The ENTIRE History of the Titanic in 16 Minutes

The entire history of the Titanic, from the 1907 meeting that created White Star's giant liners to the discovery of the wreck in 1985, told in order through real archive photographs. Why did the largest ship in the world sail legally with lifeboat seats for barely half the people aboard? 0:00 Twenty lifeboats 0:30 White Star vs Cunard, 1907 1:54 Belfast and the Arrol Gantry 3:16 The launch, 1911 4:22 Olympic and HMS Hawke 4:49 Southampton, Cherbourg, Queenstown 7:03 Seven ice warnings 8:39 11:40 pm 9:31 Two hours and forty minutes 12:22 The inquiries and SOLAS 14:18 Ballard finds the wreck 15:49 Back to the lifeboats Sources: Wikipedia: Titanic; Sinking of the Titanic Wikipedia: Lifeboats of the Titanic Wikipedia: Wreck of the Titanic Wikipedia: Francis Browne; RMS Carpathia UK National Archives: the 1914 Safety of Life at Sea convention