Its one of the millions of unique, usergenerated 3d experiences created on roblox. Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects quality scale. New clues in lusitanias sinking when the luxury liner went down, it left a mystery behind. A docudrama that suggests innocent citizens can be used as pawns during wartime. The rms lusitania, a luxury cruiseliner, is carrying 1900 passengers. Most people have heard of this event, often in history class. The sinking of the lusitania 1918 is an american silent animated short film by cartoonist winsor mccay. By the days end, 764 passengers and crew from lusitania had been rescued and landed at queenstown.
This film keeps close to the facts as it dramatizes the horrific sinking of the passenger liner lusitana by a german submarine in the great war. The rms lusitania, a luxury atlantic liner, is carrying approximately 1900 passengers and crew when a german torpedo suddenly strikes just beneath the ships bridge. Unfollow the sinking of the lusitania to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. More than twelve hundred souls meet their watery grave. The sinking of the ship was a barbaric act and no doubt a sad ending for those who died.
In addition to taking viewers inside the sub that sank the ship, the documentary explains how the tragic episode rallied american participation in world war i. My 100th anniversary tribute to rms lusitania sinking backwards. The sinking presaged the united states declaration of war on germany. Terror at sea sinking of the lusitania documentary youtube. Hulton archivegetty images on may 7, 1915, a hundred years ago, the german uboat u20.
The sinking of the british ocean liner rms lusitania off the irish coast on may 7, 1915. In it, it quotes the precise dialogue which supposedly transpired when in 1915, kapitan schwieger of the german submarine u20, gave the order to ready the torpedo, which was then fired at. All content, video or audio, belongs to their respective owners. In may of 1915, the rms lusitania sailed into warring waters. Rms lusitania upposi saksan keisarikunnan laivaston sukellusvene u20. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support. There was a film actress about the lusitania, frenchborn rita jolivet, who like gibson was later persuaded to appear in a film depicting the sea disaster that she had survived. The sinking of the lusitania is truly a nice piece of work, its done in a moviedocumentary format, while there are no top name stars in it, the actors themselves did a good job. Lasat in urma ii left behind tribulation force impact event, christian movies, leave behind. He attended heathery knowe primary school then claremont high school in east kilbride and went on to an apprenticeship as an electrician.
He was considered for the part of charlie in the tv show lost 2004, but the writers decided to change the characteristics of charlie and the role went to dominic monaghan instead. Kenneth cranham, michael feast, john hannah, christopher spencer. The tragedy of the sinking is all too realistically recreated and one can not be chilled to the bone how senseless this act truly was. Unlike the titanic where there wasnt enough lifeboats, lusitania had all the safety feature that was built into after titanic like double hull and more then enough lifeboat for the passenger, but wasnt build to stop a torpedo. Why the germans torpedoed the lusitania smithsonian. More than twelve hundred soulsmeet their watery grave. Documentary filmmaker christopher spencer uncovers the truth about the sinking of the rms lusitania in this film that gets to the heart of the mystery by leaving no theory unexplored. He is best know as the captain of rms lusitania when she was sunk by a german torpedo in may 1915. For the 1918 animated film, see the sinking of the lusitania. Was the british government secretly using a passenger ship to transport explosives. Im hoping to do a film about the lusitania which briefly depicts the launching and the maiden voyage and predominantly takes place during the final voyage, the sinking and the aftermath as well. After being hit by a torpedo, the lusitania sank in 18 minutes taking down 1200 souls with her. The sinking of the lusitania, 1915 eyewitness to history.
Sinking of the lusitania facts for kids woodrow wilson was the 28th american president who served in office from march 4, 19 to march 4, 1921. Commander william thomas turner, obe, rnr 23 october 1856 23 june 1933 was a british captain. I do not claim ownership of any of the content used in this video. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. In the aftermath of the sinking, numerous conspiracy theories began to emerge. Documentary filmmaker christopher spencer uncovers the truth about the sinking of the. In this dramatic special, discovery channel brings you the story of the doomed ship and, for the first time, goes inside the cramped, foulsmelling hull of the uboat that.
Text excerpted from lost liners, courtesy of madison press books. Christopher spencer celebrity profile check out the latest christopher spencer photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. For trying to be as accurate as possible, i would like to see a passengercrew accommodation list of. The following is the published finding of the court from the mersey inquiry into the lusitania sinking. The article presents the story of a 12yearoldgirl named elsie hook who experienced the sinking of the ship lusitania in 1915 after it was torpedoed by a german war submarine.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The sinking of the lusitania, 1915, eyewitness to history. From an american point of view, the most dramatic event leading to the us entry into world war i, 4. The sinking of this great ocean liner shocked the world and avenge the lusitania. While it is certainly abominable to deliberately sink a ship with civilians on board, the fact remains that lusitania was a british and therefore belligerent ship that had the capability to be converted into an auxiliary cruiser, and that she was running munitions and other war supplies through a german blockade.
The lusitania carried a healthy complement of american passengers when she departed new york for liverpool on may 1, 1915, despite. One of the important events during his presidency was the sinking of the lusitania during ww1. Of the 1,959 passengers and crew aboard lusitania at the time of her sinking, 1,195. From the numberone new york times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the lusitania, published to coincide with the onehundredth anniversary of the disaster. After nearly a century of investigation, argument and intrigue. Superb adaptation of the acclaimed book by diane preston. The front page of the new york herald newspaper carrying the news of the sinking of the british liner rms lusitania by a german uboat on may 7, 1915. Terror at sea 2007 a dramatization of the notorious world war i torpedoing of the ocean liner, rms lusitania. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. A uboat torpedoed the lusitania passenger liner on its. Still, all in all a good film, whichever version you choose.
This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. The song is missing by evanescence, and the clips are from the movie. Rms lusitania was a british ocean liner that was sunk on 7 may 1915 by a german uboat 11 miles 18 km off the southern coast of ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. Captain schwieger was killed in september 1917 when his submarine collided with a. It is a work of propaganda recreating the neverphotographed 1915 sinking of the british liner rms lusitania.
Sinking the lusitania a poem by antipodi all poetry. Rms lusitania was a british luxury ocean liner owned by the cunard line and built by john brown and company of clydebank, scotland, torpedoed by a german uboat in may 1915. In the eighteen minutes that it took the lusitania to sink, 1200 passengers and crewmembers perished at sea. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The character of actress dorothy taylor played by karen haake is probably more a nod to dorothy gibson, a film actress who famously survived the titanic disaster. War i, for there are not a lot of movies based on the first world war as there are about world war ii. There is however, a question as to how many torpedoes struck the ship because there was two distinct explosions heard, the first one was the torpedo from the german u. Why the germans torpedoed the lusitania when german uboat commander walther schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the lusitania, he didnt know it would be the shot that eventually led the u. Eventually, the final death toll for the disaster came to a catastrophic number. The worksheet includes a vocabulary matching activity, questions to answer while watching the documentary and a list of discussion questions afterwards.
York at noon on 1 may, two hours behind schedule, because of a lastminute transfer of. The full text of the lusitania inquiry can be found online at the titanic inquiry project here while reading, please keep in mind that because it was wartime, there was incentive to whitewash the findings shipping casualties. Hannah was born in east kilbride in lanarkshire, the youngest of three children. This 90minute film is a dramatisation of the sinking of the rms lusitania on 7 may 1915 by a. This article is within the scope of wikiproject germany, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of germany on wikipedia.