Titanic Films
When I was on holiday in France my family went skiing but I had a cold so I stayed behind and went to hire a film, looking for a documentary or, failing that, a film about a true story, I was offered the Titanic. Yes. Which version? The shop had three. Since I was home all day with nothing else to do, I watched all three, none of which contained the well known facts.
What about other famous characters, and incidents which never happened, love stories introduced to make films more appealing?
Pocahontas - Native American Who Married, Converted and Died in England
That statue of the native girl nicknamed Pocahontas, meaning playful, apparently never married the man whose life she apparently saved. She married somebody else. But she was a real person. She did marry and go to England. You can find the full stories of the characters behind the popular films of The Titanic, The Sound of Music and Pocahontas in Wikipedia, which cites various sources, and in the BBC bitesize summary, or the BBC full length version.
Statues and Sites To Visit
1 Statue of Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia, USA
2 Statue of Pocahontas in St George's Church, Gravesend, Kent, England
2 Titanic Museum in Belfast Northern Ireland
Ireland has two museums connected with the Titanic. England has a few. More in France Sweden and Australia. Plus exhibitions which pop up. The owners of the shipping line are featured in the UK. You might also find stories about people on the Titanic in other museums, such as Jewish Museums in the USA. Famous people on the Titanic included famous families, whose survivors, or those who inherited from them, had their lives affected. And every time you go on a ship or ferry and look at the lifeboats you are affected by legislation brought in after the loss of the Titanic which did not have enough lifeboat seats for all passengers.
Titanic Museum, USA
Two storey museum in the shape of the ship, the illusion made memorable, complete with a piece of white iceberg.
Useful Websites About Famous Films, Events and Characters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9g2khv#zjkhqyc
Titanic Museums Worldwide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Titanic_museums
Wiki articles on Pocahontas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas
Other articles on films about her.
statues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas#/media/File:Pocahontas_gravesend.jpg
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