A HUGE thank you to Caitlin Doughty and the New Jersey Maritime Museum for their help in researching and assembling this three-part series. It has been an amazing journey to put this story together and I am so glad you all enjoy it! PART 1: th-cam.com/video/0QTULO9R83E/w-d-xo.html PART 2: th-cam.com/video/TEvjVAn4HYk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FwrtiPlftO3peVWc
My friend Mike at Ocean liner design You have done an incredible job with this three part series. Professional, interesting entertaining, the quality of your work is beyond most everything we see, not just on TH-cam television in general. I can actually feel the sorrow with this tragedy 90 years after it happened from the quality of work you have done. Thank you very much!
Hello Mike Brady,i have a question, you have shown a photo of a radio operator facing away from the camera, supposedly on the Titanic, I'm just curious, is this of Jack Phillips, let me know if you would
Thankyou so much! It was extra special to get to go and film on-location. It was truly remarkable to sit and stare at where that history had played out just 90 years earlier - it felt so rteal and recent you could almost reach out and touch it! Also folks in NJ at Asbury Park and Ocean Grove were super nice and courteous.
Couldn't agree more . This Moro Castle series has been nothing short of an epic masterpiece. I am impressed beyond words . Very well done to Mike and the dream team 👏 👍
The quality of these should be the standard for a documentary anywhere. Absolutely knocked it out of the park once again. There goes another hour of my Sunday. Absolutely worth it.
Thanks for watching! This was a big effort but the New Jersey Maritime Museum's collection was such a special addition as many of these photos have gone largely unseen.
I’ve been so excited for part 3 with Caitlin Doughty!!! She is absolutely amazing and having her as well as our friend Mike Brady in a video together is the best part of my week!!!
i adore them both! Caitlin has brought about much needed positive change in the funeral industry. Mike Brady has taught me So Much about maritime history, he is quite a Treasure !
I thought people were telling a macabre joke about her being in the third. Meaning like all the people died so now we need a mortician lol. I'm I'm stoked it's real.
THIS! The best vid from this channel so far, but it reminds me - why hasn't anyone created an ACTUAL history channel to replace the crap the old one degenerated into? There is a market, after all.
Thanks so much! I used to loved watching History Channel, Discovery and Nat Geo when I was younger. Some documentaries on there really inspired me - among them of course is 'Ghosts of the Abyss' which I think aired on Nat Geo when it was released.
1:10 I actually gasped out loud at this transition. Absolute art in cinema! Huge kudos for the increasing artistry in your videos! It’s clear that the oceanliner designs team really CARE about your work.
Wow! Kudos to Mike and his team for taking the time to figure out the exact spot and angle of the original photo. That is as perfect a "matched cut" as I've ever seen (and I have a university degree in videography) ....
Best telling of this story I've seen, Mike. Your empathy and respect were so evident. Can I also say the production values were first rate, and Caitlin Doherty was a wrlcome guest. Thank you.
Waited until this was out to watch all 3 parts, and it's the best thing to come from this channel yet. Very deep in detail, yet still accessible for people like me who are new to the topic.
So glad you enjoyed it! It was originally meant to be just one documentary but proved too ambitious to edit together as one given the time constrains. I'm planning on releasing the 'director's cut' with all thee parts together in a feature-length documentary film with a few small additions and changes.
I'm somewhat surprised you never mentioned the 1934 Cole Porter musical ANYTHING GOES. In the original version of the play, the s/s American burns at sea. Because of the Morro Castle, this version was revamped. It still takes place on a ship, but it's not a disaster. (It's also Cole Porter's best score until KISS ME, KATE some 14 years later.) Thank you for this and every other Oceanliner Designs you've produced. As a retired cruise ship musician, I'm still fascinated by cruise ships.
What a brilliant song and arrangement "Anything Goes" is. You can hear it in your head so effortlessly! I'm not a musician myself but I can imagine how wonderful the sounds must have been for you. Thank you. There must have been lots of things like this that Mike may have included but had to edit. Thank you for bringing it up. 🫶🥰🥰
My Father was a musician on several ocean liners (including 𝑹𝑴𝑺 𝑨𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄). He was in the crew of 𝑽𝒂𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒏 when they rescued the crew of 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖, (I have the newspaper clipping he saved.) and in the crew of the 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 when they rescued the crew of 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆. In both cases, there were no lives lost. He also took tons of photos from that era (1930s), which I should probably digitize and put online.
@@SchneiderGeorge I know, I know. I get involved in too many projects. I’ve just gotten the Pneumatic Tube System aboard NS Savannah working: th-cam.com/video/auUEqhPMGHk/w-d-xo.html and am now trying to get the Stromberg Master Clock working. I hope to get the servo clocks throughout the ship working.
This documentary series is such a step up in quality from all the usual TH-cam filler media. My hat is off to you, Mike Brady, and keep up the incredible, fascinating work!
Mike, this is the best documentary I have ever seen! I have seen many, many documentaries from Discovery, National Geographic, Smithsonian, etc. and this easily tops them ALL. You and your team are unbelievable. Congratulations!!
This has been one of the best documentaries you've done. I have literally been checking subscriptions every day excited for this final part. I'd heard about the SS Morro Castle after seeing other TH-cam videos on it but you really brought the story to life. Now time to curl up and enjoy this final part!
Our friend Mike Brady does it again. I had heard the basics of the Morro Castle fire, but Mike, you have done an excellent job of laying out the time line, and the details of what happened. It's nice to see the lovely Caitlin on your channel. I love her videos too.
You sir deserve an award in recognition of your research, your dedication to tell the story and facts behind your subject and your ability to tell the story and raise tears amongst the living. Thank you.
This has been a superb series. Above all else, the victims of this tragedy deserve to be remembered. So much of the safety we enjoy today came at their expense.
Extremely good documentary on this tragedy. Mike, you have paid great respect to those lost. Their families could never imagine their lost ones being immortalized through this video,worldwide. Thier story, sacrifice, turmoil, and exposure of the evil who may have committed it. I've seen you do this time and time again, keeping the truth alive, proud to be a supporter🛳
I’ve just finished the last instalment. You should really be proud of yourself for such a fantastic piece of work and telling the personal stories that would otherwise be forgotten.
What an absolute masterpiece of work! I can not describe the joy I get watching this channel grow more and more. Effort and production quality like this is what is missing from modern documentaries. This is easily one of the best documentaries I have ever watched. Well done, once again, to Mike Brady and the team!
By far the most gripping docuseries you’ve produced this year! I’ve been waiting forever for part three! You never cease to amaze me with the production value of your episodes!
Mike, what a mini-series this is, top notch work from start to finish. Great use of vintage film, old B&W photos and as always, your narration. This piece of maritime history would make a great movie -- with you as the director of course.
I remember finding this channel many years ago when it was brand-new. I will admit I passed it by as I was only watching disaster at sea videos at the time. While this channel, did not only have disaster videos but also informative detailed videos and I thought of it as not my kind of thing. Firstly, I must say that for maritime disasters, this is the most in-depth, laborious and detailed depiction I have ever seen. I extremely appreciate the attention that you gave to those who were attempting to use the Morro Castle as an escape to a different life in the US that would tragically never make it. There are many who would gloss over this and I believe you gave them the respect they deserved. They weren't passengers on the manifest but in the end they were one and the same as the others. I appreciate that their peril was treated the same as those around them. In the end, they were all people and they were all equally in a horrific situation. Now, disaster topics aside. Mike Brady, you have revived my interest in everything maritime. Your videos with tons of detailed interior views of the Titanic unlocked a memory I had lost for over a decade. I remembered attending an expo in my early teens that was created to let people wander through 1:1 scale replicas of the different class accommodations of the Titanic. I remembered wandering through the recreated halls of that behemoth and thinking, "How could this only be a sliver of how massive the real ship was?" I remembered the months after that experience that I spent researching everything I could about the Titanic. When I hit the obvious wall of her sinking I researched her sister ships, especially the Olympic. In the end, I am not sure if I would have ever had these memories return without your channel and your amazing presentation all topics maritime. I am happy to say that I have been in the Oceanliner Designs crew for a few months now and I hope to continue that into the future.
One interesting historical note on the Morro Castle is its radio station. The Department of Commerce (DOC, later FCC) did the call letter assigning. Ships had radio stations with standard American call letters. The Morro Castle station was KGOV. In the 1920s when station letters were being assigned, the K stations were west of the Mississippi, W were east,. Mexico and Canada got X and C respectively. Ships were opposite for some reason. After the MC sank the FCC never decommissioned the KGOV call letters. Up till just recently it still was assigned to that ship. It was finally released about 10 years go so other stations could use it. No one ever had an explanation for not decommissioning the station but I suspect it might have something to do with the actual letters. KGOV sounds like a government owned station and the may have run afowl of FCC regulations of the government staying out of the radio business. That's my speculation. On another ship-radio historical note, there was a month in 1922(?) where letter K stations were issued for the east coast. That's why Pittsburgh has KQV and KDKA. Right after they again went back to W call letters for the east coast. KDJZ and KDKB were issued to two ships, Eastern Sword and the Montgomery City, with Pittsburgh getting KDKA in between those two ships.
The vibe on that beach can still loom up for people who grew up there. The stardom of Springsteen and the E Street Band at the "Wonder Bar" and "Mrs. J's" diluted the feeling, but the spectre of people burnt at sea...
Bravo, Mike. I was just thinking the other day, "I hope the final part comes out soon;" and just like that it did! I knew how the Morro Castle ended, but after getting so invested via this series of videos, this has brought a nice feeling of closure. I commend you on assembling such detailed information, insightful accounts from experts and historians, and utterly captivating visual aids. The way you wove this story together was wonderful; a crown jewel documentary for the channel. You should feel very proud.
Thank you so much! The team and I are proud of how it turned out. This was the biggest effort we've undertaken to tell one story because there were just OS many facets, it made it difficult to get one's head straight on the facts. We are very glad to have told it the way we did but I'm looking forward to cutting it together into one 'feature length' film as it was originally intended!
@@OceanlinerDesigns I was thinking I'll have to go back and carve out time to watch all 3 parts back to back, but now I'll just look forward to the full video. Nice job all around from you and your team.
A most exceptional conclusion to a 3-Part Series. I've waited for this, checking each and every day; and it goes without saying how fine a production this is! You've really outdone yourself, Mike Brady! 💙
So sensitively and comprehensively done Mike as always. Big rolling tears down my face.🫶 Thank you for the collaboration with Caitlin but I can see so many more were involved as well. xxx
Caitlin was a great choice of guest for this part of the story! This series has been fantastic! I really appreciate the attention to the dead that can so often be forgotten in the drama of a disaster like this.
Mike, your work never fails to astound and educate me. I can never express how much this series, along with your other presentations, cuts to the soul and brings the past back into the present for us to consider and learn from. Thank you, Mike, thank you.
Amazing job on the series, and so cool to have Caitlin on as a guest; her stuff is amazing. Amusingly, my best friend showed me Caitlin's channel years ago with the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck special, and then I showed her your channel - and then this episode was just very cool to have a link between the two. You really summed this up nicely with all those pictures going by in the end - a wonderful and sad reminder of all the people that could have been, and the last scene where you fade the old shot into the current day is haunting but powerful.
The layout of your documentaries is absolutely stunning quality. I am always excited to see a new one is here for show and 100% of it is captivating me. Thank you so much for this great content.
Mr Brady. This is a high quality documentary as I've ever seen anyone, BBC, National Geographic or anyone do. Especially as it is on a subject about which I knew very little. An extraordinary effort, sir. If there are any similar projects in the pipeline I, for one, would be delighted to see them. Fantastic work, keep it up!
I believe this three part series is the best you’ve ever done. You and your team must spend hours every day researching these historic events and it shows. Thank you
Congratulations to Mike and the team for this amazing conclusion to the series. The coverage of the facts and stories, the accompanying images and videos, the on point script pacing, and professional narration. It all shows the level of detail and care that only passion and hard work can put together. Peak entertainment. Thank you for sharing!
It's not just a series of three videos about the ship, it's documentary and historical research from our friend and a whole bunch of good people around him. Thank you so much guys
Wow, you did a great job. Opened and therefore cleared it up MUCH more than any other video I've seen on this ship. There was so much more that needed to be said about this apparent cover-up and the extremely sketchy circumstances that lead up to it and now it's all in one clean trilogy.
Absolutely brilliant. Another quality documentary from Mike. I have gained so much knowledge and insight from his channel. A truly passionate chap. Keep up the great work.
Great job. My compliments to the composition, lighting, & aspect ratio.( seriously, I am a former union director of photography, currently recovering from a stroke.( lived.) nice work.
Thank you Mike for doing a phenomenal job bringing this horrible tragedy to life. As a life long resident of New Jersey about 20 minutes north of Asbury Park this story is deeply embedded in our local history.
This Morro Castle series has been absolutely amazing. Such an intense story, and I had never heard of it until your videos. You told it beautifully, with exquisite detail. Thank you for taking us on this journey to the not-so-distant past, and teaching us about this horrible tragedy.
Oceanliner Designs is one of my very favorite series on TH-cam. All of your episodes are exceptionally well done and this one about the Morro Castle is really first class! Thanks so much for an incredible video!
Your videos have always been exceptional, but I feel like this one really showcases the skills you’ve developed and your style as a filmmaker. Incredible work! The heart of humanity shines through in every moment.
Dude, you and the crew smashed this one out the park. Congratulations on taking a big step in your documentary career. Quality production, well balanced and bloody interesting... and I do not say things like that lightly, as I am a huge critic of todays over dramatized trashy docs. Mike, this is great. Lee, England.
I'm speechless! Blown away by how amazingly well-done this whole series has been! Another phenomenal job, really makes me feel like I'm there! Great job, Mike and team!
What a hauntingly touching sad story. This one had me tearing up more than once. Fantastic presentation, I loved it. I will be watching them all more than once, as I often do with these videos. Thank you our friend Mike Brady.
Thank you so much for making these videos, Mike! The Morrow Castle has fascinated me since I was a kid in the 1990s and saw it in one of my Dad's books. Loved seeing Caitlin, too!
This was a beautifully executed series Mr. Brady. May your work always continue to shine lights on these maritime topics the seas and man never could.❤
There are no words for the superlative work done here. Two of my favorite TH-cam channels in an excellent collaborative effort. Hearing an upcoming book from Kaitlyn about Titanic is fantastic. I look forward to these three parts being merged into a feature-length program. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks so much Mike for all your efforts in producing this amazing 3-part video on the SS Morro Castle. You have an uncanny knack for unearthing so much obscure information we’ve never heard or seen before. Kudos for a job well done. At 21:14 you make a brief mention of the Battleship Maine and its sinking in Havana harbor. You are correct in that no evidence existed that Spanish sabotage caused the sinking. Back in the mid-1970’s the late Admiral Rickover coauthored a book entitled How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed. He chronicled the 2 courts of inquiries done in 1898 and then again in 1911. The latter inquiry found that the ship was destroyed by an internal explosion of its forward magazines. During the period in which the ship was designed it was customary to surround magazines with coal bunkers as a safety precaution. Despite the fact that bituminous coal is prone to spontaneous combustion the Navy protocol was to conduct constant inspections of coal bunkers to prevent such disasters. After the 1911 investigation most of the remains of Maine were towed out to sea and sunk with military honors. The 1898 investigation proved interesting in that its conclusion tended to go with the sentiments of the time.
Absolutely a superb production and presentation. This is another of your great videos. You use the appropriate amount of drama/emotion ... you let the viewers decide. You also don't use AI for your narration. You are committed to your channel. You are a professional. Thank you. I have been a subscriber for many years because of the quality/content /dedication that your videos exude. Thank you for another informative topic. Thanks also to Caitlin, I also am subscribed to her channel. Another source of production quality videos with interesting topics.
So cool to see two of fav YTers coming together in a video. I love Caitlin’s videos and the humor she can bring to serious subjects and our friend Mike Brady has taught me so much about ocean going vessels!
Sobering, a wonderful presented 3 part series. Bring into life the events and human tragedy. Thank you for putting this together in such a delicate and professional manner
A Bit of a wait for this last episode but given the time and effort I'm sure went into creating this series, I'm glad it was done this way. It has been a brilliant, remarkably interesting and well put together series. I'll look forward to your next endeavour
A HUGE thank you to Caitlin Doughty and the New Jersey Maritime Museum for their help in researching and assembling this three-part series. It has been an amazing journey to put this story together and I am so glad you all enjoy it!
PART 1: th-cam.com/video/0QTULO9R83E/w-d-xo.html
PART 2: th-cam.com/video/TEvjVAn4HYk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FwrtiPlftO3peVWc
My friend Mike at Ocean liner design You have done an incredible job with this three part series. Professional, interesting entertaining, the quality of your work is beyond most everything we see, not just on TH-cam television in general. I can actually feel the sorrow with this tragedy 90 years after it happened from the quality of work you have done. Thank you very much!
Holy Smokes! I'm glad you got Ms Doughty on, I watch her every once in a while!
You're a damn natural. ✌😄
Hello Mike Brady,i have a question, you have shown a photo of a radio operator facing away from the camera, supposedly on the Titanic, I'm just curious, is this of Jack Phillips, let me know if you would
This three part series is nothing less than Mike’s magnum opus. He’s created so many great videos but this one tops them all!
Thankyou so much! It was extra special to get to go and film on-location. It was truly remarkable to sit and stare at where that history had played out just 90 years earlier - it felt so rteal and recent you could almost reach out and touch it! Also folks in NJ at Asbury Park and Ocean Grove were super nice and courteous.
Couldn't agree more . This Moro Castle series has been nothing short of an epic masterpiece. I am impressed beyond words . Very well done to Mike and the dream team 👏 👍
@@Gregm-l9r I agree, an epic masterpiece indeed. Good to see Doughty, who makes fine videos herself, you are both classy interesting video makers.
Couldn‘t agree more. Very care- , respectfully and touching, almost intimate.
Shocking, deeply moving, SAD. But needed to be heard
Extra love for Ask A Mortician, great to see the collab
Yes it is! I KNEW I had seen her before!
She is a legend! (And so are you!)
The quality of these should be the standard for a documentary anywhere. Absolutely knocked it out of the park once again. There goes another hour of my Sunday. Absolutely worth it.
Thanks for watching! This was a big effort but the New Jersey Maritime Museum's collection was such a special addition as many of these photos have gone largely unseen.
@OceanlinerDesigns As someone from New Jersey, this one has a bit of a personal touch.
I’ve been so excited for part 3 with Caitlin Doughty!!! She is absolutely amazing and having her as well as our friend Mike Brady in a video together is the best part of my week!!!
i adore them both! Caitlin has brought about much needed positive change in the funeral industry.
Mike Brady has taught me So Much about maritime history, he is quite a Treasure !
I love them both too, like this was an overload for me!!!!!❤❤❤
Wonderful end credit instrumental.
Whoo, my friend Mike Brady and Queen of the Good Death, Caitlin Doughty! Dream team!
I thought people were telling a macabre joke about her being in the third. Meaning like all the people died so now we need a mortician lol. I'm I'm stoked it's real.
I love the production quality on your projects. It reminds me of the early days of the History Channel, but better.
Dear Mike please avoid branching out for content. Aliens and Bigfoot are a saturated market thanks to the "History Channel".
THIS!
The best vid from this channel so far, but it reminds me - why hasn't anyone created an ACTUAL history channel to replace the crap the old one degenerated into?
There is a market, after all.
@@johnwolf2829 Hey, the History Channel is great! How else would we know that Bigfoot killed Lincoln?
This is the kind of thing that History Channel *should* have.
Thanks so much! I used to loved watching History Channel, Discovery and Nat Geo when I was younger. Some documentaries on there really inspired me - among them of course is 'Ghosts of the Abyss' which I think aired on Nat Geo when it was released.
Ladies and gentlemen, this series is why TH-cam exists. It's one of the best, if not the best , videos I've ever seen.
1:10 I actually gasped out loud at this transition. Absolute art in cinema! Huge kudos for the increasing artistry in your videos! It’s clear that the oceanliner designs team really CARE about your work.
The Convention Hall was opened in 1930 with major Hollywood Stars Ginger Rogers and Fredric March.
@@Maddd17 The then and now sequences are very well done. I am huge fan of those effects.
Wow! Kudos to Mike and his team for taking the time to figure out the exact spot and angle of the original photo. That is as perfect a "matched cut" as I've ever seen (and I have a university degree in videography) ....
I love doing these any time I can! I've lost hours watching "WW2 then and now" compilations on TH-cam...
Btw there's another secret one right after the end credits :)
Best telling of this story I've seen, Mike. Your empathy and respect were so evident. Can I also say the production values were first rate, and Caitlin Doherty was a wrlcome guest. Thank you.
Waited until this was out to watch all 3 parts, and it's the best thing to come from this channel yet. Very deep in detail, yet still accessible for people like me who are new to the topic.
So glad you enjoyed it! It was originally meant to be just one documentary but proved too ambitious to edit together as one given the time constrains. I'm planning on releasing the 'director's cut' with all thee parts together in a feature-length documentary film with a few small additions and changes.
I'm somewhat surprised you never mentioned the 1934 Cole Porter musical ANYTHING GOES. In the original version of the play, the s/s American burns at sea. Because of the Morro Castle, this version was revamped. It still takes place on a ship, but it's not a disaster. (It's also Cole Porter's best score until KISS ME, KATE some 14 years later.) Thank you for this and every other Oceanliner Designs you've produced. As a retired cruise ship musician, I'm still fascinated by cruise ships.
What a brilliant song and arrangement "Anything Goes" is. You can hear it in your head so effortlessly! I'm not a musician myself but I can imagine how wonderful the sounds must have been for you. Thank you.
There must have been lots of things like this that Mike may have included but had to edit. Thank you for bringing it up.
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Love this song. Reminds me of fall out😊
My Father was a musician on several ocean liners (including 𝑹𝑴𝑺 𝑨𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄). He was in the crew of 𝑽𝒂𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒏 when they rescued the crew of 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖, (I have the newspaper clipping he saved.) and in the crew of the 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 when they rescued the crew of 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆. In both cases, there were no lives lost.
He also took tons of photos from that era (1930s), which I should probably digitize and put online.
@@fredblonder7850 If you do digitize those photos, I'd love to seem them. That predates my years on ships (1970-2010), but I've love to see them.
@@SchneiderGeorge I know, I know. I get involved in too many projects. I’ve just gotten the Pneumatic Tube System aboard NS Savannah working: th-cam.com/video/auUEqhPMGHk/w-d-xo.html and am now trying to get the Stromberg Master Clock working. I hope to get the servo clocks throughout the ship working.
This documentary series is such a step up in quality from all the usual TH-cam filler media. My hat is off to you, Mike Brady, and keep up the incredible, fascinating work!
Mike, this is the best documentary I have ever seen! I have seen many, many documentaries from Discovery, National Geographic, Smithsonian, etc. and this easily tops them ALL. You and your team are unbelievable. Congratulations!!
Thanks so much Debbie! Onwards and upwards :)
Great to see you and Caitlin Doughty collabourating on this video! I've enjoyed both your channels for ages.
👍 Yes!
On a channel with nothing but excellent content, this 3-part series may well be the pinnacle of their output. Simply outstanding.
This has been one of the best documentaries you've done. I have literally been checking subscriptions every day excited for this final part. I'd heard about the SS Morro Castle after seeing other TH-cam videos on it but you really brought the story to life. Now time to curl up and enjoy this final part!
Came for Titanic. Stayed for Morro Castle. My friend Mike Brady. This series is fantastic work. Thank you
Our friend Mike Brady does it again. I had heard the basics of the Morro Castle fire, but Mike, you have done an excellent job of laying out the time line, and the details of what happened. It's nice to see the lovely Caitlin on your channel. I love her videos too.
You sir deserve an award in recognition of your research, your dedication to tell the story and facts behind your subject and your ability to tell the story and raise tears amongst the living. Thank you.
Thanks! (Fire Protection Engineer at US Coast Guard's Marine Safety Center)
This has been a superb series. Above all else, the victims of this tragedy deserve to be remembered. So much of the safety we enjoy today came at their expense.
Extremely good documentary on this tragedy. Mike, you have paid great respect to those lost. Their families could never imagine their lost ones being immortalized through this video,worldwide. Thier story, sacrifice, turmoil, and exposure of the evil who may have committed it. I've seen you do this time and time again, keeping the truth alive, proud to be a supporter🛳
Mike your ability to bring the story to life, and shows us not just the facts but the humam tragedy is second to none. Thank you
Mike and Caitlin are some of my all time favorite TH-camrs! What an awesome collaboration. Thank you Mike for this and all of your amazing videos.
Yes Caitlin has an awesome channel.👍😁
I’ve just finished the last instalment. You should really be proud of yourself for such a fantastic piece of work and telling the personal stories that would otherwise be forgotten.
Hell yeah Caitlin Doughty! Wonderful to see the collab 🎉
What an absolute masterpiece of work! I can not describe the joy I get watching this channel grow more and more. Effort and production quality like this is what is missing from modern documentaries. This is easily one of the best documentaries I have ever watched. Well done, once again, to Mike Brady and the team!
By far the most gripping docuseries you’ve produced this year! I’ve been waiting forever for part three! You never cease to amaze me with the production value of your episodes!
Mike, what a mini-series this is, top notch work from start to finish. Great use of vintage film, old B&W photos and as always, your narration. This piece of maritime history would make a great movie -- with you as the director of course.
Thank you so very much!
@@OceanlinerDesigns Well-earned on your part...........
I remember finding this channel many years ago when it was brand-new. I will admit I passed it by as I was only watching disaster at sea videos at the time. While this channel, did not only have disaster videos but also informative detailed videos and I thought of it as not my kind of thing.
Firstly, I must say that for maritime disasters, this is the most in-depth, laborious and detailed depiction I have ever seen. I extremely appreciate the attention that you gave to those who were attempting to use the Morro Castle as an escape to a different life in the US that would tragically never make it. There are many who would gloss over this and I believe you gave them the respect they deserved. They weren't passengers on the manifest but in the end they were one and the same as the others. I appreciate that their peril was treated the same as those around them. In the end, they were all people and they were all equally in a horrific situation.
Now, disaster topics aside. Mike Brady, you have revived my interest in everything maritime. Your videos with tons of detailed interior views of the Titanic unlocked a memory I had lost for over a decade. I remembered attending an expo in my early teens that was created to let people wander through 1:1 scale replicas of the different class accommodations of the Titanic. I remembered wandering through the recreated halls of that behemoth and thinking, "How could this only be a sliver of how massive the real ship was?" I remembered the months after that experience that I spent researching everything I could about the Titanic. When I hit the obvious wall of her sinking I researched her sister ships, especially the Olympic.
In the end, I am not sure if I would have ever had these memories return without your channel and your amazing presentation all topics maritime. I am happy to say that I have been in the Oceanliner Designs crew for a few months now and I hope to continue that into the future.
One interesting historical note on the Morro Castle is its radio station. The Department of Commerce (DOC, later FCC) did the call letter assigning. Ships had radio stations with standard American call letters. The Morro Castle station was KGOV.
In the 1920s when station letters were being assigned, the K stations were west of the Mississippi, W were east,. Mexico and Canada got X and C respectively. Ships were opposite for some reason. After the MC sank the FCC never decommissioned the KGOV call letters. Up till just recently it still was assigned to that ship. It was finally released about 10 years go so other stations could use it.
No one ever had an explanation for not decommissioning the station but I suspect it might have something to do with the actual letters. KGOV sounds like a government owned station and the may have run afowl of FCC regulations of the government staying out of the radio business. That's my speculation.
On another ship-radio historical note, there was a month in 1922(?) where letter K stations were issued for the east coast. That's why Pittsburgh has KQV and KDKA. Right after they again went back to W call letters for the east coast. KDJZ and KDKB were issued to two ships, Eastern Sword and the Montgomery City, with Pittsburgh getting KDKA in between those two ships.
I waited like a patient child for a little less than a holiday month. You did not disappoint anymore than Orson Welles would have. Thank you.
The vibe on that beach can still loom up for people who grew up there. The stardom of Springsteen and the E Street Band at the "Wonder Bar" and "Mrs. J's" diluted the feeling, but the spectre of people burnt at sea...
@@gregorykayne6054 OMG. I'm so sorry. But of course it would, even now. 😢😢
Anyone who wears a suit to the beach is my kind of people
Bravo, Mike. I was just thinking the other day, "I hope the final part comes out soon;" and just like that it did! I knew how the Morro Castle ended, but after getting so invested via this series of videos, this has brought a nice feeling of closure. I commend you on assembling such detailed information, insightful accounts from experts and historians, and utterly captivating visual aids. The way you wove this story together was wonderful; a crown jewel documentary for the channel. You should feel very proud.
Thank you so much! The team and I are proud of how it turned out. This was the biggest effort we've undertaken to tell one story because there were just OS many facets, it made it difficult to get one's head straight on the facts. We are very glad to have told it the way we did but I'm looking forward to cutting it together into one 'feature length' film as it was originally intended!
@@OceanlinerDesigns I was thinking I'll have to go back and carve out time to watch all 3 parts back to back, but now I'll just look forward to the full video. Nice job all around from you and your team.
I've learned so much from Caitlin Doughty, what a delight to see her!
Stunning work. Your attention to detail and care for the victims and survivors is unparalelled.
I can't wait to watch the conclusion to this fantastic documentary. You've done amazing work so far!
Thanks
A most exceptional conclusion to a 3-Part Series.
I've waited for this, checking each and every day; and it goes without saying how fine a production this is!
You've really outdone yourself, Mike Brady! 💙
So sensitively and comprehensively done Mike as always. Big rolling tears down my face.🫶
Thank you for the collaboration with Caitlin but I can see so many more were involved as well. xxx
Caitlin was a great choice of guest for this part of the story! This series has been fantastic! I really appreciate the attention to the dead that can so often be forgotten in the drama of a disaster like this.
Mike, your work never fails to astound and educate me. I can never express how much this series, along with your other presentations, cuts to the soul and brings the past back into the present for us to consider and learn from. Thank you, Mike, thank you.
Wow, just wow. The quality of this is outstanding Mike, you bring the scene alive with your accurate, factual and heartfelt narration.
Amazing job on the series, and so cool to have Caitlin on as a guest; her stuff is amazing. Amusingly, my best friend showed me Caitlin's channel years ago with the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck special, and then I showed her your channel - and then this episode was just very cool to have a link between the two. You really summed this up nicely with all those pictures going by in the end - a wonderful and sad reminder of all the people that could have been, and the last scene where you fade the old shot into the current day is haunting but powerful.
The layout of your documentaries is absolutely stunning quality. I am always excited to see a new one is here for show and 100% of it is captivating me. Thank you so much for this great content.
I love Caitlin Dougherty. Thanks for having her on. Great video.
Another hour exploring sailing history with you. I'm not sure how you can improve your content beyond this. Many thanks Mike !
Mr Brady. This is a high quality documentary as I've ever seen anyone, BBC, National Geographic or anyone do. Especially as it is on a subject about which I knew very little. An extraordinary effort, sir. If there are any similar projects in the pipeline I, for one, would be delighted to see them.
Fantastic work, keep it up!
Broadcast quality and a well spoken Host. 10/10.
I believe this three part series is the best you’ve ever done. You and your team must spend hours every day researching these historic events and it shows. Thank you
Congratulations to Mike and the team for this amazing conclusion to the series. The coverage of the facts and stories, the accompanying images and videos, the on point script pacing, and professional narration. It all shows the level of detail and care that only passion and hard work can put together. Peak entertainment. Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely beautiful and touching conclusion to a very interesting in depth series. Thank you for your hard work, friend.
This series was truly a phenomenal production. You should be very proud, Mike. I hope we get to see more like it.
It's not just a series of three videos about the ship, it's documentary and historical research from our friend and a whole bunch of good people around him. Thank you so much guys
Wow, you did a great job. Opened and therefore cleared it up MUCH more than any other video I've seen on this ship. There was so much more that needed to be said about this apparent cover-up and the extremely sketchy circumstances that lead up to it and now it's all in one clean trilogy.
I've been looking forward to the final video. It's been one of the channels best subjects
Before this trilogy I have never heard of Morro Castle. Now I will never forget.
So good to see Caitlin! Love it when my fave content providers get together! Wonderful series!
This series is so well done. Thank you for telling this story in such a detailed and respectful way.
Absolutely brilliant. Another quality documentary from Mike. I have gained so much knowledge and insight from his channel. A truly passionate chap. Keep up the great work.
Great job. My compliments to the composition, lighting, & aspect ratio.( seriously, I am a former union director of photography, currently recovering from a stroke.( lived.) nice work.
congrats on living
Congratulations, Mike. Your 3-part documentary here is the best I've ever seen on Morro Castle.
Thank you Mike for doing a phenomenal job bringing this horrible tragedy to life. As a life long resident of New Jersey about 20 minutes north of Asbury Park this story is deeply embedded in our local history.
Thank you Michael for a beautifully constructed documentary of this all but forgotten piece of history.
Another maritime saga told in stunning detail and with careful sensitivity by our host Mike. Absolutely superb documentary film making.
This Morro Castle series has been absolutely amazing. Such an intense story, and I had never heard of it until your videos. You told it beautifully, with exquisite detail. Thank you for taking us on this journey to the not-so-distant past, and teaching us about this horrible tragedy.
I am, as ever, blown away by the quality of these videos. Such an amazing channel.
Absolutely beautiful and truly marvelous job Mike and team! I really enjoyed the three part, feature length series of the Morro Castle!
Amazing finale to your documentary Mike! Thanks for bringing to light an event that most of the general public had mostly forgotten about.
This has been one of the best, most well written, and put together documentaries ive seen. Well done!
Finally part 3!!👌👌 Omg honestly one of the best documentaries I have seen in years ..well done mate !! ..this would make a brilliant movie!!.
Oceanliner Designs is one of my very favorite series on TH-cam. All of your episodes are exceptionally well done and this one about the Morro Castle is really first class! Thanks so much for an incredible video!
This channel always provides well researched, interesting and entertaining content and this series is one of the best. I enjoy them a lot, thank you.
Incredible work! Thank you for putting the effort in and filling the internet with such an incredible collection of research and narration.
Dear Mr. Brady. Your work is without peer. Thank you for enriching your fellow world citizens with maritime history. Much respect.
The production quality of this video is incredible
Your videos have always been exceptional, but I feel like this one really showcases the skills you’ve developed and your style as a filmmaker. Incredible work! The heart of humanity shines through in every moment.
Dude, you and the crew smashed this one out the park. Congratulations on taking a big step in your documentary career. Quality production, well balanced and bloody interesting... and I do not say things like that lightly, as I am a huge critic of todays over dramatized trashy docs. Mike, this is great. Lee, England.
This series was absolutely amazing. I'm sure it look an immense amount of work, but it was well work your effort. Please keep up the great work!
I'm speechless! Blown away by how amazingly well-done this whole series has been!
Another phenomenal job, really makes me feel like I'm there!
Great job, Mike and team!
Thanks so much mate! I always smile when I see your comments knowing you've followed the channel since it was only small. :) o7
@@OceanlinerDesigns Very glad to be here and very happy to hear it!!
What a hauntingly touching sad story. This one had me tearing up more than once. Fantastic presentation, I loved it. I will be watching them all more than once, as I often do with these videos. Thank you our friend Mike Brady.
Thank you so much for making these videos, Mike! The Morrow Castle has fascinated me since I was a kid in the 1990s and saw it in one of my Dad's books. Loved seeing Caitlin, too!
This was a beautifully executed series Mr. Brady. May your work always continue to shine lights on these maritime topics the seas and man never could.❤
I agonisingly waited for all 3 parts to come out before binging the entire thing in one go and my gods was it ever worth it!!! 😍😍😍😍 *Chef's kiss*
There are no words for the superlative work done here. Two of my favorite TH-cam channels in an excellent collaborative effort. Hearing an upcoming book from Kaitlyn about Titanic is fantastic. I look forward to these three parts being merged into a feature-length program. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
This was very well put together and I think it did the story justice. Great work!
I shrieked when I saw Caitlin!!!
My two favorite channels coming together again 🖤
The quality of this amazing series is amazing the time and work spent in making this is highly worth it
I’ve been waiting for this for so long every video is amazing and the quality is just top notch
Thanks so much Mike for all your efforts in producing this amazing 3-part video on the SS Morro Castle. You have an uncanny knack for unearthing so much obscure information we’ve never heard or seen before. Kudos for a job well done. At 21:14 you make a brief mention of the Battleship Maine and its sinking in Havana harbor. You are correct in that no evidence existed that Spanish sabotage caused the sinking. Back in the mid-1970’s the late Admiral Rickover coauthored a book entitled How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed. He chronicled the 2 courts of inquiries done in 1898 and then again in 1911. The latter inquiry found that the ship was destroyed by an internal explosion of its forward magazines. During the period in which the ship was designed it was customary to surround magazines with coal bunkers as a safety precaution. Despite the fact that bituminous coal is prone to spontaneous combustion the Navy protocol was to conduct constant inspections of coal bunkers to prevent such disasters. After the 1911 investigation most of the remains of Maine were towed out to sea and sunk with military honors. The 1898 investigation proved interesting in that its conclusion tended to go with the sentiments of the time.
Absolutely a superb production and presentation. This is another of your great videos. You use the appropriate amount of drama/emotion ... you let the viewers decide. You also don't use AI for your narration. You are committed to your channel. You are a professional. Thank you. I have been a subscriber for many years because of the quality/content /dedication that your videos exude. Thank you for another informative topic. Thanks also to Caitlin, I also am subscribed to her channel. Another source of production quality videos with interesting topics.
I am in awe of your work and incredible research, production work, writing, …. Just amazing!
So cool to see two of fav YTers coming together in a video. I love Caitlin’s videos and the humor she can bring to serious subjects and our friend Mike Brady has taught me so much about ocean going vessels!
Sobering, a wonderful presented 3 part series. Bring into life the events and human tragedy.
Thank you for putting this together in such a delicate and professional manner
This series is honestly fantastic - just immense work. I had never heard of this shop before this
Thank you for this epilogue, Mike. Very in-depth details I haven’t seen in previous Morrow Castle documentaries. 👏🏼👏🏼
A Bit of a wait for this last episode but given the time and effort I'm sure went into creating this series, I'm glad it was done this way. It has been a brilliant, remarkably interesting and well put together series. I'll look forward to your next endeavour
Thanks!
These long documentarys just keep getting better & better!
Oh my gosh, so many unexpected details. What a heartbreaking and fascinating story. Brilliantly done, sir!