83 Titanic, Belfast
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
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ποΈ 21 December 2021
β±οΈ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we join Neil as he steps aboard the Titanic, one of the most iconic ships in the world. For Neil this a pivotal moment in history, which marks a point when the world changed forever.
When the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage it was the largest human-made object that had ever moved across the face of the planet. 900 feet long (240m), 92 feet wide (28m) and weighing in at 50,000 tons. Built in Belfast it was one of a set of near identical triplets. With 2,200 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic heads out into the wild Atlantic ocean, sailing into tragedy as the band played on.
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| 1:10.1 | Right time to put on our diamonds and silks and step aboard one of the world's most iconic ships in the next episode of my love letter to the British Isles. |
| 1:19.0 | Q the music. If you imagine her out there in the dark, steaming through the night, unknowingly towards disaster. |
| 1:37.0 | In this episode, we're sailing into one of the world's greatest, grandest and most terrible stories. |
| 1:44.4 | It's captivated us for a century, the largest man-made object that had ever moved |
| 1:50.1 | across the face of the planet. |
| 1:59.0 | She was one of a set of near identical triplets in fact, built when technological advancement was moving fast and getting faster. |
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