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Robin Williams, Walter Matthau and Jerry Reed. A short clip taken from the beginning of one of the most hilarious films of the 80's, or any other decade for that matter. As the movie progresses it just gets better and better.
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Added: 6th September 2007
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A short clip from Michael Ritchie's 1983 comedy The Survivors starring Walter Matthau, Robin Williams (in his third film), and country singer Jerry Reed. A lost classic!
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Added: 1st October 2007
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April 22, 1912...a look at Lolo (Michel) and Edmond Navratil, survivors of the Titanic disaster whose father went down with the ship. Lolo was the last remaining male survivor of the Titanic sinking He died in 2001...
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Michael
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Added: 27th April 2008
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An almost forgotten maritime tragedy is the sinking of The Empress of Ireland, a trans-Atlantic ocean linear owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. At about 2 a.m. on May 29, 1914, during one of its regular voyages from Quebec City to Liverpool, it collided with the Norwegian ship Storstad in the cold waters of the St. Lawrence River. Out of the 1,477 passengers aboard, 1,012 perished. The high death toll was largely attributable to how quickly the ship sank (14 minutes) and that most of the passengers were in bed when the accident occurred. Among the dead were 167 Salvation Army musicians who were travelling to England to perform at a charity function. A Canadian inquiry into the disaster blamed the Storstad for the collision while a Norwegian inquiry blamed the Empress of Ireland. For years the Empress of Ireland was visited by scuba divers who plundered some of its valuables. However, it is now illegal to dive near the wreck as the Canadian government has declared it a maritime gravesite. (There are human remains inside the ship.) There are no living survivors from that awful night. The last one died in 1985.
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Added: 29th April 2008
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Survivors of the appalling First World War Battle of Passchendaele gather at the site 70 years later in 1987. (For my money, the First World War was the most dreadful conflict in human history. Imagine, a battle to gain five muddy miles that cost 250,000 casualties!) Sixteen thousand Canadians were among the killed or wounded.
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Added: 4th August 2008
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Within days of the sinking, a United States Senate subcommittee launched an investigation into the incident, they reported that 1,517 people perished in the accident, while the British investigation placed the number at 1,490
To the gallant crews of the Titanic and the Carpathia
To the passengers ... victims and survivors alike
We remember
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
Thou Who supports with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight.
Lord, if the tempered winds be near,
That, having Thee, they know no fear.
-- Mary C. D. Hamilton (1915)
Photos
Maritime Quest
http://www.maritimequest.com/
Encyclopedia-Titanica
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
The incredible Art of Titanic
E. D. Walker
http://www.edwalkermarine.com/
James A. Flood
http://www.jamesaflood.com
Simon Fisher
http://www.simonfishermaritime.com/
Ken Marschall
http://www.transatlanticdesigns.com/
Audio Clips with survivors
Edith Russell
Charles Herbert Lightoller
BBC radio sound archives
Music
Titanic Soundtrack
music composed and conducted by James Horner
conceived and produced by
Dale Caruso
Here are several top notch locations to visit and spend time; and to begin you quest for information about Titanic and the tragic event of April 14th 1912
encyclopedia titanica
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
Titanic Nautical Resource Center.
http://www.titanic-nautical.com/
Titanic Historical Society(THS)
http://www.titanic1.org/
And highly reccomended for photos, data, paintings on Titanic, her sisters, or most any type of sailing vessel
Maritime Quest
http://www.maritimequest.com/
If you love the sea, Maritime Quest will definitely top your "favorites" list
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Added: 25th September 2008
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1918 had been a very good year, factories across the were running at capacity, wages were good and work was plentiful. With the war winding down, the future looked bright.
With news from the front and the celebrity hoopla over the latest Liberty Loan drive drawing all the attention, a small notice from the Surgeon General's Office warning of a spreading influenza epidemic was easy to overlook.
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351.
More than one-fifth of the world's population suffered from some of the disease's deadly symptoms. The Influenza Pandemic claimed the lives of more than 21,000,000 people worldwide, including 600,000 in America alone. As the afflicted died by the thousands, the survivors lived in fear.
photos
The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://1918.pandemicflu.gov/
Middle Tennessee State University
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history...
University of Minnesota
http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/index.php
Tulane University
http://tulane.edu/
The National Museum of Health and Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/nm...
Oral Histories
Talking History - I Remember When
Professor Charles Hardy III - producer
http://www.talkinghistory.org/hardy.html
I can not recommend the above site too highly, one of the most outstanding websites for teachers and students of all facets of history
Music
A River Runs Through It
Mark Isham
http://www.isham.com/
Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copeland
Conceived and Produced by
Dale Caruso
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1918
Influenza
Pandemic
WWI
Disease
Death
Added: 25th September 2008
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