DISASTERS / SHOWBIZ: The Titanic Disaster: Premiere of film ’A Night to Remember’ (1958)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Premiere of film ’A Night to Remember’ about the Titanic ship sinking after collision with an iceberg. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Titanic Disaster ( ** NB - THIS IS PROBABLY THE OLYMPIC - SISTER SHIP TO THE TITANIC *** ) FILE - ENGLAND: Hampshire: Southampton: EXT The liner Titanic in port before maiden voyage Tugsmanouevering ship out of port Lifeboats on board the Titanic London: 1958 Odeon cinema where a film about the sinking of the Titanic “A Night to Remember“ is being premiered INT People gathered for premiere in the foyer of the cinema Foreign secretary John Selwyn Lloyd along through foyer John davies (Managing Director, The Rank Organisation) arriving with his wife Man looking at newspaper headlined with story about an iceberg being reported in the shipping lanes ENGLISH CHANNEL: EXT Iceberg floating at sea ENGLAND: London: 1958 Crowd outside cinema INT Actor Kenneth More, star of “A Night to Remember“, greeted on arrival and talking to Gaumont British reporter Peter Lee SOT More with Sylvia Lightoller, widow of Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller whom More plays in the film Gaumont reporter Peter Lee talking to survivors of the sinking of the Titanic EXT Titanic survivor Lawrence Beesley gives his view of the film SOT INT Titanic survivor Alfred Pugh talks of how equipment available today would have prevented such a disaster SOT Background: Premiere of film ’A Night to Remember’ about the Titanic ship sinking after collision with an iceberg. Includes footage of Titanic, and interviews with survivors. (NOTE - File which apparently shows the Titanic in this newsreel - is likely to be the sister ship - the Olympic - as the only surviving footage of the Titanic is the first sequence of Gaumont Graphic story 609/95 - note made April 2012). FILM ID: VLVAASI4J9UO7JZ4W5LU8VS74HM20 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé