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00:00I fell into a mass of people.
00:30Everything I touched seemed to be woman's hair.
00:40Children crying, women screaming, their hair in my face.
00:49My God, if only I could forget those hands and faces.
01:00He told me that apparently we'd struck something.
01:19I didn't become alarmed.
01:26There was no danger, they said.
01:30I told her to come at once, we were sinking.
01:36You can imagine the chaos and the fear and the terror of finding water in your cabin and
01:45you're in the bowels of the ship.
01:47It makes me panic just thinking about it.
01:49The story of the Titanic is the human condition spread out, pinned on a board for us to examine.
01:58Then came the terrible cry, women and children, women and children.
02:04Two men lifted me up and put me in a boat.
02:09It's these small decisions, these little butterfly effect moments that change the outcome.
02:28It really was every man for himself.
02:31My heart stood still.
02:35If we're gonna die, best to die gripping something.
02:53It's a split second decision.
02:55What would you do?
02:56What would I do?
03:00It was a terrible sight.
03:06Men swimming and sinking.
03:08I've been brought up to believe in a hell after death.
03:22For now I think I went through a hell that night.
03:29For now I think I went through a hell that night.
03:51Titanic.
03:52TITANIC
04:20TITANIC
04:22Largest ship the world had ever known
04:24The last word in luxury
04:28The ship, palatial
04:30The food, delicious
04:32The rudder alone weighed 100 tons
04:36I sailed, first class, from Southampton
04:40We called at Cherbourg
04:42And from there to Queenstown
04:46Everyone was counting the days
04:48We'd see the Statue of Liberty
04:53My father and mother were invited to dinner that night
04:56So I dined alone
05:00Afterward, I took a few turns around the deck
05:05Being 17 years old
05:07I was all over the ship
05:09The Titanic is a ship of dreams
05:17The epitome of modern technology
05:19Of luxury and opulence
05:23It looks like a cross between the Ritz and an English grand country house
05:28Titanic was the showpiece for the shipping line
05:34Built by Harlan and Wolfe
05:36The famous shipyard in Belfast
05:38She is absolutely huge
05:40Ten decks
05:42840 cabins
05:44An absolute masterpiece of human engineering
05:50I had never been on an ocean voyage
06:02I was afraid of the sea
06:04It's done
06:05But Harvey, my husband, and our eight-year-old daughter Marjorie and I decided to go to America that way
06:14First few days, I was a bit seasick and kept on an ocean voyage
06:16I was afraid of the sea
06:17I was afraid of the sea
06:19It's done
06:21But Harvey, my husband, and our eight-year-old daughter Marjorie and I decided to go to America that way
06:29First few days, I was a bit seasick and kept to my cabin most of the time
06:46But on Sunday, April 14th, I was up and about
06:51After I'd eaten, I listened to the orchestra for a little while, then I went back to my cabin
06:57There was no moon
07:09A brilliant starry night
07:13I'd never seen the sea smoother
07:19It had become much colder
07:24It was indeed a night for bed, warmth, and cozy thoughts
07:38How good it was to be in my bunk at last, devouring magazines
07:43At 23, I was the youngest stewardess on the ship
07:50I was enjoying the trip tremendously
07:55The first three days were very calm
08:01We were another three days before we would reach New York
08:05It was a pleasure to go to bed
08:10My pretty little cabin with its electric heater and pink curtains
08:16I hadn't meant to sail on the Titanic
08:23Urgent business in New York forced me to take the first available boat
08:32But everything aboard this lovely ship reassured me
08:37It's a Sunday
08:44First-class passengers have probably spent the day enjoying themselves
08:49They had eaten roast duckling and sirloin of beef
08:53And foie gras and truffles
08:55And lamb with mint sauce and stuffed zucchini and chocolate eclairs
09:00Maybe they've gone to the sauna in the Turkish baths
09:03Or they've played a round of squash
09:06Or gone to the gym
09:07Perhaps the men had gone to the smoking room
09:11They'd had a cigar, a pipe
09:13They'd played a round of cards
09:15Maybe the women had gone to the reading and writing room
09:19To have a moment of quiet
09:21They've had a joyful, relaxing day
09:25They're full of anticipation
09:27That they're going to be arriving in New York
09:29In two or three days' time
09:31It's been the perfect day
09:51My name is Celiney Yaszbek
10:01My husband and I were on our way to America to make our home
10:06He'd been to America before, where he had a business
10:11where he had a business.
10:20It's a misconception that Titanic was first and foremost
10:23a luxury ship.
10:25Titanic was primarily an emigrant ship,
10:28and it was to ferry people, working people,
10:32from Europe to America.
10:35About three quarters of the Titanic's passengers
10:38are in second or third class,
10:40and it's really not surprising that people
10:42do not want to go to bed.
10:45This might be the first time they've been away from home,
10:49and maybe it's the first taste of freedom
10:51from very oppressive environments.
10:55They are young people embarking on a new life
10:59to a new world.
11:01It would have been wonderful.
11:05I was a bride of 50 days.
11:10By collating all of these memories
11:12from different parts of the ship,
11:13memories that could easily have been lost to history,
11:16that's the way in.
11:18That's how we understand the story of the Titanic.
11:21That's how we understand the story of the Titanic.
11:25That's how we understand the story of the Titanic,
11:26that was that world'sē½
11:30when the Titanic was behind us.
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11:40to the Titanic was terribly
11:45and was going to by that 40-year-old
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11:48He was a prisoner and damned
11:49He was a survivor,
11:50and a new time girl
11:51was up to the linking of the sailor
11:52And inc.
12:23I joined her in Belfast, while she was still in the builder's hands, the biggest and finest
12:48ship in the world.
12:53On that night of April 14th, the first officer took over from me.
12:58We both remarked on the ship's steadiness, how comfortably she was slipping along.
13:08We knew perfectly well we were entering the region where ice might be sighted, and had
13:14taken precautions. As none of these bergs lay on our course, well, they didn't directly
13:21concern us. I passed on the course, speed, weather conditions, wished him joy of a few
13:30perishing cold hours and went below.
13:33It doesn't matter whether it's a ship, all the way down to a section of marines in my circumstance.
13:40There is a system and command structure. Everyone had a job to do, and this is the point where
13:46the ship just begins to take over. The navigation crew that are at the top of the ship are settling
13:53into their evening routine. The engineers that are down in the boiler room are working on
14:00a four-hour shift to just keep the ship moving. The captain is retired to his cabin, you know,
14:05comfortable that his crew, that ultimately have been at work since the ship left Belfast,
14:10are very much in control. Really, it's the beginning of what should be another calm night
14:15on the Titanic.
14:18I joined the Marconi staff last July, and was transferred to the Titanic at Belfast. I didn't
14:37have much to do except to relieve Philips, a senior operator.
14:44I went to bed. I was conscious of waking up and hearing Philips sending telegrams. From
15:07Southampton, we got through about 250 telegrams.
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15:43It's a tense situation in the wireless room
16:02because the equipment broke down the day before
16:04and so he's got this great backlog of work to do
16:08and he's focused on it, he's concentrating on it.
16:10The last thing he wants is new information coming in.
16:35It came out that vital messages received
16:40in the wireless room that night
16:41had never been delivered to the bridge
16:44walling all ships of heavy ice
16:48in an area right ahead of the Titanic
16:50and what was still worse
16:53not far away.
17:01Light on us trying to say
17:02I knew this was important, it should have gone to the bridge
17:06and it didn't and it's the wireless operator's fault
17:08but that's not true
17:10because the message didn't have the crucial prefix
17:13of MSG, Master Service Gram
17:16which would have meant that Jack Phillips
17:17would immediately have prioritised it
17:20and sent it up to the bridge.
17:22That didn't happen.
17:23We have this unique opportunity
17:27to understand the sinking of the Titanic
17:29from the perspective of those who were actually there.
17:33We're starting to piece things together
17:35but we're working with people's memories.
17:37In reality, memories are going to distort
17:39and there might be a bit of a bias
17:41where people will try and make sense of what was going on.
17:45There are people who will deliberately distort and mislead
17:50but mostly, you know, it's just that
17:52people do remember things differently.
17:56You're not looking for the stone-cold truths.
18:00We need to bring together all of those memories
18:03see what seems to be consistent through it all
18:06but also to recognise that every individual
18:09has a different experience.
18:11We have to respect that.
18:15A Frederick Fleet, sailor, lookout man
18:32Southampton, England
18:3425th next October
18:36We are there to report anything we see
18:41A ship or anything
18:46Watch was nearly over
18:50I had done the best part of two hours
18:54There was a ship or anything else
18:54So we're going to have to do it
18:58And I've discussed this
18:59We're going to have to get started
19:00But I'd like to get started
19:00We're going to have to get started
19:01We're going to get started
19:03We're going to have to get started
19:04It was not very large when I first saw it.
19:29A black mass.
19:30It kept getting larger as we were getting nearer there.
19:45I was fourth officer.
19:48I was just coming along the deck and almost abreast of the captain's quarters
19:52when I heard the report of three bells.
19:56That signifies something's been seen ahead.
20:00I struck three bells first.
20:02Then I went straight to the telephone
20:05and rang them up on the bridge.
20:08Iceberg! Get ahead!
20:11Then I heard the first officer give the order.
20:14Honest on!
20:17The whale was put to starboard.
20:20She started to go to port whilst I was on the telephone.
20:24My mate saw it and he told me he could see the bow coming round.
20:31They swung the ship's bow away from the object.
20:36Yes.
20:38Because we were making straight for it.
20:46What do you do if you're trained at sea?
20:48You try to avoid the obstacle.
20:50It's a split-second decision.
20:52And there's just a clichƩ, isn't there,
20:54in the way we talk about trying to turn the Titanic.
20:56You can't turn this giant boat in time.
21:00And a red light goes up when the ship is supposed to stop.
21:22This red light came up.
21:30Shut all dampers!
21:33My name and the man in charge of the watch
21:35twice shouted,
21:36Shut all dampers.
21:37They shut the wind off the fires.
21:39Shut all dampers!
21:41Shut all dampers!
21:43Shut all dampers!
21:45The crash came before we had them all shut.
22:05I didn't even feel the shock.
22:07I hardly knew what had happened.
22:08There was no jolt whatsoever.
22:10I was about to step into bed when I seemed to sway slightly.
22:17If I'd had a brimful glass of water in my hand,
22:20not a drop would have spilled.
22:28I was soon awakened by a long, grinding shock.
22:33There was a backward jerk followed by a shorter one.
22:50And the ship started to back, like a train.
22:54Then, uh, a low, crunching, ripping sound.
23:09As Titanic shivered.
23:16I was fast asleep.
23:21Almost threw me off the bed.
23:24Suddenly, I heard a tremendous noise.
23:38Immediately, I knew the ship had been hit hard.
23:54When we were alongside her, it was...
23:59..a bit higher than the forecastle heads.
24:02Like, 50 feet, I should say.
24:06Was there much of a jar to the ship?
24:11No.
24:13Just a slight grinding noise.
24:16Did it alarm you when it struck?
24:19I thought it was a narrow shave.
24:21You thought it was a narrow shave?
24:24Yes.
24:31You know, up on the top deck, people are thinking to themselves,
24:33Oh, that was close, but we got away with it.
24:36You know, it's just a near miss that somebody writes down in a log.
24:40But they don't know that this iceberg had a very large section jutting out of it,
24:45underneath the water.
24:46The water came pouring in about two feet from where I was standing.
24:59The ship's side was torn.
25:00From the third stock hold to the forward's end.
25:02The water came pouring in about two feet from where I was standing.
25:07The ship's side was torn.
25:09From the third stock hold to the forward's end.
25:12The door's dropped instantly, automatically.
25:13Hurry up!
25:14We got through into the next section.
25:15The door's dropped.
25:16Instantly, automatically.
25:17Hurry up!
25:18We got through into the next section.
25:19Then the watertight compartment closed up.
25:24Open the door!
25:33The doors dropped instantly, automatically.
25:39Hurry up!
25:40We got through into the next section.
25:44Then the watertight compartment closed up.
25:54As the iceberg strikes, the rivets give way.
26:04And the water starts pouring into boiler room number six.
26:07That's on the starboard side of the ship.
26:10But Titanic is designed to have watertight compartments
26:14in the event of an emergency.
26:17There's 16 compartments,
26:19and the doors do what they're supposed to do,
26:21come down, seal off the compartments
26:24and protect the rest of the ship.
26:28Fred Barrett and his boys escape this wall of water.
26:33At the moment, they are safe.
26:37But the thing about the Titanic is
26:39nobody had thought to put in a direct communication system
26:44between the boiler rooms,
26:46which could flood and the bridge.
26:52But equally, it's not just a case
26:54of sending somebody up quickly.
26:57A lowly boiler operator or stoker
26:59goes up and tells the captain what's happened.
27:01There is a chain of command.
27:05So there was no way
27:06that Fred Barrett could tell the captain
27:10straight away what was happening.
27:12And that lost time.
27:14The captain said, what have we struck?
27:15Mr. Murdoch, the first officer, said,
27:17we have struck an iceberg.
27:18The captain said, what have we struck?
27:19Mr. Murdoch, the first officer, said,
27:20we have struck an iceberg.
27:21I put her hard to starboard.
27:22It was too close.
27:23I put her hard to starboard, but it was too close.
27:24She hit it.
27:25I put her hard to starboard, but it was too close.
27:26She hit it.
27:27She hit it before I could do any more.
27:28I put her hard to starboard.
27:29She hit it before I could do any more.
27:30You put her hard to starboard?
27:31I put her hard to starboard, but it was too close.
27:32She hit it.
27:33She hit it before I could do any more.
27:34the captain said what have we struck
27:39mr murdoch the first officer said we have struck an iceberg
27:45i put her hard to starboard but it was too close she hit it
27:50he also said i intended to port around it but she hit before i could do any more
27:56we walked out onto the bridge to take a look at the iceberg
28:04it seemed to be a small black mass not rising very high out of the water
28:18the ship was past it then it couldn't have extended
28:22above the ship's rail
28:25captain smith the captain of the titanic was a
28:31a very experienced seaman a very highly respected seaman
28:35he'd served in the royal naval reserve as well as in the merchant navy
28:41he was coming to the end of his career and he must have been very very proud
28:45that he was taking titanic this this world-beating ship across the atlantic
28:50and that would be a wonderful end to what was a glittering career
28:56and suddenly of course there's a collision it's the last thing you want
29:01he would have been annoyed as well as keen to solve the problem as quickly as
29:06he could
29:13the engine stopped the sudden quiet was disturbing
29:25when there's that sudden cut of the engines it's going to be really noticeable something's going
29:34on something's not right something's not as it should be
29:38i lay still
29:40i i waited for ann my cabin mate to speak for
29:45i knew she was awake
29:47i looked over the side of my bunk at her and
29:52she returned by saying in her calm way
29:55sounds as if something has happened
29:57passengers were really left in the dark there was no telling system or announcement of what was going on of what to do they had to work it out themselves
30:12i could hear the footsteps of people on the deck above my head
30:24there was some stamping and queer noises as though the ship's tackle was being pulled about
30:31my husband said there must have been some slight accident in the engine room
30:40he put on his coat and left me
30:45different people will react to the situation in different ways but a number of passengers have no qualms at all
30:53about going up onto the boat deck and finding someone to inquire what's going on
31:06it was bitterly cold
31:13i moved around the deck trying to discover what had happened
31:16there were quite a few people standing around questioning each other in a dazed kind of way
31:33there were many prominent people on the passenger list because it was for maiden voyage those responsible for building the ship
31:39tommy andrews
31:41tommy andrews
31:42designer for harland and wolf
31:43designer for harland and wolf
31:45he was respected by
31:48everyone
31:50a great ship builder
31:52and a real gentleman
31:53a perfectionist
31:55thomas andrews was a highly respected in fact probably the most respected ship designer in the uk at this time
32:12titanic
32:13titanic
32:14was the pinnacle of andrews
32:15career
32:16you know he'd been building up to this moment this amazing liner that was going to win all these different prizes that was the queen of the seas really
32:23he knew a great deal about ship design
32:28he understood buoyancy stability all of these issues
32:32she's got 16 watertight compartments that's far more than most of the liners that were steaming around
32:40and of those 16 four of them could be flooded and the ship was still stable and would stay afloat
32:46and that's why titanic had been billed as an unsinkable ship
32:55she was a fabricated steel vessel
32:59of gigantic dimensions
33:02we're just stopping precaution now
33:04just making a few checks
33:06and then we'll be on our way to me looking at
33:08please the other
33:09she was a wonderfully safe vessel
33:20in answer to many questions
33:22mr andrews assured everybody that we were absolutely safe
33:25checking a few things then
33:27she would stay afloat indefinitely
33:29she would stay afloat indefinitely
33:30she would stay afloat indefinitely
33:34this one man had a piece of ice
33:41and i took it out of his hands wondering where he got it from
33:44tried to make him understand that there was nothing the matter
33:47go down to bed and go to sleep again
33:49i didn't take it very seriously
33:52after what seemed a few moments my husband returned
34:01and he was quite excited
34:04he exclaimed
34:06we have struck an iceberg
34:08a big one
34:09but there's no danger
34:11an officer just told me so
34:13this story reassured me
34:16if these people weren't worried
34:19why should i be
34:23at that particular time
34:27we know in England certainly
34:29there's a strong
34:31very hierarchical class system
34:33getting the message from authority figures
34:35that everything's okay
34:37even though the ship is stationary
34:39and they're out at sea
34:40and it's dark and it's cold
34:41for the most people that's enough
34:47there had been an accident a collision
34:49and yet there was a sense of complacency
34:52rather than a sense of urgency
34:54to discover what exactly has gone wrong
34:58thomas andrews was saying to people
35:00everything's fine it's all safe
35:02when he didn't have any data
35:04about what the damage to the ship was
35:07and that was not a clever thing to do
35:10there are eight firemen in the number six section
35:32the second engineer shouted
35:34all hands stand by your stations
35:36that's for the men that stand by the fires
35:39for fred barrett and his crew
35:43they need to manage the fire in boiler room six
35:47and he's worried that there's going to be a minor explosion
35:50because the freezing water is hitting the hot coals
35:55fred barrett is in the boiler room next door
35:58and the only way to assess the damage
36:01is to climb out of boiler room five
36:03to this overhead gangway that's above boiler room six
36:11he went up and escape and down to the boiler room
36:17it was eight feet of water in it
36:18it was eight feet of water in it
36:24it was eight feet of water in it
36:31when he tries to get back down into boiler room six
36:33he can't because there's eight feet of water in there
36:36and the whole place is already filled with steam
36:39but i think when fred barrett saw the situation
36:44he would have been still feeling that everything could be contained
36:48you know this is how the ship was sold to passengers and crew alike
36:51passengers and crew alike
37:21captain smith looked at the inclinometer
37:33which is a sort of spirit level type gauge
37:36which shows whether the ship is stable or not
37:39and realized there was a five degree list in the ship to starboard
37:46we're taking on water
37:50captain smith knows that probably is water
37:53the problem is where is this water coming from
37:56and what the hell is going on
37:59titanic of course was a massive ship
38:02with a huge number of compartments
38:05therefore finding out what's happened
38:07is a difficult and complex task
38:10because the ability to communicate between parts of the ship
38:13was very very poor indeed
38:15therefore you have to send a person a runner
38:19to go down and look and then come all the way back to the bridge
38:22to tell you what on earth is going on
38:24i went right down below
38:37into the lowest steerage as far as i could go without going into the cargo portion of the ship
38:46and i inspected all the decks as i came up in the vicinity where i thought she'd struck
38:53i couldn't hear any noise
39:00i couldn't see any damage
39:02remember the mindset is this ship is unsinkable
39:08if you believe a ship is unsinkable
39:09if you believe a ship is unsinkable you're not looking for trouble
39:15imagine it wandering about this vast ship looking for water
39:23he's not going to find it because he doesn't go down to the boiler rooms
39:27i boarded titanic in queenstown
39:44i'm 21 years old i wanted to come to america to make some money
39:50there were three other boys from the same place sleeping in the same room with me
40:03jumped on the floor
40:05the first thing i knew my feet were getting wet
40:16i told the other fellas to get up that there was something wrong
40:20get back to bed
40:23they only laughed
40:26one of them says get back to bed you're not in ireland now
40:30go back to bed daniel
40:33i really understand where that voice is coming from
40:37something that i hear from immigrants nowadays
40:40is this belief that you've entered a world of order
40:44and protection and security
40:48so you don't have to worry about anything
40:51this is the safest ship in the world that's ever been built
40:55but it's so wrong in this context
40:57i turned on the lights
41:04and to my surprise there was a stream of water running along the floor
41:10the fact that water was seen on the deck at the level where daniel buckney had a cabin
41:29was seen to indicate that a second water site compartment had actually gone as well as the boiler room
41:36and the water was rising up the bulkhead in that compartment
41:40and that of course is extremely worrying
41:43but who exactly knew that is a different issue
41:47i met the carpenter coming up absolutely out of breath
42:02and he said she is evidently making water fast number one tarpaulin is ballooning
42:09go tell the captain
42:10at last boxall gets himself some concrete information
42:16the carpenter he meets is talking about one of the tarpaulins up on g deck that's covering a cargo hold
42:23the air in there is being pushed out at speed at pressure
42:28and the carpenter he meets is talking about one of the tarpaulins up on g deck that's covering a cargo hold
42:36the air in there is being pushed out at speed at pressure by the volume of water coming in
42:53in the cargo hold there's all the passengers luggage
42:56there's goods that are being shipped from companies across the atlantic
43:00there's a renault car all boxed up belonging to one of the first class passengers
43:05there's cases of feather boas there's all kinds of crazy things in there
43:10but it is the entirety of everyone's possessions
43:20then on his way to investigate boxall gets some more news
43:30i met the mail clerk coming up
43:33and he said mr boxall the mail room is filling
43:36i got back to the boat deck and i saw the captain
43:39the mail room is filling sir
43:41and i said the mail room is filling sir
43:42i got back to the boat deck and i saw the captain
43:46the mail room is filling sir
43:47and i said the mail room is filling sir
43:48what did he say
43:53he walked away and left me
43:56he went off the bridge as far as i remember
44:00he didn't say anything to you
44:01no
44:02no
44:03no
44:04no
44:05no
44:06no
44:07no
44:08no
44:09no
44:10no
44:11no
44:12the captain goes down to inspect accompanied by thomas andrews
44:13here they can see with their own eyes
44:20the mail room has been flooded and that means another compartment is gone
44:27no
44:28no
44:30no
44:31no
44:32the captain goes down to inspect accompanied by thomas andrews
44:35there they can see with their own eyes the mail room has been flooded and that means another compartment is gone
44:41own eyes the mail room has been flooded and that means another compartment is gone
44:55the titanic was a ship designed to carry mail from great britain and there are about three
45:00and a half thousand sacks of mail on board already these mail bags are beginning to float away the
45:06mail clerks have tried to salvage some of them but they can't because the water is everywhere
45:13this doesn't look good for rural britannia seeing the speed with which the water levels were rising
45:21must have been quite a sobering moment for both of them and of course this was not what the captain
45:27had hoped would be his final crowning glory in command of this splendid ship this was going to
45:35be the ultimate test for him he was going to have to prove himself as the sort of captain that he
45:41thought he was and other people thought he was but then the situation gets worse the captain learns that
45:52a third compartment is flooded the captain knows that this is a terrible circumstance but equally
46:04titanic was built to endure that there's 16 compartments four of them could be fully flooded
46:11and the ship was still stable and wouldn't sink if another one a fifth compartment started to be flooded
46:18then that changed the equation completely
46:23the captain is sitting right at the moment of what is known as event horizon
46:27you know once you tip over that precipice the ship is going to sink any captain worth their salt
46:35is ultimately going to prepare for the worst and actually not even expect the best
46:40you have to be preparing for things to continue to worsen
46:44then came the order to clear the lifeboats
46:57there was the frightful noise of escaping steam
47:14many first-class passengers report this unearthly scream that comes out of the funnels
47:29it's the steam which has been diverted from the engines now emerging from the funnels
47:35for those who have their rooms closest to the boat deck suddenly this is very alarming indeed
47:49it's a moment where they realize that things are not as they should be
47:53and maybe they should be worrying i was uneasy
47:56i rushed to the husband go up on deck and see what has happened he got out of his bed rather unwillingly
48:16so
48:21on board the titanic in first class are american millionaires there are people like colonel
48:27john jacob astor the fourth who is an american business magnate he's one of the richest men in the
48:32world and sir cosmo duff gordon sees astor stride over to captain smith and have a private little word with him
48:41the first class passengers know captain smith they are able to mix with the senior crew they have
48:53exclusive access it means that they're part of the inner circle and other people are not
48:58from the get-go first-class passengers are in a kind of chumocracy with the senior crew and that means
49:06that they get the information immediately when others don't they have a distinct advantage from the
49:11word go
49:25my husband was back looking rather grave i've been up to the bridge and i've seen colonel astor he said
49:33he told me that he was going to ask his wife to dress and i think you better do the same
49:41i hurriedly put on the warmest clothes i could find
49:45as i was dressing my secretary miss francatelli came into the room very agitated
50:03i woke up of my own accord i promised to relieve philips earlier than usual
50:24i asked him i was getting on i think we struck something he told me that he felt the ship tremble and
50:35stop he thought she'd got damaged in some way
50:42suddenly the captain put his head in the cabin
50:45and i'm having an inspection made to tell what he's done
50:56he better get ready to send a call for assistance
51:01but don't send it until i tell you
51:02the captain went away philips resumed the phones
51:22because there's no instant communications between large parts of the ship captain smith and
51:46others still did not know fully what the damage was to the ship
51:53during his inspection andrews must have learned that a fourth compartment had flooded
52:00but problems in the boiler room he was still completely unaware of
52:05when andrews went down into the boiler room he was horrified horror struck
52:20water was rising and it was rising in spaces that they had not realized it would be in
52:28earlier on andrews had said about titanic that she was
52:32nearly as perfect as human brains could achieve
52:37he'd put all of his knowledge into titanic to make her as safe as she could be
52:46but unfortunately the ship was doomed
52:53you're now at a point where it's mathematically certain that this ship is going to sink
52:57you know that the front five compartments are flooded the water will start pouring over the top of the bulkheads
53:10picture an ice tray you start filling it at one end and eventually it will you know rise up over
53:15the line in the next compartment in the next compartment and it just continues to fill and fill
53:20and that is ultimately what is going to draw this ship to the bottom of the ocean
53:34the water will start pouring over the ocean into the ocean into the ocean into the ocean
53:43my husband and i jumped up and ran out to see what had happened
53:48we were still wearing our night clothes
54:02i can imagine them in my mind middle of the night they wake up
54:06and then suddenly there's the terror of finding water and you're in the bowels of the ship
54:11you are not being told anything there's no announcements you're left to work out what's
54:18going on and how that impacts on your own safety it's such a jarring break from this very beautiful
54:28experience i think they must have been having up until this point we walked around to the port side
54:36and the ship had then a fair list
54:45we stayed there looking over the side for about five minutes the list seemed very slowly to be increasing
54:54thomas andrews was seen by another passenger running up the bridge with a with a look of terror on his face
55:09no doubt he realized the first time my god we can't save the ship
55:16his unsinkable ship was going to sink
55:25i saw the captain
55:29it was then i realized it was serious
55:34captain looked over he said we are sinking
55:54it's just
56:10it's just
56:16suddenly orders came down
56:19everybody to the boats we sent an urgent distress call and said we were sinking by the head
56:27if you are a family you will be separated nobody's telling anybody what's going on
56:35husband stepped over to an officer and asked him a question
56:40what's going on
56:41i heard him shout back keep calm there's no danger
56:57a
56:58we have people
57:00who are
57:02what's going on
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57:06we
57:06what's going on
57:09we
57:12we
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