Seems like early Hollywood had a habit of making films about catastrophic events and hiring survivors to play in them. Armenian Genocide survivor Aurora Mardigian was cast to play herself in the film based on her memories of the genocide, I can only imagine how traumatizing that was. For her, it was a chance to tell the world the truth, but her mental health suffered hugely
They had (the Hollywood big wigs) a suffering fetish of sorts. It's wild that some people (mainly Turkish and people of Turkish descent) still deny the Armenian genocide when there is lots of evidence even from Turks themselves.
I have no sources for this, but I once heard of a Titanic employee whose job was to own and care for a cat for pest control on the ship. According to the story, the cat ran away as they were boarding, and by the time the guy found her the boat had already left. When the news about the accident arrived he decided that cat had saved his life and pampered her and her kittens for the rest of their lives out of gratitude.
The parents doing what they could to save their children hit me the hardest. I'm not crying, you're crying. I don't even want to imagine how hard it was for the parents that knew they couldn't do anything.
I find learning about the people on the Titanic so interesting, even if it is horribly depressing. I think it's important to learn about tragedies like these.
agreed. as depressing and horrible as it can be, i enjoy learning about the people involved in tragedies. we all know about the titanic, WWII, 9/11 etc. but what is almost never covered is the human element - we know how many people died or survived, but each one of those people had a life and it was either snuffed out or changed forever. you aren't likely to read about that in a history book or hear about it in a documentary, so i commend creators who share that same passion and pass those stories along. it keeps the memory of those involved alive and makes it an actual event that happened to actual people rather than just a headline or a script for a novel or movie.
True. Hence passengers on crashed aircrafts trying to get their carry-ons out if the overhead lockers. These people are not calous but are trying to get back control.
I am normally anxiety-ridden by normal daily occurrences, however in emergency or high stress situations, I am inexplicably calm & rational. It’s like a “no bullshit” part of my brain takes over.
Fun fact about me, the titanic was my hyper fixation growing up. For some reason i really loved learning about it. I'd love to hear more stories i absolutely loved them!
Yes, this is the history that fascinates me, the history of people rather than peoples, personal battles, not wars. Stories of individuals can tell you so much more about a time and place than dry as dust history we were taught in school.
There’s a story (possibly an urban legend) of a couple named the Blenkhorns who were supposed to have a honeymoon cruise on the Titanic but their wedding party ran long. They moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada where they met their demise when an f4 or f5 tornado struck the city in the summer of 1912.
I appreciate your voice and tone so much. I get very overstimulated very easily and I’ve come to find you’re the one I watch the most when I need to relax ❤
Your content is some of the highest tier on TH-cam. Not only do I appreciate your personal style, smarts, and delivery, but all of the atmospheric details and decisions that create a distinct signature yet miraculously on-point vibe. Modern historians like you are doing groundbreaking work to begin filling the holes we’ve dug ourselves into and speaking truth. It’s changing society in an impactful way, and I know I can rely on you as a creator with consistency. A+
Hi there. Love you content. As a medical professional, i find the story about the man surviving hypothermia due to alcohol quite dubious. Alcohol makes you *feel* warm because it opens your blood vessels letting warm blood flood your skin and extremities; however, if you're in a hypothermia situation, that's the exact OPPOSITE of what you want. You want your body to keep your warm blood in the most vital parts of your body and shielded as much as possible from the cold closer to the surface of your skin.
Yeah, Joughin claimd to have paddled in the water over two hours before hanging out near Collapsible B until it was discovered by boats 4 and 12 at 4am. But he claimed to have gone down with the ship, and there were less than two hours between the time the ship sank and the time Collapsible B's survivors were rescued by boats 4 and 12. I think what is most likely is that after the ship sank, he paddled over to Collapsible B and climbed aboard. No way was he in the water for 2 hours.
Kaz! I just wanna say that I found your channel when I was researching Dracula and I have fallen in love with your method of entertaining/educating people. :) keep doing what you are doing!
Love this! I'll listen to you tell me weird stories any time, Kaz, regardless of background noise or labor action. Also, as someone currently nursing a sunburn, I feel ya on the deadly laser.
I have not even watched this yet but I have one to share. A family member and I have the name if you wanted it, was in first class and wore his wife's bonnet pretended to be a woman because she wouldn't go without him. My great great grandfather hated him for it knowing children died
@@KazRowe he also was my grandfather's abuser And he told everyone he would meet so also there's some of the disrespect but hold on I will allegedly get his name
Great video! However just a heads up but nobody stated the ship was unsinkable until AFTER the ship sank. Newspapers and articles were put out stating the ship was unsinkable due to its size but this was after the ship sank to bring people's attention in. They never stated it was unsinkable prior to the ships demise.
Kaz every single video you post convinces me your channel is geared towards me specifically. Endlessly impressed, intrigued and excited by all of your content
It is such a huge tragedy, so it must be a miracle of sorts to hear such stories. They seem as doomed from the start, yet it is inspiring how people get around situations of distress. And it is very heartbreaking that so many parents never got to see their children again. Thank you for sharing these stories. It was a time well spent.
Hi Kaz! I live in Halifax, NS and we have quite the number of stories about the Titanic and how the city is connected to it! A restaurant called The Five Fishermen used to be a morgue where the victims were brought after the catastrophe. It is one of the most haunted places here in Halifax! We also have a number of Titanic victims who are buried in various cemeteries in the city. There is a grave here with the name J. Dawson which fans believe to be Jack (this isn’t true tho). Also. 1/3 of the film was also shot here in Halifax!
Theres a fantastic YT documentary about the 14 Irish passengers who all came from one tiny village, only 3 of them survived. One lady got in a life boat, realised she'd forgotten her hat (her literal only possession worth any money) so jumped out and went back to her cabin in 3rd class, got the hat only to find the life boat had gone, she then climbed down a rope onto the last lifeboat! Amazing story.
In front of Little Island is a steel archway/remnant of the White Star Line. You can still read the faded letters on that metal structure Pier 54 unfortunately fell into disrepair and was demolish Surprised you didn't walk by the Jane Hotel where they housed the survivors :o Too long to write here but the Seaport Museum has a write up on the Titanic Memorial lighthouse that's fascinating
This was so interesting! I used to be obsessed with Titanic history when I was younger (around 8-10 yrs old) and one of the books I read during that time was called “Titanic: Voices from the disaster.” It’s definitely for a younger audience but there’s lots of interesting firsthand accounts in it so I’d recommend it if anyone is interested in that kind of stuff :)
Truly started bawling because this was the first time I actually thought about how many people lost their sons, fathers, and husbands. I genuinely can't imagine.
Puppet history is somehow what led me to your channel. Same odd history but easy to listen listen to when i cant constantly be watching the screen. Both in my top 3 ❤
“…bringing humanity into history…” The LACK of “humanity” in the majority of “history classes” is exactly why studying history is frequently perceived as boring. Bless you Kaz for making history personal and immediate by bringing your historical “participants” to vivid life! 🙏❤️🥳
There was a fire but it was addressed by moving the coal from one side of the ship to the other - which helped it stay afloat as long as it did when it sank.
Hah, what a coincidence! I travelled to New York with my father two weeks ago and I took a picture of that lighthouse at the end of the video, wondering what it might be. And little did I know that we were kinda close to the point where the Titanic was supposed to land. Thanks for the cool video =)
Car-pay-thee-yah. Sorry it's the only thing bugging me here. Brilliant work. I so love the story of the baker. I was overjoyed to see a tidbit of him in the Titanic movie.
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for this amazing work. You made me realise I've been in the NY places you mentioned, and as a person who's really passionate about the Titanic story, it made me so happy to learn that. Plus you have so much information, it must have been a long hard work, so thank you for giving this to the world, because it's beyond brilliant.
wait omfg i literally got back from a week long trip in NYC on Saturday. i stayed at the jane hotel! which housed survivors of the titanic and is right on the hudson by pier 55. I've walked that exact pier but had no idea that's where the carpathia had docked. very cool :) i love your work so much!! thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos, they are truly wonderful
I like how no one has even suggested that the smudge could be something as simple as dust in the camera lens or some sort of light error or again dust during the development process.
Fun fact, the reason the titanic didnt have enough life boats for all its passengers is because lifeboats werent SUPPOSED to hold all the passengers at once. Theyre intended to transport passengers in between the sinking ship and a rescue ship. In fact, the titanic had MORE lifeboats then it was required to. (I dont know if Kaz mentioned this, i havent finished watching the video. I just know at the beginning they mentioned not having enough lifeboats and i wanted to share)
@beejls and her mispronounciations of the the carpathia and lusotania and countess of Rothes to name a few. It was driving me crazy. Also the only story I knew of but did not hear the full story of was the man and his kids and wife at the end. The rest are common throughout youtube so this to me was just a bad interpretation of those videos. Not trying to be mean but just being straight forward.
The titanic actually wasn’t broadly advertised as unsinkable Until after the titanic sank. However, the ship did not have enough lifeboats and this was a kind of hubris.
The Titanic indeed was never advertised as being "unsinkable" (a 46.000 GRT ship made mostly of steel can definitely founder). However the ships owners and officers, including the captain, claimed that the Titanic and Olympic where "practically unsinkable" as the idea was that when the hull of the ship was compromised, the watertight bulkheads would be closed making Titanic a very expensive and beautifully designed lifeboat. Collisions with objects and other ships where common and the ship designers tried their best at building a ship that would float, even when making water.
The more I hear/read about the people who were on the Titanic the more my imagination wants to recreate those card games, the smoking and brandy, the pool, the meals, the dancing and music and most importantly the conversations that these enigmatic souls would have had together on this trip cut short. Who did they meet? How did they relate? Who introduced who?
Likely someone has already commented, but a couple of (pedantic) corrections and additions- Lady Rothes' husband was the EARL of Rothes, not the Duke. Captain Smith (yes THAT Captain Smith) was the captain of the Olympic when it collided with the Hawke. Also, the Olympic, Brittanic, and Titanic were sister ships. And there is actually a biography of Joseph Laroche, called "Black Man on the Titanic". As an amateur Titanic historian, I could go on, but these were the quick ones off the top of my head
Regarding the whole "unsikable thing" - do we have any archived advertisements, flyers or anything of that sort showing the ship was advertised as unsinkable? Because I have heard, repeatedly, that it is a myth that popped up after the tragedy.
I love that you start the video point out that many inaccurate stories about the Titanic exists and them processed to tell a bunch of inaccurate stories... Nice job.
Its a tad misleading to say Titanic didnt have enough lifeboats. Not all the lifeboats were even lowered, and the final people to get into lifeboats had the water come up to the boats. Had Titanic had another 16 lifeboats, they would have just been pulled down with the ship by their davits. Possibly popping back up, maybe saving a few more who were not injured in the process. So it is undeniable the numbers weren't there, but it would not have mattered. They were out of time.
great background music! i might be wrong here, but it was my impression that the titanic was never widely marketed as unsinkable. (there might be one article or pamphlet that describes it as practically unsinkable bc of the bulkheads?) i think the unsinkability was more of an artifact of the post-sinking press coverage. second, the shortage of lifeboats wasn't a product of hubris but of current maritime regulation that prescribed lifeboats based on the weight of the ship, i believe. by that measure, the titanic actually had more than it needed. lifeboats were designed to ferry people to and from rescue vessels, so they weren't thought necessary to hold all passengers simultaneously. titanic proved this wrong, and the laws changed as a result
You are correct! The Titanic was not heavily marketed as unsinkable and having more lifeboats would not have aided the disaster. I think Kaz rushed the research of this video and couldn’t do a full deep dive into the disaster (they didn’t seem to know that the “phantom ship” was the Californian and that the Navratil brothers’ identities are known)
"...were transferred to St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village." As someone who was born in St. Vincent's Medical Center (also known as St. Vincent's Hospital) in CT, that confused me for a moment. Since southern CT is right next to NYC, I thought maybe something had gotten mixed up, but nope! Apparently, there are a whole bunch of St. Vincent's hospitals all over the world!
"I have limited sympathy for rich people that want to see the Titanic, now enjoy this video about the disaster, that I will make money from, sponsored by a large company, which I also can't stand." LOL. Is anyone actually listening to this?
I was at school with the great granddaughter of Arthur Rostron the captain of the Carpathia. She told me that she took the lesson from her famous ancestor of “be kind and sometimes it is ok to break rules”
Interesting to note is that while the titanic didn't have enough lifeboats for everyone on board, not all of the lifeboats even launched with passengers aboard because no one took the sinking seriously at first
My great grandfather was Charles Williams...He was the world's racquetball champion..He survived...my grandfather was born 1915 making me a third generation titanic survivor... Another Charles Williams was on the Titanic and died...My great grandma got the news her husband died until he wired gram her that he was alive!!!So fascinating
Do you want another story? In 1912 Mexico was a war zone. One family decided to send their youngest son to Germany from keeping him from getting drafted. He was on board of the Frankfurt. The captain of the ship received the SOS call from the Titanic and decided to go help. It took her about 3 hours to get there and by then it was too late. The captain kept a thorough record on his log and when reaching Germany gave it to this boy, whose name was Gustavo Aguirre, as a token of the friendship they had struck. Gustavo kept it all his life but never told anyone. I'm sure he might've made big money if he had told someone and saved Cameron millions of dollars, since he had a map with the exact location of where the Titanic sank. He told his children on his deathbed and gave them the map.
In my anatomy class in college we learned that alcohol actually lowers your temperature even though it makes you feel warm. It causes vasodilation which sense heat to your extremities and away from your core (which is why you may get flushed cheeks and nose when drunk). It was widely believed in the past though that it did actually warm you.
OMG I completely agree about people going down there to view the wreckage and I don’t like they are taking peoples property. I feel like we should respect the wreck and the dead by leaving them to rest in peace not view it for fun.
i visited the titantic museum in branson, MO, and they were doing this thing where they'd give you a card with a passenger's name and background, and then as you went onwards, you'd learn wether or not your passenger survived in the end. my passenger was survivor elizabeth shutes. i wonder how she felt about some of the people brought up in this video? did she ever interact with them?
I just wanted to point out, you look remarkably like Mata Hari, she is my latest case I've been studying, and I think your eyes as well as other features are just so similar to hers. "Mata was a very beautiful woman in my opinion "
Just quikly.... don't drink alcohol to save you from hypothermia! It actually makes it much worse by dialating the veins and thus cooling your core even more. It's very likely that the baker didn't survive due to the alcohol in his blood tho being drunk likely prevented him from panicing. He just got incredibly lucky.
Great video! Will you ever do a video that shows how you do research, prepare the script and edit these videos? It must be a lot of information searching.
Of course I have a favorite Titanic survivor. Several actually. Violet Jessop, naturally, and Lucy Duff-Gordon. She may have been a snoot, but there’s just something about her. Plus her sister Elinor Glyn is an interesting historical figure as well. I think Elinor probably softens me on Lucy. I also love the Countess of Rothes. There’s also Renée Harris, who became the first woman theatre producer after her husband, producer Henry B Harris, died on the Titanic. Renee had wanted to stay with him on the sinking ship and even climbed out of the lifeboat she was in, while injured, having fallen. She ended up being convinced to get on a lifeboat later at the last chance. She chose to pick up her husband’s work in his honor, was a great success, and even “discovered” Barbara Stanwyck. She lost everything in the 1929 crash, but kept up her spirits. ❤
FYI any cruise ship of the time had just 3 smoke stacks. The one you pointed out in nyc had 4. The Titantic! Also those that did not go to hospitals went to the Jane West Hotel. It is still there near the landing area
18:23 The HMHS Brittanic sunk because it tripped an underwater mine left by a German U-boat (a war submarine). 30 people were killed most of them due to crew lowering the lifeboats against the Captain's orders (the ship was still moving and it wasn't safe to lower the boats so those that were lowered were sucked to the propellers and got shredded). The Brittanic was able to save most of it's crew thanks to new laws passed after the Titanic's sinking which included providing enough lifeboats for the ship's max capacity. They also reinforced safety features on the ship in case of water breach/ingress such as increasing the number of watertight bulkheads, increase the height of said bulkheads, and improvements to the double hull structure. They also installed electronic davits which makes it faster and easier to lower and release lifeboats. In the Titanic, prepping the lifeboats took a bit longer and releasing them involved hitting the davits with a hammer. On a related note, the Titanic's savior, the RMS Carpathia, was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat who was already on its way back to Germany. The U-boat was "lucky" (unfortunate for the Carpathia) because the Carpathia changed course thereby making it easier for the U-boat to fire a torpedo at it. There were only 5 casualties most likely caused by the initial impact of the torpedo. The whole incident took around 15 minutes so the crew's quick reaction to such a catastrophe was quite impressive. The oldest sister ship of the Olympic line, the Olympic, also saw some action during war time but because it was a war ship, it was more equipped for battle unlike the hospital ship Brittanic so they were able to fight off any aggression. She was scrapped in the 1930's since no one wanted to buy her at auction. Might I just add the "steam boat" era of ships were so beatiful compared to the cruise ships of today. The "sail boat" era was beautiful too.
Seems like early Hollywood had a habit of making films about catastrophic events and hiring survivors to play in them. Armenian Genocide survivor Aurora Mardigian was cast to play herself in the film based on her memories of the genocide, I can only imagine how traumatizing that was. For her, it was a chance to tell the world the truth, but her mental health suffered hugely
i never heard abt her til now!! i will look her up im curious to know who she is
@@melowlw8638 Thanks for your interest! Read carefully please, her experience like any survivor's is horrible
They had (the Hollywood big wigs) a suffering fetish of sorts. It's wild that some people (mainly Turkish and people of Turkish descent) still deny the Armenian genocide when there is lots of evidence even from Turks themselves.
Almost all actors of Verdin movie(except main characters) are veterans of Verdin battle😱
@@terev. thank u!! i will try to be careful
knowing mt sensitivity for anything surrounding death n crimes against humanity i might not dig too deep
I have no sources for this, but I once heard of a Titanic employee whose job was to own and care for a cat for pest control on the ship. According to the story, the cat ran away as they were boarding, and by the time the guy found her the boat had already left. When the news about the accident arrived he decided that cat had saved his life and pampered her and her kittens for the rest of their lives out of gratitude.
The parents doing what they could to save their children hit me the hardest. I'm not crying, you're crying. I don't even want to imagine how hard it was for the parents that knew they couldn't do anything.
I find learning about the people on the Titanic so interesting, even if it is horribly depressing. I think it's important to learn about tragedies like these.
agreed. as depressing and horrible as it can be, i enjoy learning about the people involved in tragedies. we all know about the titanic, WWII, 9/11 etc. but what is almost never covered is the human element - we know how many people died or survived, but each one of those people had a life and it was either snuffed out or changed forever. you aren't likely to read about that in a history book or hear about it in a documentary, so i commend creators who share that same passion and pass those stories along. it keeps the memory of those involved alive and makes it an actual event that happened to actual people rather than just a headline or a script for a novel or movie.
Charles's story is actually a pretty common occurrence of people behaving normally in catastrophic events.
True. Hence passengers on crashed aircrafts trying to get their carry-ons out if the overhead lockers. These people are not calous but are trying to get back control.
I am normally anxiety-ridden by normal daily occurrences, however in emergency or high stress situations, I am inexplicably calm & rational. It’s like a “no bullshit” part of my brain takes over.
he reminded me of my sims treading water in a pool after i take the steps out
Fun fact about me, the titanic was my hyper fixation growing up. For some reason i really loved learning about it. I'd love to hear more stories i absolutely loved them!
Yes, this is the history that fascinates me, the history of people rather than peoples, personal battles, not wars. Stories of individuals can tell you so much more about a time and place than dry as dust history we were taught in school.
"My favorite Titanic survivor --a normal thing to have..." One of the most relatable things I have ever heard. 😂
There’s a story (possibly an urban legend) of a couple named the Blenkhorns who were supposed to have a honeymoon cruise on the Titanic but their wedding party ran long. They moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada where they met their demise when an f4 or f5 tornado struck the city in the summer of 1912.
Final Destination strikes again.
I appreciate your voice and tone so much. I get very overstimulated very easily and I’ve come to find you’re the one I watch the most when I need to relax ❤
Your content is some of the highest tier on TH-cam. Not only do I appreciate your personal style, smarts, and delivery, but all of the atmospheric details and decisions that create a distinct signature yet miraculously on-point vibe. Modern historians like you are doing groundbreaking work to begin filling the holes we’ve dug ourselves into and speaking truth. It’s changing society in an impactful way, and I know I can rely on you as a creator with consistency. A+
Josephs story is so heartbreaking, if only he was one of the survivors :'(
I am also a Puppet History fan, Kaz! People are sleeping on it. Shane is very talented.
Love me some puppet history as well!
Hi there. Love you content. As a medical professional, i find the story about the man surviving hypothermia due to alcohol quite dubious.
Alcohol makes you *feel* warm because it opens your blood vessels letting warm blood flood your skin and extremities; however, if you're in a hypothermia situation, that's the exact OPPOSITE of what you want. You want your body to keep your warm blood in the most vital parts of your body and shielded as much as possible from the cold closer to the surface of your skin.
Yeah, Joughin claimd to have paddled in the water over two hours before hanging out near Collapsible B until it was discovered by boats 4 and 12 at 4am. But he claimed to have gone down with the ship, and there were less than two hours between the time the ship sank and the time Collapsible B's survivors were rescued by boats 4 and 12. I think what is most likely is that after the ship sank, he paddled over to Collapsible B and climbed aboard. No way was he in the water for 2 hours.
I was wondering about that story! Thanks for clarifying things.
Thanks for the shoutout, Kaz, and thanks again for hosting A Style Is Born. We're learning so much!
So fun to hear the puppet history shout out. Me and my daughter both love that show and the introduction to new/unusual events in history.
Kaz! I just wanna say that I found your channel when I was researching Dracula and I have fallen in love with your method of entertaining/educating people. :) keep doing what you are doing!
Shout out to Issak. Im glad that people remember and pass on small but important acts of rescue like that
Love this! I'll listen to you tell me weird stories any time, Kaz, regardless of background noise or labor action.
Also, as someone currently nursing a sunburn, I feel ya on the deadly laser.
If I was facing an agonizing death my first instinct would also be to get heroically drunk.
I have not even watched this yet but I have one to share. A family member and I have the name if you wanted it, was in first class and wore his wife's bonnet pretended to be a woman because she wouldn't go without him. My great great grandfather hated him for it knowing children died
Holy moly 🫢
Bonnets in 1912? Go on...
This is SO FUNNY oh my gods
@@KazRowe he also was my grandfather's abuser And he told everyone he would meet so also there's some of the disrespect but hold on I will allegedly get his name
@@KazRowe allegedly George Achilles Harder. I am related to him on the Mehl side allegedly.
The quality is just fine! We don’t need pristinely edited all the time 😊 thanks for the video!
That little submarine wasn't an explosion. It was an implosion.
Also, the 19 year old was afraid to go but that is what his Father wanted to do for Father's Day so he went.
@@user-m0rb0LA ship is usually referred to as she instead of it
@@user-m0rb0L that's not a mistake, ships are basically the only gendered object in the english language
@@Helania12 Yes, but that is weird and always has been. We don't call vehicles or inanimate objects him. Or they/them for that matter.
@@miglek9613 Yes and it's weird and stupid. We don't call other vehicles or inanimate objects him.
This was a genuinely delightful storytime. Thanks, Kaz!
Great video! However just a heads up but nobody stated the ship was unsinkable until AFTER the ship sank. Newspapers and articles were put out stating the ship was unsinkable due to its size but this was after the ship sank to bring people's attention in. They never stated it was unsinkable prior to the ships demise.
Kaz every single video you post convinces me your channel is geared towards me specifically. Endlessly impressed, intrigued and excited by all of your content
It is such a huge tragedy, so it must be a miracle of sorts to hear such stories. They seem as doomed from the start, yet it is inspiring how people get around situations of distress. And it is very heartbreaking that so many parents never got to see their children again. Thank you for sharing these stories. It was a time well spent.
Hi Kaz! I live in Halifax, NS and we have quite the number of stories about the Titanic and how the city is connected to it!
A restaurant called The Five Fishermen used to be a morgue where the victims were brought after the catastrophe. It is one of the most haunted places here in Halifax!
We also have a number of Titanic victims who are buried in various cemeteries in the city. There is a grave here with the name J. Dawson which fans believe to be Jack (this isn’t true tho). Also. 1/3 of the film was also shot here in Halifax!
Theres a fantastic YT documentary about the 14 Irish passengers who all came from one tiny village, only 3 of them survived. One lady got in a life boat, realised she'd forgotten her hat (her literal only possession worth any money) so jumped out and went back to her cabin in 3rd class, got the hat only to find the life boat had gone, she then climbed down a rope onto the last lifeboat! Amazing story.
I dont mind more casual videos like this, actually I like them
The baker was always my favorite!!! Im so glad its here. So many ppl have looked at me like they didnt believe me when i told it.
In front of Little Island is a steel archway/remnant of the White Star Line. You can still read the faded letters on that metal structure
Pier 54 unfortunately fell into disrepair and was demolish
Surprised you didn't walk by the Jane Hotel where they housed the survivors :o
Too long to write here but the Seaport Museum has a write up on the Titanic Memorial lighthouse that's fascinating
This was so interesting! I used to be obsessed with Titanic history when I was younger (around 8-10 yrs old) and one of the books I read during that time was called “Titanic: Voices from the disaster.” It’s definitely for a younger audience but there’s lots of interesting firsthand accounts in it so I’d recommend it if anyone is interested in that kind of stuff :)
You did a really nice job of turning a less than ideal location into a lovely sepia set.
Truly started bawling because this was the first time I actually thought about how many people lost their sons, fathers, and husbands. I genuinely can't imagine.
Puppet history is somehow what led me to your channel. Same odd history but easy to listen listen to when i cant constantly be watching the screen. Both in my top 3 ❤
“…bringing humanity into history…” The LACK of “humanity” in the majority of “history classes” is exactly why studying history is frequently perceived as boring. Bless you Kaz for making history personal and immediate by bringing your historical “participants” to vivid life! 🙏❤️🥳
There was a fire but it was addressed by moving the coal from one side of the ship to the other - which helped it stay afloat as long as it did when it sank.
Hah, what a coincidence! I travelled to New York with my father two weeks ago and I took a picture of that lighthouse at the end of the video, wondering what it might be. And little did I know that we were kinda close to the point where the Titanic was supposed to land. Thanks for the cool video =)
My maternal grandmother's first boyfriend, who was Australian, went down on the Titanic. She showed me a ring he gave her. She died at 103 in 2000.
The way she said New York City at the start of the video amuses me. I don’t fully understand why but I’m here for it.
I think the audio/visual was just perfect. I'm also allergic to the sun haha. Thanks for everything you do ❤
Car-pay-thee-yah. Sorry it's the only thing bugging me here. Brilliant work. I so love the story of the baker. I was overjoyed to see a tidbit of him in the Titanic movie.
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for this amazing work. You made me realise I've been in the NY places you mentioned, and as a person who's really passionate about the Titanic story, it made me so happy to learn that. Plus you have so much information, it must have been a long hard work, so thank you for giving this to the world, because it's beyond brilliant.
wait omfg i literally got back from a week long trip in NYC on Saturday. i stayed at the jane hotel! which housed survivors of the titanic and is right on the hudson by pier 55. I've walked that exact pier but had no idea that's where the carpathia had docked. very cool :) i love your work so much!! thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos, they are truly wonderful
When I was in Belfast, I really enjoyed the Titanic exhibit in the Titanic quarter. It is well worth a visit.
I like how no one has even suggested that the smudge could be something as simple as dust in the camera lens or some sort of light error or again dust during the development process.
Fun fact, the reason the titanic didnt have enough life boats for all its passengers is because lifeboats werent SUPPOSED to hold all the passengers at once. Theyre intended to transport passengers in between the sinking ship and a rescue ship. In fact, the titanic had MORE lifeboats then it was required to. (I dont know if Kaz mentioned this, i havent finished watching the video. I just know at the beginning they mentioned not having enough lifeboats and i wanted to share)
She's apparently using some very shallow resources because she's got the lifeboat issue completely wrong.
@beejls and her mispronounciations of the the carpathia and lusotania and countess of Rothes to name a few. It was driving me crazy. Also the only story I knew of but did not hear the full story of was the man and his kids and wife at the end. The rest are common throughout youtube so this to me was just a bad interpretation of those videos. Not trying to be mean but just being straight forward.
The titanic actually wasn’t broadly advertised as unsinkable Until after the titanic sank. However, the ship did not have enough lifeboats and this was a kind of hubris.
The Titanic indeed was never advertised as being "unsinkable" (a 46.000 GRT ship made mostly of steel can definitely founder). However the ships owners and officers, including the captain, claimed that the Titanic and Olympic where "practically unsinkable" as the idea was that when the hull of the ship was compromised, the watertight bulkheads would be closed making Titanic a very expensive and beautifully designed lifeboat. Collisions with objects and other ships where common and the ship designers tried their best at building a ship that would float, even when making water.
The more I hear/read about the people who were on the Titanic the more my imagination wants to recreate those card games, the smoking and brandy, the pool, the meals, the dancing and music and most importantly the conversations that these enigmatic souls would have had together on this trip cut short.
Who did they meet? How did they relate? Who introduced who?
Thank you for this! I've been fascinated by the Titanic since I was a child, and it's so nice to hear more stories about the people
Likely someone has already commented, but a couple of (pedantic) corrections and additions-
Lady Rothes' husband was the EARL of Rothes, not the Duke.
Captain Smith (yes THAT Captain Smith) was the captain of the Olympic when it collided with the Hawke. Also, the Olympic, Brittanic, and Titanic were sister ships.
And there is actually a biography of Joseph Laroche, called "Black Man on the Titanic".
As an amateur Titanic historian, I could go on, but these were the quick ones off the top of my head
Regarding the whole "unsikable thing" - do we have any archived advertisements, flyers or anything of that sort showing the ship was advertised as unsinkable? Because I have heard, repeatedly, that it is a myth that popped up after the tragedy.
I love that you start the video point out that many inaccurate stories about the Titanic exists and them processed to tell a bunch of inaccurate stories... Nice job.
Some thing really do never change. (Conspiracy theories, disaster gossip/rumors, ignoring emergencies)
The guy just kind of messing around and getting drunk until he just kind of sank into the water is my favorite
I so loved to watch. Thank you for spending the time getting the facts about the people who where on the ship. Just awesome! Thank you, tonya
Everything was beautiful. The ambience was perfect as was the sound. I appreciate how you've done the video. It is very informative.😊
“Allegedly the criminal iceberg in question” is gold
Makes me long for a whole series diving into each person lost!
Thanks for respecting the strike! Adding that to the list of many reasons why I love your channel! ❤❤❤
Lighthouses were beacons for maritime navigation and New York was the last port of call for the Titanic. A lighthouse memorial is pretty poignant.
Its a tad misleading to say Titanic didnt have enough lifeboats. Not all the lifeboats were even lowered, and the final people to get into lifeboats had the water come up to the boats. Had Titanic had another 16 lifeboats, they would have just been pulled down with the ship by their davits. Possibly popping back up, maybe saving a few more who were not injured in the process.
So it is undeniable the numbers weren't there, but it would not have mattered. They were out of time.
The plain background, lighting, and costume in the hotel room has a bit of an Edward Hopper tone. Very stylish.
Thanks for another great video.
I was hoping you would mention Joseph Laroche. Thank you for bringing attention to his story! 😊
great background music! i might be wrong here, but it was my impression that the titanic was never widely marketed as unsinkable. (there might be one article or pamphlet that describes it as practically unsinkable bc of the bulkheads?) i think the unsinkability was more of an artifact of the post-sinking press coverage. second, the shortage of lifeboats wasn't a product of hubris but of current maritime regulation that prescribed lifeboats based on the weight of the ship, i believe. by that measure, the titanic actually had more than it needed. lifeboats were designed to ferry people to and from rescue vessels, so they weren't thought necessary to hold all passengers simultaneously. titanic proved this wrong, and the laws changed as a result
You are correct! The Titanic was not heavily marketed as unsinkable and having more lifeboats would not have aided the disaster. I think Kaz rushed the research of this video and couldn’t do a full deep dive into the disaster (they didn’t seem to know that the “phantom ship” was the Californian and that the Navratil brothers’ identities are known)
There is some irony to have a submarine explode while trying to look at the ruins of a ship that sank.
Omg when you mentioned pupper history I screamed - it almost felt like we’ve been in the same room!😂
thank you for for creating a video on one of my current hyperfixations ♡
"...were transferred to St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village." As someone who was born in St. Vincent's Medical Center (also known as St. Vincent's Hospital) in CT, that confused me for a moment. Since southern CT is right next to NYC, I thought maybe something had gotten mixed up, but nope! Apparently, there are a whole bunch of St. Vincent's hospitals all over the world!
"I have limited sympathy for rich people that want to see the Titanic, now enjoy this video about the disaster, that I will make money from, sponsored by a large company, which I also can't stand." LOL. Is anyone actually listening to this?
I was at school with the great granddaughter of Arthur Rostron the captain of the Carpathia. She told me that she took the lesson from her famous ancestor of “be kind and sometimes it is ok to break rules”
Interesting to note is that while the titanic didn't have enough lifeboats for everyone on board, not all of the lifeboats even launched with passengers aboard because no one took the sinking seriously at first
You are my new favorite❤
I've just found you today and been binging❤
That last story literally had me crying at work 😢
Kaz you’re awesome! Thanks for supporting the strike!😊
My great grandfather was Charles Williams...He was the world's racquetball champion..He survived...my grandfather was born 1915 making me a third generation titanic survivor... Another Charles Williams was on the Titanic and died...My great grandma got the news her husband died until he wired gram her that he was alive!!!So fascinating
Do you want another story? In 1912 Mexico was a war zone. One family decided to send their youngest son to Germany from keeping him from getting drafted. He was on board of the Frankfurt. The captain of the ship received the SOS call from the Titanic and decided to go help. It took her about 3 hours to get there and by then it was too late. The captain kept a thorough record on his log and when reaching Germany gave it to this boy, whose name was Gustavo Aguirre, as a token of the friendship they had struck. Gustavo kept it all his life but never told anyone. I'm sure he might've made big money if he had told someone and saved Cameron millions of dollars, since he had a map with the exact location of where the Titanic sank. He told his children on his deathbed and gave them the map.
I really appreciated the photo of the “alleged criminal iceberg” 😂
The best account of the sinking is a 1955 piece by Walter Lord entitled A Night to Remember. The British made a film with the same title in 1958.
In my anatomy class in college we learned that alcohol actually lowers your temperature even though it makes you feel warm. It causes vasodilation which sense heat to your extremities and away from your core (which is why you may get flushed cheeks and nose when drunk). It was widely believed in the past though that it did actually warm you.
A simple Google search also shows this warming effect to be a myth
Hi, I just stumbled upon your content.....OMG thank you! I love what you do...
The Titanic is one of my special interests!! I loved this one!!
OMG I completely agree about people going down there to view the wreckage and I don’t like they are taking peoples property. I feel like we should respect the wreck and the dead by leaving them to rest in peace not view it for fun.
You should make a part 2! I would love to hear more stories about the real people on Titanic.... Pleaseeeeeee
i visited the titantic museum in branson, MO, and they were doing this thing where they'd give you a card with a passenger's name and background, and then as you went onwards, you'd learn wether or not your passenger survived in the end. my passenger was survivor elizabeth shutes. i wonder how she felt about some of the people brought up in this video? did she ever interact with them?
The only reasons for visiting the Titanic wreck should be exploring her hall or bringing up artifacts. Nothing else.
This was really interesting! Thanks Kaz!
Kaz, the audio and lighting seemed perfect on my phone.
I just wanted to point out, you look remarkably like Mata Hari, she is my latest case I've been studying, and I think your eyes as well as other features are just so similar to hers.
"Mata was a very beautiful woman in my opinion "
Just quikly.... don't drink alcohol to save you from hypothermia! It actually makes it much worse by dialating the veins and thus cooling your core even more. It's very likely that the baker didn't survive due to the alcohol in his blood tho being drunk likely prevented him from panicing. He just got incredibly lucky.
that last one was heartbreaking.
if you want a retrospective on titanic movies, including dorothy gibson’s, ourewan has a really good video!
very well done! thank you!
Great video!
Will you ever do a video that shows how you do research, prepare the script and edit these videos? It must be a lot of information searching.
Of course I have a favorite Titanic survivor. Several actually. Violet Jessop, naturally, and Lucy Duff-Gordon. She may have been a snoot, but there’s just something about her. Plus her sister Elinor Glyn is an interesting historical figure as well. I think Elinor probably softens me on Lucy. I also love the Countess of Rothes. There’s also Renée Harris, who became the first woman theatre producer after her husband, producer Henry B Harris, died on the Titanic. Renee had wanted to stay with him on the sinking ship and even climbed out of the lifeboat she was in, while injured, having fallen. She ended up being convinced to get on a lifeboat later at the last chance. She chose to pick up her husband’s work in his honor, was a great success, and even “discovered” Barbara Stanwyck. She lost everything in the 1929 crash, but kept up her spirits. ❤
“Munching the shit out of the other lifeboats…”. So eloquent.
FYI any cruise ship of the time had just 3 smoke stacks. The one you pointed out in nyc had 4. The Titantic! Also those that did not go to hospitals went to the Jane West Hotel. It is still there near the landing area
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The HMHS Brittanic sunk because it tripped an underwater mine left by a German U-boat (a war submarine). 30 people were killed most of them due to crew lowering the lifeboats against the Captain's orders (the ship was still moving and it wasn't safe to lower the boats so those that were lowered were sucked to the propellers and got shredded). The Brittanic was able to save most of it's crew thanks to new laws passed after the Titanic's sinking which included providing enough lifeboats for the ship's max capacity. They also reinforced safety features on the ship in case of water breach/ingress such as increasing the number of watertight bulkheads, increase the height of said bulkheads, and improvements to the double hull structure. They also installed electronic davits which makes it faster and easier to lower and release lifeboats. In the Titanic, prepping the lifeboats took a bit longer and releasing them involved hitting the davits with a hammer.
On a related note, the Titanic's savior, the RMS Carpathia, was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat who was already on its way back to Germany. The U-boat was "lucky" (unfortunate for the Carpathia) because the Carpathia changed course thereby making it easier for the U-boat to fire a torpedo at it. There were only 5 casualties most likely caused by the initial impact of the torpedo. The whole incident took around 15 minutes so the crew's quick reaction to such a catastrophe was quite impressive.
The oldest sister ship of the Olympic line, the Olympic, also saw some action during war time but because it was a war ship, it was more equipped for battle unlike the hospital ship Brittanic so they were able to fight off any aggression. She was scrapped in the 1930's since no one wanted to buy her at auction.
Might I just add the "steam boat" era of ships were so beatiful compared to the cruise ships of today. The "sail boat" era was beautiful too.
Ayyye! Kaz the coolest! Love this topic!! Thank you