Titanic Anniversary Documentaries on YouTube

[Scotty2]

As the anniversary of the sinking nears, I've found a timeline of YouTube documentaries which have some amazing images in great detail about the sea trials and voyage all by "The Steam and Splendor Network". There are day by day accounts which are a bit difficult to see in order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DrddvSFiJM is th esea trials one and a good place to start.

Enjoy!

[2xChevrons]

Can I ask why you chose to call these 'AI Documentaries' in the thread title?

They're not AI. "Steam and Splendor" is the work of a group of very real, very human historians, researchers, presenters, animators and modellers who have put years of effort into making their visuals and other content. Collectively they have a very impressive track record of research and publications ('On A Sea of Glass' is no mean feat) and several of them were involved in the early phases of Titanic: Honor & Glory - the 15-year ongoing project to produce a fully explorable digital replica of Titanic, its environments and its sinking.

I have no connection with the project other than as a viewer and reader/viewer of some of the groups' precious work. But at a time when the Internet is increasingly populated by zero-effort, ugly, inaccurate, plagiarising slop vomited up by generative models for clicks and a quick buck, it rankles to see real work produced by real people putting in real time and effort classified as 'AI documentaties'.

The aforementioned Honor & Glory project are also releasing day-by-day videos during 'Titanic week', using their latest models and visuals, which they've been iterating on for over a decade now. Culminating in the streaming of their latest real-time sinking animation on the night of April 14/15.

https://m.youtube.com/@TitanicHG

[Scotty2]

Sorry, I didn't mean to criticise them, I think they are brilliant but the visuals looked like AI and as they can be so real now.

They are very interesting to a Titanic buff like myself.

eta: Mods please change the title just to "Titanic Anniversary Documentaries on YouTube."

[Ritchie335is]

Thanks for this, Titanic has a connection to me as my Great Grandfather was on the Carpathia the night of the rescue. I’ll have a watch.

[Riley Blue]

Scotty2 said:

Sorry, I didn't mean to criticise them, I think they are brilliant but the visuals looked like AI and as they can be so real now.

They are very interesting to a Titanic buff like myself.

eta: Mods please change the title just to "Titanic Anniversary Documentaries on YouTube."

You'll need to report it to request the title change (Mods don't police every thread).

[Scotty2]

Did that and it's been modified.
New one out today. 1st Iceberg warning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG90lUsM0I

Edited by Scotty2 on Tuesday 14th April 11:02

[Scotty2]

Final Day Doc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KWsBvw-Ys

I believe there is a "Live" sinking tonight. I'll get the ice cubes out for effect...

[Landlubber]

My great grandad was in charge of teaspoons.

[spitfire-ian]

Oceanliner Designs has some really good and informative videos of all aspects of the Titanic.

https://www.youtube.com/@OceanlinerDesigns/

[craig1912]

If anyone is interested

https://ss-shieldhall.co.uk/bookings/steam-to-the-...

Same technology as Titanic and an interesting day out.

[PushedDover]

In todays Daily Telegraph.

Fun fact, the lifejacket belonged to my Mothers Great Aunt, who is named in the article / survived.

[PushedDover]

Bump ^^^
Sold at auction last Saturday for 670,000 pounds, equivalent to roughly $906,000. The sale was held by UK auction house Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, England, and the final price more than doubled the pre-sale estimate of between 250,000 and 350,000 pounds. The winning bid was placed by an unidentified telephone bidder.