00:02:18 0 |
DANCE BAND PLAYS FOR SOCIETY PARTY
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00:02:55 37 |
GUM CHOMPING FLAPPER SITS ALONE WRITING LETTER
CHEWING GUM AND SMOKING A CIGARETTE. WOMAN WITH NO CLASS. CU LETTER |
00:03:44 86 |
MAN STEPS AWAY FROM PARTY FOR A CIGARETTE, SEES
WOMAN ALONE WRITING LETTER. SHE LICKS ENVELOPE SEXUAL INNUENDO. LIGHTS CIGARETTE, BELLIES UP TO MAN, OFFERS HIM A DRAG OF HER CIGARETTE. SEXUAL TENSION. WALK ARM-IN-ARM INTO BALLROOM |
00:04:43 145 |
DANCE BAND PLAYS FOR SOCIETY PARTY. COUPLES DANCE
IN BALLROOM. |
00:05:19 181 |
POV FROM SIDE OF OCEAN LINER, WAKE
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00:05:32 194 |
SHIP'S CAPTAIN AT SIGNAL WHEEL PACING BACK AND
FORTH LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH IN WHEELHOUSE |
00:06:13 235 |
CREWMAN IN WHEELHOUSE STEERING
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00:06:23 245 |
CREWMAN IN CROW'S-NEST KEEPING WATCH. USES HAND
SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION |
00:06:47 269 |
POV IN CROW'S-NEST
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00:06:59 281 |
PEOPLE ENJOY COCKTAILS AND CARDS IN LOUNGE ON
OCEAN LINER MAN LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH |
00:08:08 350 |
CAPTAIN AND FIRST MATE HAVE DISCUSSION
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00:08:41 383 |
DANCE BAND PLAYS AT SOCIETY PARTY. ON BOARD
OCEAN LINER. COUPLES DANCING |
00:09:55 457 |
MEN IN SHIP'S LOUNGE, READING, DRINKING COCKTAILS.
WOMAN SNEAKS IN, EAVESDROPPING. COUPLE SNEAKS A KISS |
00:10:29 491 |
COUPLE JOINS OTHERS IN OCEAN LINER LOUNGE. MAN
RAISES HIS EYEGLASSES, RESTS ON FOREHEAD |
00:12:57 639 |
MEN SMOKE CIGARETTES IN LOUNGE OF OCEAN LINER
CONVERSE |
00:13:15 657 |
MAN NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO CONVERSATION, WATCHES
WOMAN ON DECK. FINISHES HIS DRINK, LEAVES, HIS FRIENDS WATCH HIM |
00:13:51 693 |
PASSENGERS ON BOARD OCEAN LINER ENJOY COCKTAILS
AND CONVERSATION IN LOUNGE |
00:15:13 775 |
CAPTAIN ENTERS, CHATS WITH PASSENGERS ABOUT
ICEBERGS |
00:16:30 852 |
MAN CUPS HIS EAR TO HEAR BETTER. MAN WIPES HIS
BROW WITH HANDKERCHIEF. NERVOUS SWEAT |
00:17:14 896 |
PASSENGERS LISTEN TO CAPTAIN
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00:17:30 912 |
CREWMAN ON LOOKOUT IN CROW'S-NEST
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00:17:38 920 |
CAPTAIN AND FIRST MATE ON DECK WITH BINOCULARS &
TELESCOPE |
00:17:47 929 |
CAPTAIN ASSURES PASSENGERS "YOU CAN SLEEP QUITE
HAPPILY IN YOUR BUNKS". MAN RUSHES IN, HAS SEEN WHITE LINE ON THE HORIZON. THEY TEASE HIM "IT'S A WHISKEY GLOW" ASKS THE BARTENDER FOR A WHISKEY GLOW |
00:18:37 979 |
COUPLE STROLLS ON OCEAN LINER DECK. ANOTHER ENJOYS
A CIGARETTE ON DECK. COUPLE EMBRACED. MAN CLIPS TOP OF CIGARETTE, PUTS BACK IN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE. WALKS ON DECK. SPOTS COUPLE, PICKS UP PURSE, HANDS TO WOMAN. |
00:19:51 1053 |
PEOPLE MEET ON GRAND STAIRCASE, CONVERSE
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00:21:06 1128 |
PRIEST IN OCEAN LINER LOUNGE SITS DOWN TO READ
ANOTHER MAN COMMENTS ON THE TEMPERATURE. LIGHTS CIGARETTE. TALK TURNS TO ICEBERGS |
00:23:48 1290 |
TWO FLAPPERS ENTER, FLAPPER CRYING INTO
HANDKERCHIEF, FRIEND CONSOLES HER. THEY JOIN OTHERS IN LOUNGE |
00:26:12 1434 |
CREWMAN ON LOOKOUT SPOTS ICEBERGS, SOUNDS BELL
"OBSTRUCTION AHEAD SIR" CAPTAIN LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS, GIVES ORDERS TO FIRST MATE STEERING BOAT. STOKER FEEDS FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM. BEHIND THE SCENES OF OCEAN LINER OPERATIONS |
00:27:40 1522 |
PRIEST LOOKS OUT WINDOW. BELL SOUNDS. PRIEST
EXPLAINS TO WOMEN THAT THE LOOKOUT IN THE CROW'S-NEST HAS SIGHTED SOMETHING IN THE DISTANCE |
00:28:15 1557 |
CAPTAIN ON DECK SHOUTS ORDERS "FULL AHEAD"
CU ENGINES AT FULL STEAM. |
00:28:32 1574 |
CU SHIP HITTING ICEBERG, SHIP SINKING
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00:28:38 1580 |
INSIDE SHIP'S CARGO ROOM, LUGGAGE TUMBLES, MAN HAS
NARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING CRUSHED |
00:28:42 1584 |
ICEBERGS CRASHING INTO OCEAN LINER
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00:29:02 1604 |
WOMEN FEEL SHIP MOVE, MEN JOIN THEM, THEY DISCUSS
HITTING ICEBERG "THIS SHIP'S UNSINKABLE" |
00:29:37 1639 |
PANIC IN ENGINE ROOM, WATER POURING IN. FIRST MATE
SHOUTING ORDERS. RUNS UP TO CAPTAIN, TELLS HIM THE ICEBERG IS SINKING THE SHIP. CREW TRIES TO STOP THE WATER. MATE TURNS SIGNAL WHEEL, ENGINES HAVE STOPPED. |
00:30:58 1720 |
CAPTAIN ANSWERS PHONE, WATER RUSHING IN AROUND
HIS FEET, SHOUTS ORDERS INTO PHONE. CREW RACES AROUND |
00:31:43 1765 |
CREW MEMBER RACE THROUGH CLOSING HATCH, LAST MAN
GETS OUT JUST IN TIME. HATCH SEALS |
00:32:06 1788 |
UNSUSPECTING PASSENGERS CHAT AND LAUGH. WOMAN
BREAKS DOWN CRYING. THEY NOTICE ENGINES HAVE STOPPED. |
00:33:25 1867 |
CAPTAIN AND CREW MEETING. CAPTAIN ORDERS "ALL
HANDS ON DECK, EVERY MAN TO HIS STATION, SOUND THE EMERGENCY ALARM, MAN THE LIFEBOATS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST" |
00:34:27 1929 |
CU QUICKLY WRITING SOS. CAPTAIN WRITING SOS,
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00:35:02 1964 |
PANDEMONIUM ON BOARD SINKING SHIP, PEOPLE RUNNING
LOUD BELL SOUNDING, PEOPLE FALLING. |
00:35:23 1985 |
CAPTAIN SENDS MORSE CODE SOS
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00:36:48 2070 |
UNSUSPECTING GROUP SITS CALMLY WHILE LOUD ALARM
BELL IS SOUNDING. MAN IN BATHROBE JOINS THEM. |
00:36:53 2075 |
STEWARDS KNOCK ON STATE ROOM DOORS WAKING
PASSENGERS UP. PASSENGERS COME OUT OF THEIR ROOMS WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON |
00:37:21 2103 |
WOMAN IN SHOCK OPENS DOOR, STEWARD ASKS IF
SHE HAS LIFE JACKET, GOES TO ADJOINING ROOM, SPOTS MAN'S FEET HIDING BEHIND CURTAIN, DRAWS CURTAIN BACK, CALMLY SAYS PARDON ME, HANDS HIM A LIFE JACKET, AS IF EVERYDAY OCCURENCE, TAKES ONE TO WOMAN IN SHOCK. LEAVES HER STANDING THERE |
00:38:40 2182 |
SOME PASSENGERS STILL DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE IN
DANGER, HYSTERICAL WOMAN RACES IN "HELP ME, DO SOMETHING" FALLS INTO MAN'S ARMS. NOW THEY START TO PANIC. FIRST MATE ENTERS, INFORMS PASSENGERS IT'S A "PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE". BELL STOPS RINGING, PASSENGERS FOLLOW CREW |
00:40:23 2285 |
PRIEST STAYS IN CABIN, FIRST MATE LIES TO PRIEST
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00:41:15 2337 |
SHIP SENDS OFF SOS FLARES INTO THE NIGHT
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00:41:19 2341 |
PRIEST FIGURES OUT THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION
"GOD HAVE MERCY ON US" |
00:42:13 2395 |
PANDEMONIUM AS PASSENGERS RACE FOR LIFE BOATS ON
SINKING SHIP. LIFE BOATS LOWERED |
00:42:50 2432 |
CU CAPTAIN WRITING MARCONIGRAM. SHIP TO SHORE
COMMUNICATIONS |
00:43:10 2452 |
WHEELCHAIR BOUND PASSENGER STAYS PUT "THE
WHOLE THING'S JUST TOO DAMN SILLY" DOESN'T BELIEVES THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. OFFICER ENTERS, TALKS TO OLD MAN, SAYS HE WANTS TO GET HIM ON BOAT. HANDICAPPED MAN GETS ONERY OFFICER TURNS HIS BACK TO HIM, CONFESSES "THE SHIP HAS THREE HOURS TO LIVE". REALITY SINKS IN MAN IN SHOCK, SPEECHLESS. |
00:48:35 2777 |
MAN SHOUTS NO! HAD BEEN EAVESDROPPING ON
CONVERSATION, HEARD THAT SHIP IS SINKING. PANICS. OFFICER CALM HIM DOWN |
00:49:20 2822 |
SHIP'S WHISTLE BLOWS, BRINGS SHOCKED MAN BACK TO
REALITY, SITS WITH WHEELCHAIR BOUND MAN TALKING |
00:51:37 2959 |
PANDEMONIUM ON DECK OF SINKING SHIP PEOPLE
SCRAMBLING TO GET IN LIFE BOATS |
00:52:04 2986 |
TWO DRUNK MEN SINGING WALK INTO BAR, BAR CLOSED,
UNAWARE THAT SHIP IS SINKING. |
00:52:49 3031 |
WHEELCHAIR BOUND MAN LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH
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00:53:09 3051 |
DRUNK MEN OPEN BAR BACK UP, MAKE THEMSELVES
COCKTAILS. DRINKING AND SINGING. NOTICE MAN READING AT A TABLE, CONFESS THEY KNOW THE SHIP IS SINKING |
00:56:43 3265 |
MAN TRIES TO COMFORT WIFE, SOS FLARES SET OFF
INTO THE NIGHT MAKE HER EVEN MORE UPSET. THEY EMBRACE. HUSBAND ASSURES WIFE BY POINTING OUT MAN READING CALMLY, ANOTHER HAVING A DRINK. BAND STARTS PLAYING ON DECK. MAN MAKES COCKTAIL FOR WOMAN. |
01:05:56 3818 |
PANDEMONIUM ON DECK AS PEOPLE TRY TO GET ON LIFE
BOATS. LIFE BOATS LOWERED INTO WATER. BAND PLAYS ON DECK. HYSTERICAL WOMEN, MEN FIGHTING TO GET ON BOATS. |
01:10:04 4066 |
OFFICER WARNS MEN TO GET OUT OF BOAT OR I'LL
SHOOT, THEY IGNORE HIM, HE SHOOTS THEM, MEN FALL DEAD INTO WATER. |
01:10:24 4086 |
BAND PLAYS ON DECK
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01:10:27 4089 |
MAN CONFESSES TO THE LADIES THAT SHIP IS SINKING
MAN RACES IN TO TELL THEM OF THE MAYHEM BELOW WOMEN KISS OLD MAN AND LEAVE |
01:16:48 4470 |
CAPTAIN ENTERS, URGES WOMAN TO COME QUICKLY.
LAST BOAT LEFT, THEY HEAR BAND PLAYING, WHEEL OLD MAN OUT |
01:17:53 4535 |
AS THEY'RE LEAVING, THE LIGHTS GO OUT. MAN HAS
PANIC ATTACK, FAINTS. MEN PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM AWAY |
01:20:42 4704 |
OLD MAN STAYS BEHIND WITH WIFE, "I'M GLAD I STAYED"
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01:21:50 4772 |
DOWN BELOW IN ENGINE ROOM, MEN IN SHOCK. MAN
LOOKS AT TATTOO ON HIS ARM OF HIS SWEETIE AND BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS. |
01:22:37 4819 |
FIRST MATE REPORTS TO CAPTAIN. ALL WOMEN AND
CHILDREN HAVE GONE. LOOK DOWN AT PANDEMONIUM BELOW, CREW SCRAMBLING TO GET ON LIFE BOATS. CAPTAIN USES MEGAPHONE TO TELL MEN "IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF" |
01:23:54 4896 |
CREW BELOW PUSH AND SHOVE EACH OTHER OFF STAIRS
TO GET OFF SHIP IN TIME. MAYHEM |
01:24:14 4916 |
BALLROOM FILLING UP WITH WATER. SHIP SINKING
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01:24:26 4928 |
MEN RESIGNED TO GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP GO INTO BAR
TO GET DRUNK. BAR FILLS UP. |
01:28:08 5150 |
RICH MAN THROWS HIS MONEY IN THE AIR "THIS WON'T
DO ME ANY GOOD NOW, HELP YOURSELVES" MEN SCRAMBLE FOR MONEY. MAN TRIES TO TALK SENSE INTO THEM |
01:28:50 5192 |
MEN SING AND GET DRUNK AS SHIP SINKS. SPEND THEIR
LAST HOURS ALIVE SINGING HYMNS. |
01:31:35 5357 |
WATER RUSHING INTO OCEAN LINER
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01:31:46 5368 |
OFFICER SITS KNEE DEEP IN WATER TRYING TO
CONTACT THE OUTSIDE WORLD. MORSE CODE SOS. TAKES LIFE JACKET OFF. THROWS IT IN THE WATER |
01:32:09 5391 |
CAPTAIN TELLS FIRST MATE HE'S NO LONGER UNDER HIS
ORDERS. TELLS HIM TO GET ON LIFE BOAT |
01:33:11 5453 |
MEN JUMPING INTO THE WATER TO SAVE THEMSELVES FROM
SINKING SHIP |
01:33:21 5463 |
WATER FILLING UP ROOMS OF SHIP. SHIP SINKING
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01:33:30 5472 |
MAN GRABS HIS WIFE, FORCES HER INTO THE WATER
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01:33:37 5479 |
OFFICER STILL TRYING TO USE MORSE CODE MACHINE
WON'T GIVE UP, IN SHOCK. FUTILE ATTEMPT |
01:33:54 5496 |
MEN PRAY AS SHIP SINKS, WATER WAIST DEEP. LIGHTS
GO OUT. SOUNDS OF MEN PANICKING. THEN SILENCE |
01:35:05 5567 |
DAYBREAK, SKY, CLOUDS
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01:35:25 5587 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: VERY EARLY TALKIE CONCERNING THE FINAL VOYAGE OF A TRANS-ATLANTIC OCEAN LINER THAT BEARS AN AMAZING RESEMBLANCE TO THE TITANIC. THE FILM DEVOTES ITSELF TO DETAILING THE HORROR OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THAT FATEFUL EVENING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. CONCENTRATES ON THE TRAGEDY OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS BEING SPLIT UP AMONG THE CHAOS, NERVOUS CREW MEMBERS WHO TRY TO KEEP THE PASSENGERS CALM, AND THE MECHANICS OF TRYING TO SAVE LIVES ON A SINKING OCEAN LINER. STARRING FRANKLIN DYALL, MADELEINE CARROLL, JOHN STUART, MONTY BANKS.
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