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Although it contains elements of fiction, historian Ron Dalton gives it an accuracy score of 9 out of a possible 10. James Cameron, the film's director, researched archives and pictures of the Titanic, life during the early 20th Century and filmed the actual ship's wreckage to portray many of the true events of the 1912 disaster.
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron.Incorporating both historical and fictionalized aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Titanic survivor Elsie Bowerman went on to participate in and witness major historical events; she also got to experience the broader opportunities for women in the 20th century. By Sara Kettler.
TITANIC DISASTER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ARCHIVE: DOWNLOAD NOW: Buy now: 12,825 pages of documents, text, newspaper articles, and photos covering the Titanic disaste. Period original source material from the National Archives, The Library of Congress, and the British National Archives.
From the archive: On this day in 1912, the Guardian reported that the maiden voyage of the Titanic, the largest ship ever launched, had ended in disaster.
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