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Daily Express (1932) BBC DENY TITANIC RADIO PLAY TO BE BROADCAST
BBC and the Titanic Disaster A formal statement contradicting the reports published in some newspapers (not the Daily Express) to the effect that the BBC intended to broadcast a play based on the Titanic disaster has been issued by the...
25th February 1932  
New York Times (1932) OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC
By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. "That borrible scene...
25th February 1932  
eHam.net (2007) 'W0S' TITANIC SPECIAL EVENT STATION
This event will take place on Saturday, April 14th starting at 1300Z to Sunday, April 15th ending at 0000Z. The Special Event Station will be located at the World's Largest Titanic Museum Attraction on Highway 76 in Branson, MO. April 14, 1912 was the night the Titanic met her demise with a huge iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southhampton, English. Radio operators played a large part during this disaster. It was one of the first times the new international distress call 'SOS' gained popularity by radio operators around the world....
21st March 2007  
  MARCONIGRAM
Accepted by Carpathia's Radio Office but not transmitted. (No time). To: Berthe Segesser, 30, Charles Baudelaire, Paris. ''Sauvee Amities. - Emma''....
   
KSPR (2009) HAM OPERATORS SAVED LIVES ABOARD THE TITANIC
When the Titanic went down almost exactly 97 years ago to the day in 1912 more than 1,500 people perished.But 706 survived, and maybe solely thanks to a Marconi radio used to signal for help....
16th April 2009  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2005) SOS : TITANIC NOT THE FIRST USER
OVER the years many myths and fallacies have grown up around the Titanic. Not least the myth that the Titanic was the first vessel to use the International Distress Call 'SOS'. This is not so - the facts are these:- ...
22nd November 2005  
BBC Northern Ireland (2006) BROADCAST ARCHIVE KEEPS PAST ALIVE
To hear the voice of Edith Russell, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, is one of those "hairs on the back of the neck" moments. Here was a woman who had told a BBC Northern Ireland radio programme that she was "the next to last passenger in the last lifeboat, and the only lifeboat that was full. ...
9th December 2006  
The Register-Mail Online (2007) TITANIC MUSEUM ADDS NEW FEATURES
Largest Titanic Museum Attraction has added several new features and expansions totaling more than $1 million, along with a worldwide amateur ham radio broadcast to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic....
13th April 2007  
  MARCONIGRAM
Sent to Aubert, 42me Monge, Paris. ''Moi Sauvee mais Ben perdu''. Marconigram accepted by Carpathia's Radio Office but not transmitted. (No time). To: Aubart, 42 rue Mongre, Paris. ''Sauvee. - Ninette Aubart''...
   
New York Times (1924) 3 OF RICE'S PARTY BACK FROM AMAZON
Mrs. Rice, Professor and Mrs. Strong Return---Others in Expedition Go On --- STUDYING TROPICAL DISEASE --- Hope to Explore Regions in Brazil Never Before Traversed by White Men --- Among the passengers who ar...
4th October 1924  
  HAROLD BRIDE IN THE WIRELESS ROOM
Harold Bride photographed by Fr Francis Browne in  the Wireless Room of the Titanic.  The ghosted image being due to a double exposure....
   
BBC News (2008) GOVERNMENT TRIED TO BLOCK TITANIC PLAY
Documents from the BBC archive show how shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic.The liner's builders and shipping line were concerned it would damage the image of the industry as it tried to recover after the Second World War.Recordings of the ship's survivors and other archive material have been made public on the BBC website. ...
15th April 2008  
Channel 4 - Tuesday - 9:00pm - 10:30pm (2005) TONY ROBINSON TITANIC TRIP PREMIERES TUESDAY
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31st December 2005  
Liverpool Echo (2009) MARITIME TALES: CARPATHIA RESCUE MISSON TO THE TITANIC RELIVED
IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea. The Cunard liner was not long on her journey when her radio operator contacted another ship with a sta...
10th October 2009  
Chicago Daily Journal (1912) THOMAS WHITELEY : WIRELESS OPERATOR DIES
Philips, the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post until the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life-raft and died before rescuers reached him, according to the story told here today by Thomas Whitely. ...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1926) ROSTRON BEATS HIMSELF TO NEW YORK BY WIRELESS
Page 17 Photograph sent by Wireless London to New York The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company states that when the Mauretania arrived in New York yesterday, under Captain Rostron, he found that a copy of his photograph had...
24th April 1926  
Chicago American (1959) 3 VICTIMS LAUD TITANIC FILM
Three Survivors of the Titanic--the only three in Illinois--watched a screening yesterday of "A Night to Remember," an enormously exciting drama of the sinking of that magnificent liner on its maiden voyage 27 y...
25th February 1959  
New York Times (1946) CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946  
New York Times (1956) TV: LAST HOURS OF TITANIC
Tense, Technically Brilliant Portrayal of Tragedy on Kraft Show --- By JACK GOULD --- A technically brilliant re-enactment of the last hours of the Titanic was presented last night on the "Kraft Television Theatre" over Ch...
29th March 1956  
  ADDERGOOLE'S ANNUAL RINGING OF THE TIMONEY BELL
The Timoney Bell was erected by the renowned Addergoole Irish scholar, Míchéal Ó Tiomanaidhe (Michael Timoney) in the 1930’s in St Patrick’s Church grounds, Lahardane. In days past...
   
Kings County Record (2009) A TITANIC VOYAGE 100 YEARS LATER SET FOR APRIL 2012
When we heard the news on the radio, my 10-year-old son and I stared at each other.Had we heard right? Was a voyage being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic? Yes.Almost everyone has heard of th...
5th May 2009  
New York Times (1912) BOY WIRELESS SAVED THEM
Rescues Resulted from Coltain's [sic] Untiring Devotion to Duty --- Harold Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator of the Carpathia, through whose efforts more than to any one [sic] else the saving of a part of the Titanic's passengers wa...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1924) DR. RICE, IN WILDS OF BRAZIL, IN TOUCH BY RADIO WITH HIS FRIENDS IN NEW YORK EVERY NIGHT
Deep in the wilds of Brazil, Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, surgeon and explorer, is encamped on the Rio Brancho in Manaos, studying tropical diseases. New York, although long ago over its uneasiness for the safety of the Rice party which arose late la...
16th December 1924  
Dorset Echo (2009) AUTHOR TELLS OF MEETING WITH LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR
A DORSET author today told of his meeting with the last survivor of the Titanic just before she died.Roger Hardingham, of Osmington Mills, met with Millvina Dean, 97, two weeks ago after finishing her biography and was planning a dinner ...
5th June 2009  
New York Times (1931) RECITES CLOSE CALL OF TITANIC RESCUE
Sir Arthur Rostron Tells How Radio Man Got S 0 S as He Prepared to Quit Post --- RECALLS 46 YEARS AT SEA --- Carpathia's Former Master, in New Autobiography, Describes "Most Memorable Night" of Career --- If ...
27th October 1931  
New York Times (1924) EXPLORER TO SEEK ORINOCO'S SOURCE
Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice Is Now at Para With His Wife and Flier Hinton --- VOYAGE TO TAKE 2 YEARS --- Seaplane and Radio Will Be Used to Penetrate Hitherto Uncharted Region --- Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice,...
12th August 1924  
  EDITH LOUISE ROSENBAUM RUSSELL (1879-1975)
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 12 June 1879, the fashion writer, consultant, importer, buyer and stylist Edith Louise Rosenbaum began her career abroad as a saleswoman in 1908 for the Maison Cheruit in the Place Vendome in Paris. Later she wrote for th...
   
  (1962) JOSEPH GROVES BOXHALL - RADIO INTERVIEW
Joseph Boxhall  Radio Interview, October 1962 Transcribed by Capt. Charles B. Weeks and Cathy Akers-Jordan On that Sunday night the, 14th, of April, along with Moody who was the Si...
  October 1962  
Guernsey Press and Star (2009) ISLAND'S TITANIC CONNECTION
TITANIC’S journey and demise in 1912 is legendary. Archive film footage, news cuttings and big-budget movies mean the tragic tale of the ship dubbed ‘unsinkable’ will never be forgotten. However, not many people are aware...
9th October 2009  
ET Research (2006) TITANIC CITATION CATALOG
Titanic Citation Catalogby Captain Charles WeeksI created this document to assist Titanic researchers. I have found it maddening to have to thumb through numerous books to find a particular citation on a certain subject. Using this...
21st October 2006  
 

 
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