The British Pathé Archive

On 18th April 1912, the Carpathia arrived in New York carrying the survivors of the Titanic disaster. Newsreel film.

Our “Titanic: 15 Telling Images” gallery. The great liner sank on the morning of 15th April 1912: http://www.britishpathe.com/gallery/titanic-history-images/

Titanic sank on the morning of April 15th 1912. Interviews with some survivors: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/titanic-disaster-documentary

Titanic II to be built in China and completed by 2016. See genuine footage of the original here.

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This is the newsreel that ran after the Titanic sank in 1912

To commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking, British Pathe has released the original newsreel that ran following the maritime disaster (the music is a new addition). Witness survivors arriving in New York City and long-distance radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi receiving accolades for inventing such a life-saving device.

You can find further footage from the aftermath at the British Pathe’s archives.

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