Titanic: Birth of a Legend | Full Movie | Narrated by Charles Dance | Blueprint

[Music] [Music] The waters are still. The shipyard almost silent. But a century ago, this gray Belfast quayside witnessed a legend in the making. This was the birthplace of the most famous ship the world has ever seen. [Music] Titanic. He was to be colossal, magnificent, built to match the vision of the men who made her. Men driven by boundless ambition. Yes, I am laying down a challenge, perhaps the greatest in the history of shipbuilding by a sense of foreboding. Surely the first route of safety must be to think the unthinkable, and by absolute conviction, there's a ship safer. We don't know of it. As far as I'm concerned, she is practically unsinkable. [Music] But the true forgotten Titanic story is that of the workers who built the world's most luxurious ship with their bare hands. It's a story of violence and high political drama, of despair, of tragedy, and of shame. Titanic, five years in the making, sank in less than three hours. Fifteen hundred died, among them a handful of the shipyard men who brought her to life. This is the untold story of those men and their [Music] ship. This is Titanic. She was born in the great Edwardian era of luxury. [Music] Liners, shipyards around the world were locked in a ferocious battle: who could build the biggest ships, the most lavish, the fastest. The pride of nations was at stake, and the pride of workers too. Every new ship carried an elite troubleshooting team to handle any problems. Titanic was no different. Her troubleshooters were called the guarantee group, just eight ship workers from 14,000 who would sail on her maiden voyage. Their story began five years earlier. Of course, Cunard enjoyed government subsidies, but need that be of any... This was the London home of the shipbuilder William P. That night he was entertaining another shipping magnate. Every attempt at competition is no more than an act of vanity. Pity was a hard-nosed Ulsterman. Ignore the fact that it's their ship that has broken the record for crossing the Atlantic. Bruce Ismay, the fastidious Englishman, as owner of the White Star Shipping Line, Ismay faced a challenge. His rivals Cunard were building new fast liners, and as I've always said, Bruce, speed isn't everything, but surely you understand why White Star must respond. You really want to get caught up in some rich ridiculous competition with Cunard? I hadn't realized you were so concerned with prestige, Bruce. Without prestige, the White Star Line, and for that matter your shipyard too, William has no future. Cunard's pursuit of speed is futile. The costs just don't add up. But if people want scale, we'll give them scale. You see her as big as the Mauretania? No, half as big again, the biggest ship the world has ever seen. You think it's achievable? I have the best marine engineers in the world. You know that. What about the accommodation? The most luxurious imaginable. And the price? Our usual terms: cost plus 4%. That would still be astronomical. And to compete with Cunard, we'd need two ships to trump them. You'd need [Music] three. The deal was made in Belgravia, but it was Belfast where Titanic would be built. Belfast was Ireland's industrial heart, and its lifeblood was the talent of its workers. They made P's company Harland and Wolff the biggest shipbuilder in the world. Now a handful of them were about to enter [Music] legend. Alfie Cunningham, just 16 but starting as an apprentice. There's no need to be nervous, Alfie. Who's nervous? His widowed mother had six mouths to feed. Alfie was man of the house. Arty Frost, 33 years old, was moving up in the yard. That hat? Why, foreman fitter, a change of status. War, see you. Tommy Miller, age 25, was his ship's carpenter. I'll see his boys all right. Tommy, you're peace. You forget your head if it wasn't screwed on. Hi. The yard was a hard place. The six-day week brought as little as a pound to take home. Late arrivals were locked out. You're sorry. [Music] Discipline was the foreman's job. Everyone a god in a bowler hat. The word from the foreman could mean either a job for life or no job at all. Mr. BR? Mr. Bro? I know my name, SW, and you be Alfred Cunningham, sir, starting today. Eh, yes, sir. Apprentice. Better. There were 14,000 workers in the yard, and Alfie Cunningham was bottom of the heap. Tell me what you know about a ship's engine, young man. Nothing, sir. And you better. There's no time and learning, son, or you'll be out in your ear. Arty Frost had started as an apprentice. He knew how the yard worked. His ability had brought steady progress, but to get the foreman's job, he'd had to wait until his father [Music] retired at the top of the company too. It was a family affair. That's a fact. Cunard have got ahead of us. We must show them we won't let them stay there. Well, I'm sure you'll relish the opportunity to do that. William P's chief of design was his wife's brother, Alexander Carlisle. Chalk and cheese, Tommy Rodri. Alexander's put you in the picture. Indeed, it's tremendous news. Thomas Andrews was P's nephew. Many believed he was already being groomed to take over the company. An entire new class of liner. It's extraordinarily bold. Of course, it's only a star chief draft. I told his mate he could have them within four to five years. Really, William? We all know how much you'd like to throw down a challenge, but quite frankly, that is ridiculous. Why, these ships cannot simply be imagined into existence, William? Of course, Alexander. And yes, I am laying down a challenge, perhaps the greatest in the history of shipbuilding. That's a challenge I know you'll want to take on. And with Tommy and Rodri to help, you can turn the vision into a reality. Pity's iron will ruled throughout the yard. Get up. Are you turning that metal? What you? Every second of the shipbuilding day was his. Not letting me. [Music] See, even the lavatories were known as the minutes because of the timekeeper at the door. Seven minutes per worker per day. That was the rule. [Music] Course day in the yard. Hi. Oh, come on, LY. It's a welcome. Every new boy gets his charges. Keep said leave him. What? That's RFL. You robbing. That's the only thing you Catholics are good at. Just one in eight workers at the yard was Catholic. Is that a fact? No, EGS. But Lord Perry frowned on sectarianism. Friendships across the divide with Protestants like Tommy Miller were commonplace. And have not charity, it profiteth me not. Charity suffereth long and is pain. The dinner break threw everyone together for 45 minutes. A man's time was his own to spend as he pleased in discussion and debate, gambling or games, and of course the Bible. To burn in hell. No one was blind to religion, but more important still was the division between trades. And the kings of the yard with the toughest job were the riveters. Michael Flah for one. Thank you. Thanks for that. My's a Ry. She death is a post. Death is a what? That's why you wouldn't let me follow him. Got me signed on as a shipwright and join her instead. Safer trade for us, eh, Mr. Miller? Safer, you say so. But weren't you afraid to tell those fellows where to go, like with them being Protestants and all? They Protestant? Mr. Miller, here, should we be afraid of you? No. Live and let live. AC. All we're all Irish men here, even himself. Is that Mr. Perry? Lord Perry to me. And you must be something mighty important to have brought down here, though, Mr. Miller. With the new liners, change was coming. Before Perry could build his giant ships, he had to rebuild his shipyard completely. New slipways, new gantries. Perry was making history, and to record it, he appointed the finest photographer in Ireland. Robert Welch would capture every phase of Titanic's [Music] [Music] construction. Titanic had begun with a gentleman's agreement. A year on, there was still nothing in writing. Everything depended on Bruce Ismay. Well, it's got four funnels, correct? But you said that would only be three engines. William feels these ships will be more cost-effective with only three. And of course, we all know that the more funnels the ship has, the keener the paying public are to travel on them. Cunard built the Mauretania and the Lusitania with four. We didn't think you'd want your ships to have less. So one funnel is an ornament, correct? So, well, I think.

magnificent built to match the vision of the men who made her men driven by boundless ambition yes I am laying down a challenge perhaps the greatest in the history of ship building by a sense of for boing surely the first rout of

safety must be to think the unthinkable and by absolute conviction there's a ship safer we don't know of it as far as I'm concerned she is practically Unsinkable [Music] but the true forgotten Titanic story is that of the workers who built the

world's most luxurious ship with their bare hands it's a story of violence and high political drama of Despair from tragedy and of Shame Titanic 5 years in the making sank in less than 3 hours 1,500 died among them a handful of the

shipyard men who brought her to life this is the untold story of those men and their [Music] ship this is Titanic she was born in the great Edwardian era of luxury [Music] liners shipyards around the world were locked in a ferocious battle who could

build the biggest ships the most lavish the fastest the pride of Nations was at stake and the pride of workers too every new ship carried an elite troubleshooting team to handle any problems Titanic was no different her troubleshooters were called the

guarantee group just eight ship workers from 14,000 who would Sail on her maiden voyage their story began 5 years earlier of course Canard enjoy government subsidies but need that be of any this was the London home of the ship Builder

William P that night he was entertaining another shipping magnet every attempt at competition is no more than an act of vanity pity was a hard-nosed ulsterman ignore the fact that it's their ship that has broken the record for crossing

the Atlantic Bruce Isme the fastidious Englishman as owner of the white star shipping line Isme faced a challenge his Rivals kunard were building new Fast liners and as I've always said Bruce speed isn't everything but surely you understand why white star must respond

you really want to get caught up in some rich ridiculous competition with kunar I hadn't realized you were so concerned with Prestige Bruce without Prestige the White Star Line and for that matter your Shipyard too William has no

future gard's pursuit of speed is futile the costs just don't add up but if people want scale we'll give them scale you see her as big as the morania no half as big again the biggest ship the world has

ever seen you think it's achievable I have the best marine engineers in the world you know that what about the accommodation the most luxurious imaginable and the price our usual terms Cost Plus 4% that would still be astronomical and to compete with card

we'd need two ships to Trum them you'd need [Music] three the deal was made in Belgravia but it was Belfast where Titanic would be built Belfast was Island's industrial heart and its lifeblood was the talent of its workers they' made P's company Harland

and Wolf the biggest ship builder in the world now a handful of them were about to enter [Music] Legend Alfie Cunningham just 16 but starting as an apprentice there's no need to be nervous Alie who's nervous his widowed mother had six

mouths to feed Alfie was man of the house Arty Frost 33 years old was moving up in the yard that hat why Foreman fitter a change of status War see you Tommy Miller age 25 was his ship's Carpenter I'll see his boys all

right Tommy your peace you forget your head if it wasn't screwed on hi the yard was a hard place the six day week brought as little as a pound to take home late arrivals were locked out you're sorry

[Music] L discipline was the Foreman's job everyone a God in a bowler hat the word from the foreman could mean either a job for life or no job at all Mr BR Mr bro I know my name SW and

you be Alfred Cunningham sir starting today eh yes sir Apprentice better there were 14,000 workers in the yard and Alfie Cunningham was bottom of the Heap tell me what you know about a ship's engine young man nothing sir and

you better was no time and learning son or you'll be out in your ear Arty Frost had started as an apprentice he knew how the yard worked his ability had brought steady progress but to get the Foreman's job he'd had to wait until

his father [Music] retired at the top of the company too it was a family affair that's a fact kard have got ahead of us we must show them we won't let them stay there well I'm sure you'll relish the opportunity to do

that William P's chief of design was his wife's brother Alexander Carla chalk and cheese Tommy rodri Alexander's put you in the picture indeed it's tremendous news Thomas Andrews was P's nephew many believed he was already being groomed to

take over the company an entire new class of liner it's extraordinarily bold of course it's only a star Chief draft I told his may he could have them within four to 5 years really William we all know how much you'd like to throw down a

challenge but quite frankly that is ridiculous why these ships cannot Simply Be Imagined into existence William of course Alexander and yes I am laying down a challenge perhaps the greatest in the history of ship building that's a challenge I know you'll want to take on

and with Tommy and rodri to help you can turn turn the vision into a reality pity's Iron Will ruled throughout the yard get up are you turnning that metal what you every second of the ship building day was his

not letting me [Music] see even the lavatories were known as the minutes because of the time keeper at the door 7 minutes per worker per day that was the rule [Music] course day in the yard hi oh come on LY it's a welcome every

new boy gets get his chargers keep said leave him what that's R FL you robong that's the only thing you Catholics are good just one in eight workers at the yard was Catholic is that a fact no EGS but Lord Peri frowned on

sectarianism friendships across the divide with Protestants like Tommy Miller were common place and have not charity it profiteth me not charity suffereth long and is pain the dinner break threw everyone together for 45 minutes a man's time was his own

to spend as he pleased in discussion and debate gambling or games and of course the Bible to burn in hell no one was blind to religion but more important still was the division between trades and the kings of the yard

with the toughest job were the riveters Michael flah for one thank you thanks for that my's a Ry she death is a post death is a what that's why you wouldn't let me follow him got me signed on as a ship

right and join her instead safer trade for us e Mr Miller safer you say so but weren't you afraid to tell those fellows where to go like with them being Protestants and all they Protestant Mr Mill here should we be afraid of you no

live and Le live AC all we're all Irish man here even himself is that Mr Perry Lord Perry to me and you must be something Mighty important to have broughten down here though Mr Miller with the new liners

change was coming before pretty could build his giant ships he had to rebuild his Shipyard completely new slipways new gantries per was making history and to record it he appointed the finest photographer in Ireland Robert Welch would capture every phase of Titanic's

[Music] [Music] construction Titanic had begun with a gentleman's agreement a year on there was still nothing in writing everything depended on Bruce Isme well it's got four funnels correct but you said that only be three engines William feels these

ships will be more cost effective with only three and of course we all know that the more funnels the ship has the Keener the paying public art to travel on them kunard built the morania and the Lucitania with four we didn't think

you'd want your ships to have less so one funnel is an ornament correct so well I think she's magnificent how soon can you start we can commence work on ship 400 in a matter of months 401 soon after

well then I'd better sign the contract of course [Music] now they'll need names we can't keep calling them ships 400 and 401 surely since 400 is the first in the class we must call her Olympic agreed and 401 she's your ship Bruce William

you know your Classics Olympus was home to the Greek gods that's true but what of their great Rivals the Titans Giants every one of them Olympic's partner should surely be Titanic very good Titanic it is then was ever a ship more

appropriately [Music] named Olympic and Titanic in P's eyes these giant liners would usher in an age of boundless Prosperity what could possibly go wrong a storm was breaking over Belfast before Lord P could build the future he had to destroy the past three

entire slipways were raised to the ground to make way for two massive cradles where Olympic and Titanic would be [Music] laid out of the chaos P's vision began to take shape these giant vessels would need Mammoth construction gantries a 6,000 ton steel skeleton

towering over 200 ft taller than Westminster Abbey at its heart was an intricate system of mobile cranes designed to reach every part of the ships beneath Peri had promised the biggest chips the world had ever seen it was for

the design team to deliver them they were led by Alexander carile but it was perir whose word was Final for him Olympic and Titanic would confirm Harland and wolf as the world's greatest ship Builder and even the youngest of his

workers felt the same [Music] what's that face about the Olympic what about the Olympic you know they're laying down our kill tomorrow hi our G's only being sent to do the sh in honor so what come on Alfie she's going to be

famous all over the world so is Titanic and Mr Frost says our crew is going to be fitting Titanic's engines well Olympic's going to be built first so what just the ship that matters my AR she is too Olympic's going to be the

ship that everyone talks about right first to start building first to be launched first across the Atlantic Titanic's going to be a mighty ship that no one remembers the yard was full of expectation the new gantries waiting for

the ships to rise within them and a handful of workers hardly daring to dream they might yet Sail On barely 3 months later Titanic's own K was being laid dead a gigantic steel spine to support her 880 ft

length the Keel plate stood the height of a man easily reached by the 7 ton riveting machine suspended from the Gantry the wooden blocks beneath were carefully angled ready for the eventual launch meanwhile the steel frames that would

form Titanic's ribs were being prepared in the molding Loft a room the size of a football pitch fullscale cross-sections of the ship were drawn in chalk and the steel work that would give her shape was bent to match one by one the 300 frames of the

hull were reared into place and Lord P's Ambitions were also growing political Ambitions P had always been a unionist happy with Ireland's place in the United Kingdom overnight he turned to [Music] nationalism Ireland would Prosper more he argued free from rule by London many

Irishmen shared this Vision they called it home rule but P was playing with fire those against home rule included many of his own [Music] workers as Titanic took shape a rift was developing in the shipyard [Music] is this what you call studying then

young man she's taking a we break man some sight though isn't it there's a lot of men I know down there from the yard look there's Mr Frost My foreman you best not let him see you taking time away from your

studies then what with all the exams you've got to pass Tommy Miller's family had dreams of their own what was the when you buil her daddy America where's America I'll show you something here is Ireland here is Bast and here's America a lot of people

go there a lot of Irish men go there why apple pie what they say they've got the best apple pie in the world apple pie like you've never tasted covered in cream honest can we go Tommy you're still not yourself are you

I'm just a way bit tired that's all you need to go and see Dr Henry we can't afford it an outside laboratory a tin bath and just about enough food on the table for the men building Titanic and

for the most Discerning of our first class passengers there will be a choice of 39 private Suites each one of which will comprise bedroom room bathroom private sitting and dining rooms all fitted out to the highest standards yes

gentlemen Splendid though these plans are we had agreed to discuss less exotic subjects today now then gentlemen I propose we install 16 Lifeboat stations four lifeboats at each station giving us up to a total of 64 lifeboats which would exceed Board of

Trade regulations by some way as Board of Trade regulations stand but given the size of these ships we must surely expect them to demand greater Lifeboat accommodation William I'm sure it's best to prepare for all eventualities now if we look at the

first class Lounge the Palace of versailes [Music] it had taken a year but Titanic skeleton was in place now it was time for her outer skin 2,000 steel plates 30 ft long and 6 ft broad each one over an inch thick

weighing 3 tons plates were fixed of the frames with rivets but the curving lines of the hull were too complex now for machines this called for hair bread judgment and muscle [Music] power F million rivets Red Hot Iron

stitches would hold this ship together 1,500 tons of them as Titanic's bulk grew underneath her the work of fixing the wooden Shoring continued hard and dangerous thank God for that Jimmy beneath the activity there was unease the rift over home rule was growing the

fiercest opposition came from the Orange [Music] Order it's Alfie cunning him isn't it I youever thought of joining a LOD oh well maybe I have like but B my C Lodge we meet I know we meet that's Grand we there every Monday Wednesday

and Friday nights I hope to see you hi maybe a well you wouldn't wouldn't what go to an orange lodge meeting who said what need it you looking a sash in a baller hat bang in a stupid great drum get lost

come on can't you take a joke I'm looking for my sister's husband Tommy Miller do you know him I I he's over there [Music] Thomas Thomas honey what are you doing here it's [Music] Genie the time in Tommy Miller's life

was turning I find her on the kitchen floor Dr Henry says it's romatic favor a b doctor before antibiotics rheumatic fever was common the result almost certainly would be heart [Music] disease same shape as you've been building for years isn't it Francis KS

the representative from the Board of Trade charged with ensuring safety standards oh yes I'm not disputing the size they're colossal but the hydrodynamics haven't changed at all long and narrow in beam which is why they're known as the Greyhounds of the

sea or coffing ships as your Rivals refer to them no time for joking Mr CRS we're here to discuss safety not Aesthetics and these discussions a year before Titanic's launch would be critical they would determine who would live who would die and they would cost

the lives of two of the men in that room Point what would happen if she were in a collision and were to behold as a result well I think I can fairly say that our new bulkhead door system is both

revolutionary and unique the damaged area will be completely sealed from the rest of the vessel hermetically sealed in theory she should stay afloat no matter what the damage the ship is in a real sense her own Lifeboat nonetheless I see you've allowed for uh

16 lifeboats 16 I have made lines for a great deal more than 16 but 16 will meet the legal requirement exactly Lord Perry knows that he has spoken directly to you well yes the provision of Life boats the entire design is my

responsibility for carile 40 years with Harland and wolf this was Breaking Point the regulations clearly show that 16 lifeboats is sufficient for a vessel of 10,000 tons and over agreed William but these ships are five times that size how

on Earth can we get more than 3,000 people into 16 lifeboats I have freely offered a further provision of four life rafts as well we are now giving them more than their regulations demand all the regulations are out of date this is

a theoretical risk only Alexander the ships have been designed by you so that they cannot sink don't you see William any human design is fallible surely the first rule of safety must be to think the unthinkable and you are happy for

our passengers to do the same what has it occurred to you what they would think if the prominade decks were festooned with lifeboats you are concerned the passengers may be alarmed by the lifeboats in the numbers you recommend

yes Our intention is to offer passengers the experience of a lifetime not to frighten them so much they never want to travel on a white star ship again so this is one of your economic decisions these ships have to sail at a profit

Alexander and I have to build them at a profit no doubt not having to provide a few dozen life poats will add a small but very welcome addition to your profit margin you know that's nonsense Alexander it was the end of carlile's

involvement with the company Titanic was The Last Ship he would ever [Music] design Titanic would need a new chief designer for Lord pity there was only one choice his nephew Thomas Andrews in the spring of that year 1910

Hal's Comet was visible in the night skies throughout Europe some say it was there when Andrews took his wife Helen PR with their first born to show off his new liner she's my ship now Helen Titanic and Thomas Andrews would

be Inseparable to the very [Music] end by the spring of 1910 Olympic's Hull was fully plated for the workers on Titanic the challenge was to catch up working with hot metal speed was [Music] everything the riveters were paid on

peace Freight the faster they worked the more they earned danger was always close by Samuel Joseph Scott aged 15 was the first to die on Titanic 17 would lose their lives building these [Music] ships Alfie Cunningham was starting work

on Titanic's boilers theirs was the heartbeat that would pump 30,000 horsepower to the engines easy out 29 boilers fed by 159 furnaces burning over 600 tons of coal each day the boilers dwarfed The Men Who Built them but Titanic was designed for

efficiency excess steam would be diverted through a turbine to increase her power by more than half and this is where all that energy would be driven to the giant manganese bronze propellant a central one of 22 tons flanked by two more 38 tons each

and four times the height of a [Music] man it was these that would drive Titanic through the Atlantic swell but that was still 2 years away first a 200 ton floating crane was needed to lower the engines and boilers

into Titanic a German company was supervising the Crane's construction but as the monster grew so the rouss began telling you bonad if you want us up there you can whistle the Belfast men were deeply suspicious of the Germans the L Dragon

it's none too safe up there and they might have a point the way they see it it's a German crane let them risk their own necks see a lot of the boys are convinced they're spies come here to

steal the secrets of our new ships tell them to our competitors no one was better equipped to tackle the problem than the chief draftsman rodri chisel his way with work Birds would eventually win him a place on Titanic Rod chisolm had worked his way

into management from the sh floor he could get on with anyone better still he spoke German national pride was at stake the Germans agreed to finish the crane themselves [Music] [Applause] [Music] for young men these were Stirling times

patriotism and religion were to be [Music] [Applause] celebrated Alfie hadn't joined the Orange Order himself he was too busy studying but he could understand the pride felt by those who were orange men you're all right there Alie fine Mr

Frost good man he was proud too of Titanic this was the launch day for Olympic Lord pity was never happy to see works stop those watching the launch had to Forfeit their pay what are you doing here I'm just

going to come watch watch what you know what 5 minutes to go come on you want me to lose half a day's wages just to watch that old pin tub Splash into the lagon she me Chef Alie and I'm trying to build

mine here if you hadn't noticed you're an egy colham so you are with hard work Alfie might yet get on to Titanic but today it was Olympic in the Limelight Lord Perry had even had her painted white for the

photographs the Giant floating crane was ready at last but the German flag had been raised as a Finishing Touch the Belfast men were not [Music] impressed that flag is an insult to us all those Germans are looking they start

trouble [Music] [Music] here tell him to get that rag di or we [Applause] [Music] [Music] ribit so where do we stand Mr Chism they've apologized handsomely and I've promised you all a drink the Germans surrendered both the crane and their flag they were even

persuaded to Hoist the Union Jack soon enough these men really would be at War but for now [Music] [Applause] peace What's this called here 6 days a week noise from the yard echoed across Belfast on Sundays it stopped that's when the men brought

their families to admire their [Music] work how would you call that a funnel or not you could fit a tram car in it imagine the size of the engine I'm having to build as needs a funnel that size to

take away the smoke [Music] now the stage was set for Titanic it was launch day and time for differences to be set aside so what's going on ah sure they've only sent me over to help knock out the

shores on Titanic he's working on our ship after all this time as sentu his second best all right I Reon you be permanent soon Olympic seals off for sea Trails this afternoon so go on then get to work I but you be careful under there

son that's no place for skying I of course you will you're right there Michael where are you two off to we're traveling first class who we are you what we'll be going down the slep on her we'll have to help Gathering the cables

that's not fair no it isn't is it a last inspection for per and Isme even without engines and fittings the H weighed 20 24,000 [Music] tons as the timber props were knocked away her full weight settled onto the

sliding [Music] way on the launch platform Captain Edward J Smith who would Skipper both Olympic and Titanic 10 minutes to the launch and a red flag was hoisted to warn other River traffic to stand clear Titanic now rested fully on the

slipway thickly coated with 20 tons of liquid soap and train oil just two hydraulic triggers held her in check there would be no champagne no ceremonial naming for Titanic that was not the white star way a simple command

enough release the triggers [Music] [Applause] [Music] as she entered the water with scarcely a ripple she was already traveling at 12 knots only the drag chains trailing behind 160 tons of them could draw her to a halt it had taken just 62 seconds

[Music] Titanic was a [Music] float nothing could check the chain of events that would follow now and it would destroy the life of the very man who had brought Titanic into being the slipways were empty for the first time in over 2 years Titanic was

in the water she was still an empty shell waiting for Carpenters engineers and Painters to transform her into a [Music] liner meanwhile her sistership Olympic was on her maiden voyage Thomas Andrews was anxious for news at last a wire from

[Music] Olympic yes from Mr Isme he's raised some real concerns about the ship [Music] The Springs in the mattresses are too soft and there's a lack of cigarette holders in the WC's also we are short of a potato

paler well done Tommy well [Music] done but even as Titanic slipway was being cleared there was another forewarning of tragedy to [Music] come oh my God get this off hurry get to the office tell them we need an ambulance James

Dobbin aged 43 was fakely injured by Falling Timbers he died the next day already Titanic was at the fitting out Warf but it would be almost a year before she was ready to [Music] sail funnels and boilers decking and

lighting Furnishings fittings and paintings all had to be put into place everything to live up to the dream of the world's greatest liner and in that year the guarantee group would be chosen too the eight workers who'd earned themselves a trip

on the maiden voyage many had scarcely left Belfast America was beyond imagining shall I tell you something Liam FL what's up Mr Miller I think you're on your way to being a half decent ship rate you should tell my D that yeah is De I mentioned it

to a few other people though Mr come in the gaffa for example well that's good to you Mr M I might have done you a bigger favor than you think why is that he's been asked by Mr Andrews to

recommend a ship right and an apprentice to go on Titanics made voy you don't mean he's thinking of recommending you and me thinking officers for it goes at the moment every day counted to complete Titanic P could not afford distractions

there must be no let up coming none at all I understand but there was no escaping the bitterness in the yard irand was heading for political crisis home rule simply means granting Ireland a measure of Independence it doesn't mean casting

ourselves a drift in the Atlantic with respect that isn't how many of the men in the yard see it and they're blind if we get this right now Tommy the future of Island will be assured for 100 years

or [Music] more now have that removed will you the time has come not just to stand up and prepare our most of P's workers were against home unionists were determined to resist Irish independence by force if need be between

dous politics in London and Pope L nationalists here in Ireland we will resist their fans with every means at our disposal there will be no surrender no surrender there will be no compromise with our enemies the workers of this

Shipyard will be at the Vanguard the talk was of treachery betrayal at fir hand and for P's workers there was one man they could not forgive William P come on ready to deal with a devil to sell his own soul if it Su him there was

poison in the he will not Su they might be going to New York New York what are you talking about it's not definite but Mr Miller thinks you have a real chance of being asked get lost Li hi she you get 100 yards in the fs R and

you don't know where the hell you are they not take you to New York son New York but she's not even your ship Olympic's always been your ship yeah well Titanic's my ship now whatever happened to you Alie Cunningham Mr gain

how long is it since you promised to come to one of our lodge meetings oh well I didn't exactly promise it's just difficult I have classes up at The Institute most nights the studies a Fain thing but but you should be studying the

history of your own people your own Traditions I'm sure you're right Mr gine and it's not just all talk these days believe me we're having drill moose nights ready for all eventualities who does he think he is drill there's a lot of that going on at

The Lodges these days there's talk they'll be getting rifles a it's Madness why some of want this Kingdom to stay United there's a lot of Irish men who don't want home rule so you're going to fight too I haven't said that start a

civil war we don't want to start anymore we just want to stay loyal to our country you're starting to sound more and more like your man gilen full of [Music] [ __ ] so is this true you really might

get asked to go to New York Maybe but I've been thinking whether I do go or not we should go as a family America to live the doctor says you need dry air clear air all it does is rain in

this city we can't leave Belfast why not because this is our home we can't give that all up just because of me people leave Ireland every day and it wouldn't be just because you this city that yard there's something

bad in the air it's not the place I want to be [Music] anymore only on Titanic now did the real world seem far away P's Vision was coming to life [Music] to those who built her Titanic had turned into a ship of dreams would you

look at her Rie Titanic's magnificent did we really build all this you me and one or two more she didn't build herself that's for sure but isn't she Grand solid like she's always been here and always will be maybe she's too good for the likes of

us now though alen then disaster Titanic sistership Olympic was holded in a collision with a royal Navy Cruiser HMS Hawk the impact was felt back in Belfast because the man responsible was the skipper who would soon also command

Titanic captain Smith the captain of HMS Hawk quite simply got too close and last control the concern now was that these liners were monster ships too big to be handled safely and it's plain from the photographs which vessel came off worse

Titanic's Builders were Past Masters at handling the press that Olympic comfortably survived the Collision consider what would have happened to any other vessel which had suffered such severe damage say the morania as water flooded in her PO Kuma would have scurried

around frantically trying to close the doors between all her separate compartments and stem the flow a vain Endeavor but we at Harland and wolf gentlemen have introduced automatic watertight doors a simple flick of the switch suffices to seal the entire ship

and render her safe m been made of the watertight dogs a design that Harland and wolf had actually borrowed from a German rival what was undeniable was that they worked as soon as water is detected in the ship an electric switch

is automatically thrown causing all the bulkhead doors throughout the ship to close at once Mr Frost I should come to this side of the door Mr Green or you may get very wet there we are home and dry you see with

her automatic doors in place Olympic had stayed afloat even with two compartments completely flooded comp so this in your view makes the ship what Unsinkable Captain Smith had long argued exactly that I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel modern

shipping has simply gone beyond that look if there's a ship safer we don't know of it as far as I'm concerned she is practically Unsinkable practically Unsinkable was the phrase used to sell Titanic to most people it meant simply

that Titanic was safe the fact that her sister ship had survived a collision with a cruiser only reinforced that Titanic's completion schedule had been critically hit one of her propeller shafts was now needed to repair Olympic Lord p pushed the date of

Titanic sailing back into April 1912 a fatal move by then the melting ice pack would lie directly in her path Peri was on a collision course of his own bent on home rule come what may he intended to Stage a rally in the

heart of Belfast his choice of speaker would outrage his opponents it has to be the Mr Churchill Margaret you know they'll hate you for it we'll make them see the error of their ways Winston Churchill the lord of the

admiralty was a hate figure for ster loyalists like P he had a unionist pedigree he too was seen as a traitor Keep It Coming good man just drop it in there easy does iter's future was in the balance but Titanic at last was in Dry

Dock unionists or not for some workers it was finishing the ship that mattered Mr Frost what uh you know how there's always a bunch of fellas sent with a ship on its maiden voyage the guarantee group I I

have a pal who reckons he might be chosen is that a fact now I I was wondering if like you know his foran might be kiding them on why would you do that now well for a start this pal is a

Catholic no I mean there's some people in this yard who say if you're not a Protestant and a member of an orange Lodge for that matter you're lucky to have a job at all let alone go to America on Titanic there's no place for

sectarianism in this yard the job's what matters I say that as a Protestant and an orange man so it could be true New York I wouldn't know I'd only know which Engineers would be going you might also have a short list

of apprentices in mind to take with me you don't mean take nothing for granted Alfie just get on work hard see what happens for Alfie Cunningham New Horizons but Tommy Miller's prospects were darkening what you doing honey oh no

[Music] Genie Miller was just 32 when she died Titanic's maiden voyage was only weeks away the guarantee group was on everyone's mind you're lying I am not maybe we'll both get to go to New York he just stringing you along Mr Frost

knows I'm good at my job and you're a praud like his what's that got to do with it do your chances any harm really ready boys what do you mean are you saying Mr Frost is a bigot of course I'm

not why'd you say it was a joke Alfie no it wasn't Alie I know Arthur Frost's not bigot I shouldn't have said anything I well you did what's all this we searching us aren't they get Al keep moving searches

were routine but the loyalists were preparing to fight with whatever came to hand no fell rivets had stitched Titanic together they also Made Lethal ammunition as Perry prepared to welcome Churchill the mood in Belfast was ugly 10,000 troops had been drafted in

Margaret if I thought it would come to this I'm not sure that I'd even the threat of violence is a disgrace William it's an attempt to stifle Free Speech you'll not let them succeed I most certainly will not p and Churchill found themselves

facing the full Fury of the unionists [Music] and rivets weren't their only weapons there were guns on the streets the woman p and Churchill were lucky to escape with their lives py had never been bettered in any confrontation but that day changed

everything [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Lord Perry fled Ireland humiliated hry get out [Applause] [Music] [Music] the man who had conceived Titanic the greatest ship builder in the world would never see her [Music] again after five long years Titanic was

almost complete in the dry dog but with Lord Perry's departure all order had gone it was no longer safe if you didn't belong excuse me what's wrong with you took some manners will you I don't take any lessons of manners from you dirty

little pig hey get away you two think you're safe don't you well not anymore Harry ran away in case he didn't hear all Catholics run away in the end per is not a Catholic oh he's a Catholic lover

even worse come on son leave it you're better than this to the unionist Titanic had become a British ship to the nationalists an Irish ship the world was shifting here put your Mr Miller was about the guarantee group who still haven't heard anything

oh that's all right I but the thing is if you're chosen you're be going with me what you mean you've heard you're not going no I'm giving this job up why this Shard never did feel safe but now it

is I don't know I get a bad feeling about the place and I have two WIS to look after what with our mother going taking a job as a deand with a White Star Line That's Grand it'll take you away from home no

my sister-in-law an will look after the boys when I've saved enough I'm going to bring him out to America you leave oh good luck hi [Music] thanks Titanic had been conceived in London's Belgravia that's where P had taken

Refuge Uncle William Thomas thank you for coming over it's the best thing until things settle down in Belfast and you're able to to return there'll be no return I've done with Belfast you're not saying you've done with ship building there must be

more to life than building ships Tommy but I'm going to need you to run the Belfast Shipyard for me from now on no arguments you're a unionist and the best liked man in harand and wolf something else I want you to do

Titanic's maiden voyage I was supposed to sail with her I can't now why my health a small tumor my doctor insists I must have an operation but you will recover I want you to take my place on Titanic Isme is going too

between the two of you you can decide if this whole Enterprise was worth it I'm not sure if I know [Music] anymore there was a different sickness in Belfast politics were being fueled by anger and fear and in the shipyard there were

scores to be settled lard ly Lord Perry regrets to inform you that your out of a job and tell him to come down here and tell me so himself on FL you're not that death you touch me one

more time so you what what's going on Liam get out of here I'll be coming up some news for you Titanic sales on April 1st and we're onon her we're in the guarantee group go on boy just go what

are you doing your old man's just been saged we're after escorting him from the yard away April first day I but it's not a joke and neither is this your P Le FL is's definitely going with us does he know I doubt

it where are you going son [Music] pick beat up he dead B keep the [Music] moving no on I'll not take you all way you want to walk out on assisted like the proud man you are you aian scum get

back to the fs with you there'll be a tra any time what's going on these men have decided to look for work elsewhere what you've done this to them because they're Catholics they got what was coming you make me

sick come on come on you can't let them drive you out like this that's what I thought Liam you can't you've been picked for the guarantee group it's definite we're on Titanic together tell them they'll need to get someone else will

you in the face of bigotry many friendships were coming to an [Music] end Titanic now was ready to leave the city of her birth and to face her final test her sea trials signal tugs to releases release tugs 5 years of endeavor for one moment

not the engines away we go [Music] boys the steam from the boilers drove the main engines at a pressure of over 200 lb per square in [Music] gentlemen Titanic is [Music] [Music] underway and with her turbine engaging the central propeller she was brought up

to cruising [Music] speed there had been last minute changes more first class State rooms and private promenades they had made her heavier 1,000 tons heavier than her sister ship at over 46,000 tons Titanic was now the world's biggest ship

the sea trials were not a formality hard St it hard St Francis K from the Board of Trade was on the bridge in 3 years of construction he' inspected Titanic almost 2,000 times I don't expect her to turn on a Sixpence

Captain Smith just within reasonable limits it was for him to sign her safety [Music] certificate on that April day in the Irish sea Titanic was put to The crucial test at her full speed 21 knots how quickly could she

stop full speed a St full speed a St full St that's as quick as you can [Music] as the great ship slowed the hopes of all who' built her [Music] [Music] quickened well Mr Brothers 850 y well done that's quite acceptable

excellent excellent she'd stopped in under half a mile less than three times her own length her passenger certificate was endorsed good for one year Titanic was free to Take On The World and chance had brought aboard someone who knew her very

well Mr Miller 2 months earlier Thomas Miller had left the shipyard but white star was short of crew he was back on the ship he'd helped to build hey in I come you only my second job as a Dean to New York

on Titanic they were short-handed my good luck well isn't that the best news and you're going too I so we'll be seeing plenty more of each other who will that here off can I buy you some uple pay in New

[Music] York with the fading light Titanic prepared to leave her birthplace for [Music] good and Thomas Andrews gathered his prized guarantee group The troubleshooting team for the maiden voyage eight trusted among them rodri chisolm Alie Frost look out to your mommy for

me okay Alfie K the Tommy Miller was also there must have seemed a happy accident boys a penny each they're this years we spend them till I come back we'll be even Richer there all right aarty Frost we

know was sure of promotion on his return and Alfie's hard work had also paid off the shipyard had named him Apprentice of the year his future was Secure Mr Welch goodbye goodbye and good luck every man boarded Titanic in Hope

and expectation we'll see you in a couple of weeks [Music] 12 days later on the night of April the 14th 1912 Titanic the biggest ship in the world met her Iceberg shaped by Nature six times her [Music] size she carried over 2,200 passengers

and crew but lifeboats for only half that number as rivets popped and steel plates parted half a dozen gashes left Titanic mortally wounded she had been designed to stay afloat with up to four compartments flooded under the icebergs impact six

sprang open 5 years in the making Titanic sank in 2 hours and 40 [Music] minutes Thomas Andrews is said to have helped many to escape he was last seen Alone In First Class Ary Frost was witnessed heading down into the engine room the body of

rodrik chisolm Chief draftsman was never recovered Alfie Cunningham 21 years old was reported among the survivors it was a case of mistaken identity and Tommy Miller died alongside his former workmates all of the guarantee group the men who'

built Titanic died on board their ship 1,500 more people died with [Music] them Titanic's owner Bruce Isme did find a place in the lifeboats a disgrace that finished his career the Titanic inquiry cleared the ship Builders of blame but Lord P's

Health was broken he died with his business almost bankrupt in Belfast The Men Who Built and sailed on Titanic are remembered by name their families still cherish their memories and keepsakes from Thomas Andrews a telescope from rodri chisolm a book

presented for Titanic's launch from Arty Frost his Foreman's whistle and Slide Rule and from Tommy Miller the two pennies he gave his children spend them till I come back we'll be even richer then those who built Titanic believed

they stood at the dawn of a new era sadly they were right within 2 years the entire world would be at War the Edwardian dream was over but the dreams of the men who brought Titanic to life would never

die they have become part of her Legend [Music]