This text looks at 'Titanic', the first film to earn over a billion dollars at the global box-office. This epic film reimagines one of the defining events of the 20th century through the lens of American romanticism.
'Mr. Phillips then went outside to see how things were progressing, and meanwhile I established communication with the Baltic, telling him we were in urgent need of assistance. 'This I reported to Mr. Phillips on his return, ...
Morse lamp: Boxhall tried to signal a ship he saw in the distance — generally believed to be the Californian — by Morse lamp, but he got no response. (A Morse lamp is a hand lantern with a shutter that can be opened and closed to ...
Then, along came J.P. Morgan, a wealthy American businessman who had had much success in the steel and railroad industries. Until this time, the United States had not had a major role in the shipping industry.
Titanic's passengers came from various places and walks of life, but all found themselves together on an ill fated ship.
... Mr Nils Johansson, Mr Oskar Larder Johnson, Mr Alfred Johnson, Mrs Elisabeth Vilhelmina Johnson, Master Harold Theodor [child] Johnson, Miss Eleanor Ileen [child] Johnson, Mr Malkolm Joackim Johnson, Mr William Cahoone Jr Johnston, ...
The deep water channel was located closer to the northern shore than to the southern shore, meaning that Titanic needed to 'hug' the line of quays to a certain extent. Meanwhile, smaller traffic moving up river would pass along ...
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Did the Titanic really sink?
For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the "Titanic" that claimed over 1,500 lives.
Thanks to the dramatization of the Titanic's sinking and the undying interest in the story, millions of people are familiar with various aspects of the ship's demise, and the nearly 1,500 people who died in the North Atlantic in the early ...