May
La Cité de la Mer publie son nouveau guide consacré à « Titanic, retour à Cherbourg »
Plus qu’un guide souvenir, cet ouvrage, réalisé par l’équipe de La Cité de la Mer, reprend les thématiques du parcours permanent, tout juste un an après son inauguration. En 56 pages, ce livret revient sur l’escale du Titanic, sur le triste destin de ce mythique paquebot mais aussi sur l’histoire transatlantique du port de Cherbourg […]
Dec
Articles, The passenger ship Titanic
The Navratil enfants: orphans of the Titanic
Michel Navratil and his two sons, Michel and Edmond, marked the history of the Titanic….. a father who took his children away from their mother in the hope of reuniting his family in America. When the ship went down, the father, knowing that death was inevitable, put his 2 children into a life raft. Their […]
Dec
Articles, The passenger ship Titanic
R.M.S. Titanic
The R.M.S. Titanic (Royal Mail Steamer) was a masterpiece of early XXth century technology and the pride and joy of England. It was named as such because besides passengers, it also carried His Majesty King George V’s mail. The White Star Line and the race to create a giant […]
Nov
Articles, The passenger ship Titanic, Photographies
The Titanic and the cinema
The tragic history of the Titanic has been an important source of inspiration for the film industry. Numerous American, English, German and Italian directors have not missed the opportunity to give their audiences a chance to relive that last tragic night on board the Titanic in their films, television series or documentaries. Most of […]
