
Saving the Titanic
Bravery Below Deck
In the hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago, a team of shipbuilders and engineers raced against time to save the stricken vessel. Based on eye-witness accounts, this film reveals what went on below decks in the hours before the Titanic sank, telling the previously relatively unheralded stories of engineers who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions bought enough time to save many lives. This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death.
Cast

Ciarán McMenamin
Fred Barrett

Hugh O'Conor
Assistant Engineer Jonathan Shepherd

Chris Newman
Assistant Electrician William Kelly

Douglas Rankine
Greaser Alfred White

Conor MacNeill
Frank Bell

Dermot Magennis
Tailor

Paul Kennedy
Assistant Engineer Herbert Harvey

David Wilmot
Joseph Bell

Owen McDonnell
Trimmer Thomas Dillon

Andrew Simpson
Electrician Albert Ervine

Liam Cunningham
Narrator (voice)

Jonathan Byrne
Electrician Alfred Middleton

Stephen Hogan
Thomas Andrews

Ciaran O'Grady
Leading Fireman

Owen Roe
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