A Night to Remember

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A Night to Remember

film by Baker [1958]

Written by Lee Pfeiffer

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A Night to Remember, British docudrama film, released in 1958, that is an adaptation of Walter Lord’s best-selling book (1955) about the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic. The movie is noted for its accuracy and emotional resonance. A Night to Remember chronicles one of the most famous tragedies in maritime history. The Titanic was the largest and most luxurious ship of its day. It was also deemed unsinkable because of its double-bottomed hull that was divided into 16 presumably watertight compartments, four of which could be flooded without endangering the ship’s buoyancy. On April 14, 1912, the ocean liner ...(100 of 409 words)

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