Titanic: End of an Era (1992)
*** (out of 4)
This here is one of the four documentaries that Ray Johnson was involved in. This one here, like a previous one, features a bizarre title that really doesn't add up to anything nor does it really tell what the film is about. We start off learning about the classes that were in Britain at the time and then we learn about White Star's plan to build three different ships. We then start to hear about the Titanic's production, it's almost first wreck and then we hit that first voyage. We learn about various aspects of the trip including the lavish Turkish baths, the type of foods that were prepared and then we get to the final days as various iceberg warnings are ignored. Finally, we get to the actual sinking where we're given a timeline of the events that led to one of the biggest disasters in history. Again, I'm really not sure why the producers came up with the title that they did but if you overlook it you actually have a fairly good documentary. There's no doubt that this film (and the rest of the series) were fairly cheaply made but they made up for this by telling some interesting stories as well as giving us several great things to look at. One of those are the old newspaper clippings showing off how "great" the ship was and then of course we get the clippings of the disaster. It's strange seeing how some papers originally reported that no one had died and that the ship was still afloat. History buffs are certainly going to realize that there are much better documentaries out there on the subject but this here is still recommended to those who can't get enough.
*** (out of 4)
This here is one of the four documentaries that Ray Johnson was involved in. This one here, like a previous one, features a bizarre title that really doesn't add up to anything nor does it really tell what the film is about. We start off learning about the classes that were in Britain at the time and then we learn about White Star's plan to build three different ships. We then start to hear about the Titanic's production, it's almost first wreck and then we hit that first voyage. We learn about various aspects of the trip including the lavish Turkish baths, the type of foods that were prepared and then we get to the final days as various iceberg warnings are ignored. Finally, we get to the actual sinking where we're given a timeline of the events that led to one of the biggest disasters in history. Again, I'm really not sure why the producers came up with the title that they did but if you overlook it you actually have a fairly good documentary. There's no doubt that this film (and the rest of the series) were fairly cheaply made but they made up for this by telling some interesting stories as well as giving us several great things to look at. One of those are the old newspaper clippings showing off how "great" the ship was and then of course we get the clippings of the disaster. It's strange seeing how some papers originally reported that no one had died and that the ship was still afloat. History buffs are certainly going to realize that there are much better documentaries out there on the subject but this here is still recommended to those who can't get enough.
