The British passenger liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean April 15, 1912 in the early hours of the morning. This disaster is considered to be one of the deadliest peacetime events, with more than 1,500 people dead (“RMS Titanic”). Among these passengers were some of the wealthiest people in the world as well as emigrants looking to start a life in North America. The launch ticket, which can be seen in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, right outside of Belfast, belonged to a man named David Moneypenny. David Moneypenny was a shipyard painter for Harland and Wolff, and he had also worked on the RMS Titanic (Titanic Launch Ticket).
“Shattered City” is one of the most significant and appealing piece of Canadian history. It is a narrative story of how a tragic incident took place at the height of First World War which became a living metaphor for the worldwide conflict and how Halifax arose from the ashes after severe destruction and devastation. This movie is directed to illustrate the fatal event that took place on early hours of December 6th, 1917 between the period of First World War (1914-1918) which killed more than 2,000 people, injured 9,000 more and completely destructed the northern part of the city of Halifax by flattening two square kilometers of northern Halifax. It is the retelling of an almost forgotten event in Canadian history. On December 6th,1917, the Mount Blanc, a French-owned freighter loaded with thousands of tons of TNT, collided with a Belgian relief ship and exploded in the Halifax harbor.
The Unthinkable Happened, The Unsinkable Sank The story of the RMS Titanic is very well known. The Titanic was the biggest ship of its time, said to be unsinkable. On April 10, 1912 the Titanic set sail under the command of Capitan E. J. Smith. Only four short days later, on April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg around eleven-forty at night. In a matter of three hours the ship had split into two sections and had become complete submerged, slowing sinking to the bottom of the ocean, taking with it people, possessions and its unsinkable title.
Commanders would cost over 2,000 lives and scores of aircrafts on this tragic day (Film). The event that took place on December 7, 1941 in the movie clip from the USS Arizona memorial shows, Pearl Harbor Attack were so unexpected so brutal and chaotic, that always will be a very significant event in America and world history. American historians have told us the story that is to tell, but that’s not true. The Pearl Harbor attack happen over 60 years
Should the owners of the Titanic have paid compensation to all passengers/ or their families? RMS Titanic run by the Olympic Class Ocean Liner, Construction began on 16th December 1908 and finished soon after 31st March 1909. The ship was the industrial marvels of their age and Titanic was said to be the biggest, fastest and most luxurious ship yet during the time. The Ship was ready to be set from Southampton to New York in search for a better life in the United States. How Come a Magnificent Ship was able to sink?
Early 1900’s a time of change and tragedy The explosion from the impact, the rush of water flooding every nook and cranny, abandoning ship and boarding the crowded lifeboats trying to stay out of the frigid water. The German submarine warfare in the early 1900’s took many lives, and in the case of the Lusitania, civilian lives. The world in the early 1900’s was influenced and shaped by many inventions but two stand out, the assembly line and the Ford Model T. The early 1900’s was a new time full of inventions and war, all influencing Aldus Huxley to write Brave New World. Henry Ford’s invention of the assembly line is a huge advancement in manufacturing. This allows many items to be produced, by people with very little skill and training,
Sinking of the Lusitania WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA AND FOR THE LOSS OF SO MANY LIVES? CAN THEIR ACTIONS BE JUSTIFIED? As the ‘greyhound of the seas’ made her maiden her voyage across, the Atlantic Ocean, no one knew what lay ahead, why so many innocent lives would be taken. ‘Every soil has its secret of which we carry an unconscious image in our soul’. This quote by C. G. Jung, describes perfectly what was happening ninety seven years ago.
For instance the movie Titanic (Cameron, J. Titanic.1997), with the early scenes beginning with the underwater salvage of several objects off of the wrecked ship. We are also introduced to one of the main characters, Rose, as an old lady. The beginning of the film, actually appears near the end in terms of the sequence of chronological events, and therefore becomes an example of prolepsis. The viewer learns the ending with the ship now resting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, before the event actually occurs. Although the history of the Titanic is generally known, therefore it then becomes dramatic irony, but purely in the case of the movies narrative it is a good example of prolepsis.
In January 2012 the Costa Concordia capsized off of the coast of Italy. Local and international headlines began to compare the Costa Concordia to the Titanic. On the Canadian television website CTV.ca the headline grabbing our attention, and trying to persuade future cruise passengers was “Titanic to Costa Concordia, has safety at sea improved?” (CTV.ca). This is an unfair headline. The Costa Concordia is the first ship to capsize due to human error since the Titanic.
Passage 2 News paper article TRAGIC DEATH OF RESPECTED NAVAL COMMANDER ERUPTION CAUSES TERROR AND DESTRUCTION IN BAY OF NAPLES Last week Naval commander Pliny the elder passed away because the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius located in Naples, southern Italy. He was known by being at the time the Naval commander of Roman navy at the bay of Naples, but he was as well a known writer, among his books the most known was an encyclopedia called Natural History. He was famous as well for his service to the state, he had military experiences and served in Germany, he had an administrative post in spain. He died among an estimate of 20,000 more people. The eruption was fatal, it left the city of Pompeii covered in pumice stone and volcanic ash, at a height of 29 meters.