Monday, June 01, 2009

End of an Era, The Last Survivor of the Titanic Dies

The Times: Reports on the death of the last survivor of the Titanic, Millvina Dean died at 97, its 98 years since the launch of the Titanic. I have always been curious of those that survived the Titanic, what they thought of the Feature and TV films of the event and of course books. Also in most Sci - Fiction shows the Titanic turns up, Time Tunnel, Dr Who. It must have been distressing to seen Time Travel shows where the Titanic was the background, in many respects the Titanic was the end of the Edwardian Period but also the start of our modern period, Titanic in 1912 and World War One in 1914. Also to those that survived the Titanic it was real event, not something from the distant past, but to the post Titanic generation it was another era before World War One, thus open to dramatic licence. There have been other tragic events before and after the Titanic, but the Titanic represents Man vs Nature, and Nature won.

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