Titanic: The Facts Told By Real Survivors | British Pathé

Dispel myths and garner new insights into the Titanic with archive footage and interviews from real survivors.

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On 14 April 1912, on her maiden voyage, the passenger liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg. More than 1500 men, women and children perished. This is a short television documentary about the sinking of the Titanic, including interviews with survivors talking about their experiences and their escape.

Titanic footage and survivors interviews.

On 14 April 1912, on her maiden voyage, the passenger liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg. More than 1500 men, women and children perished. This is a short television documentary about the sinking of the Titanic, including interviews with survivors talking about their experiences and their escape.

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[msladyashley]

My Great Grandmother, Nelle Snyder was a passenger and survivor of the Titanic disaster. She, and her maid were rescued in lifeboat # 7. She was returning from her honeymoon in Europe.

[iwantlee]

And now they are all dead. Every single person who sat foot on the Titanic is gone. Both the victims resting on the ocean floor of the north atlantic, and the survivors who made it home. It's sad to think about.

[envymhere]

Respect the Ocean. It's undefeated, its ruthless, merciless, powerful and its vast.

[TapanThakur]

Today is 14th April, 2024 - 11:04 PM, Sunday. It has been 112 years since Titanic sank at the bottom of the Atlantic. RIP to all those who lost their lives on that fateful night🙏

[TriniDeBone]

It's truly sad that persons in steerage or lower classes had to stay below deck until the upper classes were cleared. It means that some persons probably never made it to the deck of the titanic at all.

[sugarth]

My grand uncle survived. Third class passenger. Daniel Buckley Jr. he spoke before the senate explaining how awful the 3rd class passengers were treated. He joined the American Army and died by sniper shortly before WW1 ended. He’s my hero.

[giggles]

The most terrifying detail I ever read was that the survivors in the lifeboats could actually hear an implosion beneath them as that massive ship made her final descent. Especially in the pitch-black of the moonless night with hundreds of screams, having so much happening underneath them that they couldn't see would have been enough to snap _my_ sanity.

[frankiec]

I can’t imagine going through something this traumatic - running around the ships deck as it’s sinking, seeing the ship sink and hearing all those people suffering - and just having to move on with your life. So many of the survivors must of felt like a part of them was left on that ship and were never the same people again afterwards.

[fieryheadedgirl]

For those unaware, this is Edith Russell. This is my favourite quote of hers - ""I'm accident-prone, " she said. "I've been in shipwrecks, car crashes, fires, floods and tornadoes. I've had every disaster but bubonic plague and a husband.""

[donna]

This is such incredible footage. They are human walking history books. Imagine all that they lived through.

[jimmymcjimmyvich]

My Mother Catherine Dempsey Nee Keane was a niece of victim Andrew Keane Athenry Co Galway. She told us of the sadness her father experienced.She died last week 30 12 23. Rest in peace mammy.

[scattypetty]

"We didn't know one another, so we couldn't get into conversation" is the most British thing ever. I'm sure they had at least one thing to bond over...

[potentpotionssubliminals]

It's officially 108 years since Titanic sank

[susieq]

I met Elizabeth and Violet Mellinger, mother and daughter survivors who lived in my town and are buried a couple of miles from where I live. The daughter was 12 and lifted into a lifeboat by Will Murdoch, 1st Officer. Their lifeboat picked up 2nd Officer Lightholler from the icy water and the mother gave him her coat. In return he gave her his silver officer's whistle.

[LeaveAhNah]

Something important I’ve learned; the discovery of the Titanic was monumental in confirming the stories of many woman and children and no longer making them feel crazy or hysterical in the eyes of these “naval professionals”.

almost every survivor said they saw the ship break in half and stand upright, and of course, all the confident men denied that was possible. That is until the bow and stern were discovered thousands of feet apart.

[wnmvxmo]

“When he threw that pig…I knew it was my mother calling me”
Lord forgive me for my laughter. I’m screaming.

[bobandveganatrump]

They should of played this after the movie titanic

[beardedsailor]

The problem was to make this voyage at a time of the year when there was a lot of ice in the North Atlantic.The crew received a lot of warning about icebergs but still kept a dangerous high speed because they wanted to arrive in New York earlier so that the press would talk about how fast the ship was.There were some naval engineering mistakes, not enough lifeboats, the boats were not filled with people to its full capacity, there was no consideration for the 3rd class passengers, so many mistakes.They could have better observation instruments for the men who were watching out for icebergs like some nautic telescope or binoculars.The sea was calm, there was no fog, they could have seen the iceberg from a distance enough to dodge it.

[kriskalpa]

it's amazing to hear her describe the moment of impact, that there was a slight bump and then another. Didn't feel like anything then she went to bed. Amazing story. so good these stories weren't lost.

[tonybaker]

One of my great Aunt and Uncle's had tickets for the Titanic. They left Jersey to go to Southampton and fortunately my great uncle had his wallet stolen with the tickets inside. They had to buy more tickets for a different ship. Who knows what may have happened if they had travelled on the Titanic. My great aunt lived to well over 100 in BC Canada.