Fun fact that OP forgot to mention. The ship was transporting arms and ammunition and therefore made it a legal target. The U-boat did nothing wrong. Also, the second explosion most likely was the result of the ammunition detonating rather than the boilers.
Titanic didn't actually have enough time in the end her last two collapsible lifeboats floated off the boat deck one upside down, and the other one half flooded.
@Conn30Mtenor I sincerely hope you are still either a kid or teenager, because I cannot imagine a grown man or woman making such an ignorant and stupid comment. Yeah buddy, if only the crew of the Lusitania knew how to evacuate a rapidly sinking ocean liner in less than 20 minutes with no electric power and limited communication capabilities. If only they knew how to maintain order after having their ship get hit with a torpedo. After all, that's a pretty ordinary situation to manage right?
@tideatmilehigh2727 I think the crew of the Lusitania did a pretty good job getting as many lifeboats launched as they did with the small amount of time they had, which was only around 5 to 10 minutes. Especially when the ship was also quickly developed a strong list to starboard as well throughout the sinking.
Der Kaiser had reason to believe that under the guise of a liner ship the Lusitania was carrying ordinance to Britian for the war effort. Thats why he sent the "wolfpack" hunting and the German captain's regrets didnt begin until he witnessed the collateral damage of his torpedo.
The captain of the sub said that he fired one torpedoe,and said that they heard a second explosion.some claim that the Lusitania was carrying munitions for the war effort in england from the states and that was caused her to sink.
This is the best computerized re-enactment of the sinking of any ship I have ever seen. Your models are nearly perfect and the movement of both "Lusitania" and ocean are outstanding. I suppose another generation of computer graphics will make the individuals and furnishings of the ship move a well. Until then, this is the best. The final two minutes of the sinking clearly shows how so many people on deck or trapped below, had no chance to get off or away from the giant ship.
@ppr4606 My. dear Sir I do certainly agree with u r e the computerised re enactment of the terrible tragedy of the sinking of the LUSITANIA or of any boat 🚤 or ship 🚢, because of the horrible death of the px aboard, & this situation has happened more than once , but under different circumstances, nevertheless I (even though I am a no body) do believe that all should still pray 🙏 for the repose of their souls to arrive in heaven 😢😢😢😢😢❤😊
It can be done now with the tools he's using, it's just not implemented due to time. You can even have the people and other objects float around realistically. There are plugins available at cost just for it.
When the torpedo hit, many crewmembers were in the cargo hold, preparing the cargo that was to be unloaded in the harbor. They were trapped below decks when the power died. Those were the crew trained in lowering the lifeboats. As a result other crew members had to lower the lifeboats. Some had lowered EMPTY lifeboats before during drills, but those were FULLY LOADED lifeboats, much heavier, which explains why so many of them escaped the grip of the inexperienced crew and fell out of control.
These ships that all looked alike or almost seems to me, were all doomed! What does lifeboats help when it brings you to ammediate drowning and if you stay alive, you are traumatised and hurt!
@@asdf2593 Really? Ok, then it was made with ai by two very well indoctrinated children who should have been homeschooled instead of suffering in the public school system, being bomboarded with propaganda all day every day, so that they repeat the Hollyweird nonsense propaganda like pretty parrots.
@@donaldduck830 I believe the history is clear on this one. What is your problem? Munitions aboard or not, the humane thing to do is wait until it's tied up at the dock and the passengers disembarked, then blow the thing up. This is nothing short of horrifying.
Iron lover, you did a magnificent job scoring this, conveying 18 minutes of this tragedy. I think your version without any narration is excellent. Well done.
True. The ship was a legitimate war target. Hafta wonder 1. How did the Germans know this and 2. Was this intentional by the Brits to turn world anger toward Germany. Funny, how there are huge factions in the M.E. that hide behind civilians and under hospitals yet everyone is angry that they are being targeted. Somehow Germany was in the right here but... Okay, I'll stop.
Crazy to think that there was indeed a time where military technology was so far beyond public comprehension. I'm sure they didn't think they were in horrible danger. I mean, we've been fighting wars with each other for thousands of years, literally. and never once did we ever document submarines before. I'm curious if there really was a false sense of security for the public around this time, seeing as how we are not quite fully aware of the absolute ungodliness and death WW2 is about the bring to the world. Would love to hear some sort of historical expert chime in. Edit. WW1, not WW2 though on this specific topic it's truly six to one, half a dozen... My point is, I'm not entirely sure we understood the severity of the situation back then, could be wrong.
Most people don’t recognize this. And to be fair the last two collapsible life boats on the Titanic had to be floated off the ship as it sank. These old davits just took to long.
What makes the titanic really sad in my opinion is exactly what you stated, it had the perfect conditions to be a dignified and orderly sinking where almost everyone escaped alive. Yet due to the lack of lifeboats and the ships unsinkable title it didn’t happen that way
Sadly, not surprising as the sinking is exactly what Churchill had hoped for. That's not my opinion. He stated as much and it's recorded. Those passengers were live bait. Yet, much like the completely ignored fact the US had broken the Japanese code and almost certainly knew beforehand of the attack on Pearl Harbor, mainstream history refuses to venture there.
@@zyxw2000 not at all. I think expecting the world to believe that stopping zig zag maneuvering and reducing speed in an area already know to have an enemy submarine nearby is a deliberate attempt to get the USA into the war. Expecting the world to accept it is comical. But people can't grasp thinking foe themselves. What is yiur opinion surrounding the sinking?
Discovered this by accident. What an amazing and well done presentation, with a truly dramatic and very fitting musical score to accompany the visual aspect. How sad to think of the terror those passengers experienced as they realized what was about to happen! Good job…..
The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes. Are you proposing 1. 2 hours; 50 minutes of soap opera drama and teen romance; 2. 18 minutes of sinking and; 3. 7 minutes of conclusion OR 1. 85 minutes of the Lusitania's voyage; 2. 85 minutes of the SM U-20; 3. 18 minutes of sinking and 7 minutes of conclusion?
@@tomcurda4203I don't get your point. 1997 Titanic movie shows fhe final Plunge in less than 5 minutes. The real time was at least 20 minutes between 45 degrees, lights out and breaking in a half, float and went down again. Time runs different on movie screen.
@@tomcurda4203 Time runs really different in Cinema, you can add a backstory in land, the backdrop of the war, a in-ship story line with multiple characters and the U boat folks too. You can at least make and 1 Hour and 50 minutes movie( which is the common thing nowadays). Discovery did an amazing Docudrama about the Lusitania a decade and something ago and it was great.
Only a couple of weeks before, the German Embassy published a warning in newspapers telling passengers that travel on Allied ships was “at their own risk,” including mentioning the Lusitania specifically. Germany had declared the waters around the United Kingdom a war zone.
And the US gov intentionally leaked the inventory of the Lusitania to the embassy. Just to have a reason, exactly like the "Maine", like Tonkin, like all the other times...
The White House, specifically Colonel House and Wilson, knew it was going to happen and allowed it to bring America into the War. Same happened with Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor. What we are taught about history is often the cover for the truth. I'm not a "conspiracy theorists", these are documented facts. They had an entire public trial that proved FDR caused Pearl Harbor then lied to the American people that it was a surprise. But ignorance is bliss and most people prefer bliss over reality.
@@dieselyeti I saw a documentary on history channel about that years ago. My school teacher told me that the evil Germans murdered civilians and therefore the US declared war. No mention that it was not the Lusitania but years later. Sorry that I got no more details, but it was more than a decade ago and definitely not yt.
This was fantastic! You had me from those opening scenes of her proudly cutting through the waves. I’d have preferred narration rather than a soundtrack, but it’s just because of these old eyes. It was a nice soundtrack.
@@jkephart4624 The crew were probably not properly trained either to handle a terrified crownd and get them to board the lifeboats and the lowering the lifeboats properly. I used to work on the appsenger ferries between Sweden and Finland and they could take some 2500 passengers on board with a crew of some 120 persons. We had lifeboat trainings, fire drills, crowd management and evacuation training every week. We were also sent to a naval base SW of Stockholm for a 3 day training. Ont he base they had a huge hall with a huge pool and a hullside of a ship that could be tilted in either direction so you got an understanding how difficult lowering a lifeboat is when the ship is listing. We had to jump into the water from that shipside. It was very important to grab the lifevest collar with both hands and drag it down while you plunged down into the water. Otherwise it could hit your cheeck and knock you out.We also trained using the survival dresses wich could be used in subzero temperatures or when the water was near 4° wich means if you fall into the water in your own clothes you have only a few minutes before hypothermia kicks in and you die. All this started only after the terrible disaster when the passenger ferry Estonia went down in the early 1990:s. Only then did everybody understand that anything can happen at sea.
@@jkephart4624 dseems like the craft was listin and boats were not released for a long whil which created more panic? how v many lives could be saved if the ship turned to shore and lowered life boats more orderly?
They could not turn to Shore Because of damage buy the topedo They were basically going in the circle, but your And. It really. Sucked Because the lighthouse was Only twelve miles away
Great job!!! There’s something timeless about an orchestral movie film score! It never feels like its violating the authenticity of a period piece the way using modern instruments does! Always a great choice!!
This was so tragic. The video itself was well done, so realistic. I feel so bad that not everyone was able to escape. Thank you for sharing this. Take care.
Thankfully the crew was well trained and prepared for this scenario I can tell! Their precision using lifeboats to actively kill off the passengers was admirable. I admit I didn't know this was what lifeboats were for...
Excellent video of a horrible and terrifying incident in war.I always wondered how many people were trapped in the lifts,or just simply trapped below with no chance of escape.
Excellent video. Very well put together. Very interesting and disturbing. The lifeboats failed miserably in the panic and confusion. Must have been terrifying. Great historical animation. If that's what it's called.
Astonishingly good! A gripping dramatization, spectacular score, amazing AI work, very detailed and realistic. All but the people - I'm sure Jack knew and agonized over this, but it must have been beyond the capabilities he had access to. They're realistically dressed, but all just stand there and mill about - no panic, not much movement, not even a disturbed hat or umbrella, even while in the water! I must admit, it even lent a slightly comic dimension, despite the poignant drama - perhaps a welcome lightening of the scene, though unintended. Still, that doesn't take much away from this extraordinary effort. Bravo!
After the inquiry it was determined that the Lusitania was transporting explosives to England. That was the second explosion that caused the ship to sink rapidly.
I enjoyed the animation but this is a significant point. Much of popular memory points to German use of submarines as being "immoral" at that time. In reality, the Wilson administration was allowing the secret transportation of munitions on civilian vessels. It was most likely these munitions that exploded, leading to large number of casualties.
IIRC , this sinking is what dragged USA into the Great War. Also, didn't the German Embassy in the USA post articles in certain newspapers warning of traversing the Atlantic in liners as they were now considered legitimate targets of war.
Funny enough I believe a study of the lusitanian revealed that the torpedo alone wasn't enough to sink her. She would have been slightly crippled with a flooded compartment but she would have remained floating, it was infact the secondary explosions of the smuggled munitions that sealed her fate to sink
Nice work. This event was one of those "what if" moments just like the moment Gavriel Princip fired the bullets that started the whole conflagration in the first place.
Nope. Both of those were planned events by certain groups in France and the USA respectively. If it had not happened this way, it would have happened very similarly, maybe a week later.
@@wfat Thank you so much!! Its very much reminiscent of “Death Of Titanic” The 2007 Movie lacked a dramatic and heartbeating climax track. I wanted to correct that with Collateral’s OST.
@@lesaber251 Dear friend: Back then, “mysteries” occurred in the sea. Now, they occur more in space. In future times, they may occur on other planets and then in other galaxies. Human beings are like that… We “need” the inexplicable like oxygen in the air.
You made more of these, great! They're well done. I'll watch the sinking of the Empress of Ireland next. It was another ship that sank too fast for people to save themselves, and this happened in the St. Lawrence River within sight of land!
@@skipintroux4444To be fair, they didn't exactly know she was carrying those goods. Doesn't make it any better if she was carrying them or not. (Regardless, still a crime to torpedo there.)
The Lusitania is the reason I exist today. In 1914 my maternal great-grandmother was increasingly worried there would be a war in Europe, the US would get involved, the draft would be started and her three sons would be cannon fodder. Her boys were in their early 20s, healthy, tough and good shots. Exactly what Uncle Sam was looking for. She told the boys to marry their sweethearts and get a kid or two on the ground as men with dependents were put into a different classification for the draft and less likely to be called up for service. The boys all laughed it off. They were young and not ready to settle down. Don't worry, Maw, there ain't gonna to be no war. Then in May, 1915, the Germans sunk the Lusitania. Suddenly all three boys noticed how pretty their sweethearts were and marriage and family sounded like a great idea. In June of 1915 all three boys got married. My mother was born in April of the following year, as were two of her cousins. That kept my grandfather and his brothers from dying in the trenches in France. So, I have the Lusitania to thank for being here today.
Strewth ... one of my school assignments was the sinking of the Lusitania ... I only had the Encyclopedia of Britannica to use. This video really takes me back, nice work!
Conspicuously absent in this video is the fact that 2 weeks PRIOR to the sailing of Lusitania the German embassy had published a notice in The London Times WARNING that a state of War existed between Britain & Germany and that any ships at sea were fair game, and travel aboard the Lusitania was ill advised.
No need to add that pro-german (and often crypto-nazi) BS, as neither transport ships nor passenger ships were legal target for belligerents. Even if they were transporting war material recognized by treaties, any action could be taken only after search of the ship and discovery of such cargo. Besides - unrestricted submarine warfare was illegal till the and of the WW2, not just WW1
I'm sorry to say that, but that lifeboat tragic launches, one after another, straight up ending with death of people inside it, but every time in different way, is some kind of sick slapstick comedy...
@@neptunedawn7121 Yeah I'd hide under my bed for the rest of my life. No sense in taking unnecessary risks.
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multiple cases in the news of serious illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal illness from contaminated drinking water to weeks of quarantine in a foreign port due to COVID outbreaks with many onboard deaths has me convinced.
I had read about this many times but never understood the catastrophic domino effect of events that caused so many people to loose their lives. This brings everything to light, great work.
I honestly cannot begin to imagine the sheer terror and panic that must have set in on the Lusitania. It really must have been absolutely horrifying to have been on a passenger liner and without any warning, being targeted by a torpedo which takes the lives of over 1000+ people. It is the sheer size of our oceans that scares me. Compared to being on the biggest ever ship you are nothing but a spec compared to the massive colossal oceans. A brilliant film and the score to match it was really expertly done, you could feel the panic in the music when the sinking began to take affect.
Fun fact that OP forgot to mention. The ship was transporting arms and ammunition and therefore made it a legal target. The U-boat did nothing wrong. Also, the second explosion most likely was the result of the ammunition detonating rather than the boilers.
No, it was more likely the boilers. That second explosion happened quickly after the torpedo hit and that ammunition wasn’t stored in the area where the torpedo hit occurred.
Very nicely presented, thank you. I see that the Lusitania had 4 stacks same as Titanic did but one was for looks. On the Lusitania, looks like the same thing, as there's no smoke coming from the stack closest to the stern. I could read the captions just fine, although I had to get closer to the screen, but they were very legible. People need to learn how to compromise instead of complain, when something seems difficult! I also have a hand magnifying glass handy in case something is difficult to read on the screen!
Check out the remake/remaster of this realtime by Jack! (Minus the soundtrack) th-cam.com/video/fffbTHRoLZU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OFeTRGQdGJuYZ8b3
Fun fact that OP forgot to mention. The ship was transporting arms and ammunition and therefore made it a legal target. The U-boat did nothing wrong.
Also, the second explosion most likely was the result of the ammunition detonating rather than the boilers.
Titanic: enough time less lifeboats
Lusitania: enough lifeboats less time
Titanic didn't actually have enough time in the end her last two collapsible lifeboats floated off the boat deck one upside down, and the other one half flooded.
Titanic got more lifeboats away, by far. Lusitania's crew were incompetent.
@Conn30Mtenor I sincerely hope you are still either a kid or teenager, because I cannot imagine a grown man or woman making such an ignorant and stupid comment.
Yeah buddy, if only the crew of the Lusitania knew how to evacuate a rapidly sinking ocean liner in less than 20 minutes with no electric power and limited communication capabilities.
If only they knew how to maintain order after having their ship get hit with a torpedo. After all, that's a pretty ordinary situation to manage right?
@tideatmilehigh2727
I think the crew of the Lusitania did a pretty good job getting as many lifeboats launched as they did with the small amount of time they had, which was only around 5 to 10 minutes.
Especially when the ship was also quickly developed a strong list to starboard as well throughout the sinking.
Der Kaiser had reason to believe that under the guise of a liner ship the Lusitania was carrying ordinance to Britian for the war effort. Thats why he sent the "wolfpack" hunting and the German captain's regrets didnt begin until he witnessed the collateral damage of his torpedo.
"Its your turn to get in a lifeboat."
"I'll pass."
Literally how did every single lifeboat just fail
@@merciful_poseidon
Incompetent and panicking crew.
@@ardentwolf_4288 In just 18 minutes it's a little bit more complicated
The captain of the sub said that he fired one torpedoe,and said that they heard a second explosion.some claim that the Lusitania was carrying munitions for the war effort in england from the states and that was caused her to sink.
@@patrickkelleher5336 Which turned of out to be Nazi propaganda, unsurprisingly, a pathetic excuse for killing innocent people.
This is the best computerized re-enactment of the sinking of any ship I have ever seen. Your models are nearly perfect and the movement of both "Lusitania" and ocean are outstanding. I suppose another generation of computer graphics will make the individuals and furnishings of the ship move a well. Until then, this is the best. The final two minutes of the sinking clearly shows how so many people on deck or trapped below, had no chance to get off or away from the giant ship.
He didn;t make this...
@ppr4606 My. dear Sir I do certainly agree with u r e the computerised re enactment of the terrible tragedy of the sinking of the LUSITANIA or of any boat 🚤 or ship 🚢, because of the horrible death of the px aboard, & this situation has happened more than once , but under different circumstances, nevertheless I (even though I am a no body) do believe that all should still pray 🙏 for the repose of their souls to arrive in heaven 😢😢😢😢😢❤😊
It can be done now with the tools he's using, it's just not implemented due to time. You can even have the people and other objects float around realistically. There are plugins available at cost just for it.
@@PRR5406 This was made by Oceanliner Designs. This is a version with a soundtrack that I made in collaboration with them.
The passengers were to calm though 😢
Trapped in an elevator on a sinking cruise ship. I'll take "Most Terrifying Ways To Die" for a thousand Alex.
not a cruise ship
I refuse to use an elevator on a cruise ship
Remind me never to go on a cruise....!
WHAT ?? The captain turned the boat in hopes of beaching it on the shore !!! they were 6 days out to sea, what shore ??
It happened i nthe Costa Concordia too
When the torpedo hit, many crewmembers were in the cargo hold, preparing the cargo that was to be unloaded in the harbor. They were trapped below decks when the power died. Those were the crew trained in lowering the lifeboats. As a result other crew members had to lower the lifeboats. Some had lowered EMPTY lifeboats before during drills, but those were FULLY LOADED lifeboats, much heavier, which explains why so many of them escaped the grip of the inexperienced crew and fell out of control.
Ah. That would explain the Chinese fire drill around the launching of the life boats. Amateur hour. So many lives lost because of this.
I wondered....thanks for the info.
“Chinese Fire Drill” well said.. what a total cluster the lifeboats were!!!!
These ships that all looked alike or almost seems to me, were all doomed! What does lifeboats help when it brings you to ammediate drowning and if you stay alive, you are traumatised and hurt!
So how many of these look alike ships were there? And they are like Titanic on the seabed! Horrific how many people drowned!
Surely the captain and crew must have known something was about to happen when the ominous music started playing?
Yes, they ignore that warning so sad.
When I'm on a building site & we hear the shaking hands wt danger jingle, we know something bad is about to happen
I was thinking the same thing. That should of been a key warning sign.
Do you make jokes about 9-11 as well? You're sick. Get help.
The inquiry revealed that industrial techno music was being played loudly on the bridge at the time.
Here by accident. An amazing production. Terrifyingly visceral, engaging soundtrack. Kudos.
It is a Hollyweird propaganda movie. Those are often the best funded cause of the message they are supposed to deliver. Be aware of that.
@@asdf2593 Really? Ok, then it was made with ai by two very well indoctrinated children who should have been homeschooled instead of suffering in the public school system, being bomboarded with propaganda all day every day, so that they repeat the Hollyweird nonsense propaganda like pretty parrots.
@@donaldduck830 I believe the history is clear on this one. What is your problem? Munitions aboard or not, the humane thing to do is wait until it's tied up at the dock and the passengers disembarked, then blow the thing up. This is nothing short of horrifying.
My great-grandparents immigrated to America on the Lusitania about a year before she sank. Thanks for sharing.
Where did they came from if you don't mind me asking ?
Damn, talk about your existence on the line 😂
No they didn't. Stop making stuff up and fishing for likes.
@@PreservationEnthusiast how do you know?
WOW
10:27 the image of the propeller slowly approaching the group of survivors as the camera pans away so we don’t learn their fate is… so grim
That was a sick detail 😢
Same thing that happened in the wreck of the Britannic. It'd have been better to stay on board until the engines had stopped completely.
Iron lover, you did a magnificent job scoring this, conveying 18 minutes of this tragedy. I think your version without any narration is excellent. Well done.
@@CaoimhinOMaol Thank you!!
This is precisely why you don't carry passengers in the same ship that is moving rifle ammunition and artillery shells during war time...
True. The ship was a legitimate war target. Hafta wonder 1. How did the Germans know this and 2. Was this intentional by the Brits to turn world anger toward Germany.
Funny, how there are huge factions in the M.E. that hide behind civilians and under hospitals yet everyone is angry that they are being targeted. Somehow Germany was in the right here but...
Okay, I'll stop.
Agreed!
it got the intended result
Rifle ammunition poses no danger, Dynamite does and the 😢 sacks of charges for the big guns.
Crazy to think that there was indeed a time where military technology was so far beyond public comprehension. I'm sure they didn't think they were in horrible danger. I mean, we've been fighting wars with each other for thousands of years, literally. and never once did we ever document submarines before. I'm curious if there really was a false sense of security for the public around this time, seeing as how we are not quite fully aware of the absolute ungodliness and death WW2 is about the bring to the world. Would love to hear some sort of historical expert chime in.
Edit. WW1, not WW2 though on this specific topic it's truly six to one, half a dozen...
My point is, I'm not entirely sure we understood the severity of the situation back then, could be wrong.
Man, what a damn tragedy. Thanks for bringing a forgotten chapter of history back into the light. RIP all those innocent souls.
Forgotten? Either I'm old or the youth are not taught history very well anymore. This ship was a huge part of the history of the 20th century.
The Lusitania represents the cruel reality of most shipwrecks. Titanic's sinking was EXTREMELY dignified and orderly compared to most others.
Most people don’t recognize this. And to be fair the last two collapsible life boats on the Titanic had to be floated off the ship as it sank. These old davits just took to long.
What makes the titanic really sad in my opinion is exactly what you stated, it had the perfect conditions to be a dignified and orderly sinking where almost everyone escaped alive. Yet due to the lack of lifeboats and the ships unsinkable title it didn’t happen that way
Even if the ship had enough lifeboats (approx. 60) they wouldn't have enough time to lower them all@Jackspladt
@@alexcooper5894 true but it still would have been better
thanks ju0
"An enemy sumbarine was spotted between our current location and our destination"
"Ok, then reduce speed and stop zig zagging"
Sadly, not surprising as the sinking is exactly what Churchill had hoped for. That's not my opinion. He stated as much and it's recorded. Those passengers were live bait. Yet, much like the completely ignored fact the US had broken the Japanese code and almost certainly knew beforehand of the attack on Pearl Harbor, mainstream history refuses to venture there.
So you think it was funny.
@@zyxw2000 not at all. I think expecting the world to believe that stopping zig zag maneuvering and reducing speed in an area already know to have an enemy submarine nearby is a deliberate attempt to get the USA into the war. Expecting the world to accept it is comical. But people can't grasp thinking foe themselves. What is yiur opinion surrounding the sinking?
@@zyxw2000Why woild you ask that? Did it make you laugh?
No, it is not funny, however the actions taken by the Captain were criminal and ridiculous.
I say this music was so good, it brought me back to a time when Hollywood made more of these.
Discovered this by accident. What an amazing and well done presentation, with a truly dramatic and very fitting musical score to accompany the visual aspect. How sad to think of the terror those passengers experienced as they realized what was about to happen! Good job…..
This is amazing. I would not be opposed to seeing a Lusitania movie. And done in the same fashion as Titanic.
@@GlamorousTitanic21 If only James Horner was not gone. I did my best weaving both movies together. I hope you really enjoyed it!!
There is one on youtube
The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes. Are you proposing 1. 2 hours; 50 minutes of soap opera drama and teen romance; 2. 18 minutes of sinking and; 3. 7 minutes of conclusion OR 1. 85 minutes of the Lusitania's voyage; 2. 85 minutes of the SM U-20; 3. 18 minutes of sinking and 7 minutes of conclusion?
@@tomcurda4203I don't get your point. 1997 Titanic movie shows fhe final Plunge in less than 5 minutes. The real time was at least 20 minutes between 45 degrees, lights out and breaking in a half, float and went down again. Time runs different on movie screen.
@@tomcurda4203 Time runs really different in Cinema, you can add a backstory in land, the backdrop of the war, a in-ship story line with multiple characters and the U boat folks too. You can at least make and 1 Hour and 50 minutes movie( which is the common thing nowadays). Discovery did an amazing Docudrama about the Lusitania a decade and something ago and it was great.
The "fails", what a perfect name for the lifeboat lowering system
@@ss_whole maga Nazis
It's actually "falls" not "fails",
Lol.. incorrect... but 43 people agree with you... figures..
@@rattywoof5259- It appears to be apt either way, and one could argue that fails was more descriptive..
Only a couple of weeks before, the German Embassy published a warning in newspapers telling passengers that travel on Allied ships was “at their own risk,” including mentioning the Lusitania specifically. Germany had declared the waters around the United Kingdom a war zone.
Turned out decades later the Kaisers claim of it carrying ammunition and such turned out to have been true. Lusitania was a legitimate target of war.😢
And the US gov intentionally leaked the inventory of the Lusitania to the embassy. Just to have a reason, exactly like the "Maine", like Tonkin, like all the other times...
The White House, specifically Colonel House and Wilson, knew it was going to happen and allowed it to bring America into the War. Same happened with Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor. What we are taught about history is often the cover for the truth. I'm not a "conspiracy theorists", these are documented facts. They had an entire public trial that proved FDR caused Pearl Harbor then lied to the American people that it was a surprise. But ignorance is bliss and most people prefer bliss over reality.
@@donaldduck830Got a cite for that?
@@dieselyeti I saw a documentary on history channel about that years ago. My school teacher told me that the evil Germans murdered civilians and therefore the US declared war. No mention that it was not the Lusitania but years later.
Sorry that I got no more details, but it was more than a decade ago and definitely not yt.
This was fantastic! You had me from those opening scenes of her proudly cutting through the waves. I’d have preferred narration rather than a soundtrack, but it’s just because of these old eyes. It was a nice soundtrack.
If you ever felt useless.......
Just remember that lusitania had enough of lifeboats for everyone
The lifeboats were just as good as titanics. Lol just didn't have time and the position wasn't great
@@jkephart4624 The crew were probably not properly trained either to handle a terrified crownd and get them to board the lifeboats and the lowering the lifeboats properly. I used to work on the appsenger ferries between Sweden and Finland and they could take some 2500 passengers on board with a crew of some 120 persons. We had lifeboat trainings, fire drills, crowd management and evacuation training every week. We were also sent to a naval base SW of Stockholm for a 3 day training. Ont he base they had a huge hall with a huge pool and a hullside of a ship that could be tilted in either direction so you got an understanding how difficult lowering a lifeboat is when the ship is listing. We had to jump into the water from that shipside. It was very important to grab the lifevest collar with both hands and drag it down while you plunged down into the water. Otherwise it could hit your cheeck and knock you out.We also trained using the survival dresses wich could be used in subzero temperatures or when the water was near 4° wich means if you fall into the water in your own clothes you have only a few minutes before hypothermia kicks in and you die.
All this started only after the terrible disaster when the passenger ferry Estonia went down in the early 1990:s. Only then did everybody understand that anything can happen at sea.
@@jkephart4624 dseems like the craft was listin and boats were not released for a long whil which created more panic? how v many lives could be saved if the ship turned to shore and lowered life boats more orderly?
They could not turn to Shore Because of damage buy the topedo
They were basically going in the circle, but your And.
It really.
Sucked Because the lighthouse was Only twelve miles away
@@John-d9w
Twelve miles of swimming, , sharks feeding on humans..
"Lifeboat 9 is sucessfully lowered" FINALLY
"Lifeboat 11 crushes the boat" FOR FU-
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Me - thank god im in a lifeboat
Irony - yeah, about that....
Also, me - gets crushed to death by another lifeboat.
or it just falls to the water and it and YOU get smashed to smithereens.
Yo, dawg; we hear you like lifeboats, so we put a lifeboat on your lifeboat. 😜
@JimHeckel-n9o now THATS funny
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This was chilling. My grandmother was a survivor. I didn't really know much about it or the significance of the disaster until she had passed away.
Folks back then had amazing balance! And their hats fit perfectly.
We've lost the art of hat fitting, sadly! There's a documentary about it, I believe, called The Ghost and Mrs Milliner.
@@MsStack42good show😂
Your hat sits on a point.
Great job!!! There’s something timeless about an orchestral movie film score! It never feels like its violating the authenticity of a period piece the way using modern instruments does! Always a great choice!!
@@thethesaxman23 thank you!!!
It was good seeing Mike Brady's name in the credits. I thoroughly enjoy his channel.
Who knew he bc an animator? What happen with Greg and Bobby?
He was secretly gay
After it came out that Mike was gay he was ruined and Carol divorced him. He had to make these movies to make ends meet
@@ss_whole trumps immigrant wife posing in lesbian porn ?
This is a music collaboration between Oceanliner Liner Designs, Jack, and myself to provide a score to the realtime! He's a producer for the OST!
Great job. Striking visuals. Keep up the good work.
Incredibly well done!!!...thanks very much!!!...\m/
Wow great shot! The opening credits were so long I was afraid it was going to sail away.
Thank you for this well produced video. I learned a lot from this. Nice job!
That was very well made & presented. I honestly didn’t think of this in real time before. This was an eye opener.
This was an Excellent Video Presentation ! Eighteen minutes is just not enough time to work with. Thank You
The terror and *speed* of the disaster are shown very effectively. Good use of music and sound fx, as well as imagery. Well done.
This was epic, truly horrific - a brilliant reconstruction
🌌🌍🌊💜☮️🥀🙏 stunning effects 🤔
This was so tragic. The video itself was well done, so realistic. I feel so bad that not everyone was able to escape. Thank you for sharing this. Take care.
DUDE, THIS MUSIC SOUNDS STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE! KUDOS!
@@alexcooper5894 thank you. A lot of love has been poured into this soundtrack! I’m glad you loved it
@Ironclover-Composer this is just epic. You my sir are super underrated. This sounds like James Horner rose from the dead to compose this
@@alexcooper5894 That was every intention. It means so much! Thank you! I am happy you enjoyed it
@@Ironclover-ComposerI can't wait until your next work, because it's gonna be epic
@@alexcooper5894 Empress Of Ireland and Britannic are next.
Thankfully the crew was well trained and prepared for this scenario I can tell! Their precision using lifeboats to actively kill off the passengers was admirable. I admit I didn't know this was what lifeboats were for...
Excellent video of a horrible and terrifying incident in war.I always wondered how many people were trapped in the lifts,or just simply trapped below with no chance of escape.
Excellent video. Very well put together. Very interesting and disturbing. The lifeboats failed miserably in the panic and confusion. Must have been terrifying.
Great historical animation. If that's what it's called.
Astonishingly good! A gripping dramatization, spectacular score, amazing AI work, very detailed and realistic. All but the people - I'm sure Jack knew and agonized over this, but it must have been beyond the capabilities he had access to. They're realistically dressed, but all just stand there and mill about - no panic, not much movement, not even a disturbed hat or umbrella, even while in the water! I must admit, it even lent a slightly comic dimension, despite the poignant drama - perhaps a welcome lightening of the scene, though unintended. Still, that doesn't take much away from this extraordinary effort. Bravo!
@@DavidImiri I think it was due to time restraints that the people were not animated lively.
Thank you for the overall comments!
@@Ironclover-Composer Yes, I could see that. Thank you again for your stunning soundtrack!
@@Ironclover-Composer Why did you leave out so many facts? why be biased?
Fabulous production thanks for the effort
After the inquiry it was determined that the Lusitania was transporting explosives to England. That was the second explosion that caused the ship to sink rapidly.
LOL I was typing the same thing same time you posted
I enjoyed the animation but this is a significant point. Much of popular memory points to German use of submarines as being "immoral" at that time. In reality, the Wilson administration was allowing the secret transportation of munitions on civilian vessels. It was most likely these munitions that exploded, leading to large number of casualties.
IIRC , this sinking is what dragged USA into the Great War.
Also, didn't the German Embassy in the USA post articles in certain newspapers warning of traversing the Atlantic in liners as they were now considered legitimate targets of war.
@@Rockhopper1163 yup they told 50 big newspapers that they should publish a text stating that ships will be attacked if borders are crossed
Funny enough I believe a study of the lusitanian revealed that the torpedo alone wasn't enough to sink her. She would have been slightly crippled with a flooded compartment but she would have remained floating, it was infact the secondary explosions of the smuggled munitions that sealed her fate to sink
I Watched this when mike brady first dropped it on my with my jbl headphones. And it was an amazing experience. Perfect score for the recreation!❤
I listened on my Sony headphones.. it was more amazing.
Im watching on my $2 dollars earphones. Its ok.
Nice work. This event was one of those "what if" moments just like the moment Gavriel Princip fired the bullets that started the whole conflagration in the first place.
Nope. Both of those were planned events by certain groups in France and the USA respectively. If it had not happened this way, it would have happened very similarly, maybe a week later.
outstanding video, from music to visual effects! bravo
Visuals are done by Jack & @Oceanliner Designs.
I only did the music! (:
Amazing video, one of the best disaster videos I have ever seen. Sent chills up my spine.
The score is fantastic! Really follows and accents the scenery as it builds to the final moments. Awesome climax.
@@wfat Thank you so much!! Its very much reminiscent of “Death Of Titanic”
The 2007 Movie lacked a dramatic and heartbeating climax track. I wanted to correct that with Collateral’s OST.
The human figures on the deck during the sinking as well as the people who were in the water and in the boats... it's absolutely unreal!
The human figures were all bolt upright whether on the much tilted deck or in the water. And they all still had their hats on.
@@lesaber251 Dear friend:
Back then, “mysteries” occurred in the sea. Now, they occur more in space. In future times, they may occur on other planets and then in other galaxies.
Human beings are like that… We “need” the inexplicable like oxygen in the air.
Its wild that the ladies kept their hats on in the water.
Extra lame comment.
Extra funny comment, actually Thom.
@@The_DC_Kidwomp womp
This is sad but an excellent presentation!!! I’m glad I stumbled upon this I just subscribed THANKS
I'm so glad I wasn't there.I had read it was pure chaos, and the sounds of people screaming must have been horrendous to hear.
Great job on this video!!!
horrible job actually. biased reporting. got facts wrong.
@@YouHateMeForISpeakTheTruth I said 'the video', not the reporting.😂
@@felixmadison5736 fair enough
I forgot about this tragedy.
And it happened over 100 years ago. r.i.p to them all😪🙏
Yeah, 1915, which influenced the US entering the war.
You made more of these, great! They're well done. I'll watch the sinking of the Empress of Ireland next. It was another ship that sank too fast for people to save themselves, and this happened in the St. Lawrence River within sight of land!
Incompetence (the design of the lifeboats) and callousness (explosives in the cargo) contribute to another human tragedy.
I'd say the Germans had a lot to do with it.
@@robgrey6183if it wasn’t carrying arms it wouldn’t have been a target. Germany took out ads in newspapers to warn potential passengers.
@@skipintroux4444To be fair, they didn't exactly know she was carrying those goods. Doesn't make it any better if she was carrying them or not.
(Regardless, still a crime to torpedo there.)
Incompetence? Try launching lifeboats on a fast sinking ship with a sharp list...
Who hurt you ?
Amazing animation.. such a tragedy. Well done.
excellent animation and score. well done all around. compelling storytelling
The Lusitania is the reason I exist today. In 1914 my maternal great-grandmother was increasingly worried there would be a war in Europe, the US would get involved, the draft would be started and her three sons would be cannon fodder. Her boys were in their early 20s, healthy, tough and good shots. Exactly what Uncle Sam was looking for. She told the boys to marry their sweethearts and get a kid or two on the ground as men with dependents were put into a different classification for the draft and less likely to be called up for service.
The boys all laughed it off. They were young and not ready to settle down. Don't worry, Maw, there ain't gonna to be no war. Then in May, 1915, the Germans sunk the Lusitania. Suddenly all three boys noticed how pretty their sweethearts were and marriage and family sounded like a great idea. In June of 1915 all three boys got married. My mother was born in April of the following year, as were two of her cousins. That kept my grandfather and his brothers from dying in the trenches in France.
So, I have the Lusitania to thank for being here today.
Smart mother. I am impressed.
No one cares.
@@Sylveon1002”No ONe CaReS”
Wow so though my guy , what a rock.
Disregard douchebag Sylveon's comment. It's a wonderful story.
Not exactly the most empathetic response to a disaster costing over a thousand lives; imagine if you hadn't posted this...
This is a very impressive and dramatic account of the sinking and really conveys the tragedy of it all.
This is the kind of stuff that should be on Netflix.
No, PBS, which is available to everyone.
@@zyxw2000 hah. True. Maybe they can get that guy from Frontline to do the narrating. He rocks.
This is a wonderful re-creation. So much work went into it.
Excellent animation!
Strewth ... one of my school assignments was the sinking of the Lusitania ... I only had the Encyclopedia of Britannica to use. This video really takes me back, nice work!
Amazing work!
Nicely done. It was close to watching history unfold, tragically, in real time. At times I felt I was in the water, watching the ship go down.
Amazing, stunning, horrific and saddening.
Thanks to Demon Winston Churchill who could have prevented the incident , read your history books
I noticed all the gentlemen were able to keep their derby hats on .... amazing!
The cinematography is startling. 🌌🌍🌊💜💔☮️🙏
What a fantastic animation. Gives a very good idea of how dreadful it must have been. The lowering of the lifeboats was one disaster after another.
Remarkable animations.
Great job on this.
Conspicuously absent in this video is the fact that 2 weeks PRIOR to the sailing of Lusitania the German embassy had published a notice in The London Times WARNING that a state of War existed between Britain & Germany and that any ships at sea were fair game, and travel aboard the Lusitania was ill advised.
@@Archinedes Oceanliner Designs actually talks about this in their documentary prior to their realtime and the realtime score.
Such full page notices were also published in many US newspapers.
The music score is impressive, sure blend between soundscape and composition. The bird sounds are eery...
The Lusitania was carrying ammunition for the desperate allies. The germans knew it.
No need to add that pro-german (and often crypto-nazi) BS, as neither transport ships nor passenger ships were legal target for belligerents. Even if they were transporting war material recognized by treaties, any action could be taken only after search of the ship and discovery of such cargo.
Besides - unrestricted submarine warfare was illegal till the and of the WW2, not just WW1
Excellent job on the Video.
Awesome recreation of scenes I would never want to witness in person.
18 minutes is just hard to comprehend...😢
I'm sorry to say that, but that lifeboat tragic launches, one after another, straight up ending with death of people inside it, but every time in different way, is some kind of sick slapstick comedy...
So you think the sinking was funny. Go back to your comic books.
One of the many reasons I will never travel by ship, especially big cruise ships.
thankfully ships are a bit safer now (althought history teached us not to be too confident) and we're not in a world war for now.
What about the countries firing missiles into the air? (Think KAL 007 and MH 17)
@@neptunedawn7121 Yeah I'd hide under my bed for the rest of my life. No sense in taking unnecessary risks.
multiple cases in the news of serious illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal illness from contaminated drinking water to weeks of quarantine in a foreign port due to COVID outbreaks with many onboard deaths has me convinced.
I had read about this many times but never understood the catastrophic domino effect of events that caused so many people to loose their lives. This brings everything to light, great work.
This was well done. It captured the feel of it
Note to self: never board a ship during war time.
correction: never board a British ship during war time
I honestly cannot begin to imagine the sheer terror and panic that must have set in on the Lusitania. It really must have been absolutely horrifying to have been on a passenger liner and without any warning, being targeted by a torpedo which takes the lives of over 1000+ people. It is the sheer size of our oceans that scares me. Compared to being on the biggest ever ship you are nothing but a spec compared to the massive colossal oceans. A brilliant film and the score to match it was really expertly done, you could feel the panic in the music when the sinking began to take affect.
Riveting, I simply couldn’t look away…
Awesome video, thank you 🙂👍🙏
I understand the second explosion was due to the coal dust in the (almost empty) bunkers disturbed by the first explosion.
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
The Titanic sank in 2 hours our ship here 18 minutes. A massive diffrence.
Two hours and forty minutes.
Lifeboats? More like death traps, death boats. Very well-made, great job
at least the captain of the U -20 met
his own fate at the bottom of the sea afterwards.
when his U - Boat (U - 88)struck a mine.
how was that?
Fun fact that OP forgot to mention. The ship was transporting arms and ammunition and therefore made it a legal target. The U-boat did nothing wrong.
Also, the second explosion most likely was the result of the ammunition detonating rather than the boilers.
No, it was more likely the boilers. That second explosion happened quickly after the torpedo hit and that ammunition wasn’t stored in the area where the torpedo hit occurred.
Sad, another sea tragedy just like Titanic. Wartime was dangerous then. Great video.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@clairefunnell8481 video is by Oceanliner Designs! (:
It's not like Titanic. Titanic was not the warcrime of Huns.
Wartime is still dangerous.
@@ddsferd1628 Germans, not Huns.
Magnifico trabajo .. felicitaciones amigo
L👀ks like the crew killed quite a few people with those lifeboats.
It's amazing how calm the people were, just standing there on the deck.
Lifeboats? More like, Deathboats? Sheesh!
Bravo! Eerie, frightening, and beautiful. Bravo!
Thank you for the excellent animated history - fabulous 👍
Very nicely presented, thank you. I see that the Lusitania had 4 stacks same as Titanic did but one was for looks. On the Lusitania, looks like the same thing, as there's no smoke coming from the stack closest to the stern. I could read the captions just fine, although I had to get closer to the screen, but they were very legible. People need to learn how to compromise instead of complain, when something seems difficult! I also have a hand magnifying glass handy in case something is difficult to read on the screen!
Very well done with so much detail. Pity about all that carnage, though.
Oceanliner Designs and Jack did an awesome job! I only did the music (:
@@Ironclover-Composer I’m a follower of that channel. He does a great job on a lot of videos. I did enjoy the music, by the way.
"Pity about all that carnage, though." Your compassion is underwhelming.
@zyxw2000 is he supposed to hang himself from the grief of a disaster over a century ago?
@@gaywolfsif4760 No, but feel some compassion for all the tragedy.