Titanic and Survivors - Genuine 1912 Footage

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Titanic - Genuine 1912 Footage. This newsreel (without the music)would have been shown in the cinemas at the time of the disaster. Footage includes the Titanic leaving Belfast Lough for Southampton on April 2nd, 1912. Captain Smith on the Bridge of the Titanic. The video also shows various ships such the Carparthia returning from rescuing survivors. Journalists interviewing survivors. Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of long distance radio transmission and who was credited with saving those who were saved because of his marvelous invention.

Although it says this was shot on April 2nd, 2012, British Pathe think it was probably earlier. The ship still looks like work is being done to it with lots of workmen still around. The Titanic's name is in black as is other parts of the ship which ultimately ended up as white. There is also a workman's loo which can clearly be seen dangling off the left hand side of the ship - this surely would have been removed before setting sail.

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[metalslinger]

@Britishpathe, do you have any footage of the OLYMPIC and BRITANNIC launches?

[britishpathe]

Have a look on our website British Pathe. There's a really good search facility and 90,000 videos. You can get ahead of the YouTube viewers! Team BP.

[selenalova999]

1:38 look at the ladies walking down the steps, they remind me of Ruth DeWitt Bukater and Molly Brown! Don't they?

[beeroosterm]

Sorry. the Titanic turned out to be a piece of shit after all. It will soon be completely gone; rusted and washed away in the deep ocean currents, the bodies long ago eaten and disintegrated. I say retrieve as much stuff as possible and preserve it respectfully as an example of early 20th century culture, technology, and hubris.

[theBaseT]

The song is Nocturne Op.9 No.2 en mi bémol majeur

[RosieLydgate]

The music is one of Chopin's nocturnes but I am not sure which one.

[metalslinger]

It's the Titanic. The Titanic did not have an enclose A promenade until late February of 1912. The video was shot in Jan of 1912. Also, if you look at the B deck windows, they are consistent with the Titanic. The Olympic had a promenade on B deck and the window arrangement was much different and easily recognizable. Also, the Olympic's bridge wing cabs were flush with the bulwark underneath. Here, the wing cabs extend over the bulwark.

[yat hidayat]

Anybody knows the music?

[Matthew Anderson]

It's too bad and somewhat Ironic that Titanic wasn't very well documented in newsreels.

[thehumor]

The surviving screw and passengers seem quite happy.

Lol. Weird.

[JoesZone2]

its errie and amazing seeing things from 100 and 101+ years ago...

[milley174]

What a good time forba scary pop up at the beginning.

[Edward Pino]

Ok so as I’m watching this video, an advertisement for a cruse line pops up at the bottom of the screen. How messed up is that?