Captain Smith on the Olympic, New York (1911)
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- Captain EJ Smith, in summer uniform, on the starboard wing bridge of the R.M.S. Olympic in 1911. The name on the bulkhead has been later inked out frame by frame to suggest it was filmed on Titanic. Smith is noticeably uncomfortable about being filmed and wanders around nervously, smiling at the camera at the end.
Also a medium close up of Captain Smith with the bridge and wheel house behind him and to his left is a pedestal for a pelorus, a dial with a sighting device on top enables one to sight an object and determine what angle it is to the bow of the ship.
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Rest in peace captain!!
Rip
🌊🛥
No, to hell with him. he cancelled the lifeboat drills. More people would be in the lifeboats if he hadn’t
Yes, he was too old 😰
Hey Watch Your Mount!!
Honourable man. Not many would willing to go down with his ship nowadays.. I'm talking to you captains of Concordia and Sewol
But it was dark and stuff.
and oceanos
“I slipped on a bowl of spaghetti”
@@thesealsharkproductions9780 Ah internet historian. Best TH-camr ever.
I hope you mention both Smith and Rostron to them!
WOW! What an honor to see him in such a way.
Honor? Do you know anything about him, except the fictinal movie?
@@mirvan23What fictional movie? Titanic existed.
@@KG-ds2fj yes, and some of this movie is true, but not the capitain part.
@@mirvan23Holy shit you must be the dumbest person alive… 🤦♂️
@@mirvan23I take in consideration the death of him you mean.
As the very well known titanic film presented his characters of a kind hearted and good man quite well, if I may be wrong I sincerely apologise
Its incredible to see a 110+ years old video of a man who was actually the real captain of the huge Titanic that is sunk in the depths of Atlantic ocean ! All this certainly seems a legend.
Rest in peace sir, you are a rue example for all sea captains everywhere
“‘Twas nature that killed the Ship” RIP Captain Smith
God bless this wonderful captain 👨✈️
That Summer uniform looks very clean and fresh. I'm guessing that's what he's wearing in the afterlife (because it's Summer) with his two beloved ships, Olympic and Titanic.
Yes good
Just the Olympic because the Titanic was only on her maiden voyage when she sank and there was no wearing summer uniforms during that ill-fated maiden voyage.
This video is always used to show him ‘aboard the titanic making a final inspection’ which is false. The scratching on the film by the door where the captain stands for a few moments reveals for a split second the word Olympic indicating it is that ship he is on and not the Titanic.
So was the title of video "Captain Smith on the Olympic, New York (1911)" not enough for you?
Actually, what is being scratched out shows the Olympic was berthed in New York -the destination Titanic never made, hence it was scratched out.
@@TitanicsOfficers I was merely pointing it out as a matter of interest that this same video is always used to imply he’s on the Titanic. I read the title of the video.
He's got that three days before retirement look about him.
3 years later and this comment had me cackling in the dead of night. 😂🤣
This was Olympic in 1911
RIP Good captain
RIP, Captain
A true legend in his own time. Beloved and appreciated for the great guy he was. Someone I will always appreciate and cherish. R.I.P. E.J. smith
0:14, he must have done exactly that on the Titanic to inspect the damage after the collision.
I imagine he would have done that to see where the iceberg was alongside the ship and then check over the forecastle to see if it was flooding/heavily damaged.
Although he does that on this ship the only photo of him on the actual Titanic he does the same and the photographer just got lucky.
God bless him
Olympic lost two important people:
Her former captain and her younger sister.
and her designer, Thomas Andrews
@@dynotee8757
Yeah.
@@dynotee8757 though Alexander Carlisle was the original designer. Thomas Andrews took over after he retired in 1910.
and her other younger sister, Britannic
@@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort And she tried to rescue her sister’s people, but was too far away to reach her in time and eventually just resumed her journey to Southampton after she got turned down by Carpathia and yet had all of her parties and concerts cancelled as a sign of respect toward her sunken sister.
Love you captain ❤
Reminds me of me when parents made me look for hidden easter egg even though I was a little too old for that nonsense anymore but I played along to not make them feel bad.
I told my momma if she put money in the eggs she’d see me run like a track star 😂😂😂
Exactly he looks at everything that has no relevance. Seems to me he wants to look like he’s doing something important when hes not
@@615treyrayThe ship is in dock. He's looking down to see if the crew were doing what they were supposed to be doing.
@@josephayers7395 wow that makes sense. Thank you!
“Four hours?!”
Rest in peace Capt.The real seaman.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Fun Fact: The original captain of the Olympic later became captain of the Titanic and the original captain of the Titanic later became captain of the Olympic.
Me struggling to remember what I was going into the kitchen for.
Do something captain-like for this new video camera thing
Checking the window.. yes, works fine.. checking the railing.. yes sturdy and fine.. hum da dum...
Not funny
His name will still be known a hundred years from now.
Why?
Capitão topado 😍😍😍 morreu como um homem 🕊️🕊️🖤🖤
Amazing This is a time capsule
Who was recording!??
me pretending to look busy when the manager comes
Dr. Ho's Neck Pain Pro could have certainly helped Capt. "Eddy Baby" Smith relax under the stressful conditions.
Titanic: *aperrs* your gonna be my captain now
and my original captain is going to be captain of Olympic.
is this real video ?
Sure is...
I did not now that captain Edward smith was the captain of Olympic he survive but now he have die in. Titanic drowning waiting for his end I watch in google but the. It was true it’s true everyone captain Edward smith is acually the captain of Olympic
Of course he would be Titanic's captain after Olympic. He had 40 years of experience and he had experience in handling Olympic, so they will obviously take him as Titanic's captain.
And did you know that Herbert Haddock who was captain of the Olympic at the time of the Titanic sinking was actually captain of the Titanic during her delivery trip prior to her ill-fated maiden voyage?
RIP
As captain he takes full responsibility for that iceberg hitting titanic no matter what. Basically he made a balls of his final voyage. He didn’t manage the ice warnings properly and ordered too much speed that fateful night through icy fields.
While he indeed takes ultimate responsibility for the loss of the ship and those aboard it (which is why he went down with the ship) I disagree that he "made a balls of his final voyage." Other captains of his time agreed during the inquiries that they would have done the same thing in regards to speed and ice warnings etc. It was common practice and his actions did not directly lead to disaster, they were one of many factors that conspired against the ship - such as the weather conditions, the nature of the collision, and the design of the ship.
@@TitanicsOfficers he did make a balls of it as it hit an iceberg, sank and killed 1507 people, that’s unprecedented mass manslaughter. Also the captain of the Californian spotted the ice fields and stopped for the night, quite different to Smith who not only didn’t stop he kept on at the same speed .
@@knownpleasures No he did not "kill" 1507 people - actually 1496 people perished, while 712 people survived (these are the updated, confirmed numbers). It most certainly was not "mass manslaughter" - he was investigated by two official inquiries in the States and in England and neither came to that exaggerated conclusion. Instead the more balanced conclusion: "He [Captain Smith] made a mistake, a very grievous mistake, but one in which, in the face of practice and of past experience, negligence cannot be said to have had any part; and in the absence of negligence it is, in my opinion, impossible to fix Captain Smith with blame." - British Inquiry, Lord Mersey
Ironical that you mention Captain Lord of the Californian - the ship that did not respond to Titanic's distress calls - as a means of comparison! Of course, the Californian had stopped - they met an icefield and could not continue. The Titanic did exactly the same, stopping their engines on encountering ice. Rostron of the Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 712 survivors, also sped through the same icefield, risking his vessel and all those aboard. But he was treated a hero....
I don't believe that Smith was a particularly competent Captain but neither was he the villain you so desperately want to paint him. Speed under the circumstances was considered necessary at the time - it was believed to aid maneuverability. Smith had taken note of the ice warnings and the officers of the watch expected to reach ice by 11pm and prepared the ship for that.
It is very easy to point the finger of blame when that person is no longer alive to defend themselves. I hope you are not judged with the same harshness you wish to judge others.
@@TitanicsOfficers Smith WAS considered a competent captain which is why he was chosen to captain the most expensive liner in its day, that’s the sad part. He had 40 years experience as a seaman, was 62 years old in 1912 and was due to retire. Oh by the way the Carpathia only sped through the ice fields to save the day , otherwise over 700 other souls would have passed away. A tragic but fascinating tale .
He tried to sail further south to hopefully actually avoid the bergs. Once they were around the ice, it was calm at sea. The lookouts were probably fooled by what’s called a cold air mirage which hid the iceberg from view until it was closer and too late to avoid. I can’t blame the captain. Many factors came together to result in the disaster
yup, that's an inspection alright 😂
More likely being told by a camera operator/director to look as though he is "inspecting" the starboard wing bridge, and then looking rather uncomfortable and feeling fake doing so.
yep that railing rails things check. that window is a window check. pace up and down awkwardly check. look dead in the camera awkwardly and check. just have to hit that ice berg now and my works done for the day.
Is the sound real? I thought sound wasn’t possible in films from that era
No it isn't, but I am glad you think it is!
That’s titanic
It's Olympic. Captain Smith is in white uniform which is the summer uniform. In Titanic, he wore black which is the winter uniform.
@@gokulgopan4397 No, it’s the Olympic. This footage is from 1911 and the Titanic’s construction wasn’t even finished until March 1912. Also, the theory that the Titanic and Olympic were switched is WRONG.
@@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY I was implying the ship in the OG video is Olympic, which Captain Smith is on. Not that switch theory. That's clearly fake.
"Able-Bodied Seaman"-the one and only QUIZ Answer to a Question no longer remembered, nor any of the rest of that Quiz's Questions & Answers given out to all the 6 Graders in MISS JUDY FORTUNATO's READING CLASS at STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, on Lovers Lane, Steubenville, Ohio, during the late winter 'Semester" (or early spring?) in the 1969-1970 school year. As 6th grader, ALBERT got a miserable D on that Quiz, and of all the Questions-that 'answered' One was certainly the most incorrectly "Answered" (and He doesn't even remember what INCORRECT Answer He had written down on that- by now-long vanished Quiz Sheet!)....But the real oxymoronic irony, is that after all these years, THE ONLY THING REMEMBERED is that very phrase "ABLE-BODIED SEAMAN that was the most UNKNOWABLE for Him to answer in Grade 6!"! Everything else is unrecoverable to Memory's Lane: neither the Story, not the rest of that Quiz and all those remaining Questions and Answers! So does CAPTAIN SMITH of the TITANIC, along with ENSIGN GARROVICK of OBSESSION (ART WALLACE's story& screen Dialogue for episode13 of Star Trek the original series), after having VISIONwise "Paranormally' Paralleled each other way back in Mysterious Time, in the 'One Step Beyond" hall of records, have BOTH become 'official' Keepers of that lost Quiz?
Why did Titanic have an old captain 🤔
Because he was well respected and famous - many crew and passengers arranged to sail with him. Also, he was not that "old" - just 62, although he signed on as 59.
Qepz capitán Smith
Wanna know what he is smiling about towards the end there. I think it’s bc he knows they switched it or had some plan. So crazy, but there is more about this story coming out I guess. The documented some things, but everyone was really scared at the time so safe now to release some things.
They*
Not that stupid conspiracy theorie again
@@velezdragon3574 Just saying there is evidence about this story. To be released at some point 😁
@@jillianmaloney3798 no
Wow you're desperate
Iceberg right ahead close all watertight doors hard love sir Sound Boat stations get out an SOS SOS sir yes I said SOS
Are you ok in the head?
If that is final inspection, no wonder the ship sunk hahahahaha
Actually he is on the olympic here
The olympic didnt sink
I love how you never read the title :)