The sinking of the Titanic created a news sensation that crowded the front pages of papers in the USA, the U.K. and abroad. Although there were no formal newsreel companies in 1912, some specialized film production companies did exist. An unknown producer created the film you will see here, partly out of footage apparently shot aboard the Titanic’s sister ship Olympic or Brittanic, and partially from material shot aboard the Titanic itself. Some areas of the film that would have shown the ship’s identification have been scratched out, apparently because they would have been all too visible to a paying audience! There are other imperfections as well (see title cards at head of the film for more specifics). Nevertheless, the film does contain some wonderful and authentic images, including footage of the “rescue ship” Carpathia in the docks at New York, and shots of some of the crew and a life boat.

All prints of the original 35mm film were lost but fortunately the film was preserved through a so-called “paper print” at the George Klein Collection of the Library of Congress.

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