A Night to Remember (1958) #19 - The Titanic strikes an Iceberg

[Milty]

The fact that this all happened in the middle of the night is haunting I can't imagine myself sleeping and all of a sudden I hear people screaming for their life

[SupersMan]

This is considered by many to be the most accurate overall depiction of the Titanic’s journey. Survivors of the disaster were actually on set part of the time serving as technical advisers.

[MICKEYISLOWD]

This movie was surprisingly realistic especially the ice shearing off and landing on the deck just like the new Titanic movie. I have no doubt Cameron watched this movie and took much from it.

[BJ-szvb]

Sometimes it’s Hard to believe but it’s been 108 years since everything that you see In this video happened in real life.
Scary and sad. RIP

[SciTrekMan]

Bernard Fox plays Frederick Fleet (the lookout who says “Iceberg dead ahead”) in this movie. In James Cameron’s Titanic, he plays Col. Archibald Gracie.

[getupstairstobed]

Seriously impressive for the time, considering there's no cgi available

[thomasinlockwood_]

I actually really like how calm this is. At this point of the audience know just how much danger they're in

[Tamaldo]

The very subtle trembling of the wine glasses in the dining room gave me chills... What a film!

[maxmccann]

I know it’s not as dramatic as the James Cameron movie, which is also extremely good, but I’d imagine this is more realistic to how the crew would have responded.

[Nhamp]

This is the first movie about the Titanic I remember seeing, and I was about 10-11 years old. I remember a scene where the guys in the boiler room were trying to get out before the watertight doors shut and the POV was from the outside of the door. You saw several get to safety, but then you saw the doors close on others trying to get out. The thought of the men behind those doors, struggling, even though you couldn't see them, still sticks with me.

[figmentofyourimagination]

James Cameron's Titanic added a lot of music and drama to this moment. In reality, the event itself was probably just like this..

[thesenate]

You know i this is a more realistic depiction. No music, no screaming and running around. Yet from a viewers perspective it seems a bit dull.

[Simpleburger]

Watched this film again yesterday . I noticed that in this scene there's no music, the collision itself seems almost gentle and innocuous  - aside from some water flooding into the engine room, also just some clenching teeth from the Officer on the Bridge.  Interesting to compare it with the equivalent scene in Cameron's Titanic :-)  .

[harryselwind]

Interestingly, A Night to Remember outscores Titanic on both IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.

[nvaa]

I Love How The Men On The Bridge Were Calm As If Nothing Was Going On.

[mariselojeda]

I like how there is no music in this scene, giving it more suspense

[tommyboyz]

These way more organic and more real compared to 1997 Titanic.
It's doesn't have any sound track during the hit and the way that people handle thing are just feel very very real...

[adrianmendoza]

1:55 the way the camera was zooming in with the two crew mates looking at the ice berg was shot really nice seems ahead of its time no doubt James Cameron definitely took some inspiration from this film

[AussieGunzel]

3:55 that's got to be the worst birthday present for him

[gftyhify]

At 1:07, you can really feel the cold and imagine how cold it must’ve been for the lookouts that night. The cold wind sounds coupled with the ice crystals you see on their jackets. None of that in the James Cameron film, just some visible breath