Imagine if he instead stayed on the Titanic for the rest of her voyage. We could have lost both him and those priceless photographs. It’s almost impossible to imagine the feeling of getting off the ship on its last port of call before the final destination only to find out that it sank on its way there. Facts like these are truly fascinating on so many levels.
Francis Browne was incredibly lucky on two counts, first for the opportunity to document the Titanic, and being fortunate enough to have a very strict boss who very likely saved his life, and these photographs.
it's crazy to think that he was probably upset or sad that he couldn't stay on board the Titanic, but a few days later he was for sure thankful to his boss.. Thank you for this video Sam, there was a few of those photos that I've never seen, they are really good quality!
Aren’t they of amazing quality? And just imagine in the days of “archaic” film. Truly amazing how great the quality was, probably even better than digital
I recall reading in one of my Titanic books that he almost tossed the Marconi Room pic out until he learned of the sinking. I recall also hearing that when he passed a massive trunk chock full of pictures was found he had taken over the years. An amazing man I am sure...and thank God he took all of the pics he did.
Can you imagine if Instagram had existed back in 1912, Francis would've been posting pics of Titanic non-stop lol. Crazy how his boss basically saved his life by not allowing him to stay on the ship though.
Im sure the ticket was very pricey and his boss used his own money to do it as a gift for him, and to buy the ticket just to the next stop and not the entire way was all he wanted to afford.
@@HuskyGamersUNITE I definitely agree with you on that . Catholic Priests don’t make a lot of money even in 1912 or in 2023 and that is a 110 years of a time difference 😬
@@HuskyGamersUNITE well the boss wasn't going to pay for the ticket to Queenstown to NY as a millionaire couple was going to pay. So it couldn't of been the cost when it comes to the boss.
Imagine if Francis Brown had had access to smartphones and Instagram! 🙂🙂 He was truly ahead of his time! And what he did with documenting his time on Titanic was awesome! 🙌 Excellent video Sam, I think you told his story really well here and brought it back to life 🙏 Great work!
Francis Brown was not ahead of his time! Amateur photography became very popular early in the twentieth century, with the advent of Kodak company. He was certainly a good photographer, and a curious man, but there were many more just like him. He had the right talent, in the right place, at the right time!
This may sound morbid, but I often wonder how many interesting insights we would have if smartphones had been a thing during 9/11 or if GoPros had been a thing in WW2. I kind of envy future generations for having access to BILLIONS of HD and even higher resolution color VIDEOS (not just photos) of our time. I was born in the early 90s and even pictures and videos from my own childhood recorded on film and VHS - despite being in color - seem to me like from a forgotten world, because their (visual and sound) quality just gives them a feel like they're vague memories from a very long time ago. Pictures and video recordings from the 80s and 70s, from the time my parents were young, seem to me like eons ago, especially if they're in black-and-white - even though it was just a couple of years before my birth. However, HD videos from like 2008 or so seem like yesterday, even though they're just as long ago from now as 1980 was from the early 90s. You know what I mean?
Francis was a very interesting man, I remember reading about him and I find it amazing how an amateur photographer managed to take some of our most historically significant images.
If memory serves me right the young boy spinning his toy top was named Douglas Spedden, a young first class passenger traveling with his family. I believe he survived the sinking but tragically lost his life in an auto accident a few years later.
YES that’s correct he was actually the state of Maine’s FIRST victim to be killed by an automobile on August 08, 1912 at the age of 10 years old. Very tragic ending for a child who’s life was beginning. His mother Margaretta Corning “Daisy” Spedden wrote a book 📖 about her son called “My Story” featuring about a Polar Bear 🐻❄ that little Robert Douglas had a stuffed bear animal and was never without it
I'm curious of what's in the chair though. Since Douglas had a little polar bear toy with him named Polar. That his mother had written a book about her son and Polar. You can still buy it today.
it's a bit of a pity he didn't try to make any night time pics on the boat deck. 'cause to think of it - we don't have any pictures of Titanic during the dark time of the day. In any case - I'm thankful for what we've got. Love these candid shots by Father Browne.
I suspect it would have been troublesome to do with such a small pocket camera with such a short exposure time as Father Browne used. You probably would have only been able to see some vague shapes and dots of light and not much else.
What’s wild is that he took all these pictures but didn’t take one of the grand staircase. If I remember correctly, the pics of the grand staircase are actually of the staircase on the Olympic.
They didn't see the need for the expense. After all, the two ships were nearly identical, and all the fanfare, photographs, video, etc. had been done for Olympic on her maiden voyage. They couldn't know just how famous the "middle sister" would become.
The Olympic class ships were so photogenic, elegant, and classic (unlike today's ugly behemoths). My personal favorite photograph is the one showing a rare occurrence of both the Olympic and Titanic together (I believe the Olympic was in the shipyard for repairs while the Titanic was nearing completion).
I like the look of old ocean liners , tender boats and most old cruise ships . I pretty much like any old ship . Now today I don't like the designs of the very recent cruise ships (like cruise ships from 2020's) I don't like the designs probably because it's a literally swimming monster . And the funnels I only like the old ones.
There’s a terrific collection of Father Browne’s photos in a book titled “The Last Days of the Titanic” by E.E. O’Donnell. It shows them as they originally were kept, in albums. Very interesting text as well. :-)
The Odell family photos taken on the ship are also very iconic, including some very eerie photos taken at or near spots on the ship where in a few days, a great deal of drama would take place as the ship sank.
Thank you very much Sam on this documentary, Father Brown was someone I did not know about, it's nice to know that many of these photos we have been seeing through the years are thanks to him.
I'm really surprised that you didn't mention the Odell family, who were also traveling 1st class to Queenstown just as Father Browne was. Their photos are also very iconic, including their own photos the New York incident, but taken from a different vantage point on the ship as well as life on board in general. One of the more amazing photos is one taken while on the tender of the immense starboard side of Titanic. They also took one of the last photos of Titanic as she departed.
His boss could have let him go and we never would have had the iconic spinning top scene in the movie. I've never seen that last Captain Smith photo. This was incredibly interesting. Thank you for doing the research.
Imagine if Father Brown had stayed aboard the Titanic, but he had survived the sinking along with his camera. We could have potentially had photos from the night the ship sank.
Y’know what’s crazy, I’ve never heard of this man nor seen any of these photos before prior to this video. It truly is incredible that these photos exist and survived long enough to be developed. You made the little archivist in me very happy with your incredible commentary as well. Master class video!
Awesome video. But small correction. That wasn't a third class kid playing with the top. It was Douglas Spedden, who was traveling in first class with his parents and maid. Miraculously the whole family survived, but tragically Douglas died in a car accident three years later.
@Historic Travels no problem! And yeah, I'm pretty sure that photo was taken on A deck right outside the Palm courts, which was a 1st class area. Great video though. I really like these newer videos focusing on individual people's stories.
Here's an interesting fact about me. My grandmother on my mother's side of the family, her maiden name is Browne. So in a way father Francis Browne could be one of my distant ancestors. Though odd thing is is that my grandfather was a real shutterbug of my mother's family.
I’m so glad UA-cam suggested your channel to me. I’ve been binge watching your videos over the course of the last few days. You do a great job of telling these stories of the titanic.
Sam, this video was a perfect birthday gift for me (January 21). Thank God that Father Brown left TITANIC before she headed out to sea. Had he stayed aboard, these wonderful photos would have been lost to us and history.
Great video. I love your enthusiasm! Of course, as a Titanic "enthusiast" I was aware of Father Browne. But your highlighting his amazing contribution was very interesting. I imagine that Fr. Browne's pictures possibly aided many Titanic historians in their work.
I love the Fr Browne story and the perspicacity of the man. He could see people and their situation, angles, proportions. He was obviously good with people, and quite simply his uniform would open doors. I bet he knew it too. If he was born in 1880, then he would easily have made it into the 1950's or 60's so it would be nice if there were recordings of him talking or being interviewed. It would also be nice if there were genuine colour photos of the Titanic. As far as I know there aren't any. although the Lumiere Bros had their successful Autochrome colour process from 1907.
What I find interesting about Browne's "maneuverability test picture" is that it perfectly represents the maneuver Murdoch / Titanic made to avoid the iceberg just days later.
Great video, Sam! I have always admired Francis and his love for photography but I didn't know he took a picture of the First Class dining room. That took a lot of guys! 😊
I'm a huge fan of all things Titanic & some of these pics I've never seen, so thanks for including them in your video along with info on Francis Browne. I recently uploaded a video showing a brief tour of the ship as seen in one of the zombie modes from "Black Ops 4". I missed a few areas but overall it turned out okay especially considering what I had to work with. Just thought I'd mention it since you said you play video games. Looking forward to seeing James Cameron's "Titanic" in 3D on the big screen once again next month.
Fun thought: you've (a vlogger - which is a sort of documentarian) just done a video on the first man to ever do any type of documentary of Titanic. When you were first describing him walking around with his vest camera I was thinking - so, he looked like a cruise vlogger today. How interesting. You're delightful to watch! Prayers that your ever hope comes to pass. ✌️❤️
Thank you for an excellent and interesting video. A thought came to me. Had the Titanic docked at Queenstown, the timeline would have changed and the ship probably would not have collided with the iceberg. Also, is it known which of the Marconi operators, Phillips or Bride was in the photo taken in the room?
Imagine the pictures of the sinking if he had stayed on board, and had given the camera to someone in the last lifeboat to leave (assuming he wouldn't have survived).
I think the likelihood of pictures of the sinking, much less quality pictires, would be very low, considering: 1. He would have he to find somebody who knew how to use the camera 2. Even if they knew how to use the camera, they would have had to have some skill in using the camera 3. If the above were true, the person would had to have their hands free to take pictures. Many people were put to work rowing, and happily rowed to keep warm. 4. Would it have been considered in good to taste to take pictures of people dying? It was apparently considered rude just take some candid pictures of the first class dining room, so... 5. Would the pictures have turned out good? Was camera technology good enough to allow for night time photos? Keeping the camera still would be very challenging in a small boat that's bobbing in the waves. How long did the exposure take for a camera like that? Not to be a downer, and it is tantalizing to think about, but everything would have to happen in exactly the right way for that to happen.
WOW....well done...I've seen a handful of his photo's and knew just the backstory that he got off at Queenston. Thank you so much for sharing more of his photo's and more about Father Brown...a Friday evening viewing treat :)
I really enjoy your videos I watch all the time I know u mainly focus on titanic but I was wondering if u could do a video on the submarine the Hunley there isn't much on it on UA-cam and I think u would do good job explaining it
@@Donabate2 i referred Cobh by it's English name as that's what it was called in the video by Sam. I thought people might get confused if I didn't use both names.
7:31 I'm guessing the reason why the photo quality is so low is because he had to hastily take a picture before anyone can see him so he wouldn't be called rude.
Hi Sam. I love your videos about the Titanic and nobody does it quite like you. Props dude (no pun intended lol) but I do feel the need to tell you that "Queenstown" was the name given to that particular part of County Cork in Ireland during its occupation by the British forces but its real name is Cobh. That is pronounced like cove and I only add that because it seems to be a tricky one to voice properly for many tourists that visit it. Cheers for all your hard work and so many videos I have watched in the past year and I hope to see many more from you 😎.
One item that comes to mind is back then, “Men of the Cloth” were held in high regard by most of society. It wasn’t like today where priests are looked at with suspicion and even scorn. So that fact would have been helpful in getting pictures where ever he decided to pull out his camera. Great video Sam. Thanks!
You know what would have been interesting as if he Was going to New York and during the sinking he took all kinds of photos and then wrote gotta photo as a breakup showing how it happened
Francis Brown had a good eye for when to take the shot. The young boy picture has the coat sitting on the bench that gave James Cameron the idea for Jack to steal it it seems.
I always found his final photo ever taken of the Titanic heading out to sea from Queenstown so haunting. Robert Ballard included it on the final page of The Discovery of the Titanic.
That is quite cool! Film was quite pricey at the time, so that Kodak gift was quite generous (and the price would make you consider twice before snapping random photos)
Great job Sam. Like many of the comments below, you brought Fr. Browne to life! I had to laugh when you said that Fr. Browne had to ask his "boss" for permission to continue on board. I thought you meant that Fr. Browne needed to pray and ask God for permission! I don't think the Marconi wireless could have pulled that off! "Get off that ship!" Yep...definitely smart advice! Best,
I have one of those vest-pocket cameras. You need to realise, it uses a film which has only 12 exposures, meaning he had to change the films and safely store them. The ship had probably sunk before he'd processed most of the images! That must have been one HECK of a spooky feeling seeing those images develop before his eyes.
Hey, Sam, you're awesome at your work you did an amazing job my nephew told me so much about the titanic it made me interested in the titanic it later became a hobby now it’s an interest now I’m happy my nephew got me interested In the titanic Anyway, your videos are awesome it makes me love the titanic even more because of how much I’m learning every day I hope you have an amazing night Sam!
Sam the Spedden family we’re VERY WEALTHY and Frederic Oakley was a New York Banker who financed many prominent millionaires in NYC and all of New England during the early 1900’s. You should do a video about them
I admin a FB page for the area in and around South Shields. Recently I came upon a fascinating picture of the Olympic entering the piers on its way up the River Tyne to the breakers yard. I believe she was stripped down to the waterline and the remaining keel floated up to Glasgow. I was born in Jarrow and I know several people who have plates, cutlery, doorknobs - anything that could be fitted in a lunchbox really - that was 'borrowed' by the men who worked on her.
Imagine if he instead stayed on the Titanic for the rest of her voyage. We could have lost both him and those priceless photographs. It’s almost impossible to imagine the feeling of getting off the ship on its last port of call before the final destination only to find out that it sank on its way there. Facts like these are truly fascinating on so many levels.
or alternatively he survives and maybe takes photos while the ship is sinking
Francis Browne was incredibly lucky on two counts, first for the opportunity to document the Titanic, and being fortunate enough to have a very strict boss who very likely saved his life, and these photographs.
@@qmacaulay69 did these old cameras have a flash though? Without a flash we wouldn't have seen much of the sinking.
I think the first cameras with a flash came out in the 20-30s but I could be wrong so not much would of been seen
@@qmacaulay69 i have written a comment explaining how he could NOT have taken photos of the ship sinking.
it's crazy to think that he was probably upset or sad that he couldn't stay on board the Titanic, but a few days later he was for sure thankful to his boss..
Thank you for this video Sam, there was a few of those photos that I've never seen, they are really good quality!
Aren’t they of amazing quality? And just imagine in the days of “archaic” film. Truly amazing how great the quality was, probably even better than digital
@@bigbaddms Ikr, some of those photos are borderline 4k lol.
I recall reading in one of my Titanic books that he almost tossed the Marconi Room pic out until he learned of the sinking. I recall also hearing that when he passed a massive trunk chock full of pictures was found he had taken over the years. An amazing man I am sure...and thank God he took all of the pics he did.
Can you imagine if Instagram had existed back in 1912, Francis would've been posting pics of Titanic non-stop lol. Crazy how his boss basically saved his life by not allowing him to stay on the ship though.
Probably doing IG LIVE while taking selfies with Purser McElroy and possibly with Captain Smith lol 😂
Im sure the ticket was very pricey and his boss used his own money to do it as a gift for him, and to buy the ticket just to the next stop and not the entire way was all he wanted to afford.
@@HuskyGamersUNITE I definitely agree with you on that . Catholic Priests don’t make a lot of money even in 1912 or in 2023 and that is a 110 years of a time difference 😬
Extremely lucky indeed.
@@HuskyGamersUNITE well the boss wasn't going to pay for the ticket to Queenstown to NY as a millionaire couple was going to pay. So it couldn't of been the cost when it comes to the boss.
Imagine if Francis Brown had had access to smartphones and Instagram! 🙂🙂 He was truly ahead of his time! And what he did with documenting his time on Titanic was awesome! 🙌
Excellent video Sam, I think you told his story really well here and brought it back to life 🙏
Great work!
Francis Brown was not ahead of his time! Amateur photography became very popular early in the twentieth century, with the advent of Kodak company.
He was certainly a good photographer, and a curious man, but there were many more just like him. He had the right talent, in the right place, at the right time!
Digital images would have degraded Vrs. film.
This may sound morbid, but I often wonder how many interesting insights we would have if smartphones had been a thing during 9/11 or if GoPros had been a thing in WW2.
I kind of envy future generations for having access to BILLIONS of HD and even higher resolution color VIDEOS (not just photos) of our time.
I was born in the early 90s and even pictures and videos from my own childhood recorded on film and VHS - despite being in color - seem to me like from a forgotten world, because their (visual and sound) quality just gives them a feel like they're vague memories from a very long time ago. Pictures and video recordings from the 80s and 70s, from the time my parents were young, seem to me like eons ago, especially if they're in black-and-white - even though it was just a couple of years before my birth. However, HD videos from like 2008 or so seem like yesterday, even though they're just as long ago from now as 1980 was from the early 90s. You know what I mean?
Francis was a very interesting man, I remember reading about him and I find it amazing how an amateur photographer managed to take some of our most historically significant images.
Father Browne really is one of my favorite passengers
If memory serves me right the young boy spinning his toy top was named Douglas Spedden, a young first class passenger traveling with his family. I believe he survived the sinking but tragically lost his life in an auto accident a few years later.
YES that’s correct he was actually the state of Maine’s FIRST victim to be killed by an automobile on August 08, 1912 at the age of 10 years old. Very tragic ending for a child who’s life was beginning. His mother Margaretta Corning “Daisy” Spedden wrote a book 📖 about her son called “My Story” featuring about a Polar Bear 🐻❄ that little Robert Douglas had a stuffed bear animal and was never without it
@@ChairmanPaulieD Aug of 1915
@@julieblount5674 I just realized that typo error
@@ChairmanPaulieD honest mistake. It's sad either way
I'm curious of what's in the chair though. Since Douglas had a little polar bear toy with him named Polar. That his mother had written a book about her son and Polar. You can still buy it today.
it's a bit of a pity he didn't try to make any night time pics on the boat deck. 'cause to think of it - we don't have any pictures of Titanic during the dark time of the day. In any case - I'm thankful for what we've got. Love these candid shots by Father Browne.
I suspect it would have been troublesome to do with such a small pocket camera with such a short exposure time as Father Browne used. You probably would have only been able to see some vague shapes and dots of light and not much else.
What’s wild is that he took all these pictures but didn’t take one of the grand staircase. If I remember correctly, the pics of the grand staircase are actually of the staircase on the Olympic.
maybe it was too busy and as Sam said it was considered very rude to take pictures in public spaces
You're right. No photos exist of Titanic's Grand Staircase.
@@DutchDukeMan My guess is because the clock had yet to be installed (it actually hadn't)
I've always thought it strange that a "press hungry" White Star Line didn't have photographers or a film crew for the first voyage.
They didn't see the need for the expense. After all, the two ships were nearly identical, and all the fanfare, photographs, video, etc. had been done for Olympic on her maiden voyage. They couldn't know just how famous the "middle sister" would become.
They could just reuse photos from Olympic lol
Maybe they could have, and then they all died in the sinking
The titanic wasn’t as big of a deal as many think today. They did Al that with Olympic. The ships are essentially the same. No need to do it twice.
@@darthhull85 They did, however, get plenty of pictures of the "new" spaces on board like the Cafe Parisen, which did not exist aboard Olympic
The unsung hero was this "get off that ship" guy ;-)
The Olympic class ships were so photogenic, elegant, and classic (unlike today's ugly behemoths).
My personal favorite photograph is the one showing a rare occurrence of both the Olympic and Titanic together (I believe the Olympic was in the shipyard for repairs while the Titanic was nearing completion).
Yes! It was taken about a month before Titanic sailed. The only time the two sisters were photographed together.
Big ships / cruise ships really are ugly today 😭
I like the look of old ocean liners , tender boats and most old cruise ships . I pretty much like any old ship . Now today I don't like the designs of the very recent cruise ships (like cruise ships from 2020's) I don't like the designs probably because it's a literally swimming monster . And the funnels I only like the old ones.
There’s a terrific collection of Father Browne’s photos in a book titled “The Last Days of the Titanic” by E.E. O’Donnell. It shows them as they originally were kept, in albums. Very interesting text as well. :-)
I'm currently reading the book
The Odell family photos taken on the ship are also very iconic, including some very eerie photos taken at or near spots on the ship where in a few days, a great deal of drama would take place as the ship sank.
Thank you very much Sam on this documentary, Father Brown was someone I did not know about, it's nice to know that many of these photos we have been seeing through the years are thanks to him.
I'm really surprised that you didn't mention the Odell family, who were also traveling 1st class to Queenstown just as Father Browne was. Their photos are also very iconic, including their own photos the New York incident, but taken from a different vantage point on the ship as well as life on board in general. One of the more amazing photos is one taken while on the tender of the immense starboard side of Titanic. They also took one of the last photos of Titanic as she departed.
Separate video. :)
Excellent video Sam, the pictures that Francis took are incredible, keep up the awesome video content.
Great history and you are a delight! Keep up the good work, subscribed!
His boss could have let him go and we never would have had the iconic spinning top scene in the movie. I've never seen that last Captain Smith photo. This was incredibly interesting. Thank you for doing the research.
I'm loving these unknown Titanic stories. Great channel!
These photos are fascinating!
These pictures are so awesome! I get so much enjoyment from your videos about the Titanic!
Imagine if Father Brown had stayed aboard the Titanic, but he had survived the sinking along with his camera. We could have potentially had photos from the night the ship sank.
Man… if only…
There is no way that camera would have made it out alive lol but that is fun to think about.
All of the photos, including those we have today, would have perished.
Y’know what’s crazy, I’ve never heard of this man nor seen any of these photos before prior to this video. It truly is incredible that these photos exist and survived long enough to be developed. You made the little archivist in me very happy with your incredible commentary as well. Master class video!
Let’s get Sam and Rosie that 100k sub plaque this year.
Awesome video. But small correction. That wasn't a third class kid playing with the top. It was Douglas Spedden, who was traveling in first class with his parents and maid. Miraculously the whole family survived, but tragically Douglas died in a car accident three years later.
Ohhh!!!! I didn’t know that, I always thought it was a third class kid. Thanks for telling me
@Historic Travels no problem! And yeah, I'm pretty sure that photo was taken on A deck right outside the Palm courts, which was a 1st class area. Great video though. I really like these newer videos focusing on individual people's stories.
@@HistoricTravels he also makes an appearance in the 1997 film by James Cameron briefly while Jack is sneaking around
Fascinating video, Sam!
Here's an interesting fact about me. My grandmother on my mother's side of the family, her maiden name is Browne. So in a way father Francis Browne could be one of my distant ancestors. Though odd thing is is that my grandfather was a real shutterbug of my mother's family.
I’m slacking because I’ve never seen many of these photos! Wow!
An amazing experience that delivered us these few photographs of the real Titanic. (and not the Olympic.
His boss saved his life on hindsight, but his photos are amazing
That was really cool to see. I had no idea about this story, and how important it is
What a lucky man Francis Browne is. Had he stay on a little big longer, who knows what would've happened
I think there’s a good chance that he probably would’ve PERISHED in the sinking
@@ChairmanPaulieD and the photos would've gone down as well
@@DKrueger1994 exactly 👈🏽
Unfortunately there would be a very high chance of him perishing with the ship as there was a very low chance of men being saved
Imagine how many other photos are at the bottom of the ocean by other people who took photos.
Great video, I’d never thought about that before. Glad he lived thanks to that ANGRY 1912 TEXT.
A great story, great pictures and all down to one man. Thank you Francis Browne, thank god you "Got Off That Boat!"
This is such a cool and interesting story! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
I’m so glad UA-cam suggested your channel to me. I’ve been binge watching your videos over the course of the last few days. You do a great job of telling these stories of the titanic.
Sam, this video was a perfect birthday gift for me (January 21). Thank God that Father Brown left TITANIC before she headed out to sea. Had he stayed aboard, these wonderful photos would have been lost to us and history.
Great video. I love your enthusiasm! Of course, as a Titanic "enthusiast" I was aware of Father Browne. But your highlighting his amazing contribution was very interesting. I imagine that Fr. Browne's pictures possibly aided many Titanic historians in their work.
FANTASTIC STORY ! Loved it . I've never seen or read anything on this subject . GREAT JOB .
John from Pittsburgh
Fantastic video Sam. One of my favorites On this channel.
Awesome video, Sam!
This is really underrated dude, keep it up!
As always, you did a great job. Thank you!
I love the Fr Browne story and the perspicacity of the man. He could see people and their situation, angles, proportions. He was obviously good with people, and quite simply his uniform would open doors. I bet he knew it too.
If he was born in 1880, then he would easily have made it into the 1950's or 60's so it would be nice if there were recordings of him talking or being interviewed.
It would also be nice if there were genuine colour photos of the Titanic. As far as I know there aren't any. although the Lumiere Bros had their successful Autochrome colour process from 1907.
He did live until 1960.
What I find interesting about Browne's "maneuverability test picture" is that it perfectly represents the maneuver Murdoch / Titanic made to avoid the iceberg just days later.
The wireless operator pictured was Harold Bride.
Great video, Sam! I have always admired Francis and his love for photography but I didn't know he took a picture of the First Class dining room. That took a lot of guys! 😊
Simply amazing
Very informative video. The amount of research that had to go into this video had to pretty extensive.
Almost like a time traveler story wow!! the side of that hull looks amazing! @ 13:39
I really enjoy your videos. I am waiting for a transplant and have a lot of time on my hands. Your videos are a great way to pass the time. Thank you.
Great job on this video . Thank you so much!
I'm a huge fan of all things Titanic & some of these pics I've never seen, so thanks for including them in your video along with info on Francis Browne. I recently uploaded a video showing a brief tour of the ship as seen in one of the zombie modes from "Black Ops 4". I missed a few areas but overall it turned out okay especially considering what I had to work with. Just thought I'd mention it since you said you play video games. Looking forward to seeing James Cameron's "Titanic" in 3D on the big screen once again next month.
Wonderful video, Sam. Well done!
Fun thought: you've (a vlogger - which is a sort of documentarian) just done a video on the first man to ever do any type of documentary of Titanic. When you were first describing him walking around with his vest camera I was thinking - so, he looked like a cruise vlogger today. How interesting.
You're delightful to watch! Prayers that your ever hope comes to pass. ✌️❤️
Thank you for an excellent and interesting video. A thought came to me. Had the Titanic docked at Queenstown, the timeline would have changed and the ship probably would not have collided with the iceberg. Also, is it known which of the Marconi operators, Phillips or Bride was in the photo taken in the room?
Imagine the pictures of the sinking if he had stayed on board, and had given the camera to someone in the last lifeboat to leave (assuming he wouldn't have survived).
I think the likelihood of pictures of the sinking, much less quality pictires, would be very low, considering:
1. He would have he to find somebody who knew how to use the camera
2. Even if they knew how to use the camera, they would have had to have some skill in using the camera
3. If the above were true, the person would had to have their hands free to take pictures. Many people were put to work rowing, and happily rowed to keep warm.
4. Would it have been considered in good to taste to take pictures of people dying? It was apparently considered rude just take some candid pictures of the first class dining room, so...
5. Would the pictures have turned out good? Was camera technology good enough to allow for night time photos? Keeping the camera still would be very challenging in a small boat that's bobbing in the waves. How long did the exposure take for a camera like that?
Not to be a downer, and it is tantalizing to think about, but everything would have to happen in exactly the right way for that to happen.
WOW....well done...I've seen a handful of his photo's and knew just the backstory that he got off at Queenston. Thank you so much for sharing more of his photo's and more about Father Brown...a Friday evening viewing treat :)
I love his little story! Great job sam!
Love your work also where did you get those small models?
Ken Marshall also does amazing drawings and paintings of the Titanic.
Another great video!
I really enjoy your videos I watch all the time I know u mainly focus on titanic but I was wondering if u could do a video on the submarine the Hunley there isn't much on it on UA-cam and I think u would do good job explaining it
Man I thought he had a picture of the grand staircase, but still, his pictures are amazing. Thanks Father Browne.
You should have mentioned the book, Traveling on Titanic With Father Brown. The second edition came out a few months back with new photos.
His pictures of the Titanic are DOPE 😍
Man, if only he had a digital camera with a few terabytes of memory...
I went to the Titanic museum when I was in Cobh/Queenstown in Ireland a few years ago. His photos were on display there.
In Ireland we simply call it Cobh, .
@@Donabate2 i referred Cobh by it's English name as that's what it was called in the video by Sam. I thought people might get confused if I didn't use both names.
7:31 I'm guessing the reason why the photo quality is so low is because he had to hastily take a picture before anyone can see him so he wouldn't be called rude.
good point, never thought about that.
the original photo is actually in good quality but Sam uploaded a crappy one
Very nice story about him.
Hi Sam. I love your videos about the Titanic and nobody does it quite like you. Props dude (no pun intended lol) but I do feel the need to tell you that "Queenstown" was the name given to that particular part of County Cork in Ireland during its occupation by the British forces but its real name is Cobh. That is pronounced like cove and I only add that because it seems to be a tricky one to voice properly for many tourists that visit it. Cheers for all your hard work and so many videos I have watched in the past year and I hope to see many more from you 😎.
Great video 😊😊😊
One item that comes to mind is back then, “Men of the Cloth” were held in high regard by most of society. It wasn’t like today where priests are looked at with suspicion and even scorn. So that fact would have been helpful in getting pictures where ever he decided to pull out his camera. Great video Sam. Thanks!
That's a great story, Sam. 🙏
Some superb photographs.
I wonder if the people who befriended Browne survived?
You know what would have been interesting as if he Was going to New York and during the sinking he took all kinds of photos and then wrote gotta photo as a breakup showing how it happened
Very, very interesting stuff indeed! Good job!
Francis Brown had a good eye for when to take the shot. The young boy picture has the coat sitting on the bench that gave James Cameron the idea for Jack to steal it it seems.
great information...enjoyed this
These photos are fantastic, truly a piece of history!
this was really good. love all the photos
I always found his final photo ever taken of the Titanic heading out to sea from Queenstown so haunting. Robert Ballard included it on the final page of The Discovery of the Titanic.
Father Brown took many photos. Lucky he did too.
That is quite cool! Film was quite pricey at the time, so that Kodak gift was quite generous (and the price would make you consider twice before snapping random photos)
Really enjoyed this, great channel, subbed
Thank you and RIP Father Brown. 🙏🏼
I can only imagine what other cameras and film went down with Titanic
Great job Sam. Like many of the comments below, you brought Fr. Browne to life! I had to laugh when you said that Fr. Browne had to ask his "boss" for permission to continue on board. I thought you meant that Fr. Browne needed to pray and ask God for permission! I don't think the Marconi wireless could have pulled that off! "Get off that ship!" Yep...definitely smart advice! Best,
Brown must have thanked his Boss like anything
I have one of those vest-pocket cameras. You need to realise, it uses a film which has only 12 exposures, meaning he had to change the films and safely store them.
The ship had probably sunk before he'd processed most of the images! That must have been one HECK of a spooky feeling seeing those images develop before his eyes.
Hey, Sam, you're awesome at your work you did an amazing job my nephew told me so much about the titanic it made me interested in the titanic it later became a hobby now it’s an interest now I’m happy my nephew got me interested In the titanic
Anyway, your videos are awesome it makes me love the titanic even more because of how much I’m learning every day
I hope you have an amazing night Sam!
Great video brother keep it up!
I always wonder who took the photo of 6 yr old Robert Douglas Spedden may his soul RIP 11-19-1905 - 08-06-1915
Sam the Spedden family we’re VERY WEALTHY and Frederic Oakley was a New York Banker who financed many prominent millionaires in NYC and all of New England during the early 1900’s. You should do a video about them
Never seen some of these photos. Really fascinating
Woods Hole released more footage from the 1986 Titanic expedition: ua-cam.com/video/kmfjjsRbKCY/v-deo.html.
Honestly that was the first time ive seen that image of his stateroom, ive seen the rest but that one is new to me
I love this channel. :) Thank you!
I admin a FB page for the area in and around South Shields. Recently I came upon a fascinating picture of the Olympic entering the piers on its way up the River Tyne to the breakers yard. I believe she was stripped down to the waterline and the remaining keel floated up to Glasgow.
I was born in Jarrow and I know several people who have plates, cutlery, doorknobs - anything that could be fitted in a lunchbox really - that was 'borrowed' by the men who worked on her.
My folks were from South Shields so I enjoyed reading that. Thank you 🙏
Thanks!
Awesome video, great to see these photos both historically but also though his lens personally. Great stuff