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Message: [QUOTE="Mary S. Lynn, post: 150386, member: 200444"] Thanks for your excellent post, Bob! I just saw the DVD "Beyond Titanic" last night, and it gave some very good insight on the relationship between movies and the times in which they were produced. Your post has added much to my understanding (still in its infancy) of the movies that were produced at certain times, and why certain information may have been excluded or embellished. The "current thinking" certainly played a major role, didn't it? (I've had that DVD for several weeks, but the day it arrived, we had a massive lightning storm that blew out my DVD player and TV set...came right through the cable line and left the surge protector intact. Grrr...I had to dip into my "millions" to replace them both, and it took awhile). You seem to know much about ships and lines, and I'm wondering if you would please answer a question for me: What was the process in which certain ships were commissioned as Royal Mail Steamers, and others as His/Her Majesty's Ships? Did the same shipyards build them both? Weren't both classifications in the business of making money? (I noticed in one movie clip, there was a shot of a life ring with "HMS Titanic" on it). Is Harland-Wolff still in existence? Thanks in advance, and thanks for your very good explanation of the real concerns by British lines re: movie filming. [/QUOTE]