Today marks the 100TH anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  The Titanic was hailed as the “unsinkable ship”.  However, in the early hours of the morning at approximately 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, she dove two miles beneath the icy surface of the North Atlantic of the coast of Newfoundland.  A deep sea grave holds the Titanic, but a few of her relics have been rescued.  Her story and legend will forever live on in our hearts and memories.

Titanic Before:  One of the largest and most magnificent ships in the world, April 10, 1912                  (photo:  Bettman/Corbis via History)

Towing of the Titanic out to Sea.  Destination-New York.

Radio Message  from Titanic wreckage.  Titanic when full could carry 3,300 people including crew.  The lifeboats 1/3 of those on board. (photo: Bettman/Corbis)

Milvina Dean(1912-2009) Staring through an original Titanic porthole, she was only a few months old when she boarded, she was the youngest survivor.                                                                                             (photo:  Simon Kreitem/Reuters/Corbis via History)

Top Deck of Titanic. 1912  Passengers stroll past life boats and deck chairs.                                              (photo: Ralph White/Corbis via History)

Deck bench. (photo: Ralph White/Corbis via History)

Aft staircase decorated with Cherub lamp. (photo:  Ralph White/Corbiss via History)

Recovered Cherub lamp (photo:  Ralph White/Corbiss via History)

Forks and butler knife (photo:  Ralph White/Corbiss via History)

Dishes from Titanic buried neatly in original resting place.                                                                             (photo:  Ralph White/Corbis via History)

A collection of Pocket Watches from the wreck.  (photo:  Ralph White/Corbis via History)

Towing of the Titanic Survivors.   700 of the 2,224 passengers on board survived.                                   (photo:  Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via History)

If you haven’t had a chance to see some of the best Classic films about the Titanic, here are some of the best of the flixs to check out. (all photos below: IMDB)

 

Titanic (1953) Starring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck

A Night to Remember (1958) Starring Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres

James Cameron’s Titanic(1997)  Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet