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Such was the ship's titanic size (to use the pun), the amount of water that it took for the "unsinkable" ship to overspill beyond its water-tight compartments (that were only as high as the first 5 decks) meant that it was a whole hour and a half - until approximately 1am on April 15th - before the ship sank. Roy Baker.98 years ago today, the illustrious RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage, sailed dangerously through heavy ice in the North Atlantic on her way to New york. Kenneth More headed a vast cast but the ship was the star. Authentic account of the sinking of the Titanic, by Walter Lord, script by Eric Ambler. Desert war in Libya, Donald Sinden, Donald Pleasance, script Bryan Forbes, story Robin Maugham 1955 Brian Desmond Hurst.Ī Night to Remember. (Box)Ībove us the Waves: British midget submarine attack on the Tirpitz.

Robert Newton, Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, 1953.

Street Corner: London police thriller, Peggy Cummings, Anne Crawford 1951. Happy Family: Stanley Holloway in Festival of Britain comedy 1952. Emrys Jones in a Welsh mining drama 1947.

1946 (Jill Craigie).įeature Films: Blue Scar. The Way We Live: rebuilding of the Blitzed City of Plymouth. Out of Chaos (Director: Jill Craigie BEHP Interview No 363]): artists recording the War including Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Stanley Spencer, Paul Nash and Lord Clark 1945. 19 Metre Band, 1941, BBC’s service to India,(self) with Sir Beveridge, Megan Lloyd George, Dr Narayan Menon, Leon Goosens, Dr. Five years, Punjab Light Horse Merchant Banker Underwriter at Lloyds Farmer Film Director and producer Photographer and Author.įilms: Documentaries for the forces during the war and The Ministry of Information: A Letter from Ulster (director: Brian Desmond Hurst). Clubs: Garrick and Hurlingham.Ĭareer: Special Constable, City of London. Interests: archaeology, travel, bee-keeping, skin-diving, flying: founder member of Lahore Flying Club, 1927. Three children, Jonathan, Jane and Miranda. Married Betty Bastin, economist, author, vice-chairman of Ulster Television. Son of James MacQuitty a proprietor and managing director of the Belfast Telegraph and Allied publications. DS]īorn Belfast, Northern Ireland 15 th May 1905. Transposed from the interviewees own hand amended ‘dot-matrix’ print out, with minor corrections where necessary.