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Godspeed Titanic: A Brief History
Through the combined efforts of
Cameron's filmmaking team and consultants Don Lynch and Ken
Marschall, Titanic was willed into reality, captivating us for a
second time this century. As for its first incarnation in 1912,
the ship was constructed in Belfast during a pressured two-year
period, taking yet a third year to outfit. Motivated by White
Star Line's competitive campaign and thanks to the new
achievements in communication, Titanic was launched with an
unprecedented wave of worldwide publicity.
Titanic left Southampton dock midday on Wednesday, April 10,
1912, stopping at Cherbourg, France, where the
"unsinkable" Molly Brown and John Jacob Astor, the
wealthiest of Titanic's prestigious passengers, boarded and,
finally, made her last stop at Queenstown on the south coast of
Ireland. From Queenstown, with some 2,223 people aboard, she
steamed at top speed for New York City.
Yet, despite repeated warnings of ice along its route, the ship
fatally struck an iceberg at 11:40pm on April 14, less than five
days into its maiden voyage. By 2:30am on April 15th, she lay
torn in half at the bottom of the North Atlantic.
"Titanic didn't just 'sink,'" explains executive
producer Rae Sanchini, commenting on the ship's final hours.
"She literally ripped in two at the surface, with over 250
feet of stern lifting out of water and, at one point, stood
nearly vertical to the ocean's surface. Her dramatic death throes
lived up to her pretentious name. The maiden voyage of the 'ship
of dreams' ended in a nightmare truly beyond comprehension."
"In addition to being the greatest disaster story ever told,
the brief life and stunning death of Titanic is a landmark
historic event. In a sense, it signaled the end of the age of
innocence, shattered confidence in progress and technology, and
challenged passive acceptance of class as a definition of
birthright. Survival on Titanic," Sanchini points out,
"was a direct function of class and gender."
A fateful combination of events transpired during Titanic's brief
journey, each placing the floating city on a collision!
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