The Last Night on the Titanic: Overview of the 1,500 Passengers and Crew Who Lost Their Lives

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🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On the night of April 14, 1912, in the last hours before the Titanic struck
the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and decor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance.

This episode is the first in a series I'm doing with Titanic historian Veronica Hinke called "Last Night on the Titanic." In it we look at individual accounts of tragedy and survival from the figures that made up the passengers and crew of the ship. They include millionaires, artists, fashionistas, bakers, cookers, musicians, doctors, and con-men.

To recreate the experience of what it was like to be on the Titanic before disaster was on anyone's mind, Veronica also goes into detail of the food and drink consumer on the ship, from tripe soup eaten by a third-class passenger to the fancy dessert eaten by a Edwardian lady.

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0:41.1	and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world. I'm your host, Scott Rank.
0:48.6	The Titanic was a luxury vessel and the largest movable man-made object of its time. It sank on
0:59.1	April 15, 1912 off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. Over 1500 of the 2240
1:06.4	passengers and crew lost their lives in the disaster. The Titanic is considered a cautionary tale of
1:12.0	the arrogance of builders that their creation could be completely imperious to harm. It was also a
1:17.6	perfect storm of events that happened at once. You had some of the wealthiest and most powerful
1:22.2	people on board at the time. Like John Jacob Astor, the hotel magnet, the founder of Macy's was there,
1:27.6	you had some of the most prominent fashion designers on board, aristocratic families,
1:31.9	and as it's been depicted in films, a lot of class conflict came about with the first, second,
1:36.1	and third class passengers. But beyond just a story of disaster, I think that the Titanic's story
1:41.9	still draws an emotional response from people a century after its sinking because it shows some of
1:46.8	the best and worst of humanity. You have people acting bravely and with perfect calmness,
1:51.6	they're laying their lives down so that others can live knowing they're only a few minutes away
1:55.0	from death, then you have others who act cowardly and are willing to shoot others that can get their
1:59.0	place on the lifeboat. I mentioned this all because this is a preamble for a series I'm going to do
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