Survivors of the Titanic | Survivors from the famous shipwreck tell their stories
Up Country
An interview with a shipbuilder whose job was to make the Titanic watertight.
CHANNEL | Regional Programme
FIRST BROADCAST | 08 January 1976
DURATION | 3 minutes 43 seconds
FIRSTBROADCAST
1976
Synopsis
In this extract from a local Northern Ireland programme, Jim Thompson speaks with great affection and pride about working as a caulker on the Titanic. He says he felt privileged to work on the steamer and truly believed she was unsinkable. He also compares finding out about the accident to hearing about 'a death in your own home'.
Did you know?
The above picture shows the Titanic being constructed on no. 3 slipway in the Belfast shipyard of Harland & Wolff. The largest shipyard in the world, it had a workforce of 15,000, of whom over 3,000 were employed in the construction of the Titanic.
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