You Are There - The Sinking of the Titanic (1955/HD)

Can you imagine what it would be like to have a reporter onboard with a camera during the sinking of the Titanic? In 1955, Walter Cronkite did just that, interviewing key characters such as Captain Smith, Bruce Ismay and First Officer Murdoch. In a documentary style that pre-dated the publication of Walter Lord's book "A Night to Remember" by six months, it is a fascinating blend of fictional dramatisation and historical accuracy.
Broadcast: 22 May 1955
Season 3, episode 38

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I just checked the description. This show was broadcasted on my birthday decades before I was born.

[@Titan52berg]

Pretty cool program! I have this entire episode on A DVD!! Sort of dramitized, of course, and the ship looks nothing like Titanic! With navigational hazards in the North Atlantic being what they were in 1912 and the non-existence of television, onewonders how 'live' on-the-scene interviews could possibly be done... and why the busy crew and passengers alike would even waste the time. Of course, a familiar face is seen in this episode. Actor Hayden Rourke would go on to play Dr. Alfred Bellows in the memorable TV series, "I Dream of Jeannie!"

[@TitanicsOfficers]

Other episodes were about the fall of Troy, the assassination of Julius Caesar and the death of Socrates - long before television was invented! I don't think you are supposed to believe it is real, but it is interesting to explore the 'what if' of asking principal characters in historical events about what is going on.

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