A documentary short film in which actual footage of the Titanic is shown while the ship leaves port.A documentary short film in which actual footage of the Titanic is shown while the ship leaves port.A documentary short film in which actual footage of the Titanic is shown while the ship leaves port.
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E.J. Smith
- Self
- (archive footage)
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The Titanic disaster and its aftermath
One of the earliest films about the Titanic tragedy, this masterful work takes us back to events before and after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the mythical ship that was considered "unsinkable". A lot of people believe that it's James Cameron's film that created this fascination about the ship but it's not; he only accentuated our dreams and fantasies about that fateful voyage that ended on 15 April, 1912. And this short film is a nice addendum to film buffs, Titanic fans and curious minds around the globe.
It begins with a presentation about the ship, great archive footage about its exteriors and Captain Edward J. Smith gloriously posing to the camera while giving the last checks before setting sail. Then the film cuts to the RMS Carphatia rescue of the Titanic survivors a few days later when the worst broke out and 700 people were rescued from the ship while other 1500 or more perished in the disaster. Those latter images of rescue are slightly conflicted because we don't get to see the images of those survivors and the distress they went through; most of it consists of smiling people from Carphatia waving to the camera or something similar. It's weird to see because it's not some re-enactment, they're real people who just saw survivors of a huge shipwreck.
The main quality of the film is its ultimate mode of surviving the test of time in being one of the great resources of Titanic footage and the aftermath about the tragedy...and also with a great image quality. This is mandatory for all Titanic buffs out there despite its simplicity in just being an early newsreel about the tragedy. There's something fascinating about it which can only be viewed and it's hard to describe. 8/10
It begins with a presentation about the ship, great archive footage about its exteriors and Captain Edward J. Smith gloriously posing to the camera while giving the last checks before setting sail. Then the film cuts to the RMS Carphatia rescue of the Titanic survivors a few days later when the worst broke out and 700 people were rescued from the ship while other 1500 or more perished in the disaster. Those latter images of rescue are slightly conflicted because we don't get to see the images of those survivors and the distress they went through; most of it consists of smiling people from Carphatia waving to the camera or something similar. It's weird to see because it's not some re-enactment, they're real people who just saw survivors of a huge shipwreck.
The main quality of the film is its ultimate mode of surviving the test of time in being one of the great resources of Titanic footage and the aftermath about the tragedy...and also with a great image quality. This is mandatory for all Titanic buffs out there despite its simplicity in just being an early newsreel about the tragedy. There's something fascinating about it which can only be viewed and it's hard to describe. 8/10
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- Rodrigo_Amaro
- Sep 2, 2017
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- Titanic Disaster
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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