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Today in
Titanic History
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
1889 - 1st class survivor Mrs Maria Josefa Perezde Soto y Vallejo Peñasco Y Castellana was born.

1995 - 3rd class survivor Miss Beatrice Irene Sandström died at the age of 85.

1885 - Assistant Plateman Mr Georges Aspeslagh was born in Switzerland.

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Behind the Scenes: Scene Facts: The Iceberg


  1. The iceberg the ship hits is actually made of Styrofoam and covered with fiberglass and wax.

  2. The crew stuck 3 plastic toy Godzillas inside the iceberg to go with the 45' model, because they had an inside joke that Godzilla sunk the Titanic.

  3. In the original shot of the movie the bell is rung 5 times, but it was edited later to 3 because that's the distress call. It is heard five times in the trailer.

  4. A green screen was used as the iceberg passes the well deck. To add ice to fall onto the deck, real chunks of ice were pushed down chutes and onto the set.

  5. James Cameron wrote that the lookouts were looking at Jack and Rose because he firmly believes that something distracted the lookouts from seeing the iceberg. This is supposed to be an ironic twist because Rose is exercising her will to change her life when the iceberg changes it all.

  6. The dialogue between Lookout Fleet and Officer Moody are direct quotes from the inquiry transcripts.

  7. As the iceberg passes the windows behind Molly Brown in the First Class Smoking Room, she asks for more ice in her drink. Based on early screenings, Cameron believed the audience would need this comical moment to dispell some of the tension, but once he cut it, the dialogue between the lookouts was enough to serve this purpose. Read that scene

  8. This is the scene when the cinematography style shifts from slow and smooth (elegance) to bouncing and jarring (panic).



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opening sequence
ghost ship
pay day
the woman in the picture
distant memories
boarding
lucky hand
paintings
king of the world
lunch
first glance
suicide
heart of the ocean
sketches on deck
dining in the snakepit
a real party
confrontations
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portrait
chased by lovejoy
the car
the iceberg
rescue
'not without you'
sinking
vertical stern
the promise
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