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Gare Maritime	A VOYAGE ON THE SS PARIS A cruise along the East Coast around 1932...	2nd August 2006
Gare Maritime	CUBA TO AMERICA ON THE ORIZABA A cruise from Cuba and along the East Coast in the 1920s taking in an excursion to Kensico Dam....	9th September 2006
The Republican	TITANIC SOCIETY STUDIES MOVIES CHICOPEE - From "The Night to Remember," filmed in 1958, to "Titanic," filmed in 1997, the saga of the legendary "unsinkable" ocean liner has been studied over and over again at the movies. ...	9th October 2007
	DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'THE EASTER BONNET' Dorothy Gibson in the Éclair comedy "The Easter Bonnet" (1912) in which she plays a milliner accused of the theft of one of her customer’s hats. Dorothy co-starred with Muriel Ostriche, Lamar Johnstone and Julia Stuart (shown with her in the scene ab...	1912
Gare Maritime	THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....	10th July 2007
	DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'HANDS ACROSS THE SEA' A scene from "Hands Across the Sea," produced by Éclair-America, the company’s debut film and Dorothy Gibson’s first starring role. She actually took several parts in this movie, which was an historical tableau enacting events of the American Revolut...	1911
	DOROTHY GIBSON IN THE LUCKY HOLDUP Dorothy Gibson in the Éclair gangster comedy "The Lucky Holdup" (1912) in which she stars opposite Lamar Johnstone, her regular leading man. Archived at the Library of Congress, it is the only one of Dorothy Gibson’s films known to exist. "The Lucky ...	1912
Gare Maritime	ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN ON THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM 16mm film records a tour encompassing: Peurto Rice, Curacoa, Havana, Cartagena, Colombia, Panama Canal, Kingston Jamaica ending with the ship docking in New York City....	21st December 2006
Gare Maritime	STRATHALLAN SEA TRIALS Unique and evocative home movie of the ill fated liner passing onlookers as she departs on her sea trials....	21st July 2006
New York Times	SILENT TOAST TO MAJOR BUTT. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 23.---A silent toast to Major Archibald Butt was drunk last night by the Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, one of the historic military organizations of the State, at its annual observance of the anniversary of the depa...	24th April 1912
	FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH These shots were taken in New York on board the Olympic probably on the occasion of her first arrival in 1911. The photographer is unknown. ...	May 1911
	FILM OF TITANIC ENTERING THE THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK ...	3rd February 1912
	FILM OF CARPATHIA RETURNING SURVIVORS TO NEW YORK The Carpathia arrived in New York on the evening of 18 April 1912. ...	18th April 1912
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S SILENT DISTRESS SIGNALS Paul Wilkinson A new look at a minor mystery...	5th January 2004
New York Times	MRS. DICK GETS DIVORCE Former Mrs. John Jacob Astor Silent About Future Plans --- MINDEN, Nev., July 21 (AP)---The former Mrs. John Jacob Astor was divorced here today from William K. Dick of New York City, remaining silent meanwhile on reported plans for a ...	22nd July 1933
	FILM OF THE OLYMPIC These pictures were retouched after the Titanic disaster to eliminate American company flags visible on the other vessels in harbour so that, when re-shown in April 1912, the pictures might represent Titanic at her berth in Southampt...	1911
	FILM OF THE MACKAY BENNETT RETURNING TO HALIFAX WITH BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS The cable ship MacKay Bennett returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the morning of 30 April 1912. On her deck were coffins, her crew recovered 306 bodies and brought 190 back to harbour. The rest were buried at sea. ...	30th April 1912
	IN NACHT UND EIS (1) A 1912 Silent Drama about Titanic (Part 1)...
	IN NACHT UND EIS (2) A 1912 Silent Drama about Titanic (Part 2)...
	IN NACHT UND EIS (3) A 1912 Silent Drama about Titanic (Part 3)...
	IN NACHT UND EIS (4) A 1912 Silent Drama about Titanic (Part 4)...
irishtimes.com	WHY DID 'TITANIC' LOOM SO LARGE IN OUR IMAGINATIONS? IN THE LATE 1930s, Alfred Hitchcock considered making a film based on the sinking of Titanic but concluded that it would not be possible because it would lack the essential ingredient of his movies: suspense. Those of us who were bored rigid by James Cameron’s leaden cinematic epic may be inclined to agree....	4th June 2011
Liverpool Echo	TITANIC MEMORIES A STARCHED white apron bears silent witness to the terrible night when the luxury White Star liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of more than 1,500 lives....	14th April 2008
deseretnews.com	'TITANIC' MUSICAL AT LAYTON HIGH The ill-fated "ship of dreams," Titanic, will set sail on the Layton High School stage starting Thursday. The story of the rise and fall of "the largest floating object in the world" has been told many times in books, TV specials and in three different movies....	5th March 2007
9news.com	MOLLY BROWN'S 144TH BIRTHDAY JUBILEE - 9NEWS.COM This Sunday, a family-friendly birthday bash is planned for the Denver icon and Titanic survivor at her namesake house and museum on Pennsylvania Street. Molly Brown has been the subject of many books, movies and stage productions, ......	12th July 2011
Norwich Bulletin	TITANIC EXHIBITION VISITS FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO The story is one that has been passed down throughout the years, told in countless ways in books, movies and TV specials. On April 15, 1912, the worldâ€™s largest ship at that time, the Titanic, sank after colliding with an iceberg. The disaster claimed more than 1,500 lives. All thatâ€™s left is the wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic: A debris field stretching about a mile long with items from the period....	13th February 2010
Newsweek	THE TITANIC'S LAST SECRET The Titanic sank into the North Atlantic 97 years ago. Since then, as Harvard historian Steven Biel quipped, "Only Jesus and the Civil War have been written about more." In close to 200 books, documentaries and movies-and the highest-grossing film of all time-historians, scientists and Titanic buffs have fervently debated what really caused the biggest passenger ship of her day to sink just two hours and 40 minutes after hitting an iceberg, carrying 1,522 people to their deaths....	6th October 2008
Examiner.com	THE TITANIC BABY AND THE REMAINS OF A TRAGIC NIGHT With every new day, the day before becomes history and as days fade into months and years, people only have their memories and sometimes a keepsake or artifact that accompany those memories. As the people pass on, memories become second-hand stories, but the physical objects remain as silent survivors of another time and place . . . a physical link to the past....
	TITANIC : IN PICTURES AND SOUND This video contains a lot of (very old) pictures on Titanic, and even two short (original) films. It also contains pictures from the famous movie "Titanic" with Kate and Leonardo as actors. It's a monochrome film. ...
com	JAMES CAMERON SHOWS FIRST FOOTAGE OF TITANIC 3D AT CINEEUROPE James Cameron likes 3D. He spent years developing/inventing cameras in order to facilitate his vision for his first film since 1997’s box-office monster Titanic. That follow-up was Avatar and it toppled Titanic as the highest grossing film ever. Leading up to and following the release of Avatar, Cameron was everywhere trumpeting 3D as the most important thing for movies in the history of things. The 3D trend caught on, and now Cameron is back with that other worldwide hit Titanic, now in 3D....	29th June 2011
irishtimes.com	AN IRISHMAN'S DIARY Maybe it's time for another attempt to clear up one of the last remaining mysteries of the Titanic, the true identity of the passenger known as 'John Horgan', who for 99 years has been as silent as the depths into which the ship sunk. It is of course a common Irish name. And that a person so christened held a passenger ticket (Third class, No. 370377) for the doomed vessel is beyond doubt. So is the fact that somebody used that ticket to embark from Queenstown on the fateful day....	14th May 2011
New York Times	FIERMONTE, BOXER, HERE Italian Heavyweight Silent on Engagement Rumor --- Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight boxer, arrived yesterday on the French liner Paris. Fiermonte declared on sailing for Europe three weeks ago that he was engaged to marry Mrs. Madel...	15th November 1933
AP Wire	CAMERON PLANS 'TITANIC' RESTAURANT-SLASH-NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE LAS VEGAS - Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino operator, unveiled its vision Monday for a high-tech theme park called "iPort" that will anchor its bid to build a casino megaresort in Singapore.The project's executive producer is Hollywood director James Cameron, who will contribute the rights and oversight to develop interactive rides based on his hit movies."We've been discussing already an 'Aliens' attraction and there's a discussion of a 'Titanic' attraction, what I call the 'Titanic' restaurant-slash-near-death experience," Cameron told reporters at an unveiling in Las Vegas....	14th March 2006
	HANNA MAMEE Patricia Sheehi (Cameron) (Hanna Mamee's niece)...
Guernsey Press and Star	ISLAND'S TITANIC CONNECTION James Varley 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....	9th October 2009
examiner.com	'TITANIC' TO DROP ANCHOR IN TENNESSEE There have been maritime disasters that have taken more lives, and larger ships have sank since, but none have held the fascination like the RMS Titanic. Numerous books, movies, and even a musical have been written about her; there is a Titanic Historical Society, and googling Titanic results in 24,400,000 results....	8th July 2009
	ADDERGOOLE'S ANNUAL RINGING OF THE TIMONEY BELL Three members ring the Timoney Bell in daylight...
New York Times	MRS. DICK RETURNS; CARRIED TO HOSPITAL Still Suffering From Effect of Broken Arm, Doctor Says---Silent on Boxer --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, former widow of the late John Jacob Astor and divorced wife of William K. Dick, returned from Bermuda yesterday on the Monarch...	4th November 1933
Philadelphia Inquirer	THAYER WATCH FOUND IN HOME A gold watch, reported missing following the discovery of the body of John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania , in his parked automobile last Friday, mysteriously turned up at his home yesterday. A f...	22nd September 1945
Titanic Research	STAR TURN: THE PICTURES AND PASSIONS OF DOROTHY GIBSON Randy Bryan Bigham The following article is an excerpt from the introduction of Randy Bigham’s forthcoming biography, Finding Dorothy: An Appreciation of the Life and Career of Dorothy Gibson Brulatour, which will soon be available in a fully illustrated,...	26th October 2004
Denver Post	SURPRISES AND EMOTIONS SURFACE AT TITANIC EXHIBIT The story of the Titanic is a schoolhouse staple and one of the great cautionary tales of hubris.It has spawned countless books, award-winning documentaries and memorable movies, notably the Oscar-winning blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, with its memorable image of the couple standing with arms outstretched on the ship's bow....	29th April 2009
Worcester Evening Gazette	GAZETTE STAFF MAN ON CARPATHIA'S PIER Gives Description of Scenes on Pier Silence Most Oppressive Even Crowd and City Hushed By Homer J. Wheaton Gazette Staff Reporter New York, April 19- News of the Titanics wreck was flashed to the wor...	19th April 1912
New York Times	STARTS NEW SEARCH FOR SMART CHILDREN Friend of Man Lost on the Titanic Has Found Many Persons Who Heard Father Speak of Them --- A FORMER QUEST IN VAIN --- Lawyer Ryan Thinks Children Provided for by Mother's Will May Not Want Father's Estate ---...	9th March 1913
Sunday Press	TITANIC STORY BY CAVAN SURVIVOR Sunday Press: Titanic Goes Down- But now comes a story within two stories for the local people have the firm belief that a little earth from the grave of Saint Mogue will, if carried with you, protect you from death by drowning, fire, in air or r...	21st September 1952
Denver Post	LADY DUFF-GORDON TELLS OF SINKING OF GREAT LINER Lady Duff-Gordon dictated the following: I was asleep. The night was perfectly clear. I was awakened by a long grinding sort of shock. It was not a tremendous crash, but more as though someone had drawn a giant finger all along the side of the boat. ...	19th April 1912
	HANDSOME PUBLIC ROOMS - RIO CRUISE (PAGE 5) ... it is an easy matter to meet every requirement. After these come several hundred other rooms. both single and double. Raymond-Whitcomb, however, have no intention of taking passengers to anywhere near the astounding capacity of the NORMANDIE o...	1937
Khaleej Times	THE TITANIC AND THE SINKING OF HEARTS I know I wouldn't have been half as moved by the news of Millvina's death at a ripe old age had it not been for Cameron's Titanic. ...	4th June 2009
Titanic Review	FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED Monica Hall Randy Bryan Bigham’s book, Finding Dorothy is interesting. Less so, perhaps, for the ‘techies’ amongst us, but certainly for the legion of humanities researchers who are primarily interested in the pe...	19th July 2005
CNN	TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISES SPARK CONTROVERSY The frigid waters of the North Atlantic aren't among the most prominent cruise destinations but that may change as the world remembers one of the worst maritime disasters in history. At least two cruises are planned in the spring of 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with both touting special activities lectures and memorials to commemorate the tragic voyage....	22nd September 2010
	THE STRANGE MYSTERIES OF MOVIE MAKER WILLIAM HARBECK John Lamoreau William Harbeck was one of the very first moving picture film makers. In 1911 his film of southern Alaska became the center of a major story. American railroad tycoon J P Morgan and Meyer Guggenheim bought up claims for large tracts of land in Alaska...
New York Times	WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK *** --- TWO YOUNG MEN'S HEROISM --- Woman Tells How Roebling and Case Saved Her---Others' Tribute to Dead --- Among the chivalrous younger heroes of the Titanic disaster were Washington A. Roebling, 2d, of Tr...	20th April 1912
Evening World	NO LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY HIDING THE IDENTITY OF TWO WAIFS OF THE SEA Nicola Greeley-Smith French Children Merely Answer Oui and Contentedly Play With Little Boats...	22nd April 1912