Everything Possible about Titanic's Grand Staircase -TU

The most famous part of Titanic. Step back in time and learn about every rivet (almost) holding up the Grand Staircase in this Titanic University documentary!

📽 Titanic (1943) Titanic (1953) A Night to Remember (1958)
📽 The Producers (1967) SOS Titanic (1979) Titanic (1996) Titanic (2012)

All footage was captured in Demo 401.
Thanks to Gio Castro for the behind-the-scenes staircase renders.
Thanks to Jack Gibson for the opening Titanic sailing shot.

🎶 Titanic's band composed by Ege M. Erdogan.

00:00 Intro
02:34 Design and Function
09:27 The Tour Begins at the Boat Deck
13:43 A Deck and Two Icons
18:51 B Deck and a Titanic Mystery
20:20 C Deck and a Famous Artifact
22:05 D Deck and a Palatial Palace
23:04 E Deck and Secrets
23:36 Ending and Legacy
25:14 Patreon Officers June 2024

[csmatthew]

As someone who dabbles in digital reconstruction, I am ever in awe with your work at Titanic: Honor & Glory. My work is architectural rather than maritime, but may I congratulate the team on producing these wonderful model representations. Absolutely splendid and I am so grateful for your regular postings of the project.

[aliensounddigital]

Feel so sad for the wood workers and the ship builders. So much work just for a ship to sink.

[lucianf]

The dome was artificially backlit rather than being just a natural skylight. It was illuminated with Lino lite, a type of artificial lighting used in other areas such as the dining saloon and reception rooms. Also, historical accounts from passengers on board confirm this, describing the dome at night as being "as bright as day." The backlighting was added to create a striking visual impact for the first class areas on the ship. Remember a lot of improvements were made to Titanic after Olympic set sail.

[Ocatico]

The "shut up he thinks he's witty" jokes, are wonderful 😂 But god, the amount of work that goes behind this recreation is amazing

[pavelfara]

Imagine you were on the Titanic, you board on the D deck, your cabin is down on E deck and you basically don't ever need to go up the A or Boat deck. So you never get to see the dome or the clock.

[j.suis]

The details that went into this spot alone… smh 🤧 people MUST now understand why we love this area of the ship!

[fmyoung]

I have heard on a few other docs that the interior designs in the Titanic and Olympic were not really innovative; Ken Marschall even goes as far as to say that they were "quite pedestrian". They were based on those of older ships and were elaborated on so they were according to one of the narrators "evolutionary, not revolutionary". I still like the interiors of both ships though

[Feline_Frenzy]

Such beautiful craftsmanship!! Another reason to feel sad at her loss. Thank you for showing this video to us.

[sallykohorst]

Titantic is amazing. I love the grand staircase. Thanks for this story.

[adrianghandtchi]

This video scratches all my historical interior splendor and post-wreck itches of this space. I’m so happy!

[TheGeezzer]

IRL (In Real Life) thousands of hours of work from thousands of artisans, creating an eye-opening marvel out of wood, brass and plaster, perfect down to the last tack...all just to rot at the bottom of the oggin. Such is crazy life such is crazy death. THG is going to be memorable!

[cristiancastro]

Excellent video! It really helps people grasp the sheer amount of detail built into this beautiful space. If I were on the ship I would feel like I was in a palace.

[네코코네코-bd]

I played the demo and really liked it! I donated $60 and will donate more later.

It would be great if an official camera mode was added that would allow you to see the interior of the Titanic and the entire Titanic sailing.

[davidaikman]

I felt like I was watching an episode of the Antiques Roadshow. Very detailed.

[cerrita_qao]

0:50 "See a boat with smokestacks? It must be the Titanic!" *Cuts to Olympic*
That got a laugh out of me, thank you.

[augustosolari]

I was holding court with these two ladies... HONOR & GLORY 🎉CROWNING TIME🎉

[JKSB]

What an honor to be an Officer for this amazing project...

[kentslocum]

I know it's unwise and unecessary to tempt fate, but I think it would be amazing to stay in a hotel that was decorated like the interior of Titanic. I just want to walk down that grand staircase! 😊

[rogerhuffmanjr.]

I still believe that much of the grand staircase floated up and out of the ship I know your argument is that it couldn't have because it was a metal frame encased in wood but the thing is James Cameron searched for the wrought iron and other decorative elements of the grand staircase at the bottom and he couldn't find anything, yet all the pillars around the Grand Staircase remained in mostly intact. I think the fact that it was encased in wood and it was hit with such tremendous force when the dome imploded, all that water could have ripped up the staircase and floated it right out.

[rolfairam]

1:57 I thought for a moment that my speakers had crashed 🤣