Real Photos From Lusitania's Sinking | These Pictures Survived the Disaster
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The video explores the surviving visual records of the Lusitania sinking, focusing on a damaged roll of film captured by assistant wireless operator David McCormick. While many believed the film was destroyed when McCormick was thrown into the ocean, researchers have identified surviving elements within the sea-damaged material. The creator examines the history of personal cameras in 1915 and explains how McCormick managed to take photographs of the boat deck and promenade deck shortly before the torpedo strike. The presentation also incorporates sketches by designer Oliver Percy Bernard to illustrate the chaotic final minutes of the vessel. Through careful scrutiny of the damaged film, the video identifies potential images of crowds near lifeboats, an overturned boat, and a distinctive drum type ventilator. The creator concludes that these remnants, alongside historical drawings, provide a rare and vital visual account of the disaster that occurred on May 7, 1915.
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I went over to the starboard side and saw that now the water was nearly up to the level of the boat deck
the Marconi man came out of his office at that time and began to take photographs which struck me as a cool proceeding
McCormick said later on that he had photographed an overturned Lifeboat with people clinging onto it
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