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Gibson in Saved from the Titanic.
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American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson was one of the approximately 700 survivors of the tragedy.
Upon arriving in New York City unscathed, she immediately began filming Saved From the Titanic, the first film to depict the events of the sinking. It was released in May 1912, a month after the crash. She is famous for wearing the same clothes and shoes in the movie as she had worn during the actual sinking.
While the film was successful, it exists only in memories now. The only known print of the film was destroyed in a fire.
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Men made up 75% of the 2,240 passengers on crew on board the Titanic s ill-fated maiden voyage but only made up a tiny fraction of the 705 survivors.
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On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, causing the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew onboard the ship. The vast majority of those who survived the disaster were women and children who owed their lives to the selfless acts of male passengers who bravely remained on board knowing that they were about to meet a watery grave.Â
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The Daily Province had a similar headline: “TITANIC SINKING, BUT PROBABLY NO LIVES WILL BE LOST.”
The Vancouver Sun was only two months old at the time, but chose to go with straight facts, and not speculate: “Ships Rushing to Aid Titanic, Sinking in Mid-Ocean, 1,300 Aboard.” In fact, there were just over 2,220 people on board.
But there was a lot of misinformation in the days after the tragedy.
“While badly damaged, the Titanic is still afloat and is reported to be making her way towards Halifax under her own steam, but with assistance from the Allan liner Parisian,” said the World on April 15. “The fact that the Titanic is the world’s biggest vessel is probably the only thing that prevented great loss of life. It is not believed that any other vessel could have withstood the shock.”