‘Titanic’ American Movies

In 1912 an American shipping company launched a new ship called ‘Titanic.’ It was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of the tine. It weighed 46,000tons and could carry about 2,200 passengers. Experts said that nothing could make it sink. It was definitely unsinkable. On April 10, 1912, the ship sailed on its first voyage across the Atlantic from Southampton in England to New York in the United States, with 2,224 passengers; men, women and children. On April 15, just before midnight, the ship struck an ice-berg. The ice-berg tore a great hole in the ship’s side and the unsinkable ‘Titanic’ began to sink. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.

There was a great alarm on board. Warning bells rang out. Everyone rushed to the life boats, but there was not enough room for them all. There was room for only 1,178 passengers. The life-boats took mostly the woman and children. It was a terrible scene. Wives were weeping because they had to leave their husbands to drown. Children were crying because they had to say good-bye to their fathers. The men had to remain on the ship; The “Titanic” sent out signals for help, but no help came. Another ship the ‘Californian’ was only twenty miles away, but her radio operator was asleep and did not hear the distressing signals.

In the early hours of the morning the ‘Titanic’ sand, while her band was playing bravely in deck. Twenty minutes later another liner, the ‘Carpathia’ arrived on the scene and helped to rescue survivors from the icy water. But of the 2,224 passengers, only about 700 survived.

It was a terrible disaster. But something good came out of the sinking of the ‘Titanic’. In 1913 there was a committee of inquiry into the disaster. This committee drew up many new rules for shipping companies. Since then, every ship has had to provide life-boat places for each passenger and has had to organize life-boat drill during each voyage. Every ship has had to carry enough radio operators so that is always one of them on duty. Another important result of the sinking of the ‘Titanic’ was the formation of an international Ice Patrol. This patrol warns ships about ice and ice-bergs in the North Atlantic.

The Titanic was the largest and most luxurious ocean ship. Once the ship struck an ice-berg and began to sink. Among the 2,224 passengers, only 700 were alive. Something good came out of the sinking of the ‘Titanic’. A new committee of inquiry was made and drew up many new rules for shipping companies.