Interesting scene in A Night to Remember

[Alexandre Fortier]

Hey I've watched A Night to Remember and a scene caught to my eyes.

When you watch the movie on youtube, at 43:40 there's a scene that show one of Californian's officer listening to Evans's "earphone".

Is there any truth to this or it's just a made up scene to show that Cyril Evans was asleep and the ship couldn't help the Titanic?

 

[Thomas Krom]

Yes, there is some truth to the scene except two things.
· 1 Third officer Groves woke wireless operator Evans up to ask what ships were nearby.
· 2 Groves didn’t hear anything
On the 15th of May 1912 he testified at the British inquiry:

8271.	Mr. Rowland	You went off the bridge?
	Third officer Groves	- Yes.
8272.	Mr. Rowland	Where did you go?
	Third officer Groves	The Marconi house.
8273.	Mr. Rowland	Is the Marconi operator, Mr. Evans?
	Third officer Groves	- Yes.
8274.	Mr. Rowland	Did you find him there?
	Third officer Groves	- I did.
8275.	Mr. Rowland	Was he asleep?
	Third officer Groves	- He was asleep.
8276.	Mr. Rowland	He had gone to bed?
	Third officer Groves	- He had gone to bed, yes.
8277.	Mr. Rowland	Did you wake him up?
	Third officer Groves	- Yes.
8278.	Mr. Rowland	And have some conversation with him?
	Third officer Groves	- Yes.
8279.	Mr. Rowland	What passed?
	Third officer Groves	- The only thing I remember asking him was "What ships have you got, Sparks?"
8280.	Mr. Rowland	"Sparks"?
	Third officer Groves	- Yes.
8281.	Mr. Rowland	Is that his name?
	Third officer Groves	- No, it is the name he gets on the ship.
	Lord Mersey	Seeing he is the operator, you know why he is called "Sparks."
8282.	Mr. Rowland	You asked him what ships he had got. What did he say?
	Third officer Groves	- Only the "Titanic."
8283.	Mr. Rowland	Did you take his instruments and put them to your ears?
	Third officer Groves	- Yes.
8284.	Mr. Rowland	Could you read a message if you heard one?
	Third officer Groves	- If it is sent slowly - yes.
8285.	Mr. Rowland	Did you hear anything?
	Third officer Groves	- Nothing at all.
8286.	Mr. Rowland	How long did you listen?
	Third officer Groves	- I do not suppose it would be more than 15 seconds at the outside - well, 15 to 30 seconds. I did it almost mechanically.
8287.	Mr. Rowland	Did you do anything more before you turned in?
	Third officer Groves	- I may have said a few more words to him, but I have no recollection, but when I left his house I went straight to my cabin.
8288.	Mr. Rowland	And went to bed?
	Third officer Groves	- And went to bed.

Seems instead of the usual combining two moments into one scene, it seems that they split one moment over two different scenes.

 

[Alexandre Fortier]

Really interesting. Thank you Thomas for the reply