Titanic

A Captivating Account of HistoryBy History in an Hour

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Length1h 50m

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She was built to cross the Atlantic. She became one of the most unforgettable stories in history. On the night of 14 April 1912, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Less than three hours later, the magnificent ocean liner had disappeared beneath the freezing waters, taking more than a thousand lives with her. But the story of Titanic begins long before that fateful night. In Titanic, discover the remarkable world that created the legendary ship—from the fierce competition between great shipping companies to the ambitious shipbuilders of Belfast who constructed one of the largest and most technologically advanced liners of her age. Step aboard and experience life aboard Titanic. Explore her luxurious first-class interiors, comfortable second-class accommodations, and third-class spaces filled with immigrants hoping to build new lives in North America. Meet the captain, engineers, crew members, wealthy passengers, families, and ordinary travelers whose lives became intertwined on her maiden voyage. Then relive the voyage that changed everything. Follow Titanic from Southampton to Cherbourg and Queenstown, across the Atlantic, as ice warnings accumulate and an apparently ordinary journey moves inexorably toward disaster. Discover what happened in the crucial minutes after the iceberg appeared, how the ship's watertight system failed, why the lifeboats could not accommodate everyone aboard, and how passengers and crew faced an increasingly desperate evacuation. But Titanic's story did not end when she sank. Learn about the dramatic rescue by Carpathia, the recovery and identification of victims, the American and British investigations, and the changes that followed the disaster. More than seven decades later, follow the extraordinary search that finally located the wreck deep beneath the Atlantic in 1985. Written for readers who want history without having to wade through hundreds of pages, Titanic: History in an Hour transforms one of the world's most famous maritime disasters into a concise, engaging, and accessible story. Discover the ship. Meet the people. Relive the final voyage. Understand the disaster. Follow the search for the wreck. In about an hour, discover the story of Titanic—and the human history behind the legend.

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