Titanic survivor recalls harrowing moment ship sank | BBC Global

More than a century since the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, this first-person testimony of survivor Frank Prentice remains a powerful and harrowing account of the sheer terror felt by those on board.
In the BBC documentary The Great Liners from 1979, he vividly depicted the harrowing events of that historic night, one that continued to haunt him in his dreams for decades afterward.
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  • @flashladderacrobat
    @flashladderacrobat26 күн бұрын

    This gentleman survived not only the sinking of the Titanic, but also 2 world wars !!! Amazing!

  • @jandasalovich6469

    @jandasalovich6469

    26 күн бұрын

    Indeed. That is amazing.

  • @JohanWXC

    @JohanWXC

    25 күн бұрын

    - along with an economic depression, the Spanish flu, the cold war, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, JFK's assassination, and the moon landing.

  • @nc8507

    @nc8507

    25 күн бұрын

    ​@JohanWXC how did he survive the jfk assassination or moon landing?

  • @JohanWXC

    @JohanWXC

    25 күн бұрын

    @@nc8507 You're misinterpreting the first comment. He survived the period during which those took place. He didn't actually fight in both world wars.

  • @robertcottam8824

    @robertcottam8824

    25 күн бұрын

    @@JohanWXC You are correct in that he didn’t fight in both world wars. However, Frank Prentice DID serve in WW1, winning a Military Cross (MC) for bravery with The Tank Corps in which he was a major. He was a very brave but very modest man. Best wishes

  • @NateBlack96
    @NateBlack9622 күн бұрын

    “You’d think I’m too old for nightmares, but you’d be amazed” Truer words have never been spoken. Mad respect

  • @Capri42PRG

    @Capri42PRG

    21 күн бұрын

    It's one of those quotes that's always stayed with me. Another is from an old cockney describing his experiences in the blitz. He leaned over the table and said with a stoney look "you can get used to anything", and it's proved itself true to me time and again since

  • @beckyf569

    @beckyf569

    20 күн бұрын

    I cannot imagine the suffrage from that incident and then the inevitable nightmares that would follow. As you lay your head to rest those events would play out over and over again. Would be incredibly painful.

  • @readmelancholystrumpetmaster

    @readmelancholystrumpetmaster

    20 күн бұрын

    Your point?

  • @phaedruslykos3249

    @phaedruslykos3249

    20 күн бұрын

    odly whenever i get cold or my head gets cold i have way worse nightmares

  • @Erutan409

    @Erutan409

    20 күн бұрын

    ​@@readmelancholystrumpetmaster The point: You're obtuse.

  • @bisonkambaine5628
    @bisonkambaine562816 күн бұрын

    For all the criticism KZread gets, you have to admit, its how we use it. This somehow ended up in my feed and I am incredibly grateful for that. It's very moving and touching.

  • @SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb

    @SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb

    13 күн бұрын

    Me too! Great video ❤

  • @doctorbohr1585

    @doctorbohr1585

    11 күн бұрын

    Very true. There is much great content.

  • @CatherineAKennedy

    @CatherineAKennedy

    11 күн бұрын

    same here - I'm not sure why it came up for me but I am pleased it did - and so sad from the moment he started talking...

  • @mindeloman

    @mindeloman

    7 күн бұрын

    Watch very little television program any more and watch informational videos like this.

  • @buckyboy000

    @buckyboy000

    6 күн бұрын

    Yes, don't use the app because of auto play. Focus and search for what you want and ignore what they throw at you-if possible🤔🥴

  • @chipps1066
    @chipps106624 күн бұрын

    The most candid interview of a Titanic survivor I have ever listened to,God bless this gentlemen.

  • @tanrat7

    @tanrat7

    23 күн бұрын

    Search Edith Russell titanic interview. Her account is very candid also

  • @Gamevet

    @Gamevet

    23 күн бұрын

    @@tanrat7 Very eloquent! My brother-in-law was from England. He'd lived in the US for some 40 plus years. I always loved listening to his accent and delivery. He passed away about 12 days ago, after a drawn out battle against Dementia. We miss you John.

  • @chrisholt2474

    @chrisholt2474

    23 күн бұрын

    @@Gamevetsorry for your very recent loss, Chris, from UK.

  • @mariospensieri941

    @mariospensieri941

    22 күн бұрын

    God's Mercey To all those People and there Familys Forever In time.... RIP......

  • @mem1701movies

    @mem1701movies

    21 күн бұрын

    @@Gamevethow old was he?

  • @mikeweston7947
    @mikeweston794722 күн бұрын

    This stoic man is holding a lifetime of sadness. God rest his soul.

  • @Mel-en2ep

    @Mel-en2ep

    21 күн бұрын

    Respect and admiration for him

  • @tracesprite6078

    @tracesprite6078

    20 күн бұрын

    Thank you, men, for allowing us women and children to go first. Not sure why we should go first. It's so generous of you.

  • @Mel-en2ep

    @Mel-en2ep

    19 күн бұрын

    Kind of you to mention it 🤗

  • @M3Busssin

    @M3Busssin

    16 күн бұрын

    @@tracesprite6078I child needs their mother, men are disposable

  • @annnee6818

    @annnee6818

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@tracesprite6078 Actually the ratio of men and women that survived sinkings aren't very different. It's more of a chivalrous myth than reality...

  • @lilytyler80
    @lilytyler8020 күн бұрын

    Interviews like this are why I love KZread.

  • @MsBatbird

    @MsBatbird

    18 күн бұрын

    That's how I feel as well. It's crazy the things I've not only learned more about but things I had never known anything about until I saw it on youtube. It's weird how some things can be so good in many ways yet bad in others. Some of the best inventions ever, the internet, cell phones and video games. Some of the worst inventions ever, the internet, cell phones and video games.

  • @lilytyler80

    @lilytyler80

    17 күн бұрын

    @MsBatbird I agree. We are privileged to watch this man tell his story about the Titanic from the comfort of our homes. Many people before us never had the opportunity to experience KZread.

  • @mariomiranda8217

    @mariomiranda8217

    15 күн бұрын

    Me too! I love to see this kind of thing because I’m so grateful to GOD for the life he has given us! Just like he said “ grateful to God”

  • @davidprins5504

    @davidprins5504

    14 күн бұрын

    I always love the interviews from the 1930's with old people who tell about growing up in the wild west and about serving in the civil war just mind blowing

  • @davidprins5504

    @davidprins5504

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@mariomiranda8217amen 🙏

  • @jgibbs651
    @jgibbs65119 күн бұрын

    British understatement at its finest. Matter of fact, no drama.

  • @fables4564
    @fables456417 күн бұрын

    I feel honored he decided to share this. Vocalizing traumatic events is not easy.

  • @hoodplays9380

    @hoodplays9380

    14 күн бұрын

    It's not hard either

  • @MR.SKANDAL0121

    @MR.SKANDAL0121

    14 күн бұрын

    I think being involved in a famous story like this & surviving to tell the tale would bring your happiness not trauma

  • @primetime_mitch

    @primetime_mitch

    13 күн бұрын

    @@hoodplays9380 what was the point in that?

  • @hoodplays9380

    @hoodplays9380

    12 күн бұрын

    @@primetime_mitch harsh truth

  • @CaesarDarias
    @CaesarDarias25 күн бұрын

    Almost seven decades after the sinking of Titanic, Mr. Prentice described the terrible night as if it happened that morning. His precision and detail enables the viewer to imagine the horrifying and unimaginable visuals and ghastly sound of that giant ship rising out of the water like a monster. Thank you for the account and RIP, Mr. Prentice. Incidentally, the interviewer did a great job by mostly listening and not talking.

  • @aileenmccarthy8660

    @aileenmccarthy8660

    23 күн бұрын

    Seven decades? More than that!!

  • @mtibrands

    @mtibrands

    23 күн бұрын

    @@aileenmccarthy8660 This interview was airplayed in 1979... 67 years!!

  • @thierryminet9682

    @thierryminet9682

    23 күн бұрын

    @@mtibrands 1912 to 1979= 67

  • @mtibrands

    @mtibrands

    23 күн бұрын

    @@thierryminet9682 Corrected. Thanks!

  • @ROOKTABULA

    @ROOKTABULA

    22 күн бұрын

    Not completely accurate: He said it listed to Port but it was the Starboard side that the ship listed to, same side as the impact.

  • @PatriotSteve
    @PatriotSteve20 күн бұрын

    He has a melodic way of speaking. Seems like a fine chap.

  • @EmmaPeacock-cc9fl
    @EmmaPeacock-cc9fl16 күн бұрын

    This is one of the most moving things I have ever heard. Told in the most calm and dignified way. A true gentleman. "I saved her life and she saved mine". 😢

  • @MrSychnant
    @MrSychnant24 күн бұрын

    What an amazing character, he has such empathy for the event and shares it like a real gentleman.

  • @move_i_got_this5659
    @move_i_got_this565918 күн бұрын

    He's holding back tears telling the story. He's looking away, talking slowly, and tears were welling up in his eyes. Then he says he'll probably have a nightmare tonight, that's as bad as it gets.

  • @keithmartin1328
    @keithmartin132825 күн бұрын

    For many "Titanic" is a movie or a TV show, one of many made over the last century. However, for this man it was a reality that would effect him for the rest of his life. He passed away, aged 93, in May 1982, 3 years before Dr Ballard found the wreck.

  • @geometricart7851

    @geometricart7851

    16 күн бұрын

    I don't discount the tragedy here, but there were other maritime sinkings that were much more tragic, yet everyone keep going back to the Titanic because it is the most famous. Lets not forget the hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff where 9400 souls perished in about an hour by a soviet navy ship!

  • @italiangypsy79

    @italiangypsy79

    15 күн бұрын

    @@geometricart7851 why there always gotta be people like you? It's FOCKING video about Titanic survivor. If you wanna see something about Wilhelm Gustloff then go to a William Gustloff video! Or if you wanna see other videos about maritime sinkings go look them up, there's plenty!

  • @gilliankingston8259

    @gilliankingston8259

    15 күн бұрын

    Bless him, perhaps he met Mr and Mrs Clark again in 1982.

  • @alexk73
    @alexk7323 күн бұрын

    He lived to the age of 93…..survived the Titanic sinking and service in WW1. Incredible! His wife lived to the age of 99. What longevity for this couple that really should have never been since it appears they did not marry until 1919.

  • @Bonzi_Buddy

    @Bonzi_Buddy

    16 күн бұрын

    If they had a large family, odds are their children may still be alive. Grandchildren almost certainly so.

  • @earlusmcdivett
    @earlusmcdivett22 күн бұрын

    Can you imagine being 23 years old when this new, spectacular ship you’re on, goes down in pitch darkness? In frigid, freezing temperatures at 2am? We will never grasp the true fear those souls felt.

  • @MundiaKamau

    @MundiaKamau

    5 күн бұрын

    Well put. Regards, Michael M Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 10th May 2024.

  • @michellewinkler3985
    @michellewinkler398518 күн бұрын

    Old guy had massive PTSD that's why he continued to have nightmares. They didn't have that term back in 1979. What an incredible story. Meeting up again with Mrs. Clark must have meant that God or an angel was watching over them!!!!!

  • @ziziscorsese9475

    @ziziscorsese9475

    12 күн бұрын

    @AemondBlackKillerI would prefer gunfire from a distance than being trapped in a huge sinking chunk of steel in the dark of night in the middle of a freezing cold horrifying ocean.

  • @bryanflipse8483

    @bryanflipse8483

    11 күн бұрын

    They did have PTSD back then. It was known as shell shock.

  • @michellewinkler3985

    @michellewinkler3985

    11 күн бұрын

    @@bryanflipse8483 I forgot about that, your right! But that was normally reserved for military, not for someone else

  • @IconSharman
    @IconSharman22 күн бұрын

    What a lovely old man, absolute gentleman, few and far between these days sadly. RIP sir.

  • @i.m.askance7996

    @i.m.askance7996

    14 күн бұрын

    I too was struck by his pleasant demeanor.

  • @JosedeJezeus

    @JosedeJezeus

    13 күн бұрын

    Surely, he didn’t grow up listening to gangster rap.

  • @acebrandon3522
    @acebrandon352222 күн бұрын

    This man has PTSD, it shows in his voice and body language. One blessed man to survive that incident plus 2 world wars and then some.

  • @MegaLBreezy

    @MegaLBreezy

    20 күн бұрын

    No sht, Sherlock! You got some online degree where he can "click below" to get " cured"? 😂

  • @heatherstephens9295

    @heatherstephens9295

    20 күн бұрын

    @@MegaLBreezyyou are pathetic 😡

  • @rorzasrestorations

    @rorzasrestorations

    20 күн бұрын

    @@MegaLBreezy Some people think they know everything.

  • @acebrandon3522

    @acebrandon3522

    19 күн бұрын

    @@MegaLBreezy Tone down a wee bit, your sarcasm. Just an observation when watching his interview. Poor man's been through a lot more than normal given his experiences in life. He is a survivor.... 🤨

  • @aaronantonio8280

    @aaronantonio8280

    19 күн бұрын

    @@acebrandon3522you’re fine. People are dicks.

  • @TheTemporalRealm
    @TheTemporalRealm26 күн бұрын

    he saved one life and then his life was saved

  • @donkey3187

    @donkey3187

    24 күн бұрын

    yes, we all heard that, but thanks anyway. lol

  • @fegstachops6746

    @fegstachops6746

    23 күн бұрын

    Yes , what goes around and all that . Your comment deserves the 70 likes so far.I’m not sure the sarcasm deserves 3 likes .

  • @user-gc8pc3ol6l

    @user-gc8pc3ol6l

    22 күн бұрын

    There were many others on that ship that saved others that perished. So much for karma. As he says himself it was pure luck he was picked up.

  • @donkey3187

    @donkey3187

    22 күн бұрын

    @@user-gc8pc3ol6l He helped that lady, then she helped save him...perfect karma story. It doesnt have to be this mystical thing...karma can just be others give back to you when you give to them.

  • @TheTemporalRealm

    @TheTemporalRealm

    22 күн бұрын

    @@user-gc8pc3ol6l He speaks his intuition

  • @lucabrazi3067
    @lucabrazi306720 күн бұрын

    I saw an interview with a 92 year old man who stormed the beaches at Normandy. He was asked when was the last time he had a nightmare about that day. He said last night.

  • @Martynzzz1
    @Martynzzz120 күн бұрын

    What a fantastic bloke a lost generation people are not this classy anymore

  • @bartdart3315
    @bartdart331517 күн бұрын

    Stiff upper lip, duty bound, never ever worried about his own demise, while witnessing horrors no one should. This man and his ilk are what made Britain what it was throughout the ages. I am proud to be British. As a side note: my gr8 grandad, a sergeant in the British army, also survived WWI...gaud only know how! I hope they both found peace.

  • @JoeL-zb1yd

    @JoeL-zb1yd

    17 күн бұрын

    I take my hat off to you and your countrymen.

  • @pocopico7409
    @pocopico740918 күн бұрын

    I’m struck, while listening to this gentleman’s personal accounting of what happened, just how amazing the 1997 movie “Titanic“ was in recreating the disaster. Listening to this man talk brought back scenes from the movie that seemed to match exactly what this man was saying. Imagine actually seeing those scenes from the movie in real life! How horrible, yet so amazing that he lived to tell it.

  • @fh346
    @fh34623 күн бұрын

    Mr. Prentice Spoke about Having Nightmares. Poor Soul He is a Hero. Saved a Life and had his Saved too.

  • @rpkett
    @rpkett21 күн бұрын

    The most haunting part of this amazing interview is at the end when Mr. Prentice explains how the nightmares never end.

  • @Hackett1066
    @Hackett106624 күн бұрын

    Men like him make me proud of my wonderful country and it’s past 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👌

  • @markpalmer8083

    @markpalmer8083

    20 күн бұрын

    And look at it now and the latest generations! Compare and contrast!

  • @Hackett1066

    @Hackett1066

    19 күн бұрын

    @@markpalmer8083 exactly some can’t decide if they are Arthur or Martha strange world we live in now 😂

  • @shafiqyongxian97

    @shafiqyongxian97

    17 күн бұрын

    By colonising and killing other nations?

  • @user-pm8xv4vf1u

    @user-pm8xv4vf1u

    16 күн бұрын

    @@Hackett1066 Yes, that is EXACTLY what he meant XD

  • @Gino_567

    @Gino_567

    15 күн бұрын

    @@markpalmer8083 I prefer to focus on the positives and move forward rather than dwell on the negatives.

  • @callumclarke1733
    @callumclarke173319 күн бұрын

    RIP to this Gentleman what a Amazing Man God bless him in eternity

  • @GayorgVonTrapp
    @GayorgVonTrapp26 күн бұрын

    Preserved forever, a true eyewitness account. Incredible.

  • @anniebananie8224

    @anniebananie8224

    15 күн бұрын

    Only as long as the fragile internet exists.

  • @chrisbirch4150

    @chrisbirch4150

    12 күн бұрын

    Absolute hardcore account as well. On the boat as it lifted and went into the water as well. Basically a real life Rose Dawson 😂 Mad respect to the guy

  • @tamiwatchesstuff
    @tamiwatchesstuff27 күн бұрын

    I can’t imagine the PTSD these survivors lived with. 😢 RIP for those who perished.

  • @mokele7283

    @mokele7283

    26 күн бұрын

    I think the one who he told about from the lifeboat, who wanted to get off was deeply in shock. 😢

  • @LimerickWarrior1

    @LimerickWarrior1

    25 күн бұрын

    You can see the pain in his face.

  • @cjhoward409

    @cjhoward409

    25 күн бұрын

    I met Edgar Harrell. He wrote a book called Out Of The Depths. He was a Marine on the Uss Indianapolis that got torpedoed. He just passed away a year or 2 ago. The last surviving Marine on that vessel. Riveting story of survival.

  • @fenrislegacy

    @fenrislegacy

    24 күн бұрын

    @@cjhoward409 The Indianapolis was a whole different level of hell, reading about it is enough to give one nightmares.

  • @Coloradojoe585

    @Coloradojoe585

    24 күн бұрын

    Heres the thing. Old school people lived with it and didnt use it as a crutch like todays sissys. Thats what i picked up from these old videos of tragedies. Something is to be gained from pain and sorrow. And how to deal with it make you into this man who can remember everything and went on being tough. No excuses

  • @FrankIsAlwaysRight
    @FrankIsAlwaysRight22 күн бұрын

    The definitive gentleman. Well educated and well read. A charming man in the way he communicates his feelings. They don’t make them like this very much anymore.

  • @doctorbohr1585

    @doctorbohr1585

    11 күн бұрын

    He's probably well read. I doubt he was well educated, serving as a crew member. He probably learned the trade to escape poverty. His life was an education, however.

  • @kittybitts567
    @kittybitts56724 күн бұрын

    What a lovely gentleman! His level headed approach to what was going on after the iceberg was hit is so admirable. God bless his soul. May he rest in peace. May perpetual light shine upon him and everyone who sailed on that ship.

  • @NeTxGrl
    @NeTxGrl26 күн бұрын

    RIP Frank Prentice.

  • @quietguy1948

    @quietguy1948

    25 күн бұрын

    And all the rest on board that terrible night/morning . . .

  • @jeremypearson6852
    @jeremypearson685225 күн бұрын

    You can tell by the emotion in his voice how much this still affects him. Terrible tragedy,

  • @Rob-zw5qs

    @Rob-zw5qs

    23 күн бұрын

    I dont think it still affects him

  • @petercarrington948

    @petercarrington948

    23 күн бұрын

    Why do you say that?​@@Rob-zw5qs

  • @johnnymichael1804

    @johnnymichael1804

    23 күн бұрын

    ​@petercarrington948 because this interview was conducted 45 years ago and dude was already in his 80's it appears. So unless he's 120 years old now, I doubt this STILL affects him.....

  • @petercarrington948

    @petercarrington948

    23 күн бұрын

    @@johnnymichael1804 oh that's SO Clever. 'dude'

  • @alanbellas513

    @alanbellas513

    23 күн бұрын

    @@johnnymichael1804 guess, you have never heard of historical present tense, hence ah so mathematically astute.

  • @candymurphy6964
    @candymurphy696413 күн бұрын

    In 1972 I met a woman who was a survivor of the titanic. She had been celebrating her 18th birthday. When the ship began to sink someone picked her up and threw her into a lifeboat. Her main memory was of the awful silence after all the people in the water had ceased their crying and calling for help.

  • @jillwanlin9558
    @jillwanlin955823 күн бұрын

    How wonderful to have this resilient gentleman giving a first person account of his harrowing experience on the night Titanic sank. The terror for all on board must have been unimaginable. This was recorded in 1979, 67yrs after she went down. Bless Mr. Frank Prentice for sharing this for the benefit of generations to come. May he RIP

  • @JoeL-zb1yd
    @JoeL-zb1yd18 күн бұрын

    Wow. What a man. I take my hat off to him. Frank W. Prentice. He still hurts but manages a smile.

  • @dianaminnick8003
    @dianaminnick800319 күн бұрын

    Poor man. It haunts him his whole life, but it would be a night mare for anyone.

  • @mikebrice7255
    @mikebrice725524 күн бұрын

    I had a customer whose father was on board the Carpathia the night she picked up survivors. He was quite young but apparently remembered that day quite vividly !

  • @1gbayfisher
    @1gbayfisher19 күн бұрын

    This man is a national treasure, God bless him.

  • @MultiGreatescape
    @MultiGreatescape23 күн бұрын

    very sad..."i'll have another nightmare...you think I'm too old for that but you'll be amazed"

  • @pho3nix-
    @pho3nix-24 күн бұрын

    Finally they posted a proper clip of this interview. Thank you.

  • @stuartwigmore3738
    @stuartwigmore373826 күн бұрын

    His watch is an amazing artefact. Literally stopped at the time and never worked again.

  • @someoneelse.2252

    @someoneelse.2252

    22 күн бұрын

    Much like Gov't employees the first day they start their employment.

  • @morganwright224

    @morganwright224

    21 күн бұрын

    not waterproof

  • @gregjackson-ks1gh

    @gregjackson-ks1gh

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@someoneelse.2252😂

  • @torgrim123
    @torgrim12322 күн бұрын

    Not only did he survive Titanic he survived the horrors of world war one.

  • @thesqueakteam1573

    @thesqueakteam1573

    19 күн бұрын

    And ww2

  • @torgrim123

    @torgrim123

    19 күн бұрын

    @@thesqueakteam1573 He wasent on active duty in ww2?

  • @Dahmer_Jeff

    @Dahmer_Jeff

    19 күн бұрын

    Well we survived covid and 911 and Joe Biden administration. I'd say we survived more than this man

  • @chrislufc

    @chrislufc

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@torgrim123 He still survived WW2. Thousands of civilians were killed in the UK by Germans bombs.

  • @thisisme3238

    @thisisme3238

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@torgrim123Just imagine what this man has seen and heard...what things we could learn from him. 🤔

  • @easystar123
    @easystar12324 күн бұрын

    This was wonderful to hear from an an actual survivor of the Titanic. This man recalled everything so vividly about the tragedy and did it so nicely. God bless his soul. Rest in peace Mr Prentice.

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton18 күн бұрын

    What an amazing interview. He thanked God for saving his life. It was great he helped that young wife too.

  • @martinrobinson9061
    @martinrobinson906127 күн бұрын

    The massive trauma that man had that night effective him for the rest of his life.

  • @resnonverba137

    @resnonverba137

    26 күн бұрын

    Affected...

  • @glamdolly30

    @glamdolly30

    25 күн бұрын

    Bound to have affected him, however he seemed very self-possessed and sane nonetheless and his recollections were clear. He even recalled the name of newlywed Mrs Clark, who was reluctant to leave her husband behind on the stricken ship, and almost certainly lost him. Terrible to die that night - but surely every bit as agonising to have survived, and had to go on with life, while your loved-ones tragically perished.

  • @RoseSharon7777

    @RoseSharon7777

    19 күн бұрын

    I can't imagine what would have been worse, his memories of the Titanic or his memories of serving in WWI. Both horrible loss of life up close and personal.

  • @roddydykes7053

    @roddydykes7053

    16 күн бұрын

    I think it’s the war that really did it for him.

  • @glamdolly30

    @glamdolly30

    16 күн бұрын

    @@roddydykes7053 The period of history he lived through, with not one but two world wars, is an extraordinary one. He was very lucky to come out alive - and when you add his experience on 'Titanic' to the mix, it's nothing short of miraculous that he lived to the ripe old age of 93.

  • @andysimpson7559
    @andysimpson755922 күн бұрын

    A truly remarkable account of the last moments of the Titanic.

  • @renayeblack5906
    @renayeblack590617 күн бұрын

    Thank you BBC this is a priceless little interview.

  • @Salacious-Crumb
    @Salacious-Crumb23 күн бұрын

    Whats even sadder is gentleman like this have also slipped away never to be seen again

  • @jamesirwin2552

    @jamesirwin2552

    22 күн бұрын

    Totally agree, you won’t see people like that again…

  • @Black.Sabbath

    @Black.Sabbath

    18 күн бұрын

    That’s a tragedy in itself.

  • @sandymwest1606
    @sandymwest160617 күн бұрын

    Wow, this gentleman tells a wonderful story of the sinking from his personal experience. Bless him.

  • @saragrisanti9814
    @saragrisanti981422 күн бұрын

    Wow.. what an impressive gentleman. I wish young men had the style, grace and courage he demonstrated that night.

  • @martyvirtue4051

    @martyvirtue4051

    21 күн бұрын

    Real men have stopped existing. Unfortunately.

  • @glamdolly30
    @glamdolly3025 күн бұрын

    I'm delighted to say this lovely man died of natural causes at the ripe old age of 93, on 19th May 1982, just three years after giving this interview. And before he left this small planet, he fathered three children who are no doubt immensely proud of him. There was pure luck involved in who lived and died that terrible night - and survivors were of course in the minority. His encounters with Mrs Clark were very moving - he saved her life, then she saved his with acts of human kindness. God bless their beautiful souls, the victims of the Titanic tragedy must never be forgotten.

  • @cjhoward409

    @cjhoward409

    25 күн бұрын

    And more survivors from first and second class mainly

  • @jennim282

    @jennim282

    24 күн бұрын

    Are you from his family? Wonderful testimony he's left for history. Very honest account.

  • @gavinbrando8255

    @gavinbrando8255

    23 күн бұрын

    Unless you were a woman of course

  • @RonniePickeringMate

    @RonniePickeringMate

    21 күн бұрын

    You’re delighted that he passed away? That’s dark

  • @glamdolly30

    @glamdolly30

    21 күн бұрын

    @@RonniePickeringMate Grow up!

  • @sandraa2971
    @sandraa297126 күн бұрын

    I find it amazing that he ran into Mrs Clark a second time I hope they stayed in touch. Good bless them all.

  • @xplaybwoix

    @xplaybwoix

    24 күн бұрын

    They didn’t

  • @MrJohnthefarmer
    @MrJohnthefarmer21 күн бұрын

    He talks about it so calmly but I don't doubt for a minute that he has nightmares about it.

  • @betallyoungattractive644
    @betallyoungattractive64418 күн бұрын

    the watch was definitely the most fascinating part of this interview

  • @quietguy1948
    @quietguy194825 күн бұрын

    God Bless Mr Prentice . . . And all the souls on the Titanic.

  • @tjo1976
    @tjo197618 күн бұрын

    Fascinating!! I had heard that the life boats weren't full because some didn't want to leave their loved ones or men didn't want to take seats that women and children could occupy but I hadn't thought about those who were scared of the 70 foot drop and how they still didn't think the ship would sink even in such a state of emergency. Those details make it even more chilling.

  • @user-fb3pu3qx3t
    @user-fb3pu3qx3t29 күн бұрын

    Amazing testimony.

  • @adamhughes4442
    @adamhughes444218 күн бұрын

    A finer gentlemen you couldn't hope to meet. God bless this mam.

  • @SparklingDiva1111
    @SparklingDiva111115 күн бұрын

    Poor man! You can tell he was very much affected by it still. It probably haunted him his entire life. Bless his Soul.

  • @rickgrimes120
    @rickgrimes12012 күн бұрын

    He had such a calming and endearing way about him - especially how he spoke. Beautiful human. Respect.

  • @alanbeaumont4848
    @alanbeaumont484829 күн бұрын

    Mt grandmother had a school friend who survived the event (she'd have been about 16). She had also said there was no initial concern or rush to the boats because everyone believed the ship unsinkable.

  • @brightblue2415

    @brightblue2415

    22 күн бұрын

    There had also been people who died as a result of getting on lifeboats on previous ships (capsizing, smashing into the side of the ship), so people who knew about any of those, would be even more reluctant to get on board a lifeboat.

  • @miralynne8913

    @miralynne8913

    21 күн бұрын

    I can recommend ocean liners design for more information. It is such a well researched and informative channel 😊

  • @destructionman1

    @destructionman1

    8 күн бұрын

    @@brightblue2415 It was 80 feet down the side of the Titanic to the water. Pitch black, freezing cold, eerily silent. Waving goodbye-forever to your husband/dad/etc. Leaving behind all your personal belongings other than what you could fit in your pockets. I for one would have been scared sh*tless to get into one of those lifeboats, and wouldn't unless there was no other choice, which people weren't sure of until the final minutes. Understandable they were reluctant.

  • @Axey202
    @Axey20217 күн бұрын

    Such a harrowing story. To think he has been through two world wars also. God bless you sir

  • @sammencia7945
    @sammencia794516 күн бұрын

    6:48. OMG his watch stopped from the sinking. Stunning artifact.

  • @limitedmark
    @limitedmark19 күн бұрын

    What a fabulous gentleman, god bless him forever.

  • @dannyperfect9270
    @dannyperfect927019 күн бұрын

    They don't make 'em like him anymore

  • @susanwhite7474

    @susanwhite7474

    15 күн бұрын

    Such old school understatement!

  • @Dani-ICU-RN

    @Dani-ICU-RN

    13 күн бұрын

    Nor- women& children first... 😢

  • @angr3819

    @angr3819

    5 күн бұрын

    I am sure there are still many like him. Thankfully we haven't had another similar ship go down to bring proof there are.

  • @toosense
    @toosense20 күн бұрын

    What he saw and experienced that night was absolutely horrific, it’s no wonder he still has nightmares. Nobody could ever be the same after all that fear, panic, and death.. frozen bodies everywhere. God bless them all, including the rescuers.

  • @ReedoAce
    @ReedoAce18 күн бұрын

    Hardly any real genuine people around like this anymore

  • @PlanBProductioninc
    @PlanBProductioninc22 күн бұрын

    wow what an amazing fellow ,he saved people and himself , but his recall is so eloquent and heart felt

  • @harshanid3636
    @harshanid363625 күн бұрын

    I can feel the pain and distress that he must have endured throughout his life.

  • @yolandagofigure
    @yolandagofigure17 күн бұрын

    That must have been the most horrific sight he's ever seen...😢RIP to those who have fallen.❤️

  • @RaggedyAndi1
    @RaggedyAndi119 күн бұрын

    Bless his heart, what a charming man.

  • @duckduckgoismuchbetter
    @duckduckgoismuchbetter24 күн бұрын

    This was one of the most touching and amazing interviews I've ever seen.

  • @mick-topboy4444
    @mick-topboy444419 күн бұрын

    What a kind and well spoken gent this man is, with still a clear imagination of that fatefull night, to relive that tragic night must have haunted him for the rest of his life, may god grant you peace, god bless you ❤.

  • @jamesdeegan211
    @jamesdeegan21117 күн бұрын

    Incredible listening to this in 2024. Great story. Horrible tragedy

  • @artman2oo3
    @artman2oo316 күн бұрын

    Wow I could scarcely imagine surviving such a traumatic event. Seeing the emotion in his glistening eyes really got me.

  • @Karla_97_
    @Karla_97_27 күн бұрын

    3:51 moment when she broke.. also he saw propellers and everything from the water which means that visibility was good !!

  • @jaybee9269

    @jaybee9269

    25 күн бұрын

    That calm was actually the problem; lookouts couldn’t see waves against the iceberg because there weren’t any.

  • @mrsjgray09
    @mrsjgray0917 күн бұрын

    I just adore him speaking to all of us. How absolutely lovely to have this precious interview footage 🙏

  • @hannaaasenorway
    @hannaaasenorway18 күн бұрын

    This interview is wow. Can’t even describe the feeling.

  • @susanford2388
    @susanford238814 күн бұрын

    What an absolutely charming man. Humble, polite & thankful for having a life after the Titanic.

  • @FLEXZILLAGAMING
    @FLEXZILLAGAMING16 күн бұрын

    The guys been through everything and yet he’s still holding back his tears like a true man

  • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
    @karlheinzvonkroemann221722 күн бұрын

    I'm 66 years old and as 17 year old I spoke with my Great Uncle quite often. I was always someone with a great interest in history and my uncle had a good memory. My interests were and remain mostly Geopolitics and military history in general, plus old time baseball. That was something we had in common. My uncle was born and raised in Manhattan and I inhereted being a New York/San Franciso Giants (baseball of course) fan from my father and other family members. He remembered hearing about the Titanic but he didn't have any great intimate knowledge about it. Even in the many decades since the story of the great liner, it was always a very popular one because the ship was full of famous and wealthy passengers, many of whom went down with the ship.

  • @ryancropper4784
    @ryancropper478420 күн бұрын

    What a wonderfully articulated Gentleman he was. Sounds like he faced fear with courage and dignity, put others first. A hero

  • @lw216316
    @lw21631620 күн бұрын

    Events that troubled me 5 0 years ago still give me bad dreams sometimes.

  • @gj5990
    @gj599019 күн бұрын

    Such strength in this man even though he had suffered and was suffering still at this time of the interview. Great interview. I hope he found Gods peace.

  • @douglasschultz9808
    @douglasschultz980820 күн бұрын

    Hopefully after this man passed his soul finally found peace.

  • @marybarrett47
    @marybarrett4724 күн бұрын

    Amazing - best titanic story I've heard - grabs your heart

  • @rogermouton2273
    @rogermouton227316 күн бұрын

    What a wonderful gentleman, and incredible story. Especially the part about how he and Mrs Clarke saved each others' lives. You can see how, so many years later, that night still haunted him. He made the horror of it so vivid.

  • @RebelRouser475
    @RebelRouser47523 күн бұрын

    What an amazing account from Mr. Prentice. I hope he lived a blessed life. Thanks for sharing.

  • @coollectionFun
    @coollectionFun25 күн бұрын

    Very nice old fella and i feel so sorry for the lost ones and the survivors who lived with the horror and matching dreams.

  • @kristycartwright4743
    @kristycartwright474320 күн бұрын

    What an amazing survivor. I'm sure he does have vivid nightmares about the Titanic sinking experience. This gentleman's account was extremely heartfelt 😢

  • @adrianlovett3483
    @adrianlovett348322 күн бұрын

    What an incredible story and brilliant man. It conveys how quick the ship sank. The strength of character of his generation is remarkable. Great to share and keep such an important memory.

  • @futurez12
    @futurez1229 күн бұрын

    This sounds almost too fantastical to be true. He basically described being next to Jack and Rose as it went down. The thing is, he's not lying. Unreal.

  • @finanzferdinand9874

    @finanzferdinand9874

    27 күн бұрын

    Rose's second name was DeWitt, not Clark

  • @gamer07208

    @gamer07208

    27 күн бұрын

    The story about Jack and Rose is fictional.

  • @bgraham928

    @bgraham928

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@gamer07208It's crazy how even now how many people believe that Rose and Jack story was real.

  • @FannyShmellar

    @FannyShmellar

    26 күн бұрын

    @@bgraham928Who cares? People did go down holding onto the rails like they did.

  • @kevster1007

    @kevster1007

    26 күн бұрын

    Not Hollywood this is real

  • @henerygreen578
    @henerygreen57820 күн бұрын

    the Carpathia was called ''the ship of widows''................... God bless his soul he must have told that story 10,000 times

  • @user-de3nl2fs1x
    @user-de3nl2fs1x25 күн бұрын

    Sadly, Mr. Clark's (husband of the woman he urged to board a lifeboat) luck ran out. According to the interwebs, he survived the San Francisco earthquake a few years earlier. Mrs. Clark soon remarried, twice, in fact.

  • @skycloud4802

    @skycloud4802

    24 күн бұрын

    I wondered about him. Thanks for researching on him.

  • @Ignozi

    @Ignozi

    19 күн бұрын

    He was considered disposable, she wasn't.

  • @freebornjohn2687

    @freebornjohn2687

    9 күн бұрын

    @@Ignozi It wasn't a matter of being disposable its a British tradition to get women and children off first its called the Birkenhead Drill. I don't know if other countries have it.

  • @drips1030
    @drips103017 күн бұрын

    Wow. What a dude. RIP buddy.

  • @terrymiller7913
    @terrymiller791312 күн бұрын

    What an elegant man. He's held that trauma his whole life

  • @craiglynthomas
    @craiglynthomas23 күн бұрын

    True hero and a gentleman. Restores my faith in humanity

  • @JohnSmith-jl3fm
    @JohnSmith-jl3fm19 күн бұрын

    The 1 time I will give a like to the BBC thats because this is actually journalism 👏

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