producers had a limited budget for FX and decided to suggest the breakup rather than show it. Also, there were differing accounts as to the breakup-- some witnesses said completely others said not at all. The best evidence is she was still attached at the keel till the final plunge.
No that the titanic broke into two pieces they only know it when they found her in 1985,back in the late 1950s no one known that she was broke.
I wonder about this but its true,I read the eyewhitness report of the journalist Lawrence Beeslay(2nd class passenger).He says in his book that the titanic went down one part and he said all his life the breaking is speculation he never saw the ship break.
@therealjoebloggs I think its supposed to indicate what the original book 'A Night to Remember' said happened based on survivor accounts. The lights went out, then the Titanic -while in one piece- rose to stand nearly perpendicular to the sea, then after a short time the stern fell back to a shallower angle before sliding down into the water and sinking. The falling back part was clearly the ship breaking up but because it was so dark that night very few could clearly see what was happening.
@TimeLordParadox Not to mention, the White Star line asked its sailors after the incident not to say the ship broke in two, as they thought it would ruin consumer faith in their ship's construction. Actually, the Titanic stood up to the split pressure better than anyone would have thought.
@eddievhfan1984 Yeah, I recently saw the documentery about the Whitestar line asking its officers to say the ship didn't break up, but I doubt they could buy the silence of all the survivors.
I've seen two different documenteries made by Discovery that say different things about the Titanic's steel, one said the steel was flawed the other said it was very strong so I'm not sure which to believe, but they both said that some of the rivets that held the ship together were weak.
@TimeLordParadox Well, according to cited Wikipedia entries, the ship made it to a 45 degree incline before the split. When her blueprints were analyzed, the projected split angle was about 15-20 degrees. I do sort of recall from a documentary that some of her rivets were less corrosion resistant than the design called for, but I think it was ruled out as a contributing factor.
@eddievhfan1984 Eye witnesses said it reached a 45 degree angle but I think that was an illusion, an animation somewhere I saw showing the POV of the lifeboats near the keel which does make the ship look like it's standing at a higher angle then it actually is.
A new documentery said the split started earlier at an angle of 12 degrees at the aft expansion joint which was pulled open slowly until she couldn't take the strain, then the joint acted like a tear and she split open
@eddievhfan1984 Yeah, if all the evidence is correct Titanic was not as badly made as she's often made out to be. A few flawed riviets and a couple of badly designed expansion joints were her downfall.
Did you know, on Titanic's sister ship the Britannic it was found that her expansion joints had been modified to take a greater strain. Clearly Whitestar knew the joints on the Titanic were flawed.
@eddievhfan1984 Yeah, Britannic had higher bulkheads, a second skin of steel, updated expansion joints, larger lifeboat davits and was slightly larger than the Titanic. Yet despite this Britannic also sank and in only 57 minutes though she did hit a mine in WW1 and only lost 70 of her 1100 passengers so we can forgive her for that. She's actually in the history books as the largest vessel lost during WW1.
Great movie, however, it would be great if it was remade. This time with the ship breaking in half since it is confirmed. With that and omitting the christening scene at the beginning, since Titanic was never christened in real life, we would definitely have THE most accurate Titanic movie ever! Hands down for a remake of A Night to Remember!
@Pairjira I think ITV (A TV channel here in the UK) is making a four part drama about the Titanic, though I don't know how historically accurate it will be. Like the Titanic 1997 film I think the writers will create their own central characters.
@THthefirst I don''t understand your comment. It is in no context to the content of my comment. Please explain the point of your comment to me better.
@ARSA525 I agree Cameron's film was the biggest load of melodrama I've ever seen. You don't need fiction to tell the disaster that was Titanic because the facts speak for themselves.This film was such fitting tribute to people who lost their lives on that night.
glad to see this..way much better than Cameron's..in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking
darcimkire07 4 days ago
A great movie, directed by the great Roy Ward Baker (who later made some fine Hammer films). At 1.30 we get a single shot tracking across the survivors for over a minute, a subtle but probable inspiration for the long, extended tracking shot Cameron features at the end of his movie. A great, tragic story done justice with a fine film.
anthonyjthorne 6 days ago
Thank you so much for posting this!
boxlunches 1 week ago
thank you. This is my favourite version. Just think not having regular radio monitoring, not enough life boats and oh boy the north Atlantic is COLD
papaalphamike 2 weeks ago
Bravo
30inception 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the upload, I enjoyed this film very much. Well as much as you can enjoy a film about 1000+ people dying!
Radi0headed 3 weeks ago
I saw the Cameron film when it came out. By the time the intermission came I was bored stiff with the improbable antics of Leo and Kate and was willing the ship to hit the iceberg just to put the scriptwriter out of his misery. When our hero finally sank into the depths with bubbling groan I cheered inwardly. When O when will Hollywood realise as Eric Ambler did that history is dramatic enough without the superimposition of all that melodramatic twaddle.
joannespetrus1 4 weeks ago
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James Cameron had the luxury of the under water archaeology that had been done on the wreck since its discovery in August 1985. Which had found out conclusively that the ship had broken in two before it finally sank to the bottom of the sea. In 1958 when this movie was made the underwater location of the vessel had not yet been discovered, and so there was still conjecture off what was its last moments before it sank?
Professor6871 1 month ago
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Professor6871 1 month ago
What exactly are they thanking god for?
mikelheron20 1 month ago
@mikelheron20 There not thanking god, they are showing respect for the dead. There's a difference.
konrad182002 1 month ago
@konrad182002 Why is praying to God (who, if you believe in him could have saved their lives) showing respect?
mikelheron20 1 month ago
@mikelheron20 Praying for the souls of the dead is what people do and have always done. It show's empathy with the dead. It has nothing to do with the worship or praise of god regardless of how the survivors felt about god at that particular time. You put your own feelings aside to show respect for the dead.
konrad182002 1 month ago
@mikelheron20 Also mankind was responsible for the Titanic going down. More lives would have been saved had the famously arrogant passengers got into the lifeboats rather than argue with the crew..
konrad182002 1 month ago
@konrad182002 Obviously. But God (if he existed - which he doesn't) could have chosen to save lives. The majority of those who drowned died because there weren't enough lifeboats - hardly their fault.
mikelheron20 1 month ago
@mikelheron20 seeing most who died that night were poor I would of thought God would have saved them. His like Blair all talk but no action.
Professor6871 1 month ago
@Professor6871 Agree with you about God but not about Blair. Blair can be accused of many things but "no action"? Most people criticise him for too much action.
mikelheron20 1 month ago
@Professor6871 well Jesus went on lot about loving people but he change didn't much didn't he. Alright Blair was man of actions bad actions catastrophic ones.
Professor6871 1 month ago
@mikelheron20 Their own survival I suppose.
Professor6871 1 month ago
@Professor6871 Fine. Are they also cursing God for the ones who died? That would seem fair to me.
mikelheron20 1 month ago
Thanks a lot for uploading this. It's a great film which proves that a huge budget, big names and lush decorations cannot replace a well-told story. Cameron's Titanic can only lose to this one.
PurrsonalCat 1 month ago
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks so much for posting
Jurassic56 1 month ago 3
I wonder if they found any bodies in the real Titanic or if there are some still floating in the sea or what happened to those.
09feb1992 2 months ago
A point I would like to make out is that the white rockets are not distress signals, whereas red ones are. The Californian's radio was shut down for the night so there was no way they could respond until Cyril Evans, the ship's radioman begins his watch the morning after.
Brecconable 2 months ago
The captain and crew of the Californian should have been held accountable in some way for negligence since if they had not been so blase about what they saw and heard and ignored the rockets and SOS calls they may have been able to save the lives that were lost because of it.
thebackgroundartiste 3 months ago
I thank you very much for uploading this. I would not have been able to view it otherwise. It is important for us to remember what happened to the Titanic and learn from it. The arrogance and carelessness of men led to the deaths of so many people, and this movie as well as the 1997 film remind of it. Thank you for uploading the complete film for us.
Sarasince1992 3 months ago
A fine film, equal to the modern version we all know.
kolbpilot 4 months ago
I wonder if the Titanic really had a nursery in there.
SpokaneGirl85 5 months ago 2
@SpokaneGirl85 no, there was none. There was suppose to be one on the Britannic... but was never used as it was suppose to be.
JMFiorato1986 5 months ago
@SpokaneGirl85 Do some research?
Professor6871 1 month ago
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TRENZ2 5 months ago
Actually, in the previous scene, we HEAR RMS Titanic breaking apart, and the stern is upended differently to how it would be if the bow were attached completely. The 1958 producers had a limited budget for FX and decided to suggest the breakup rather than show it. Also, there were differing accounts as to the breakup-- some witnesses said completely others said not at all. The best evidence is she was still attached at the keel till the final plunge.
therealjoebloggs 6 months ago
@therealjoebloggs
No that the titanic broke into two pieces they only know it when they found her in 1985,back in the late 1950s no one known that she was broke.
I wonder about this but its true,I read the eyewhitness report of the journalist Lawrence Beeslay(2nd class passenger).He says in his book that the titanic went down one part and he said all his life the breaking is speculation he never saw the ship break.
hallo1521 6 months ago
@therealjoebloggs I think its supposed to indicate what the original book 'A Night to Remember' said happened based on survivor accounts. The lights went out, then the Titanic -while in one piece- rose to stand nearly perpendicular to the sea, then after a short time the stern fell back to a shallower angle before sliding down into the water and sinking. The falling back part was clearly the ship breaking up but because it was so dark that night very few could clearly see what was happening.
TimeLordParadox 5 months ago
@TimeLordParadox I totally agree. Since it was very dark, some people must not seen it. Why else was Titanic found in two pieces under the ocean.
Zacatecana91 5 months ago
@TimeLordParadox Not to mention, the White Star line asked its sailors after the incident not to say the ship broke in two, as they thought it would ruin consumer faith in their ship's construction. Actually, the Titanic stood up to the split pressure better than anyone would have thought.
eddievhfan1984 2 months ago
@eddievhfan1984 Yeah, I recently saw the documentery about the Whitestar line asking its officers to say the ship didn't break up, but I doubt they could buy the silence of all the survivors.
I've seen two different documenteries made by Discovery that say different things about the Titanic's steel, one said the steel was flawed the other said it was very strong so I'm not sure which to believe, but they both said that some of the rivets that held the ship together were weak.
TimeLordParadox 2 months ago
@TimeLordParadox Well, according to cited Wikipedia entries, the ship made it to a 45 degree incline before the split. When her blueprints were analyzed, the projected split angle was about 15-20 degrees. I do sort of recall from a documentary that some of her rivets were less corrosion resistant than the design called for, but I think it was ruled out as a contributing factor.
eddievhfan1984 1 month ago
@eddievhfan1984 Eye witnesses said it reached a 45 degree angle but I think that was an illusion, an animation somewhere I saw showing the POV of the lifeboats near the keel which does make the ship look like it's standing at a higher angle then it actually is.
A new documentery said the split started earlier at an angle of 12 degrees at the aft expansion joint which was pulled open slowly until she couldn't take the strain, then the joint acted like a tear and she split open
TimeLordParadox 1 month ago
@TimeLordParadox Still, you have to agree that she held together a lot better than others thought she would.
eddievhfan1984 1 month ago
@eddievhfan1984 Yeah, if all the evidence is correct Titanic was not as badly made as she's often made out to be. A few flawed riviets and a couple of badly designed expansion joints were her downfall.
Did you know, on Titanic's sister ship the Britannic it was found that her expansion joints had been modified to take a greater strain. Clearly Whitestar knew the joints on the Titanic were flawed.
TimeLordParadox 1 month ago
@TimeLordParadox Well, at least, did they bother raising her watertight bulkheads?
eddievhfan1984 1 month ago
@eddievhfan1984 Yeah, Britannic had higher bulkheads, a second skin of steel, updated expansion joints, larger lifeboat davits and was slightly larger than the Titanic. Yet despite this Britannic also sank and in only 57 minutes though she did hit a mine in WW1 and only lost 70 of her 1100 passengers so we can forgive her for that. She's actually in the history books as the largest vessel lost during WW1.
TimeLordParadox 1 month ago
@eddievhfan1984 Thank Goodness because if she hadn't they might not even have got those 705 passengers away on those lifeboats.
Professor6871 1 month ago
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Professor6871 1 month ago
Great movie, however, it would be great if it was remade. This time with the ship breaking in half since it is confirmed. With that and omitting the christening scene at the beginning, since Titanic was never christened in real life, we would definitely have THE most accurate Titanic movie ever! Hands down for a remake of A Night to Remember!
Pairjira 6 months ago
@Pairjira I think ITV (A TV channel here in the UK) is making a four part drama about the Titanic, though I don't know how historically accurate it will be. Like the Titanic 1997 film I think the writers will create their own central characters.
TimeLordParadox 2 months ago
@TimeLordParadox Apparently it is going to be a "Downton Abbey At Sea" more or less. It premiere's in April.
konrad182002 1 month ago
@konrad182002 Fantastic, and just in time for the 100th anniversary.
TimeLordParadox 1 month ago
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Pairjira 6 months ago
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Pairjira 6 months ago
This is far superior than James Cameron's version and to say differ is just plain ridiculous. Love Kenneth More he is a favourite of mine.
mistresspat7 6 months ago
Way better than Cameron's movie. This just became my favourite Titanic movie!
ARSA525 11 months ago 9
@ARSA525 really? The officer in the white jumper is cool as anything, hardly as if he'd been in freezing water!
THthefirst 10 months ago
@THthefirst I don''t understand your comment. It is in no context to the content of my comment. Please explain the point of your comment to me better.
ARSA525 10 months ago
@ARSA525 AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unlost 8 months ago
@ARSA525 I agree Cameron's film was the biggest load of melodrama I've ever seen. You don't need fiction to tell the disaster that was Titanic because the facts speak for themselves.This film was such fitting tribute to people who lost their lives on that night.
Professor6871 1 month ago