Correction: Goofing up in editing, I meant to say, "millions of lives have been lost both at sea and on land due to warfare" when millions *didn't* die at sea during the wars we have fought (with no disrespect to those lost at sea.) Many insightful responses so far!
Most recently there was a game out on this app called Storyscape. It's one of those apps that have different choice driven stories. Usually you are playing the main character that ends up having several love internists to choose from. There was a great titanic story and depending on your choices depends on who you end up with and who you end up saving. It's a shame Storyscape went out of business.
I don't really think so. If you ask an average joe, "What did Titanic look like?" They would most often reply with: "A regular steam ship but bigger." They literally have no concept of what Titanic looked like. I don't think they even know that Titanic even had that kind of bow or even a superstructure!
AndyHappyGuy I was just making the comment that it was a design that was ahead of its time. Enclosing the B deck promenade with those curved openings was a design decades ahead of its time and made the ship look way better than Olympic. The Olympic ships were basically the same hull from H&W over and over again, it was the superstructure that set ships apart from a stylistic approach. I just appreciate ships. The Titanic was a beautiful ship. The Normandie was a beautiful and ahead of its time ship as well. I also love the ass end of the QM2.
AndyHappyGuy Which shows that people don’t care about all of the little details. And, well, I guess I’m guilty of that too. My most recent Lego model of the Titanic has a more modern bow (high forecastle peak and a bulb below the waterline), six triple-barrel gun turrets, six anti-air turrets, two gantries of six lifeboats each, and two gantries of four lifeboats. In sum, my model is based off of the *fictional* USAPS (United States Armed Passenger Ship) Atlantis, the first of a new age of battle liners.
@@jamesgroccia644 no like, most people depict the Titanic like the great eastern but with one less funnel and without sails. That's how much they butcher the design. Great Eastern picture -------------en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern#/media/File:Great_Eastern_painting_smooth_sea-2.jpg
Titanic has been a part of my life since I was 8 years old, when I saw a trailer for the 1997 Titanic movie. I said to my mom "Yeah right, like that would ever happen" to which my mom replied "that did happen". The very next day I was at the library checking out every book that they had on it. Since then I have been to 27+ museums (traveling ones and the museum in Pigeon Forge, TN) and I have built and painted 2 models. No matter how much I learn, I can always learn more and Titanic is such a part of my life that I cannot imagine my life without her. The ship feels like home to me. That is why projects like Honor and Glory are so important to me! I will finally get to explore and know Titanics interiors, as much as I know her stories!!! It will be like going home.
I never saw the trailer, I was still in my reading rather than watching movies phase (not that I've really left it!) but it was only a few years later that I got that introduction through a book. I might find the trailer when it's time to show my little sister the film.
I remember when I was little I watched it on VHS with my Grandma at her house. At one point she asked me to go grab her purse from her bedroom. I didn't realize until years later that was right before the scene where Jack draws Rose naked. LOL She fast forwarded the movie when I was out of the room. Well played Grandma, well played. XD
It was the James Cameron film that got me into Titanic in the first place: I felt it wasn't just a film but an experience, and the ship was practically made a character in itself. Years later, after plenty of books and documentaries (and a visit to Titanic Belfast), the more I learn about Titanic, the more details I want to find out. It's simply an incredible story with so many different layers to explore.
James Cameron did an excellent job characterizing the ship. He really allows the ship to transcend from just a ship to a living, breathing character of her own.
She haves something special that catches you on a special way. I'm 32 years and I know her since I'm 9. I can't explain and I think nobody can never explain. That tragedy showed to us who was a coward and a hero. Who stayed there and sacrifice their lives to save another lives... No matter if you are rich or poor... All those broken families, and broken dreams of the passengers that it breaks our hearts... Nothing and nobody can't die if we keep it in our hearts. Like Eva Hart said on a documentary; "She was so pretty looking ship, she was so beautiful, and that's how we have to remember her"
Titanic saved my life. Twice. When i was a kid i watched the Cameron's movie and got me hooked. I used to see that movie several times a day. And then my parents did what they thought best to do when your kid shows compulsive behaviour. They took me to therapy because of that during my sessions i was diagnosed with clinic depression and i deal with this hateful disease since then. Later in my life, i was struggling with addiction and seriously tried to end my life. And then one of tom's videos when he narrates historical facts was recommended to me. That night i was bound to hang myself but i watched the video so here i'm Btw, thank you so much for everything.
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The story of Titanic grabbed me 53 years ago when I watched "A Night to Remember" on television. It has never left me. Always hoped that she would be found and raised. I imagined that I would be in New York harbor to welcome her when she finally completed her maiden voyage. That dream would never be realized once she was found in the north Atlantic. But thank goodness to Bob Ballard who found her and James Cameron for bringing her back to life. I think the latter's best scene in the movie was the desolve from the wreck to the Titanic awaiting it's maiden voyage from Southhampton. It literally took my breath away! My devotion to her memory has never wained. My Ontario car license plates: CQD MGY.
There are several reasons why this tragedy is special: First of all the story of Titanic is quite similar if not the same as story of Babel Tower. Titanic at her time was something like the finest human creation, so this tragedy is not ony about the ship and the people, but also about self confidence of humanity. Second - moral atittude of many passengers and crew members. Captain who took full responsibility and went down with the ship, band members who played whole night to calm down the passengers, telegraphists who tried to send the messages even when it was obvious that there is no enough power, electricians and engineers who fought whole night to keep electricity, etc...
@@yiman7370 is also because of the morale dude! And big rescpet to all them not like modern days costa concordia who just a coward, and the ship it is beautyful like the others, lusitania, britanic and you know.
I, like so many others, first knew of Titanic from the 1997 film. I was 7 years old and the story of the sinking of the largest ship in the world fascinated me. Little did I know when I walked into that dark theater that late afternoon in 1997, the rest of my life was about to begin. As I’ve aged (now 30 years old) many things have changed and my interest in Titanic has developed into an interest in all classic liners, but the passion in me for the story that originally sparked this little boy’s imagination continues to thrive. In a way, this is uniquely my story and, yet, reading these comments I see there is a whole world of people out there that share a similar history. It amazes me how life plays out... It took tragedy to bring all of us together today. It took pain to give us our passion. What terrible thoughts and yet it gives the lives of those who perished meaning. If only they knew how their lives would inspire generations of people around the world. No. They, like the ship they went down on, are not, and will not be, forgotten. Finally, I would like to say thank you to communities like this and Titanic HG for keeping this story alive to inspire the next generation. Who knows what child your work might inspire next... (the story continues)
Yes! you used Jack Thayers statement! My favorite quote about the Titanic disaster! Here is my Story: in elementary school we visited a library and a friend of mine showed me a book about the Titanic and said the ship sunk many years ago, I got fascinated and my aunt gave me a book about the Titanic and well the first thing I saw, which changed my life forever was a Ken Marschall Painting of her Grand Staircase and a Painting of her Sinking. In the next years I read so many books till I finaly saw the Movie and it was fantastic. The biggest reason for my interest is the fact that this luxury didnt exist anymore which makes me very sad because its not hard to make such things again, you only need the interest of many people. But yes that is my story :D
To me, there are multiple reasons why Titanic is still fascinating. I've been obsessed with her ever since learning about her in 3rd grade, roughly 18 years ago. 1.) The effects of what happened that night can still be felt to this day. Because of the Titanic, all ships have to carry enough lifeboats for every person on board. What would the ships of today look like if she never sank? Even her own sister ships would've been affected. Olympic would still have looked the same as she did before the Titanic and Britannic wouldn't have been built with the lessons of Titanic in mind. 2.) The fact that the conditions that night and events leading up to it just lined up perfectly against the Titanic in ways that were just unheard of before. 3.) Without Titanic, the International Ice Patrol wouldn't have been formed. 4.) How even to this day, we still don't know exactly what happened to the ship during the sinking. 5.) There's a book that accurately predicted the disaster years before the ship was even thought of. 6.) There are so many "What if" scenarios surrounding the ship that if one thing happened differently, it could've changed the entire story. 7.) The stories of each person on board. Captain Smith, Thomas Andrews, Bruce Ismay, the members of the band, the engineers and stokers, the wireless operators, and every passenger and crew member on board each have a unique story. Unfortunately for most, their stories ended that night. 8.) And finally, the sinking of Titanic marked the end of man's presumed grasp of superiority over nature. No ship, no matter how well built or designed, is ever truly unsinkable. Even if she didn't sink, another disaster involving a different ship would've most likely happened. And we'd all just be as fascinated with that disaster like we are with Titanic.
it is interesting & for me personally has evolved, as a young child, it was the James Cameron film & I was obsessed with Jack & Rose, then between the ages 10-13 I started to get interested in the history & as I've steadily got older into my twenties, it's evolved into the human story for me, preserving her memory & for all those lost. It sometimes overtakes my life & I often forget Titanic isn't as prevalent in other peoples life as it is in mine. Yes they have heard of the story & know the film but there's a disconnect there. It's only with other Titanic enthusiasts I find kindred spirits, a shared love & respect for the ship & her story.
I get this all the time!! I will forget that other people have not been researching the titanic for 24 years! I will forget until I start going on and on for 30+ mins and I notice they pick up their phone and drown me out haha. For me it's my life! I'm so happy to see others like me out in the world!
I often lay awake at night thinking about the titanic. How the night truly would have played out. I sometimes think i was on her in a past life and whilst on her, i met a beautiful young women and we fell in love. Only to have our futures ripped apart in the sinking. I would love to find a women who is into the titanic as much as iam. Someone who understands the spiritual, emotional, mental and mystical grip this ship has on people.
That's exactly what I think too... Titanic is & always will be a huge part of my life... I have my own research I been doing for years now... I can't get enough ..the more I collect & copy down the more I want...i love the titanic.. & I am glad ther is other people out in the world that is as crazy in love with the Titanic as I am....
@@chrisd_85 yes. But without the young lady part, to me I would love to see what it would've been like even if I died because to me its just interesting to see how it was like, how people lived, but sadly ill never get that experience, to me its also the fact that some many thinks came together, just think if titanic left port maybe even 5 minutes later it could've missed the iceberg, but instead it just happened to be right there at the wrong time and just happen to do the right amount of damage to doom her, if it wasn't for the 5th boiler having a small tear titanic might have lasted long enough for carpathia to rescue the people and maybe even the ship. But all these little events just happen to pile up
Before actually watching the video, I want to put in my two cents of why it’s fascinated me for the better part of the last 27 years - it’s always been the scenario itself: it’s late at night; a very cold night, so the heater is on, the blankets are thick and the bed hasn’t exactly been broken in yet. There is still the lingering smell of fresh paint and there isn’t a scratch on any walls or furniture, none of the paint or the wood panels on the wall are dull. The hum of the engines deep below is now a familiar sound - and every once in a while, someone walks by the door, maybe they’re still laughing about a joke told during dinner. Deep below, the hum of the engine is louder and there’s a vibration, the four men sharing a small room have gotten to know each other and have exchanged information on where they will be living when they reach America. Outside there’s hallways, so many hallways, stairs, bedroom doors and doors that lead to crew areas. Everyone is just getting ready to go to bed if they haven’t already done so - except for the overnight crew, of course. I wonder what breakfast will be like. Suddenly all that seems like a distant memory as you’re struggling in pitch darkness, freezing and trying to stay calm - trying to stay alive - you can’t see anything anymore and no matter how hard you kick with your feet there’s nothing underneath you except for a watery abyss. All those rooms, all those hallways and stairs, the ground you stepped on, the bed you slept in, the elevator you took every morning to see your friends in a different part of the ship - everything you owned - it’s all gone. Forever. Everything seemed so normal just two hours ago and now nothing makes sense. When will help arrive? Was help even on its way? We’re alone and cut off from the world. We can’t even swim to shore let alone row to it in those tiny wooden boats that seemed so unimportant until just now. Silence. Cold, dark silence. A few hours later and the sun is up. Warmth is returning - but nothing is the same. That bed that was so comfortable has been exchanged for a blanket, a cup of coffee or tea, and someone holding your hand and telling you it’s ok, you’re ok. Just a few hours and now you’re on your way to New York again but something is missing. Suddenly life doesn’t feel so safe anymore. Everyone has been pretty quiet about it. It’s another day - but we all know that what happened just a few hours ago is going to follow us and everyone that learns about it and from it forever. That’s why it stays with me.
The Titanic is tragically beautiful. Even in the face of such a tragedy, several crew members gave their lives so that others could live. The stories, and even the legends draw me in. Its as if the ship herself was fighting to stay above the water that night, to give those still on board just a few more minutes, in the hopes that the small window of time would save just a few more people. Its everyone on board working together. No one had it out for eachother that night, I imagine. Everyone was united towards one thing. Surviving. And, also, the ship herself looks quite elegant and sleek I think. I may not be explaining myself well, but I do hope this makes some sense, because it's what Titanic means to me.
Even towards the end of her life, those last few minutes-the ship tried its best to be a source of hope, as it had always been. As it still is, in a way.
Friend: Hello, you want to call tomorrow, you know because we can't meet each other. Me: I'm sorry, I can't, I will be busy remembering people I've never met and died 108 years ago.
I’m 17 now, and I’ve loved titanic my entire life. And I really do mean my entire life, ever since pre school. I don’t remember what first got me interested in the ship since I was so young, but I’ve loved her ever since. The story of titanic and everything surrounding her has changed my life forever, I don’t know how many countless days I’ve spent researching, watching documentaries, and TH-cam videos about her and all other ships from around that time period, or how many countless hours I have on demo 3 alone. It’s kinda hard for me to make friends because most of the things I love, nobody else my age even knows anything about, and most of my friends make fun of me sometimes at how much time I spend on ships, but it’s not that bad because my grandfather served in the us navy during the Vietnam war, and he loves ships and anything to do with maritime history. Me and him have bonded a lot over the last few years talking about ships, specifically titanic. He didn’t know anything about the ship before, and now every time I see him, he’s always wanting to talk about her or other ships with me, and it makes us both very happy. Ever since I was first introduced to video games, I wanted a game to just be able to walk around titanic and explore her, so I am incredibly thankful to all of you working on this project for fulfilling my childhood dream. I can’t wait for the Britannic game to come out soon, and for the titanic game when it come out. I’m sorry this was so long, I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work=)
I believe it was Cameron's film that brought me into Titanic, but there's always been more to it that I can't exactly put my finger on. I was about six or seven when I first got into it, maybe a little older, but I remember seeing the film and going as far as making Lego replicas of the ship (at least ones my younger self could manage to make) and even large drawings of one side of the ship taped together to show it in a larger size. But then I grew out of it for a bit, only to now have gotten back into it a year or two ago as an adult thanks to someone who builds very detailed Minecraft ships, and gave me a chance to build his Titanic on my game. Not long after that, I found the Titanic: Honor and Glory project and I've been eager to learn more, not to mention I'm very excited for the game. It's through you all that my spectrum of historical ships also opened up. Beforehand, I had no idea Titanic had two sisters, let alone knew about other ships such as the Lusitania and many others. All of them have their interesting stories, but in the end, I'm always drawn back to the Olympic Class, and Titanic's always been the center of attention in one way or another.
its not so much that Cameron's film is the reason but rather that the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic is a story Hollywood could not write a better story for. when you have such a good story it is inevitable that those in the entertainment field will want ot make it. and it so happens Cameron had the skill to capture it (from an effects and cinematographic stand point)
I have known about titanic since I was six, I dont know what it was but nothing before fascinated me so much, from the time I was six to now I watched documentary after documentary i have always been fascinated with its story and will never get tired of it
It’s a story that changes with each new telling yet still retains everything told before without losing any detail in the process. And somehow doesn’t descend into a hideous mess but becomes a complex tapestry of life,death, emotions, the past and curiosity.
I would say, for me it's a compilation of multiple factors like: - it took almost 3 hours to sink - Cameron's movie - somewhat conflicting testimonies, - The difficulties to analyse and simulate what really happened even today with big computers of course all the other factors that went wrong which lead to this unfortunate event.
Massac Productions In his privately published 1940 account of the sinking, Thayer recalled what life was like before the Titanic sank, "There was peace and the world had an even tenor to it's way. Nothing was revealed in the morning the trend of which was not known the night before. It seems to me that the disaster about to occur was the event that not only made the world rub it's eyes and awake but woke it with a start keeping it moving at a rapidly accelerating pace ever since with less and less peace, satisfaction and happiness. To my mind the world of today awoke April 15th, 1912".
I'm related to quartermaster Sidney Humphreys on my Dad's side, so I've always had a personal fascination with Titanic. But honestly, the story is just so interesting for so many reasons, and there is always something else you can learn. I highly recommend everyone visits the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, one of the best trips of my life!
To me, Titanic will always be a part of me. I remember sitting in my elementary school library in 3rd grade grabbing every book on Titanic and reading for hours about her. The librarian told me that I was reading above my age and if I had questions on what words meant, I could walk up and ask her. It fascinated me more than any subject, and Its one of the reasons I grew to love history and majored in history education for a semester. Even today my girlfriend also has this same interest in Titanic. It’s the majesty, and tragedy that brings me close to Titanic.
SENPAI NOTICED ME!😅 My 1st exposure to Titanic was the Cameron movie. When I discovered it was a real event, I started reading about it and looked up for Titanic documentaries. I fell in love with the interiors and then I fell in love with the ship's and passengers' stories. Since I was 7 I am fascinated with this ship up to now I'm 30, it is still magical.
There's just so many things for me, but right now I can think of two main reasons: There's a beauty to the Olympic class ships that just captivates me. Their designs were so iconic and just so unique among what came before and after. I keep wondering what Mr. Andrews or Mr. Ismay would think if they only knew how much their ships became celebrated a century later, but I think it's no surprise. They represented the peak of human ingenuity and creativity. Of luxury and efficiency. Of a constant desire we have as a species to conquer what cannot be conquered. I guess from that point of view I see the Olympic class ships in a very romantic way, but I just can't help it. They were beautiful ships. On the other hand, and speaking about Titanic specifically now, there's just so many human stories tied to the ship. Stories that can still resonate with us in many ways. Of those who built her, and of those who sailed her with dreams and desires for a better future. When I stepped into the ship in the H&G demo for the first time, my mind couldn't help but wander off and start thinking about all the people that sailed on her. Room after room it feels like the ship tells stories, which is a quality very few places in human history I feel really have.
For me I first started talking about the Titanic with my grandmother when I was very very young, probably about five or six years old. She would tell me stories about the great ocean liners from her era and also from her mothers time. Her mother was born in 1870 you see so she remembered as the liners started getting extremely large around the turn of the century. Unfortunately my great grandmother passed away before I was born but as I said she left lots of wonderful stories for my grandmother to tell me! Then as I grew I had to read “ A Night to Remember” freshman year in high school. I had a head start because I had already read it three or four times at that point. So I guess you could say I have been hooked my whole life pretty much. It makes me very proud to know there are people like you who take great care and respect with the story and memory of Titanic. I can only say thank you and God Bless guys! PS I live in Philadelphia area and if you need any help with anything I wouldn’t mind donating my time for this great cause!
I’ve been obsessed with the story of the titanic ever since I heard about. I seen the James Cameron movie when it first came out in the 90’s. Loved it ever since ❤️
1) I fell in love with ships in general when I was 9, due to a computer game called Gato. 2) I fell in love with the great liners of the Blue Ribbon. It is a glorious artifact of a bygone era, the last of which is shamefully rotting away with little interest to rescue it (The SS United States) 3) The Titanic was one of the first of these great liners. Yes, she came 50 years after the Great Western, but these were the first luxury liners in the true sense of the word, so she serves as a time capsule for a by gone era. 4) The massive IRONY of the safest ship ever build, sinking in the most preventable way imaginable on her maiden voyage.
I was once asked years ago why people remain so invested in Titanic. Here's the answer I gave: Titanic's loss was a ‘romantic’ tragedy in which all parts of society were involved, from the painfully elegant passengers in First Class to the hopeful immigrants travelling in Steerage; it is impossible among all these different people to not find at least one we can empathise with, which humanises what might otherwise be a very impersonal disaster. Contrast as well the horror of that fateful April night with the all-too-brief life of the great ship herself; born of boundless optimism, and five years in the making, she sank in less than three hours, gaining in her death a certain immortality. In my eyes, this huge vessel born on a Belfast slipway is tangled up not just with the individual lives of all who sailed in her on that one voyage, but also the society that birthed and built her. Titanic was the first disaster of the twentieth century that managed to reach out to people in all walks of life (though sadly, not the last), and that is no less true today. * On a personal level I have Cameron's film to thank - he introduced me to Titanic, all her beauty and tragedy and majesty. I loved her from the moment we first saw her gleaming at a Southampton quayside, and that love has only grown stronger with time, not just for Titanic herself but for her peers and sisters and rivals, those great ocean liners that once bestrode the oceans of the world. Another excellent video from Titanic University, and Jack Thayer's words remain powerful. I was thinking of them during the course of the video, and to close on them was a wonderful editorial choice.
From Titanic, my fascination has grown to cover seafaring in general for once, but even more the Edwardian era as a whole. It isn't too long ago that that people were alive who still had personal memories of that era, and yet, seeing how much the world has changed since then in virtually every single little aspect, it could just as well be from a fairytale, fantasy novel or an alien civilisation.
For me, it's the melodrama of the sinking and the beautiful opulent background of the ship and the era. I was in day care when I found a book about Titanic. I've been obsessed for 30 years now.
I saw the movie when it first came out when I was 5. I was obsessed, I watched it everyday for a year. People ask me why & it’s nothing to do with the romantic story line but the history, the way the classes worked, something supposed to be magnificent killing so many. It was just fascinating the humanity and how when I’m tragedy your money means nothing & being upperclass didn’t bring you any more joy in life.
Titanic is also a rare case where people were horrified that a machine was lost, you can find a similar thing with the Hindenburg or the Concorde because both of those were considered beautiful machines. There’s definitely more factors than just the Titanic being a beautiful machine but plenty of people who built her and sailed on her considered her a beautiful vessel
I remember first hearing about Titanic in middle school, when I was 11 years old, about a year or so before the James Cameron movie came out, and I became interested in it. I rented books from the school library, and one of those books that I checked out, was Walter Lord's A Night to Remember. I remember reading it over Christmas vacation, in December 1996 (maybe 1997 by that time), and I let it draw me in. There was a time where I thought of little else, so it struck me right at that impressionable young age, and as a result, has found its way back into my consciousness, in one form or another, over the years. Lately, I've made it a yearly tradition of my own, to keep a vigil of that night, and remember the lives that were lost, and the lives who were changed forever from that night onwards. It was also interesting, hearing about Titanic for the first time, at 11 years old, and then learning that my mom had already known about it. We had a good amount to talk about, and word of my interest spread to other family members. I will admit that I, like many others, was also drawn in by the movie, and for quite a while, it was my favorite. It also left an impression on my mother, who figured out how to play My Heart Will Go On, on the piano, via ear. She was a gifted pianist, and though my memories of her begin to grow hazy, I still recall her playing it from time to time. Now, as a grown man, the more I learn about the history surrounding the ship, the time period, the people, etc., the more and more it means to me, as time goes on. I could continue for some time, but suffice it to say that the story of Titanic has left an irreplaceable mark on my life. By the way, I had hoped to contribute to your game (via one of the perks), but as I do not know how often the site is updated, I am unaware as to how updated some of the lists are. I also do not have a Facebook account, so checking there is a limited option for me. I sent a message to you sometime ago via e-mail, but never received a response (perhaps it just got lost in the shuffle). Anyway, thank you for all of your hard work, passion, and dedication to historical accuracy. I cannot begin to tell you how much this means to me, but if anything that I've said here is any indication, it means an awful lot. Keep going, guys. I believe in your team.
For me, it began with the 1997 film. As I got older, it was the remarkably personal stories that come from her sinking-- Andrews throwing deck chairs overboard to help people stay afloat, the band continuing to play, the Strausses refusing to leave one another. It's the end of a collective assurance in our own abilities-- Icarus flying too close to the sun. It's the fact that a work of art and human ingenuity went down with all those souls that night. If a modern cruise ship went down today with no lives lost and no injuries, I doubt anyone would find anything to feel too much sadness over. But the Titanic, along with many of her contemporaries, was a work of art just as much as she was a vessel. I was reminded of this sentiment when Notre Dame was on fire-- even though no one was killed, people still cried in the streets of Paris because an ancient work of art seemed it would burn to the ground.
Ever since I watched Cameron’s movie, something about that vessel had grabbed onto me. She is a beautiful ship with a fascinating story, and to this day we are still uncovering more about her. I don’t think I will ever lose my interest in Titanic, or any ship from that time period.
Titanic has been a great source of fascination through most of my life. I remember looking at the James Cameron's movie about Titanic when I was still in elementary school and ever since then I strive to learn as much as possible about the Titanic. The scene where Captain Smith instructs to go Full Ahead is just beautifull to me. Seeing the engines, the bolier and just the whole ship coming to life is just beautifull to me. Titanic is the reason why I am an engineer. I am currently studying about her engines and how she operated and I just love it. My personal opinion is that she was the most beautifull ship ever built and that it will staz that way. There is just something about her, ranging from her design, look all the way to the stories of the people on the ship ( Thomas Andrews, Isidor and Ida Strauss etc.). We all may have our reasons for being interested in her but no one can deny that there was just something special about her. Her sister, the OLYMPIC had a long and glorious career. From an ocean liner all the way to being one of the few ships to ram a U-boat and living to tell the tale but then again we don't pay nearly as much attention to her as we do to the Titanic. Although I may have grown up, and got some other interests besides being a Titanic enthusiast, I still love the Titanic. From an engineering standpoint, to historical interest all the way to something that motivates me to go foward. Although her story ended in a tragedy, the start of her story ( the men who built her, the shipyard etc.) is really nice, and it does put a smile on your face.
I was a kid when the famous Cameron's 1997 Titanic came out and I was fascinated. Though not much, but it's there. However as I grow older, even though I have other interests, I got some more interest in Titanic as I'm into history. Thanks to Titanic Honor & Glory, I want to know it more, things that I never get to learn from the movie. We know movies are inaccurate, but now I get to know things better than what the film depicted. Therefore I like to know the Titanic more the best we can. That's how we can preserve it and to commemorate both the ship and those who perished in the sinking. There's just so many reasons why Titanic has been so fascinating. There's no question that the Titanic is a historical legend and will continue to be so. Let ensure it'll always be that way.
I was a child who was introduced to the Titanic story by the Scene in Ghostbusters II, the Villain of the film was named " Vigo Prince of Carpathia..Hmmm Titanic's Story is deeply engraved into our heritage as it has all the Shakespearean attributes that make a complete story which can appeal to many different people from different backgrounds
Interesting! My introduction to the Titanic was also thanks to Ghostbusters II, in 1989 as a 12 year old. There's the scene where Titanic as a ghost ship docks at the pier in New York, with ghostly passengers wearily trudging next to her. The harbour masters look out of the window with their jaws on the floor and one of them says, "Well - better late than never!"...
I’ve always loved big ships from ocean liners to battleships. Who doesn’t remember when Ballard found her in 1985. I was so excited. Especially when the national geographic came in the mail with a huge story about her and lots of pictures. What really intrigued me over the years though was the tragic loss of life when more if not all could’ve been saved. They had calm waters and 2 1/2 hours for the crew to take charge and fill the boats over capacity. Use the abundance of crates barrels and wood decks planks to place on the boats to enlarge their capacity. Someone needed to take charge and organize the hundreds of crew members in a life saving force instead of needlessly dying. On the Costa Concordia the loss of life would’ve been enormous if it wasn’t for the strong wind that blew that ship back to shore and made it turn in its side the opposite way. The captain tried to take credit for taking the ship to shore when it was actually the wind. The ship was without power for propulsion.
A second queen filled different generations with awe and amazement, the different styles put together to make a world in just one ship, the ship fades but the memory doesn't, she gave pride to the people of 1912 and gives me the excitement of hearing her stories along with her passengers, all who died on that voyage still live on today, resting on the bottom with a queen, she won't be forgotten like her two other sisters Rest In Peace Titanic and her sisters you and your passengers shall never be forgotten.
When I was about 7, I was obsessed with history and learning and would visit the museum several times a year with my family. During this time, I got the chance to see artefacts recovered from the Titanic at an exhibition held at the Melbourne Museum. I remember getting replicas of the Boarding passes people that on the Titanic would have gotten and taking pictures with my family in front of the full size recreation of the Grand Staircase. My mother bought a DVD of the James Cameron film for me to watch, a movie she had watched with my father in theatres when it came out. From then on, I took it upon myself to research everything I could about the Titanic - watching documentaries, rewatching the movie, reading articles, rewatching the movie once again etc. Till now, I go through periods of my life where I once again become obsessed with the story, the people and the mystery surrounding it. Once again, I’m in that period of my life and my entire TH-cam page is littered with recommended videos about the Titanic.
I'm from Belfast, I walk past Harland and Wolff almost every day. See pictures of her everywhere and grew up hearing about her. I always found the actions of the crew so amazing and rare. I don't think anyone hear will ever be abel to forget.
This was so beautifully done to show how sooo many different people are all connected through our fascination with Titanic! Brought a tear to my eye when I look at the world right now. Thank you for this channel and everything you guys are doing with the game!!
For me it has to do with the progress of invention. Titanic isn't just a dream or a disaster, she was a spark in someone's brain and like Jonathan Hyde who plays Ismay in the Cameron films says, "Knocked into reality......" It's the boldness of that spark that created not just Titanic, but her sisters and those who came before and after her. It's that early time of invention, of progress, of saying to the world we move on, though we never forget. I can't forget what happened to Atlantic, Titanic, Lusitania, Britannic...... Those stories of the people of the time of that age of invention and that age of pure human horror of the submarines who hunted for these beautiful maidens. When I watch a video that tells of a disaster of say Atlantic's foundering, or of Olympic being sold for scrap, it's like a family member died to me, and with that, the spark that drives all invention. Yes, we will come up with newer, better, badder, more incredible, but nothing will ever match the sheer boldenss of the spark that willed these ladies into existence. So that's my reason for following your channel and the many others like Titanic Honour and Glory, Part Time Explorer, The Titanic Channel, etc. It's like when The Franklin Expedition started out to find the Northwest Passage, it's the boldness of it all. And you reading that quote from Jack Thayer just chils.
The reason Titanic is remembered above all other ships, I believe, is because of when she sank. While people like to note that there have been "worse" shipwrecks since then, with much larger loss of life, many of these happened during wartime. The world's state of mind is different during war; casualties are sadly expected, therefore are less shocking. Titanic was unexpected. She sank before either of the world wars, when the British Empire seemed invincible and technology was making leaps and bounds. This failing was a shock to the system. Not only that, but it happened right on the cusp of a changing world. Not long after she was lost, Titanic came to represent an age passed which, for better or for worse, many people mourned. Throw in our modern day obsession with that way of life and she remains in the public eye. I believe this is what baits us all in, but it's undoubtedly the heartbreaking stories of those on board that keep us hooked. I first found interest in Titanic when I was around 4 or 5, the first time I saw the James Cameron film. My parents love to remind me that I found the "love part" boring and would ask them to fast forward to the "dying part". Then, when I was old enough to understand the story better, I would routinely borrow any and all books related to Titanic from my school library. I haven't stopped researching since. Although it's a bit yikes to think back on what a macabre little kid I was, I think it makes a point of why I'm personally so intrigued by it all. The juxtaposition of her immense beauty with the horror of that night, and how haunting she looks now at the bottom of the ocean. I will never tire of hearing her story. The James Cameron film is still my favourite movie despite its flaws. I owe it for what's probably my only lifelong interest. Also I'm pretty sure Kate Winslet's nude scene made me gay lmao
Rachel Senese haha. Was also a macabre little kid. Loved reading about Titanic and the Salem Witch Trials and stuff like that. Also maybe that nude scene turned me gay too, but not in the same way. I remember shortly after seeing the film I was playing Titanic with another neighborhood kid. I was Rose and he was Jack. Somehow he ended up drawing me naked lol
James Cameron's Titanic is the first movie I can remember ever watching. Since that first time I watched it, I was enthralled in the beauty of the Titanic and the stories of its many passengers. It has legitimately influenced my life as it is what has lead me to majoring in history and wanting to focus on maritime history and the golden age of ocean liners. I literally get so much enjoyment and spend so much time researching and reading the most minuscule details (even more so now that we all have to stay home). My family and friends probably hate me because I read and watch anything to do with ocean liners and Titanic and will never stop talking about things I find interesting or learned.
I got obsessed by the Titanic before I ever saw a film about her. I was maybe 5 when stills from the 97' movie became published, and I still remember which one was the first I saw. It was the image of the life boars lowered on starboard side as seen from E deck. I liked the rivets, the colours of the ship, just everything. Just watching at the ship calms me down, and watching all interior and exterior there, especially the stern area, feels like already been there. The books I have read are even better than a movie. So many details and just 50% has been covered in the fictional genre yet. Thank you for the amazing work you are doing! I am looking forward to watching your updates.
TITANIC was a ship of dreams. Many people went on her looking for a "new" life, wanting a better future. but never to come. The story of everyone on board, all of the ships that could have helped (Californian) and why they didn't. Ship over 100ft long than anything ship before could sink, just disappear on her maiden voyage. The wonder that surrounds the ships, keeps me interested in her. The wonder.
I was born in 1985. I was first introduced to Titanic in 4th or 5th grade through a Scholastic book about Titanic and its discovery. I then found an old National Geographic in my school library about the discovery. I was obsessed from that point on. I was very excited when the 1997 movie was announced. I can also remember criticizing people who were only interested in the ship because of the movie. 1997 is also the year we bought out first computer. One of my first games was Titanic Adventure Out of Time. In 1999 I convinced my mom to take me to Atlantic City to see the Titanic exhibit that was then at the Tropicana. My interest has waxed and waned over the years. Your project has certainly reignited my interest. I’m curious as to why you glossed over James Cameron’s Titanic only showing a little bit of filming footage? I imagine Cameron is familiar with your project. Has he declined to talk, support, or work with you?
Titanic.. it had shaped me as a person, I always wanted to see her in person, I always wanted to know what it was like, for me... titanic is the queen of them all, she’s a legend, and the stories we tell about her... it makes me even shed a tear when talking about her, how many people dead, how they felt, titanic is not just a ship, it was gods sign to us to wake up
I have had an interest in Titanic for more than 56 years. Its story has been part of my life. I am thrilled to see this "game" created. It will give us all a chance to walk her decks, and witness her beauty. I am thankful to the entire THG team!
I’ve known about titanic since I was 6. I have had dreams on being on that ship and feel the emotions that were displayed that night. It is haunting and that is what draws me to her. Her story is not only legendary but it’s the history behind the machine is what made her so grand. There are still stories left untold that should be heard and learn the true meaning behind the disaster. No matter what generation we are in we should respect those lost souls who did not survive and to learn no matter what part of society you come from we are all the same.
Two thoughts from me about why it's such a draw: One is that it came at a moment in time when engineering and art were still working together to build these secular cathedrals to humanity. I was just looking at pictures of the Woolworths Building in New York City under construction - it was going up right as the Titanic set sail - and it gave me the same sort of cathedral-like awe. Maybe it's the fact that so much of the city around it was still looking very 19th-century, making it look that much more impressive - but maybe it's also that something in the cultural mindset of the time was looking to build, as that title went, "Nearer My God to Thee". Titanic, to me, is like one of those great early cathedral-inspired skyscrapers designed before World War I - and its loss too has those quasi-religious overtones of "the fall of the temple". Think of the Notre Dame fire we had not too long ago - it was neither deadly nor, in the end, as destructive as it could've been... but the whole world was watching in horror. Because it stood for a lofty set of ideals, and even superficial damage to it was a shock. The other thing is that when it comes to history, Titanic was a ship sailing into troubles waters, figuratively speaking. This was, after all, less than 2 years before WWI - a conflict that definitely did not come out of nowhere. It was like an omen, a foreshadowing of grief to come - but maybe also a way for those of us living after that war to try and deal with it symbolically. After all, as the (probably apocryphal) Stalin quote goes, "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic". As a military historian myself - I can tell you that even today, we struggle to comprehend the World Wars for what that were. Part of it is the staggering scale of losses - where Titanic's death toll still shocks and saddens, the millions that died in war during the following years are numbing to even think about. But the Titanic's story also has this element of fate and fortune - you can try to lay blame on anyone you like, but at the end of the day - you have to concede that a major, major part in the Titanic's story was played by extraordinary bad fortune that was out of anybody's control. There's a strange comfort in it being some kind of cosmic fluke. Then you look over at World War I looming on the "event horizon" just over two years later... and not only is it incomprehensibly bigger and worse as a tragedy, but it's also so much more man-made. Titanic wasn't sunk by gunfire, or hit by a stray mine - nobody put that iceberg there, nobody had anything to do with the weather conditions, and nobody could've done anything to change them. Icebergs don't create strategies, write memoirs, or keep official diaries - unlike a war story, you can't go to the archives and get a perspective on its intent, and so you have to write it off to some kind of fate. And so the great liner's story makes us meditate on the inevitability of death... in stark contrast to the Great War that soon followed it, which was entirely man-made; avoidable, yet done with intent - which you can read about in painful detail from primary sources. Titanic may have been the end of a certain idealism - but it was a very poetic death at the hands of fate and over-confidence. The death that soon followed, though, killed a great deal more of our civilizations idealism - and nothing of it was poetic. It was industrialized murder in fields, seas, and trenches. To some extent, fixating on the Titanic's legend is a cure for it - it's the way we would have wanted the idealism of that era to die... a noble and tragic end, instead of the actual, horrific, incomprehensible one that followed not long after.
in 1977 I first got into reading everything about the Titanic when I got the book "A Night to Remember" out of one of those Schoolastic book sales they had in middle school. As of this writing this its been 43 years and I still watch everything I can find about it. I've built a 3ft model of the ship and I even touched the Steam whistle from the ship something I would have never thought possible back when I was 14 reading about the sinking. I can't say exactly why I'm so fascinated with the story its kind of part of me and I can talk about it for hours and hours without getting tired.
The entire story goes together very perfectly. Like with the delays when leaving port. The weather around her. Having almost 3 hours before she sank. Being a floating city alone in the darkness. The slow break down of order. Funnels crashing. It literally just a huge Hollywood movie. Sure there are deeper meanings. But for most it just the story went together so amazingly.
The movie first interested me when I was 6 years old and I’ve been fascinated ever since. The stories within the story of Titanic seem endless, and they each connect into what ultimately took place. It’s almost as though you couldn’t write a more dramatic story than what actually happened, with such a tragic and human elements.
Titanic has been a part of my life for nearly a decade at this point. Ever since I heard the name of the ship I can’t stop learning about her. She has opened the doors for me to a love of history. I can’t explain why I find Titanic so captivating. Maybe it’s because she was a turning point in history, maybe because she is the perfect story of hubris, maybe because she is the story of society. But what ever the reason, I will never stop learning and loving and respecting the ship and the lives that survived and were lost on that cold April night.
The ship itself was so beautifully designed. The story so tragic and unbelievable. Coupled with the stories of heroism, loyalty, the band playing till the end... it all comes together to create a story you can’t help but watch in awe. What hooked me, was James Cameron’s Titanic. But what kept me interested from the age of 6 till now, is the ship, her story, and her legend. P.s keep the great videos coming
Titanic means more to me than anything. She was the very first historical event I ever got invested in at age 11 in 2004 when I watched the movie on two VHS tapes borrowed from my local library. She kick started my love of research, my love of history, and helped me develop my research skills.
For me, it was from reading about it in a book containing some of the greatest news stories from the 20th century by year. I was a ten year old child who hadn't seen Cameron's movie (which had been out about 3-4 years at that time) so that was my first introduction to the tragedy. The book also mentioned the sinking of the Normandie but it never captured my immagination like the Titanic did. The hopelessness that those people who were lost must have felt when they realised that there was no way out strikes me to my core while astounding me with the tales of courage that we can find. Some of the characters seen in Cameron's movie were based on real passengers and it helped bring the events to life for me. Most importantly, it's a warning not to be too cocky and overconfident, you never know what's going to happen and saying "It won't happen" doesn't mean that tragedy won't strike. It's a lesson that everyone should learn at some point in their lives and all I can hope is that people are able to learn it through the stories and the different movies about that event rather than another tragedy. When my little sister's old enough, I'm definitely getting her to watch Cameron's film although that won't be for a good few years yet!
When I was very young I visited the Royal Museum in Victoria BC with my family there was a traveling Titanic exhibit there you could see artifacts. When you went in you were given a card with the name of someone on Titanic and at the end found out if they lived or died. All throughout that exhibit I felt something I couldn't comprehend and was fascinated for life.
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." - The Great Bambino; Sandlot For me Titanic is in itself a legend. Not just the ship itself or its passengers, but the entire concept behind its construction, the events leading up to it and the night she left the world forever. The stories of triumph and tragedy, of selfless sacrifice and honor towards those with less. Titanic encapsulates the notion of humanity. We think we can conquer mother nature, we try and struggle to do so. We divide ourselves based upon wealth and class. Even through those things we still have the capability to do what is right and oftentimes we take that opportunity and in doing so we risk things we once deemed important for what really matters most. Titanic encapsulates the best of humanity, the worst of humanity, and the sheer power of mother nature.
Loving your uploads. The Titanic has fascinated me since the the age of five, 50 years ago. For me, it came from a fearful visualisation of being in a lifeboat and seeing this huge hulk raising above out of the dark sea. Two people I have huge respect for is obviously Dr Robert Ballard and James Cameron, I had the pleasure of meeting Cameron at Auckland Airport, a totally decent guy who gave me his time for a few moments. He is obviously obsessed too! Also THG and this new channel, total respect to you all, equally obsessed! Your attention to detail is bewildering, I love the atmosphere you have created when walking through the ship deck by deck, I spent two hours in one session with ship plans and maps on my lap, bored my family crazy. A huge thank you, keep up the fantastic work.
I don’t think I could truly explain why she captivates me so much. But it started when I was 7. I was home sick with the flu and was surfing tv channels well into the night when I found a documentary about her. They were showing video of the wreck and at the time I couldn’t help but find it very scary. So I quickly changed the channel, didn’t find out the name of the ship or anything but the wreck just stayed in my mind. Fast forward two years, I was in the library researching for a project. When I found a teacher at a table reading a book on Titanic. It didn’t interest me much but then I glimpsed at the book and saw pictures of the wreck. I knew I’d seen that wreck somewhere before so I asked her. She told me about the ship and how it sank on her maiden voyage. The story fascinated me so the teacher let me borrow the book so I could read about it. That evening I asked my cousin to help me google information about her. (I was 9 and wasn’t allowed online without supervision) The story was so tragic, but more so were the stories of the passengers. It was during that internet search that we came upon the James Cameron film so my cousin went out and rented it a couple days later. When seeing just how those people must of died, I could help but cry for them. My mind was filled with questions of “Why why why, did that have to happen?” From then on it simply stuck with me and I could never forget her so I’ll help keep her memory alive.
Titanic is a legend. The testimony of hard work to build this ship. When I watch the movie titanic at 7, I was so fascinated with the ship that I wanted to learn so much about it. Now 25, I'm still learning new things to this day. There are days ill like to go back in time and see her and wintess something amazing.
Clive Cussler said it well in his "Raise the Titanic" novel: "Strange thing about the Titanic, once her spell strikes, you can think of nothing else." I've been interested in the Titanic since our 3rd grade teacher showed us one of the brand new (at the time) National Geographic documentaries about it in the mid to late 1990s. I can't explain why I'm interested in the Titanic, but it did give my life direction. I stayed interested in it all through school, went to college for Naval Architecture, and today I'm in my early 30s working as a Naval Architect. I owe it to the Titanic and the historians keeping her story alive. If the Titanic hadn't sunk or if we had forgotten her story, I have no idea what I would be doing with my life today.
My story began as a young child when my parents bought me a card game with pictures of ships on it where you can see all the data. There were many different ships, warships, passengerships, modern and old ones, and there also was a card with Titanic on it. Titanic was by far not the best card, but the moment I was holding her card in my hands the first time I was blown away. Titanic was definitly the most magnificent, marvelous, beautiful and outstanding of all ships in the game. Even though I didn‘t know her story at that time, I already recognized that this wonderful lady was a real beauty. Only short time later I learned that she sank by a collision with an iceberg. As i was only a little kid, nothing could have hit me harder. I think it was a similar shock as people must have got when they heard about the loss of Titanic back in 1912. These strong emotions have created a bond that still lasts today.
I have a family story about the Titanic. My Dad was a newsboy in St. Louis, and he had to go out and sell extra editions on street corners. He always told this story to anyone that would listen. He saw all the movies and read all the books. He even had a small row boat, that he named, "Titanic" • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
Living in Norway I'm used to ships, express boats, and ferries, and what not as pretty much daily life. I think what grabs me about Titanic is just how real and frightening it is. At any moment as i take a ferry in Norway, or between Norway and Denmark, Sweden and Finland, etc. The same could happen to me, these great ships that traverse between Scandinavian countries and the Baltic and the North Sea could one day sink with me on it, and I'd face the same horrible situation, icy cold water, darkness, helplessness, death. While my first real introduction to Titanic were illustrated books, and then Cameron's movie, it sat a lasting impression on me. It's a reminder of just how vulnerable we are at sea, how at any moment it could go wrong - Even if things are seemingly perfectly in order moments before disaster strikes. A 110 years ago, and now. Two years later after Cameron's movie I would get another reminder of this. As the express boat Sleipner hit a rock with its bow, and sank just north of my town in 1999.
Something about it that just leaves both fascinated and haunted. And yah, James Cameron movie really brought the Titanic to life for a whole generation. It almost made it feel like we witnessed history and the tragedy of hundreds of lives who still had lots to live for.
I remember first finding Robert Ballard's book about the Titanic in my school library. From then I was enthralled by the history of it, I borrowed the book every week. 2 years, later a trailer for the movie came out and I flipped. Even today, I still come back to the history and learn something knew.
Great video Matt, keep them coming!! :) I really love your videos and find them so informative!! I first found out about the Titanic and her story when I watched a documentary on her. It was in 1996 when I was 6 years old. I remember how excited I was when I finally watched the 1997 Cameron film on video. (I wasn't lucky enough to watch it in the cinema, I had to wait for it to come out on VHS) lol Growing up back then in a small coastal town just north of Cape Town, South Africa gave me a real love for the ocean. The Titanic I would say, made me fall in love with ships. The love I have for the sea and ships has obviously impacted my choice in a career. I'm currently a deck cadet studying to become a deck officer and hopefully a captain of a ship some day in the future. Hope you and the team are all well and keep up this amazing work you guys do for all. You and the team are keeping Titanic alive for us and future generations!! Thank you, Alain le Sueur. PS I can't wait for the game to come out!!
For me the Originality of the Titanic's fateful night really cements itself in my mind. The absolute confidence bestowed in even the most pessimistic passengers really showed us how nothing that happened that night was to be expected, and certainly not prepared for. The long hard months that rolled to years, as millions of rods of steel were punctured into her hull, the elegant shape of her posterior and the absolute magnitude of her displacement, as if another sense could feel her presence. The first time i laid eyes upon her she had an instantly iconic shape, long brushing upper decks with windows so fit for a purpose coverted by mystery, as if designed by the very people who sprinkled the stars above us. The funnels were for a long time my favourite part, massive stacks of strong steel towering above everyone else. The way the whole ship plunged instantly into wonder whenever a new eye was rested upon her confident curves. The real familiarity of course for everyone would be the circumstances in which she was lost with what seemed to be a gesture of the hand of the ocean. The way she was so close to success that she railed herself onto the path of destiny. We look at her slow decent as her lights lower and her bright gleam fades under her, the fears of every passenger as they slowly strengthen as she weakens. The gradual slipping of her beneath the waves, getting faster and faster, ever accelerating as the passengers become exponentially more aware of the close to 0 odds they are witnessing first hand. As her bow disappears we hear her groans and strains as she helplessly cascades downwards. The funnels falling and collapsing, the very thing which gave her a grand and iconic design. The final climax as the ship stops holding on. Her lights flicker at her last attempt to right herself, her hull heaves and twists until she breaks and the sound of metal shearing reflects the soul escaping and her presence of stability and safety disappear with the bow section under the water. The part that is so crazy is, how much of a perfect story is all is, a story to wonder upon, but also a story to learn from. Her dynasty may not have been greater than her long living sister, but her day came early and she lasted longer in our hearts. People may think 'you couldn't write that shit' but you don't need to, history wrote if for us. And what we can do to repay all those lost in the disaster, is let her memory live on, as she does in our hearts, and in our souls. Steel isnt eternal, but her story will be. The most iconic floating object ever built.
Back in my preteen years I was a bookworm. After I finished the colourful big hardcover books at home, I noticed a small blue notebook sized paperback near the expensive ones. I had an intuition that's about something important too. It was the Night to Remember. The style of the factual storytelling brought my attention to the Titanic - and have kept for decades now.
I've been fascinated by Titanic since the mid 1980s, when in 4th grade at age 10, I first learned about the Titanic. Keep in mind it was only 72 years since the sinking and it was a year before the wreckage was discovered. But something about the Titanic story haunted me. I checked out books on the Titanic from my school library. Then came 1985 at the beginning of my 5th grade year and Titanic was discovered after 73 years. I saved the January and November 1986 National Geographic magazines featuring cover stories on Robert Ballard's discovery. Fast forward to 1997, I'm 23 and finishing up college and here comes the mega blockbuster. I fall in love with the movie, Leo and Kate and the Titanic story all over again. The Titanic has not left me since then. I still watch my Blu Ray of the movie as well as the 2012 Julian Fellowes mini series and videos like this on TH-cam. The story will never end or die, even as Titanic gradually disappears and degrades to a pile of rust on the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Never thought my comment about them lines would be put in a video, but I have been fascinated and been building lego titanics since I can remember. I've watched the James Cameron movie multiple times, just for the ship. I like the style that Titanic had, she was luxurious, but not as guilded as other ships(as stated by Father Pirroni) She had beautiful timeless woodpanneling (I've always loved the lounge and grand staircase.) Here exterior is just beautiful. The tall smoke stacks, the bridge wings and she's so balanced. I've been watched videos and documentaries about her (many from you as well) and I've seen playthroughs of your game (my own laptop can't play it) and I've gotten so far that I know her in and out, but she still fascinates me. Her interiors and exteriors are just perfect. Sorry if I repeated myself, sorry if my previous comment came out weird. Thank you the team of Honor&Glory for the work and keep it on! Cheers from the Netherlands, Thijs.
Ken Marshall’s artwork, specifically the stern raised in the air, hooked me as a child. Ships sink like this??? I needed to learn more about this ship. As I grew older the human side of the story became more and more fascinating. How would I react? Would I be a Guggenheim? I think that’s probably a hard no. How does one of these ships fail to dodge an iceberg while another can sink a U-boat with... itself? Just lucky I guess. How does this shipwreck endure? There are worse body counts, even in peacetime. Maybe what makes a shipwreck last like this has less to do with the ship or body count, and more to do with who was on her? Digging deeper, is it just because there were rich people onboard, and we care about them more? Maybe, partially. I think the microcosm of civilization that people bring up means that there are many stories from many passengers on that liner that strikes a chord in people, or at least find fascinating.
I remember her because, to put it simply, is that it’s so tragic, and “A series of unfortunate events”. The death, the stories of survival, the elegance, the myths. We keep on going back because we want to know more, and since we will never know everything, this sense of wanting more will ether grow or diminish. It’s our choice.
Titanic has been played a huge part in my life since I was 4 years old her design was so magnificent and gorgeous, her lines were perfect, I'm 28 now and am more intrigued and passionate about her now than I was before with every year. Titanic represented a golden era in industrial evolution where people put so much pride in their work and faith to a point of calling her unsinkable, and just 4 days into maiden voyage on April 15th 1912 at 2:20am I she would sink in the most perfect series of unfortunate events almost as if it was written for a Hollywood movie and take 1,500 souls with her. Titanic the largest most luxurious liner of her time and safest, but even with all her luxury, size, water tight doors and compartments, what was she compared to the ocean to nature...nothing just another one of our little toys. Titanic will live for a long long long time because she a perfect analogy of what happens when people in control have an ego and don't want to change course or slow down cause they think they're to big to fail. James Cameron said it best in Titanic: the final word with James Cameron and I know for me and among many other reasons she will always live on and never fade away.
Wow. This video was very cathartic for me. I've been troubled about all the bigger ships long after Titanic and people still saying how the Titanic was bigger (and more beautiful) than the Queen Mary; the tragic disasters, some just as or even more tragic than Titanic (like Lusitania and Wilhelm Gustloff); how the Concordia sinking, to me, was more like the Andrea Doria of 1956 than the Titanic, but because Titanic was so popular, she was the one compared. And yet, even to me, the Titanic grips my heart obsessively. I don't know if it would so much if it weren't for James Cameron, since I literally grew up with the film (I was maybe 6-years-old when that movie came out). A piece of humankind's art and workmanship all the way down in untouchable waters, yet still visible and still with us even after over a century. Thank you for posting this well-thought out video.
My first encounter with the Titanic was when I was about 6 or 7. There was a page dedicated to Titanic in my older brothers school book, a music book. There was a gloomy picture of the ship and a grim song that told the story, blaming captain Smith basically of the disaster and descriping the grandeur of Titanic; how many bottles of champagne and how many boilers there were etc etc. Back then, late 1980's as a kid, Titanic seemed so distant and actually somewhat frightening. Then came the masterpiece of James Cameron. I wasn't aware of the earlier motion pictures and I remember seeing some trailers, and I was immediately interested. Then I went to Poland to compete in a piano competition and everybody was talking about the movie and Celine Dion's song was playing everywhere. As soon as I came back home to Finland, my father drow me straight from the airport to the first screening in Finland in my hometown with my whole family, two brothers and my gran and mom. The small theatre was packed, and I was almost the last to arrive. I remember how my seat was on the first or the second row. Wow....! The movie was THE movie of my generation, like Gone with wind must have been back in the late 30's! It truly felt like I was actually there making the voyage! It was so breathtaking to watch, the sheer beauty of the ship and it was so FRESH. Cameron brought Titanic back to life. I must have watched it in the theaters at least 15 times or more, and it seemed that it runned for ages. The image of Titanic had changed from the distant, gloomy ship something much more alive. Basically I have been intriqued, and sometimes almost a bit obsessed by it. The Edwardian era, fin de siecle and the art and fashion and literature and music and even cousine has always fascinated me; Jugend, Ars nouveau, late romanticism, expressionism, impressionism, the decadent movement, Oscar Wilde, Rachmaninov, Mahler, Sibelius, Richard Strauss, etc etc. and Titanic belonged to that same, last breaths of the old, pre 1st world (or the Great )war. All the best for your wonderful Labor of Love, I've been following the progress intently and you have done great job! :)
I had never heard of Titanic until the Cameron movie came out and I was amazed that this seemingly major historical event had happened which I was completely unaware of. I became obsessed, reading books, collecting things about the disaster...I think the reason why I still click/read/watch anything to do with Titanic is because it was the first time I'd realized that history, even major events like the sinking was, could be lost over time.
Titanic continues to grab my attention because I have had strong passion for history, especially that of ocean liners for pretty much my entire life, and Titanic is just a fascinating part of it. Whether its her story, her design, or the people involved with her. Titanic will always be one of those things that continue to catch people's interest.
She was literally a working piece of art! I've been fascinated with TITANIC since 1987, and I still love her to this day. TITANIC had a "soul" to her, unlike those modern day cruise ships. The history of TITANIC is always a learning experience (and sometimes it's revised) for all involved. Experts and students both are continuing to learn more about the history of TITANIC together.
Titanic had become a strong part of my life since I was... maybe 10 years old. It was in a small book but I’ve long forgotten which one it was, or even if I still have it. Since that day she cemented her life, and tragic death, into mine. I thought myself alone in my sheer fascination with her until my high school history teacher told me he too was interested in the Titanic. We forged a bond that day thanks to Titanic. A bond that was so strong he let me have his Academy 1 : 600 scale model of her as a Christmas gift after school before leaving for Christmas break. As of typing this it remains unfinished, but the fact remains that no matter how old you are, a shared interested in something can bring two people together. And Titanic brought me closer to a man who I now consider a good friend.
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Correction: Goofing up in editing, I meant to say, "millions of lives have been lost both at sea and on land due to warfare" when millions *didn't* die at sea during the wars we have fought (with no disrespect to those lost at sea.)
Many insightful responses so far!
Most recently there was a game out on this app called Storyscape. It's one of those apps that have different choice driven stories. Usually you are playing the main character that ends up having several love internists to choose from. There was a great titanic story and depending on your choices depends on who you end up with and who you end up saving. It's a shame Storyscape went out of business.
A channel called "Great Big Move" gave his opinion of the same topic in his video: th-cam.com/video/f3iR6Z4fhk8/w-d-xo.html
@Titanic University great video ❤️
if you count the marine life lost then it'll reach the millions
"them lines" was a great answer. The hull and superstructure of this ship was perfect. no angle of her looks bad.
I don't really think so. If you ask an average joe, "What did Titanic look like?" They would most often reply with: "A regular steam ship but bigger." They literally have no concept of what Titanic looked like. I don't think they even know that Titanic even had that kind of bow or even a superstructure!
AndyHappyGuy I was just making the comment that it was a design that was ahead of its time. Enclosing the B deck promenade with those curved openings was a design decades ahead of its time and made the ship look way better than Olympic. The Olympic ships were basically the same hull from H&W over and over again, it was the superstructure that set ships apart from a stylistic approach. I just appreciate ships. The Titanic was a beautiful ship. The Normandie was a beautiful and ahead of its time ship as well. I also love the ass end of the QM2.
@@theaveragesimmer4780 yes at the time. People butcher her design now.
AndyHappyGuy Which shows that people don’t care about all of the little details. And, well, I guess I’m guilty of that too. My most recent Lego model of the Titanic has a more modern bow (high forecastle peak and a bulb below the waterline), six triple-barrel gun turrets, six anti-air turrets, two gantries of six lifeboats each, and two gantries of four lifeboats. In sum, my model is based off of the *fictional* USAPS (United States Armed Passenger Ship) Atlantis, the first of a new age of battle liners.
@@jamesgroccia644 no like, most people depict the Titanic like the great eastern but with one less funnel and without sails. That's how much they butcher the design.
Great Eastern picture -------------en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern#/media/File:Great_Eastern_painting_smooth_sea-2.jpg
Titanic has been a part of my life since I was 8 years old, when I saw a trailer for the 1997 Titanic movie. I said to my mom "Yeah right, like that would ever happen" to which my mom replied "that did happen". The very next day I was at the library checking out every book that they had on it. Since then I have been to 27+ museums (traveling ones and the museum in Pigeon Forge, TN) and I have built and painted 2 models. No matter how much I learn, I can always learn more and Titanic is such a part of my life that I cannot imagine my life without her. The ship feels like home to me. That is why projects like Honor and Glory are so important to me! I will finally get to explore and know Titanics interiors, as much as I know her stories!!! It will be like going home.
For me since I was 5 years old
I never saw the trailer, I was still in my reading rather than watching movies phase (not that I've really left it!) but it was only a few years later that I got that introduction through a book. I might find the trailer when it's time to show my little sister the film.
I remember when I was little I watched it on VHS with my Grandma at her house. At one point she asked me to go grab her purse from her bedroom. I didn't realize until years later that was right before the scene where Jack draws Rose naked. LOL She fast forwarded the movie when I was out of the room.
Well played Grandma, well played. XD
Yeah the rms titanic became a part of my life since I was 5 years old and of today I am 33 / I don't get tired of the rms titanic story's
Let’s be honest, the story of the titanic will always be known across the world
always
Y e p p y
almost always but not entirely
Not even God can sink it. 😉🥋
It was the James Cameron film that got me into Titanic in the first place: I felt it wasn't just a film but an experience, and the ship was practically made a character in itself. Years later, after plenty of books and documentaries (and a visit to Titanic Belfast), the more I learn about Titanic, the more details I want to find out. It's simply an incredible story with so many different layers to explore.
Same here since 1997
me tooo...the movie got me obssessed with the majesticness of the ship!..and emotions attached to it
James Cameron did an excellent job characterizing the ship. He really allows the ship to transcend from just a ship to a living, breathing character of her own.
She haves something special that catches you on a special way. I'm 32 years and I know her since I'm 9.
I can't explain and I think nobody can never explain.
That tragedy showed to us who was a coward and a hero. Who stayed there and sacrifice their lives to save another lives... No matter if you are rich or poor...
All those broken families, and broken dreams of the passengers that it breaks our hearts...
Nothing and nobody can't die if we keep it in our hearts.
Like Eva Hart said on a documentary; "She was so pretty looking ship, she was so beautiful, and that's how we have to remember her"
Titanic saved my life. Twice. When i was a kid i watched the Cameron's movie and got me hooked. I used to see that movie several times a day. And then my parents did what they thought best to do when your kid shows compulsive behaviour. They took me to therapy because of that during my sessions i was diagnosed with clinic depression and i deal with this hateful disease since then. Later in my life, i was struggling with addiction and seriously tried to end my life. And then one of tom's videos when he narrates historical facts was recommended to me. That night i was bound to hang myself but i watched the video so here i'm
Btw, thank you so much for everything.
Hold fast until the natural end....it is in the struggle true character is realized.
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The story of Titanic grabbed me 53 years ago when I watched "A Night to Remember" on television. It has never left me. Always hoped that she would be found and raised. I imagined that I would be in New York harbor to welcome her when she finally completed her maiden voyage. That dream would never be realized once she was found in the north Atlantic. But thank goodness to Bob Ballard who found her and James Cameron for bringing her back to life. I think the latter's best scene in the movie was the desolve from the wreck to the Titanic awaiting it's maiden voyage from Southhampton. It literally took my breath away! My devotion to her memory has never wained. My Ontario car license plates: CQD MGY.
There are several reasons why this tragedy is special:
First of all the story of Titanic is quite similar if not the same as story of Babel Tower. Titanic at her time was something like the finest human creation, so this tragedy is not ony about the ship and the people, but also about self confidence of humanity.
Second - moral atittude of many passengers and crew members. Captain who took full responsibility and went down with the ship, band members who played whole night to calm down the passengers, telegraphists who tried to send the messages even when it was obvious that there is no enough power, electricians and engineers who fought whole night to keep electricity, etc...
Nah, it's because it has many mysteries
@@yiman7370 is also because of the morale dude! And big rescpet to all them not like modern days costa concordia who just a coward, and the ship it is beautyful like the others, lusitania, britanic and you know.
As long she is in our hearts, Titanic will never die...
Love the facebook page!
All hail blue star line cuz titanic 2 in 2022 that's 2 years from now!
@@JackieWest11 Tnanks!!!!
Oh Hey Kip
Fox Star Line that very True
I, like so many others, first knew of Titanic from the 1997 film. I was 7 years old and the story of the sinking of the largest ship in the world fascinated me. Little did I know when I walked into that dark theater that late afternoon in 1997, the rest of my life was about to begin.
As I’ve aged (now 30 years old) many things have changed and my interest in Titanic has developed into an interest in all classic liners, but the passion in me for the story that originally sparked this little boy’s imagination continues to thrive.
In a way, this is uniquely my story and, yet, reading these comments I see there is a whole world of people out there that share a similar history. It amazes me how life plays out... It took tragedy to bring all of us together today. It took pain to give us our passion. What terrible thoughts and yet it gives the lives of those who perished meaning. If only they knew how their lives would inspire generations of people around the world. No. They, like the ship they went down on, are not, and will not be, forgotten.
Finally, I would like to say thank you to communities like this and Titanic HG for keeping this story alive to inspire the next generation. Who knows what child your work might inspire next... (the story continues)
Yes! you used Jack Thayers statement! My favorite quote about the Titanic disaster! Here is my Story: in elementary school we visited a library and a friend of mine showed me a book about the Titanic and said the ship sunk many years ago, I got fascinated and my aunt gave me a book about the Titanic and well the first thing I saw, which changed my life forever was a Ken Marschall Painting of her Grand Staircase and a Painting of her Sinking. In the next years I read so many books till I finaly saw the Movie and it was fantastic. The biggest reason for my interest is the fact that this luxury didnt exist anymore which makes me very sad because its not hard to make such things again, you only need the interest of many people. But yes that is my story :D
They say that you only truly die when the last person who said your name dies, so Titanic will live forever
To me, there are multiple reasons why Titanic is still fascinating. I've been obsessed with her ever since learning about her in 3rd grade, roughly 18 years ago.
1.) The effects of what happened that night can still be felt to this day. Because of the Titanic, all ships have to carry enough lifeboats for every person on board. What would the ships of today look like if she never sank? Even her own sister ships would've been affected. Olympic would still have looked the same as she did before the Titanic and Britannic wouldn't have been built with the lessons of Titanic in mind.
2.) The fact that the conditions that night and events leading up to it just lined up perfectly against the Titanic in ways that were just unheard of before.
3.) Without Titanic, the International Ice Patrol wouldn't have been formed.
4.) How even to this day, we still don't know exactly what happened to the ship during the sinking.
5.) There's a book that accurately predicted the disaster years before the ship was even thought of.
6.) There are so many "What if" scenarios surrounding the ship that if one thing happened differently, it could've changed the entire story.
7.) The stories of each person on board. Captain Smith, Thomas Andrews, Bruce Ismay, the members of the band, the engineers and stokers, the wireless operators, and every passenger and crew member on board each have a unique story. Unfortunately for most, their stories ended that night.
8.) And finally, the sinking of Titanic marked the end of man's presumed grasp of superiority over nature. No ship, no matter how well built or designed, is ever truly unsinkable. Even if she didn't sink, another disaster involving a different ship would've most likely happened. And we'd all just be as fascinated with that disaster like we are with Titanic.
it is interesting & for me personally has evolved, as a young child, it was the James Cameron film & I was obsessed with Jack & Rose, then between the ages 10-13 I started to get interested in the history & as I've steadily got older into my twenties, it's evolved into the human story for me, preserving her memory & for all those lost. It sometimes overtakes my life & I often forget Titanic isn't as prevalent in other peoples life as it is in mine. Yes they have heard of the story & know the film but there's a disconnect there. It's only with other Titanic enthusiasts I find kindred spirits, a shared love & respect for the ship & her story.
I get this all the time!! I will forget that other people have not been researching the titanic for 24 years! I will forget until I start going on and on for 30+ mins and I notice they pick up their phone and drown me out haha. For me it's my life! I'm so happy to see others like me out in the world!
Absolutely. I developed the same affinity as a child, and it has stayed with me ever since.
I often lay awake at night thinking about the titanic. How the night truly would have played out. I sometimes think i was on her in a past life and whilst on her, i met a beautiful young women and we fell in love. Only to have our futures ripped apart in the sinking. I would love to find a women who is into the titanic as much as iam. Someone who understands the spiritual, emotional, mental and mystical grip this ship has on people.
That's exactly what I think too... Titanic is & always will be a huge part of my life... I have my own research I been doing for years now... I can't get enough ..the more I collect & copy down the more I want...i love the titanic.. & I am glad ther is other people out in the world that is as crazy in love with the Titanic as I am....
@@chrisd_85 yes. But without the young lady part, to me I would love to see what it would've been like even if I died because to me its just interesting to see how it was like, how people lived, but sadly ill never get that experience, to me its also the fact that some many thinks came together, just think if titanic left port maybe even 5 minutes later it could've missed the iceberg, but instead it just happened to be right there at the wrong time and just happen to do the right amount of damage to doom her, if it wasn't for the 5th boiler having a small tear titanic might have lasted long enough for carpathia to rescue the people and maybe even the ship. But all these little events just happen to pile up
Before actually watching the video, I want to put in my two cents of why it’s fascinated me for the better part of the last 27 years - it’s always been the scenario itself: it’s late at night; a very cold night, so the heater is on, the blankets are thick and the bed hasn’t exactly been broken in yet. There is still the lingering smell of fresh paint and there isn’t a scratch on any walls or furniture, none of the paint or the wood panels on the wall are dull. The hum of the engines deep below is now a familiar sound - and every once in a while, someone walks by the door, maybe they’re still laughing about a joke told during dinner.
Deep below, the hum of the engine is louder and there’s a vibration, the four men sharing a small room have gotten to know each other and have exchanged information on where they will be living when they reach America.
Outside there’s hallways, so many hallways, stairs, bedroom doors and doors that lead to crew areas.
Everyone is just getting ready to go to bed if they haven’t already done so - except for the overnight crew, of course.
I wonder what breakfast will be like.
Suddenly all that seems like a distant memory as you’re struggling in pitch darkness, freezing and trying to stay calm - trying to stay alive - you can’t see anything anymore and no matter how hard you kick with your feet there’s nothing underneath you except for a watery abyss.
All those rooms, all those hallways and stairs, the ground you stepped on, the bed you slept in, the elevator you took every morning to see your friends in a different part of the ship - everything you owned - it’s all gone. Forever.
Everything seemed so normal just two hours ago and now nothing makes sense.
When will help arrive? Was help even on its way? We’re alone and cut off from the world. We can’t even swim to shore let alone row to it in those tiny wooden boats that seemed so unimportant until just now.
Silence. Cold, dark silence.
A few hours later and the sun is up. Warmth is returning - but nothing is the same. That bed that was so comfortable has been exchanged for a blanket, a cup of coffee or tea, and someone holding your hand and telling you it’s ok, you’re ok.
Just a few hours and now you’re on your way to New York again but something is missing. Suddenly life doesn’t feel so safe anymore. Everyone has been pretty quiet about it. It’s another day - but we all know that what happened just a few hours ago is going to follow us and everyone that learns about it and from it forever.
That’s why it stays with me.
The Titanic is tragically beautiful. Even in the face of such a tragedy, several crew members gave their lives so that others could live. The stories, and even the legends draw me in. Its as if the ship herself was fighting to stay above the water that night, to give those still on board just a few more minutes, in the hopes that the small window of time would save just a few more people. Its everyone on board working together. No one had it out for eachother that night, I imagine. Everyone was united towards one thing. Surviving. And, also, the ship herself looks quite elegant and sleek I think.
I may not be explaining myself well, but I do hope this makes some sense, because it's what Titanic means to me.
Even towards the end of her life, those last few minutes-the ship tried its best to be a source of hope, as it had always been. As it still is, in a way.
The first piece of Titanic media that had drawn me towards the ship was a simple TH-cam video about the Morse code messages from that night.
This was the video, I found it. th-cam.com/video/FxRN2nP_9dA/w-d-xo.html
Friend: Hello, you want to call tomorrow, you know because we can't meet each other.
Me: I'm sorry, I can't, I will be busy remembering people I've never met and died 108 years ago.
relatable :D
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I’m 17 now, and I’ve loved titanic my entire life. And I really do mean my entire life, ever since pre school. I don’t remember what first got me interested in the ship since I was so young, but I’ve loved her ever since. The story of titanic and everything surrounding her has changed my life forever, I don’t know how many countless days I’ve spent researching, watching documentaries, and TH-cam videos about her and all other ships from around that time period, or how many countless hours I have on demo 3 alone. It’s kinda hard for me to make friends because most of the things I love, nobody else my age even knows anything about, and most of my friends make fun of me sometimes at how much time I spend on ships, but it’s not that bad because my grandfather served in the us navy during the Vietnam war, and he loves ships and anything to do with maritime history. Me and him have bonded a lot over the last few years talking about ships, specifically titanic. He didn’t know anything about the ship before, and now every time I see him, he’s always wanting to talk about her or other ships with me, and it makes us both very happy. Ever since I was first introduced to video games, I wanted a game to just be able to walk around titanic and explore her, so I am incredibly thankful to all of you working on this project for fulfilling my childhood dream. I can’t wait for the Britannic game to come out soon, and for the titanic game when it come out. I’m sorry this was so long, I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work=)
I believe it was Cameron's film that brought me into Titanic, but there's always been more to it that I can't exactly put my finger on. I was about six or seven when I first got into it, maybe a little older, but I remember seeing the film and going as far as making Lego replicas of the ship (at least ones my younger self could manage to make) and even large drawings of one side of the ship taped together to show it in a larger size. But then I grew out of it for a bit, only to now have gotten back into it a year or two ago as an adult thanks to someone who builds very detailed Minecraft ships, and gave me a chance to build his Titanic on my game. Not long after that, I found the Titanic: Honor and Glory project and I've been eager to learn more, not to mention I'm very excited for the game. It's through you all that my spectrum of historical ships also opened up. Beforehand, I had no idea Titanic had two sisters, let alone knew about other ships such as the Lusitania and many others. All of them have their interesting stories, but in the end, I'm always drawn back to the Olympic Class, and Titanic's always been the center of attention in one way or another.
its not so much that Cameron's film is the reason but rather that the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic is a story Hollywood could not write a better story for. when you have such a good story it is inevitable that those in the entertainment field will want ot make it. and it so happens Cameron had the skill to capture it (from an effects and cinematographic stand point)
I have known about titanic since I was six, I dont know what it was but nothing before fascinated me so much, from the time I was six to now I watched documentary after documentary i have always been fascinated with its story and will never get tired of it
It’s a story that changes with each new telling yet still retains everything told before without losing any detail in the process. And somehow doesn’t descend into a hideous mess but becomes a complex tapestry of life,death, emotions, the past and curiosity.
I would say, for me it's a compilation of multiple factors
like:
- it took almost 3 hours to sink
- Cameron's movie
- somewhat conflicting testimonies,
- The difficulties to analyse and simulate what really happened even today with big computers
of course all the other factors that went wrong which lead to this unfortunate event.
12:00 - Quote from the Titanic documentary “Death of a Dream” always gives me goosebumps.
Does anyone know where Jack Thayer's quote comes from?
Massac Productions In his privately published 1940 account of the sinking, Thayer recalled what life was like before the Titanic sank, "There was peace and the world had an even tenor to it's way. Nothing was revealed in the morning the trend of which was not known the night before. It seems to me that the disaster about to occur was the event that not only made the world rub it's eyes and awake but woke it with a start keeping it moving at a rapidly accelerating pace ever since with less and less peace, satisfaction and happiness. To my mind the world of today awoke April 15th, 1912".
@@NorthernHandle thank you, I've been looking for a while. Seems like its full title is, A Survivor's Tale: The Titanic, self published by Thayer. :)
I'm related to quartermaster Sidney Humphreys on my Dad's side, so I've always had a personal fascination with Titanic. But honestly, the story is just so interesting for so many reasons, and there is always something else you can learn. I highly recommend everyone visits the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, one of the best trips of my life!
To me, Titanic will always be a part of me. I remember sitting in my elementary school library in 3rd grade grabbing every book on Titanic and reading for hours about her. The librarian told me that I was reading above my age and if I had questions on what words meant, I could walk up and ask her. It fascinated me more than any subject, and Its one of the reasons I grew to love history and majored in history education for a semester. Even today my girlfriend also has this same interest in Titanic. It’s the majesty, and tragedy that brings me close to Titanic.
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My 1st exposure to Titanic was the Cameron movie. When I discovered it was a real event, I started reading about it and looked up for Titanic documentaries. I fell in love with the interiors and then I fell in love with the ship's and passengers' stories. Since I was 7 I am fascinated with this ship up to now I'm 30, it is still magical.
There's just so many things for me, but right now I can think of two main reasons:
There's a beauty to the Olympic class ships that just captivates me. Their designs were so iconic and just so unique among what came before and after. I keep wondering what Mr. Andrews or Mr. Ismay would think if they only knew how much their ships became celebrated a century later, but I think it's no surprise. They represented the peak of human ingenuity and creativity. Of luxury and efficiency. Of a constant desire we have as a species to conquer what cannot be conquered. I guess from that point of view I see the Olympic class ships in a very romantic way, but I just can't help it. They were beautiful ships.
On the other hand, and speaking about Titanic specifically now, there's just so many human stories tied to the ship. Stories that can still resonate with us in many ways. Of those who built her, and of those who sailed her with dreams and desires for a better future. When I stepped into the ship in the H&G demo for the first time, my mind couldn't help but wander off and start thinking about all the people that sailed on her. Room after room it feels like the ship tells stories, which is a quality very few places in human history I feel really have.
For me I first started talking about the Titanic with my grandmother when I was very very young, probably about five or six years old. She would tell me stories about the great ocean liners from her era and also from her mothers time. Her mother was born in 1870 you see so she remembered as the liners started getting extremely large around the turn of the century. Unfortunately my great grandmother passed away before I was born but as I said she left lots of wonderful stories for my grandmother to tell me! Then as I grew I had to read “ A Night to Remember” freshman year in high school. I had a head start because I had already read it three or four times at that point. So I guess you could say I have been hooked my whole life pretty much. It makes me very proud to know there are people like you who take great care and respect with the story and memory of Titanic. I can only say thank you and God Bless guys! PS I live in Philadelphia area and if you need any help with anything I wouldn’t mind donating my time for this great cause!
I’ve been obsessed with the story of the titanic ever since I heard about. I seen the James Cameron movie when it first came out in the 90’s. Loved it ever since ❤️
1) I fell in love with ships in general when I was 9, due to a computer game called Gato.
2) I fell in love with the great liners of the Blue Ribbon. It is a glorious artifact of a bygone era, the last of which is shamefully rotting away with little interest to rescue it (The SS United States)
3) The Titanic was one of the first of these great liners. Yes, she came 50 years after the Great Western, but these were the first luxury liners in the true sense of the word, so she serves as a time capsule for a by gone era.
4) The massive IRONY of the safest ship ever build, sinking in the most preventable way imaginable on her maiden voyage.
I was once asked years ago why people remain so invested in Titanic. Here's the answer I gave:
Titanic's loss was a ‘romantic’ tragedy in which all parts of society were involved, from the painfully elegant passengers in First Class to the hopeful immigrants travelling in Steerage; it is impossible among all these different people to not find at least one we can empathise with, which humanises what might otherwise be a very impersonal disaster.
Contrast as well the horror of that fateful April night with the all-too-brief life of the great ship herself; born of boundless optimism, and five years in the making, she sank in less than three hours, gaining in her death a certain immortality. In my eyes, this huge vessel born on a Belfast slipway is tangled up not just with the individual lives of all who sailed in her on that one voyage, but also the society that birthed and built her. Titanic was the first disaster of the twentieth century that managed to reach out to people in all walks of life (though sadly, not the last), and that is no less true today.
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On a personal level I have Cameron's film to thank - he introduced me to Titanic, all her beauty and tragedy and majesty. I loved her from the moment we first saw her gleaming at a Southampton quayside, and that love has only grown stronger with time, not just for Titanic herself but for her peers and sisters and rivals, those great ocean liners that once bestrode the oceans of the world.
Another excellent video from Titanic University, and Jack Thayer's words remain powerful. I was thinking of them during the course of the video, and to close on them was a wonderful editorial choice.
From Titanic, my fascination has grown to cover seafaring in general for once, but even more the Edwardian era as a whole. It isn't too long ago that that people were alive who still had personal memories of that era, and yet, seeing how much the world has changed since then in virtually every single little aspect, it could just as well be from a fairytale, fantasy novel or an alien civilisation.
For me, it's the melodrama of the sinking and the beautiful opulent background of the ship and the era. I was in day care when I found a book about Titanic. I've been obsessed for 30 years now.
I saw the movie when it first came out when I was 5. I was obsessed, I watched it everyday for a year. People ask me why & it’s nothing to do with the romantic story line but the history, the way the classes worked, something supposed to be magnificent killing so many. It was just fascinating the humanity and how when I’m tragedy your money means nothing & being upperclass didn’t bring you any more joy in life.
It got you a seat on a Titanic lifeboat...
Titanic is also a rare case where people were horrified that a machine was lost, you can find a similar thing with the Hindenburg or the Concorde because both of those were considered beautiful machines. There’s definitely more factors than just the Titanic being a beautiful machine but plenty of people who built her and sailed on her considered her a beautiful vessel
I remember first hearing about Titanic in middle school, when I was 11 years old, about a year or so before the James Cameron movie came out, and I became interested in it. I rented books from the school library, and one of those books that I checked out, was Walter Lord's A Night to Remember. I remember reading it over Christmas vacation, in December 1996 (maybe 1997 by that time), and I let it draw me in. There was a time where I thought of little else, so it struck me right at that impressionable young age, and as a result, has found its way back into my consciousness, in one form or another, over the years. Lately, I've made it a yearly tradition of my own, to keep a vigil of that night, and remember the lives that were lost, and the lives who were changed forever from that night onwards. It was also interesting, hearing about Titanic for the first time, at 11 years old, and then learning that my mom had already known about it. We had a good amount to talk about, and word of my interest spread to other family members. I will admit that I, like many others, was also drawn in by the movie, and for quite a while, it was my favorite. It also left an impression on my mother, who figured out how to play My Heart Will Go On, on the piano, via ear. She was a gifted pianist, and though my memories of her begin to grow hazy, I still recall her playing it from time to time. Now, as a grown man, the more I learn about the history surrounding the ship, the time period, the people, etc., the more and more it means to me, as time goes on. I could continue for some time, but suffice it to say that the story of Titanic has left an irreplaceable mark on my life.
By the way, I had hoped to contribute to your game (via one of the perks), but as I do not know how often the site is updated, I am unaware as to how updated some of the lists are. I also do not have a Facebook account, so checking there is a limited option for me. I sent a message to you sometime ago via e-mail, but never received a response (perhaps it just got lost in the shuffle). Anyway, thank you for all of your hard work, passion, and dedication to historical accuracy. I cannot begin to tell you how much this means to me, but if anything that I've said here is any indication, it means an awful lot. Keep going, guys. I believe in your team.
For me, it began with the 1997 film.
As I got older, it was the remarkably personal stories that come from her sinking-- Andrews throwing deck chairs overboard to help people stay afloat, the band continuing to play, the Strausses refusing to leave one another. It's the end of a collective assurance in our own abilities-- Icarus flying too close to the sun. It's the fact that a work of art and human ingenuity went down with all those souls that night. If a modern cruise ship went down today with no lives lost and no injuries, I doubt anyone would find anything to feel too much sadness over. But the Titanic, along with many of her contemporaries, was a work of art just as much as she was a vessel. I was reminded of this sentiment when Notre Dame was on fire-- even though no one was killed, people still cried in the streets of Paris because an ancient work of art seemed it would burn to the ground.
Ever since I watched Cameron’s movie, something about that vessel had grabbed onto me. She is a beautiful ship with a fascinating story, and to this day we are still uncovering more about her. I don’t think I will ever lose my interest in Titanic, or any ship from that time period.
Titanic has been a great source of fascination through most of my life. I remember looking at the James Cameron's movie about Titanic when I was still in elementary school and ever since then I strive to learn as much as possible about the Titanic. The scene where Captain Smith instructs to go Full Ahead is just beautifull to me. Seeing the engines, the bolier and just the whole ship coming to life is just beautifull to me. Titanic is the reason why I am an engineer. I am currently studying about her engines and how she operated and I just love it. My personal opinion is that she was the most beautifull ship ever built and that it will staz that way. There is just something about her, ranging from her design, look all the way to the stories of the people on the ship ( Thomas Andrews, Isidor and Ida Strauss etc.). We all may have our reasons for being interested in her but no one can deny that there was just something special about her. Her sister, the OLYMPIC had a long and glorious career. From an ocean liner all the way to being one of the few ships to ram a U-boat and living to tell the tale but then again we don't pay nearly as much attention to her as we do to the Titanic. Although I may have grown up, and got some other interests besides being a Titanic enthusiast, I still love the Titanic. From an engineering standpoint, to historical interest all the way to something that motivates me to go foward. Although her story ended in a tragedy, the start of her story ( the men who built her, the shipyard etc.) is really nice, and it does put a smile on your face.
I was a kid when the famous Cameron's 1997 Titanic came out and I was fascinated. Though not much, but it's there. However as I grow older, even though I have other interests, I got some more interest in Titanic as I'm into history. Thanks to Titanic Honor & Glory, I want to know it more, things that I never get to learn from the movie. We know movies are inaccurate, but now I get to know things better than what the film depicted. Therefore I like to know the Titanic more the best we can. That's how we can preserve it and to commemorate both the ship and those who perished in the sinking.
There's just so many reasons why Titanic has been so fascinating. There's no question that the Titanic is a historical legend and will continue to be so. Let ensure it'll always be that way.
I was a child who was introduced to the Titanic story by the Scene in Ghostbusters II, the Villain of the film was named " Vigo Prince of Carpathia..Hmmm
Titanic's Story is deeply engraved into our heritage as it has all the Shakespearean attributes that make a complete story which can appeal to many different people from different backgrounds
Interesting! My introduction to the Titanic was also thanks to Ghostbusters II, in 1989 as a 12 year old. There's the scene where Titanic as a ghost ship docks at the pier in New York, with ghostly passengers wearily trudging next to her. The harbour masters look out of the window with their jaws on the floor and one of them says, "Well - better late than never!"...
I’ve always loved big ships from ocean liners to battleships. Who doesn’t remember when Ballard found her in 1985. I was so excited. Especially when the national geographic came in the mail with a huge story about her and lots of pictures. What really intrigued me over the years though was the tragic loss of life when more if not all could’ve been saved. They had calm waters and 2 1/2 hours for the crew to take charge and fill the boats over capacity. Use the abundance of crates barrels and wood decks planks to place on the boats to enlarge their capacity. Someone needed to take charge and organize the hundreds of crew members in a life saving force instead of needlessly dying.
On the Costa Concordia the loss of life would’ve been enormous if it wasn’t for the strong wind that blew that ship back to shore and made it turn in its side the opposite way. The captain tried to take credit for taking the ship to shore when it was actually the wind. The ship was without power for propulsion.
A second queen filled different generations with awe and amazement, the different styles put together to make a world in just one ship, the ship fades but the memory doesn't, she gave pride to the people of 1912 and gives me the excitement of hearing her stories along with her passengers, all who died on that voyage still live on today, resting on the bottom with a queen, she won't be forgotten like her two other sisters Rest In Peace Titanic and her sisters you and your passengers shall never be forgotten.
When I was about 7, I was obsessed with history and learning and would visit the museum several times a year with my family. During this time, I got the chance to see artefacts recovered from the Titanic at an exhibition held at the Melbourne Museum. I remember getting replicas of the Boarding passes people that on the Titanic would have gotten and taking pictures with my family in front of the full size recreation of the Grand Staircase. My mother bought a DVD of the James Cameron film for me to watch, a movie she had watched with my father in theatres when it came out. From then on, I took it upon myself to research everything I could about the Titanic - watching documentaries, rewatching the movie, reading articles, rewatching the movie once again etc. Till now, I go through periods of my life where I once again become obsessed with the story, the people and the mystery surrounding it. Once again, I’m in that period of my life and my entire TH-cam page is littered with recommended videos about the Titanic.
I'm from Belfast, I walk past Harland and Wolff almost every day. See pictures of her everywhere and grew up hearing about her.
I always found the actions of the crew so amazing and rare. I don't think anyone hear will ever be abel to forget.
This was so beautifully done to show how sooo many different people are all connected through our fascination with Titanic! Brought a tear to my eye when I look at the world right now. Thank you for this channel and everything you guys are doing with the game!!
For me it has to do with the progress of invention. Titanic isn't just a dream or a disaster, she was a spark in someone's brain and like Jonathan Hyde who plays Ismay in the Cameron films says, "Knocked into reality......" It's the boldness of that spark that created not just Titanic, but her sisters and those who came before and after her. It's that early time of invention, of progress, of saying to the world we move on, though we never forget. I can't forget what happened to Atlantic, Titanic, Lusitania, Britannic...... Those stories of the people of the time of that age of invention and that age of pure human horror of the submarines who hunted for these beautiful maidens. When I watch a video that tells of a disaster of say Atlantic's foundering, or of Olympic being sold for scrap, it's like a family member died to me, and with that, the spark that drives all invention. Yes, we will come up with newer, better, badder, more incredible, but nothing will ever match the sheer boldenss of the spark that willed these ladies into existence. So that's my reason for following your channel and the many others like Titanic Honour and Glory, Part Time Explorer, The Titanic Channel, etc. It's like when The Franklin Expedition started out to find the Northwest Passage, it's the boldness of it all. And you reading that quote from Jack Thayer just chils.
The reason Titanic is remembered above all other ships, I believe, is because of when she sank. While people like to note that there have been "worse" shipwrecks since then, with much larger loss of life, many of these happened during wartime. The world's state of mind is different during war; casualties are sadly expected, therefore are less shocking. Titanic was unexpected. She sank before either of the world wars, when the British Empire seemed invincible and technology was making leaps and bounds. This failing was a shock to the system. Not only that, but it happened right on the cusp of a changing world. Not long after she was lost, Titanic came to represent an age passed which, for better or for worse, many people mourned. Throw in our modern day obsession with that way of life and she remains in the public eye. I believe this is what baits us all in, but it's undoubtedly the heartbreaking stories of those on board that keep us hooked.
I first found interest in Titanic when I was around 4 or 5, the first time I saw the James Cameron film. My parents love to remind me that I found the "love part" boring and would ask them to fast forward to the "dying part". Then, when I was old enough to understand the story better, I would routinely borrow any and all books related to Titanic from my school library. I haven't stopped researching since. Although it's a bit yikes to think back on what a macabre little kid I was, I think it makes a point of why I'm personally so intrigued by it all. The juxtaposition of her immense beauty with the horror of that night, and how haunting she looks now at the bottom of the ocean. I will never tire of hearing her story. The James Cameron film is still my favourite movie despite its flaws. I owe it for what's probably my only lifelong interest. Also I'm pretty sure Kate Winslet's nude scene made me gay lmao
Rachel Senese haha. Was also a macabre little kid. Loved reading about Titanic and the Salem Witch Trials and stuff like that. Also maybe that nude scene turned me gay too, but not in the same way. I remember shortly after seeing the film I was playing Titanic with another neighborhood kid. I was Rose and he was Jack. Somehow he ended up drawing me naked lol
James Cameron's Titanic is the first movie I can remember ever watching. Since that first time I watched it, I was enthralled in the beauty of the Titanic and the stories of its many passengers. It has legitimately influenced my life as it is what has lead me to majoring in history and wanting to focus on maritime history and the golden age of ocean liners. I literally get so much enjoyment and spend so much time researching and reading the most minuscule details (even more so now that we all have to stay home). My family and friends probably hate me because I read and watch anything to do with ocean liners and Titanic and will never stop talking about things I find interesting or learned.
That Jack Thayer quote at the end always punches me in the heart...
I got obsessed by the Titanic before I ever saw a film about her. I was maybe 5 when stills from the 97' movie became published, and I still remember which one was the first I saw. It was the image of the life boars lowered on starboard side as seen from E deck. I liked the rivets, the colours of the ship, just everything. Just watching at the ship calms me down, and watching all interior and exterior there, especially the stern area, feels like already been there. The books I have read are even better than a movie. So many details and just 50% has been covered in the fictional genre yet. Thank you for the amazing work you are doing! I am looking forward to watching your updates.
TITANIC was a ship of dreams. Many people went on her looking for a "new" life, wanting a better future. but never to come. The story of everyone on board, all of the ships that could have helped (Californian) and why they didn't. Ship over 100ft long than anything ship before could sink, just disappear on her maiden voyage. The wonder that surrounds the ships, keeps me interested in her. The wonder.
Tomorrow, 108 years 😭❤️
Wonderful item to focus on! Thank you!
I was born in 1985. I was first introduced to Titanic in 4th or 5th grade through a Scholastic book about Titanic and its discovery. I then found an old National Geographic in my school library about the discovery. I was obsessed from that point on. I was very excited when the 1997 movie was announced. I can also remember criticizing people who were only interested in the ship because of the movie. 1997 is also the year we bought out first computer. One of my first games was Titanic Adventure Out of Time. In 1999 I convinced my mom to take me to Atlantic City to see the Titanic exhibit that was then at the Tropicana. My interest has waxed and waned over the years. Your project has certainly reignited my interest.
I’m curious as to why you glossed over James Cameron’s Titanic only showing a little bit of filming footage? I imagine Cameron is familiar with your project. Has he declined to talk, support, or work with you?
Titanic.. it had shaped me as a person, I always wanted to see her in person, I always wanted to know what it was like, for me... titanic is the queen of them all, she’s a legend, and the stories we tell about her... it makes me even shed a tear when talking about her, how many people dead, how they felt, titanic is not just a ship, it was gods sign to us to wake up
I have had an interest in Titanic for more than 56 years. Its story has been part of my life. I am thrilled to see this "game" created. It will give us all a chance to walk her decks, and witness her beauty. I am thankful to the entire THG team!
I’ve known about titanic since I was 6. I have had dreams on being on that ship and feel the emotions that were displayed that night. It is haunting and that is what draws me to her. Her story is not only legendary but it’s the history behind the machine is what made her so grand. There are still stories left untold that should be heard and learn the true meaning behind the disaster. No matter what generation we are in we should respect those lost souls who did not survive and to learn no matter what part of society you come from we are all the same.
Two thoughts from me about why it's such a draw:
One is that it came at a moment in time when engineering and art were still working together to build these secular cathedrals to humanity. I was just looking at pictures of the Woolworths Building in New York City under construction - it was going up right as the Titanic set sail - and it gave me the same sort of cathedral-like awe. Maybe it's the fact that so much of the city around it was still looking very 19th-century, making it look that much more impressive - but maybe it's also that something in the cultural mindset of the time was looking to build, as that title went, "Nearer My God to Thee". Titanic, to me, is like one of those great early cathedral-inspired skyscrapers designed before World War I - and its loss too has those quasi-religious overtones of "the fall of the temple". Think of the Notre Dame fire we had not too long ago - it was neither deadly nor, in the end, as destructive as it could've been... but the whole world was watching in horror. Because it stood for a lofty set of ideals, and even superficial damage to it was a shock.
The other thing is that when it comes to history, Titanic was a ship sailing into troubles waters, figuratively speaking. This was, after all, less than 2 years before WWI - a conflict that definitely did not come out of nowhere. It was like an omen, a foreshadowing of grief to come - but maybe also a way for those of us living after that war to try and deal with it symbolically. After all, as the (probably apocryphal) Stalin quote goes, "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic". As a military historian myself - I can tell you that even today, we struggle to comprehend the World Wars for what that were. Part of it is the staggering scale of losses - where Titanic's death toll still shocks and saddens, the millions that died in war during the following years are numbing to even think about. But the Titanic's story also has this element of fate and fortune - you can try to lay blame on anyone you like, but at the end of the day - you have to concede that a major, major part in the Titanic's story was played by extraordinary bad fortune that was out of anybody's control. There's a strange comfort in it being some kind of cosmic fluke.
Then you look over at World War I looming on the "event horizon" just over two years later... and not only is it incomprehensibly bigger and worse as a tragedy, but it's also so much more man-made. Titanic wasn't sunk by gunfire, or hit by a stray mine - nobody put that iceberg there, nobody had anything to do with the weather conditions, and nobody could've done anything to change them. Icebergs don't create strategies, write memoirs, or keep official diaries - unlike a war story, you can't go to the archives and get a perspective on its intent, and so you have to write it off to some kind of fate. And so the great liner's story makes us meditate on the inevitability of death... in stark contrast to the Great War that soon followed it, which was entirely man-made; avoidable, yet done with intent - which you can read about in painful detail from primary sources.
Titanic may have been the end of a certain idealism - but it was a very poetic death at the hands of fate and over-confidence. The death that soon followed, though, killed a great deal more of our civilizations idealism - and nothing of it was poetic. It was industrialized murder in fields, seas, and trenches. To some extent, fixating on the Titanic's legend is a cure for it - it's the way we would have wanted the idealism of that era to die... a noble and tragic end, instead of the actual, horrific, incomprehensible one that followed not long after.
in 1977 I first got into reading everything about the Titanic when I got the book "A Night to Remember" out of one of those Schoolastic book sales they had in middle school. As of this writing this its been 43 years and I still watch everything I can find about it. I've built a 3ft model of the ship and I even touched the Steam whistle from the ship something I would have never thought possible back when I was 14 reading about the sinking. I can't say exactly why I'm so fascinated with the story its kind of part of me and I can talk about it for hours and hours without getting tired.
The entire story goes together very perfectly. Like with the delays when leaving port. The weather around her. Having almost 3 hours before she sank. Being a floating city alone in the darkness. The slow break down of order. Funnels crashing. It literally just a huge Hollywood movie. Sure there are deeper meanings. But for most it just the story went together so amazingly.
The movie first interested me when I was 6 years old and I’ve been fascinated ever since. The stories within the story of Titanic seem endless, and they each connect into what ultimately took place. It’s almost as though you couldn’t write a more dramatic story than what actually happened, with such a tragic and human elements.
Titanic has been a part of my life for nearly a decade at this point. Ever since I heard the name of the ship I can’t stop learning about her. She has opened the doors for me to a love of history. I can’t explain why I find Titanic so captivating. Maybe it’s because she was a turning point in history, maybe because she is the perfect story of hubris, maybe because she is the story of society. But what ever the reason, I will never stop learning and loving and respecting the ship and the lives that survived and were lost on that cold April night.
The ship itself was so beautifully designed. The story so tragic and unbelievable. Coupled with the stories of heroism, loyalty, the band playing till the end... it all comes together to create a story you can’t help but watch in awe. What hooked me, was James Cameron’s Titanic. But what kept me interested from the age of 6 till now, is the ship, her story, and her legend.
P.s keep the great videos coming
Titanic means more to me than anything. She was the very first historical event I ever got invested in at age 11 in 2004 when I watched the movie on two VHS tapes borrowed from my local library. She kick started my love of research, my love of history, and helped me develop my research skills.
For me, it was from reading about it in a book containing some of the greatest news stories from the 20th century by year. I was a ten year old child who hadn't seen Cameron's movie (which had been out about 3-4 years at that time) so that was my first introduction to the tragedy. The book also mentioned the sinking of the Normandie but it never captured my immagination like the Titanic did. The hopelessness that those people who were lost must have felt when they realised that there was no way out strikes me to my core while astounding me with the tales of courage that we can find. Some of the characters seen in Cameron's movie were based on real passengers and it helped bring the events to life for me. Most importantly, it's a warning not to be too cocky and overconfident, you never know what's going to happen and saying "It won't happen" doesn't mean that tragedy won't strike. It's a lesson that everyone should learn at some point in their lives and all I can hope is that people are able to learn it through the stories and the different movies about that event rather than another tragedy.
When my little sister's old enough, I'm definitely getting her to watch Cameron's film although that won't be for a good few years yet!
When I was very young I visited the Royal Museum in Victoria BC with my family there was a traveling Titanic exhibit there you could see artifacts. When you went in you were given a card with the name of someone on Titanic and at the end found out if they lived or died. All throughout that exhibit I felt something I couldn't comprehend and was fascinated for life.
Please keep making these videos, Matt! Thank you for all your work!
"A titanic survivor had a great idea about why it stays with us"
TH-cam: *PIZZA HUT*
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." - The Great Bambino; Sandlot
For me Titanic is in itself a legend. Not just the ship itself or its passengers, but the entire concept behind its construction, the events leading up to it and the night she left the world forever. The stories of triumph and tragedy, of selfless sacrifice and honor towards those with less.
Titanic encapsulates the notion of humanity. We think we can conquer mother nature, we try and struggle to do so. We divide ourselves based upon wealth and class. Even through those things we still have the capability to do what is right and oftentimes we take that opportunity and in doing so we risk things we once deemed important for what really matters most. Titanic encapsulates the best of humanity, the worst of humanity, and the sheer power of mother nature.
Loving your uploads. The Titanic has fascinated me since the the age of five, 50 years ago. For me, it came from a fearful visualisation of being in a lifeboat and seeing this huge hulk raising above out of the dark sea. Two people I have huge respect for is obviously Dr Robert Ballard and James Cameron, I had the pleasure of meeting Cameron at Auckland Airport, a totally decent guy who gave me his time for a few moments. He is obviously obsessed too! Also THG and this new channel, total respect to you all, equally obsessed! Your attention to detail is bewildering, I love the atmosphere you have created when walking through the ship deck by deck, I spent two hours in one session with ship plans and maps on my lap, bored my family crazy. A huge thank you, keep up the fantastic work.
I don’t think I could truly explain why she captivates me so much. But it started when I was 7. I was home sick with the flu and was surfing tv channels well into the night when I found a documentary about her. They were showing video of the wreck and at the time I couldn’t help but find it very scary. So I quickly changed the channel, didn’t find out the name of the ship or anything but the wreck just stayed in my mind.
Fast forward two years, I was in the library researching for a project. When I found a teacher at a table reading a book on Titanic. It didn’t interest me much but then I glimpsed at the book and saw pictures of the wreck. I knew I’d seen that wreck somewhere before so I asked her. She told me about the ship and how it sank on her maiden voyage.
The story fascinated me so the teacher let me borrow the book so I could read about it. That evening I asked my cousin to help me google information about her. (I was 9 and wasn’t allowed online without supervision) The story was so tragic, but more so were the stories of the passengers. It was during that internet search that we came upon the James Cameron film so my cousin went out and rented it a couple days later. When seeing just how those people must of died, I could help but cry for them. My mind was filled with questions of “Why why why, did that have to happen?” From then on it simply stuck with me and I could never forget her so I’ll help keep her memory alive.
Brilliantly done.
Titanic is a legend. The testimony of hard work to build this ship. When I watch the movie titanic at 7, I was so fascinated with the ship that I wanted to learn so much about it. Now 25, I'm still learning new things to this day. There are days ill like to go back in time and see her and wintess something amazing.
Clive Cussler said it well in his "Raise the Titanic" novel: "Strange thing about the Titanic, once her spell strikes, you can think of nothing else."
I've been interested in the Titanic since our 3rd grade teacher showed us one of the brand new (at the time) National Geographic documentaries about it in the mid to late 1990s. I can't explain why I'm interested in the Titanic, but it did give my life direction. I stayed interested in it all through school, went to college for Naval Architecture, and today I'm in my early 30s working as a Naval Architect. I owe it to the Titanic and the historians keeping her story alive. If the Titanic hadn't sunk or if we had forgotten her story, I have no idea what I would be doing with my life today.
My story began as a young child when my parents bought me a card game with pictures of ships on it where you can see all the data. There were many different ships, warships, passengerships, modern and old ones, and there also was a card with Titanic on it.
Titanic was by far not the best card, but the moment I was holding her card in my hands the first time I was blown away. Titanic was definitly the most magnificent, marvelous, beautiful and outstanding of all ships in the game.
Even though I didn‘t know her story at that time, I already recognized that this wonderful lady was a real beauty. Only short time later I learned that she sank by a collision with an iceberg. As i was only a little kid, nothing could have hit me harder. I think it was a similar shock as people must have got when they heard about the loss of Titanic back in 1912. These strong emotions have created a bond that still lasts today.
I have a family story about the Titanic. My Dad was a newsboy in St. Louis, and he had to go out and sell extra editions on street corners. He always told this story to anyone that would listen. He saw all the movies and read all the books. He even had a small row boat, that he named, "Titanic"
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Living in Norway I'm used to ships, express boats, and ferries, and what not as pretty much daily life.
I think what grabs me about Titanic is just how real and frightening it is. At any moment as i take a ferry in Norway, or between Norway and Denmark, Sweden and Finland, etc. The same could happen to me, these great ships that traverse between Scandinavian countries and the Baltic and the North Sea could one day sink with me on it, and I'd face the same horrible situation, icy cold water, darkness, helplessness, death.
While my first real introduction to Titanic were illustrated books, and then Cameron's movie, it sat a lasting impression on me. It's a reminder of just how vulnerable we are at sea, how at any moment it could go wrong - Even if things are seemingly perfectly in order moments before disaster strikes. A 110 years ago, and now.
Two years later after Cameron's movie I would get another reminder of this. As the express boat Sleipner hit a rock with its bow, and sank just north of my town in 1999.
Something about it that just leaves both fascinated and haunted. And yah, James Cameron movie really brought the Titanic to life for a whole generation. It almost made it feel like we witnessed history and the tragedy of hundreds of lives who still had lots to live for.
I remember first finding Robert Ballard's book about the Titanic in my school library. From then I was enthralled by the history of it, I borrowed the book every week. 2 years, later a trailer for the movie came out and I flipped. Even today, I still come back to the history and learn something knew.
When Titanic was found in 1985 was when I first became enthralled. I was 5-6 years old. Love your channel. 👏🏼
Great video Matt, keep them coming!! :) I really love your videos and find them so informative!!
I first found out about the Titanic and her story when I watched a documentary on her. It was in 1996 when I was 6 years old. I remember how excited I was when I finally watched the 1997 Cameron film on video. (I wasn't lucky enough to watch it in the cinema, I had to wait for it to come out on VHS) lol
Growing up back then in a small coastal town just north of Cape Town, South Africa gave me a real love for the ocean. The Titanic I would say, made me fall in love with ships. The love I have for the sea and ships has obviously impacted my choice in a career. I'm currently a deck cadet studying to become a deck officer and hopefully a captain of a ship some day in the future.
Hope you and the team are all well and keep up this amazing work you guys do for all. You and the team are keeping Titanic alive for us and future generations!!
Thank you,
Alain le Sueur.
PS I can't wait for the game to come out!!
For me the Originality of the Titanic's fateful night really cements itself in my mind. The absolute confidence bestowed in even the most pessimistic passengers really showed us how nothing that happened that night was to be expected, and certainly not prepared for. The long hard months that rolled to years, as millions of rods of steel were punctured into her hull, the elegant shape of her posterior and the absolute magnitude of her displacement, as if another sense could feel her presence. The first time i laid eyes upon her she had an instantly iconic shape, long brushing upper decks with windows so fit for a purpose coverted by mystery, as if designed by the very people who sprinkled the stars above us. The funnels were for a long time my favourite part, massive stacks of strong steel towering above everyone else. The way the whole ship plunged instantly into wonder whenever a new eye was rested upon her confident curves. The real familiarity of course for everyone would be the circumstances in which she was lost with what seemed to be a gesture of the hand of the ocean. The way she was so close to success that she railed herself onto the path of destiny. We look at her slow decent as her lights lower and her bright gleam fades under her, the fears of every passenger as they slowly strengthen as she weakens. The gradual slipping of her beneath the waves, getting faster and faster, ever accelerating as the passengers become exponentially more aware of the close to 0 odds they are witnessing first hand. As her bow disappears we hear her groans and strains as she helplessly cascades downwards. The funnels falling and collapsing, the very thing which gave her a grand and iconic design. The final climax as the ship stops holding on. Her lights flicker at her last attempt to right herself, her hull heaves and twists until she breaks and the sound of metal shearing reflects the soul escaping and her presence of stability and safety disappear with the bow section under the water. The part that is so crazy is, how much of a perfect story is all is, a story to wonder upon, but also a story to learn from. Her dynasty may not have been greater than her long living sister, but her day came early and she lasted longer in our hearts. People may think 'you couldn't write that shit' but you don't need to, history wrote if for us. And what we can do to repay all those lost in the disaster, is let her memory live on, as she does in our hearts, and in our souls. Steel isnt eternal, but her story will be. The most iconic floating object ever built.
Back in my preteen years I was a bookworm. After I finished the colourful big hardcover books at home, I noticed a small blue notebook sized paperback near the expensive ones. I had an intuition that's about something important too. It was the Night to Remember. The style of the factual storytelling brought my attention to the Titanic - and have kept for decades now.
I've been fascinated by Titanic since the mid 1980s, when in 4th grade at age 10, I first learned about the Titanic. Keep in mind it was only 72 years since the sinking and it was a year before the wreckage was discovered. But something about the Titanic story haunted me. I checked out books on the Titanic from my school library. Then came 1985 at the beginning of my 5th grade year and Titanic was discovered after 73 years. I saved the January and November 1986 National Geographic magazines featuring cover stories on Robert Ballard's discovery. Fast forward to 1997, I'm 23 and finishing up college and here comes the mega blockbuster. I fall in love with the movie, Leo and Kate and the Titanic story all over again. The Titanic has not left me since then. I still watch my Blu Ray of the movie as well as the 2012 Julian Fellowes mini series and videos like this on TH-cam. The story will never end or die, even as Titanic gradually disappears and degrades to a pile of rust on the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Never thought my comment about them lines would be put in a video, but I have been fascinated and been building lego titanics since I can remember. I've watched the James Cameron movie multiple times, just for the ship. I like the style that Titanic had, she was luxurious, but not as guilded as other ships(as stated by Father Pirroni) She had beautiful timeless woodpanneling (I've always loved the lounge and grand staircase.) Here exterior is just beautiful. The tall smoke stacks, the bridge wings and she's so balanced. I've been watched videos and documentaries about her (many from you as well) and I've seen playthroughs of your game (my own laptop can't play it) and I've gotten so far that I know her in and out, but she still fascinates me. Her interiors and exteriors are just perfect. Sorry if I repeated myself, sorry if my previous comment came out weird. Thank you the team of Honor&Glory for the work and keep it on! Cheers from the Netherlands, Thijs.
Ken Marshall’s artwork, specifically the stern raised in the air, hooked me as a child. Ships sink like this??? I needed to learn more about this ship. As I grew older the human side of the story became more and more fascinating. How would I react? Would I be a Guggenheim? I think that’s probably a hard no. How does one of these ships fail to dodge an iceberg while another can sink a U-boat with... itself? Just lucky I guess. How does this shipwreck endure? There are worse body counts, even in peacetime. Maybe what makes a shipwreck last like this has less to do with the ship or body count, and more to do with who was on her? Digging deeper, is it just because there were rich people onboard, and we care about them more? Maybe, partially. I think the microcosm of civilization that people bring up means that there are many stories from many passengers on that liner that strikes a chord in people, or at least find fascinating.
I remember her because, to put it simply, is that it’s so tragic, and “A series of unfortunate events”. The death, the stories of survival, the elegance, the myths. We keep on going back because we want to know more, and since we will never know everything, this sense of wanting more will ether grow or diminish. It’s our choice.
Titanic has been played a huge part in my life since I was 4 years old her design was so magnificent and gorgeous, her lines were perfect, I'm 28 now and am more intrigued and passionate about her now than I was before with every year. Titanic represented a golden era in industrial evolution where people put so much pride in their work and faith to a point of calling her unsinkable, and just 4 days into maiden voyage on April 15th 1912 at 2:20am I she would sink in the most perfect series of unfortunate events almost as if it was written for a Hollywood movie and take 1,500 souls with her. Titanic the largest most luxurious liner of her time and safest, but even with all her luxury, size, water tight doors and compartments, what was she compared to the ocean to nature...nothing just another one of our little toys. Titanic will live for a long long long time because she a perfect analogy of what happens when people in control have an ego and don't want to change course or slow down cause they think they're to big to fail. James Cameron said it best in Titanic: the final word with James Cameron and I know for me and among many other reasons she will always live on and never fade away.
Wow. This video was very cathartic for me. I've been troubled about all the bigger ships long after Titanic and people still saying how the Titanic was bigger (and more beautiful) than the Queen Mary; the tragic disasters, some just as or even more tragic than Titanic (like Lusitania and Wilhelm Gustloff); how the Concordia sinking, to me, was more like the Andrea Doria of 1956 than the Titanic, but because Titanic was so popular, she was the one compared. And yet, even to me, the Titanic grips my heart obsessively. I don't know if it would so much if it weren't for James Cameron, since I literally grew up with the film (I was maybe 6-years-old when that movie came out). A piece of humankind's art and workmanship all the way down in untouchable waters, yet still visible and still with us even after over a century. Thank you for posting this well-thought out video.
The most heartwarming thing is the fact that you uploaded this on April 14th.
My first encounter with the Titanic was when I was about 6 or 7. There was a page dedicated to Titanic in my older brothers school book, a music book. There was a gloomy picture of the ship and a grim song that told the story, blaming captain Smith basically of the disaster and descriping the grandeur of Titanic; how many bottles of champagne and how many boilers there were etc etc. Back then, late 1980's as a kid, Titanic seemed so distant and actually somewhat frightening.
Then came the masterpiece of James Cameron. I wasn't aware of the earlier motion pictures and I remember seeing some trailers, and I was immediately interested. Then I went to Poland to compete in a piano competition and everybody was talking about the movie and Celine Dion's song was playing everywhere. As soon as I came back home to Finland, my father drow me straight from the airport to the first screening in Finland in my hometown with my whole family, two brothers and my gran and mom. The small theatre was packed, and I was almost the last to arrive. I remember how my seat was on the first or the second row. Wow....! The movie was THE movie of my generation, like Gone with wind must have been back in the late 30's! It truly felt like I was actually there making the voyage! It was so breathtaking to watch, the sheer beauty of the ship and it was so FRESH. Cameron brought Titanic back to life. I must have watched it in the theaters at least 15 times or more, and it seemed that it runned for ages. The image of Titanic had changed from the distant, gloomy ship something much more alive.
Basically I have been intriqued, and sometimes almost a bit obsessed by it.
The Edwardian era, fin de siecle and the art and fashion and literature and music and even cousine has always fascinated me; Jugend, Ars nouveau, late romanticism, expressionism, impressionism, the decadent movement, Oscar Wilde, Rachmaninov, Mahler, Sibelius, Richard Strauss, etc etc. and Titanic belonged to that same, last breaths of the old, pre 1st world (or the Great )war.
All the best for your wonderful Labor of Love, I've been following the progress intently and you have done great job! :)
It was, all of things, Ghostbusters 2 and that triggered my life long fascination with the Titanic haha.
Daniel Jones hey, he left that out of his cinematic retrospective!
I had never heard of Titanic until the Cameron movie came out and I was amazed that this seemingly major historical event had happened which I was completely unaware of. I became obsessed, reading books, collecting things about the disaster...I think the reason why I still click/read/watch anything to do with Titanic is because it was the first time I'd realized that history, even major events like the sinking was, could be lost over time.
Titanic continues to grab my attention because I have had strong passion for history, especially that of ocean liners for pretty much my entire life, and Titanic is just a fascinating part of it. Whether its her story, her design, or the people involved with her. Titanic will always be one of those things that continue to catch people's interest.
There will always be stories, theories, and tributes for the Titanic there is something mystical about the ship.
She was literally a working piece of art! I've been fascinated with TITANIC since 1987, and I still love her to this day. TITANIC had a "soul" to her, unlike those modern day cruise ships. The history of TITANIC is always a learning experience (and sometimes it's revised) for all involved. Experts and students both are continuing to learn more about the history of TITANIC together.
Gorgeous lines. Visually (externally), one of the most elegant looking man made object.
Titanic had become a strong part of my life since I was... maybe 10 years old. It was in a small book but I’ve long forgotten which one it was, or even if I still have it. Since that day she cemented her life, and tragic death, into mine. I thought myself alone in my sheer fascination with her until my high school history teacher told me he too was interested in the Titanic. We forged a bond that day thanks to Titanic. A bond that was so strong he let me have his Academy 1 : 600 scale model of her as a Christmas gift after school before leaving for Christmas break. As of typing this it remains unfinished, but the fact remains that no matter how old you are, a shared interested in something can bring two people together. And Titanic brought me closer to a man who I now consider a good friend.