encyclopedia titanica

HE story of the Titanic which sunk almost 100 years ago has been revisited in a new documentary The onehour film Prepare To Launch looks at the planning and preparation that went into the illfated liner leading up to its launch in Belfast on May 31 1911 Featuring words from shipbuilders crew members and even survivors the film also looks at the ships links with Staffordshire the most wellknown being the Titanics captain Edward Smith below who was born in Well Street Hanley in 1850