Here you go, Sophia.

The best part of Raise The Titanic. It was so good they showed it twice, the second time was during the end credits (just the part after the ship reaches the surface). 



That 'groaning' sound during the close up of the bow after it breaks the surface still creeps me out after all these years. 

If you watch it from 4:40 onwards as the camera moves from the stern to the bow you can see a little guy who looks like he's operating a pump or something by winding a handle - it was a gag done by the special effects people to see if anyone would notice.

Funny thing is - I'm sure I saw another version of this where there were 2 little guys operating a pump or whatever which looked a bit like a see saw with one at each end in that same spot? Not too sure? Might have to get my BluRay out and see if it's different.

Also, there are large 'rings' attached to the deck spaced out along the length of the model on both sides, you can see one in the attached image which also shows the guy operating the pump or whatever. These 'rings' were not on the real Titanic, of course. They were put there so crane hooks could be attached to the model for lifting it and they didn't bother taking them off when the model was filmed (hardly anyone would probably notice them anyway).

Another oddity is the wreck been shown with the second funnel missing and the first one still intact. Survivors were pretty much unanimous in their testimony that the first funnel fell before any of the others. I guess the film makers decided it looked better with the second funnel missing and not the first otherwise it may have looked more like a 3 funneled liner?

Of course, we now know all 4 funnels came off long before the 2 broken sections of the Titanic hit the bottom but this film was made 6 or 7 years before the wreck was discovered which is also why the wreck in the movie is in one piece because no one knew with any certainty that the ship broke in two despite many survivors testifying at the hearings that they were sure it had.

Twenty-five years ago, a cargo of millions of pieces of Lego was washed overboard during a storm off Land’s End. To this day, tiny pieces of plastic are still being found on Cornish beaches. Joe Flatman reports on a project working to document these finds.


HERE BE DRAGONS: THE LEGO THAT GOT LOST



https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/archaeology-adrift-a-curious-tale-of...

Frank wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2022 at 10:29am:


OMG… that’s utterly gorgeous!
I had no idea about the Lego’s gone missing at sea!
It must be a thrill to go along beach to spot little Lego’s.
My son and his wife got me into looking for sea glass or beach glass … whatever it’s called.
Their friend does framed art with it and sells at market places.
Fascinating.
I find it very therapeutical walking along beach shoreline looking for the coloured glass.

Jasin wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2022 at 11:43am:


When and where was this, Xavier?

Some of them didn't make it as far as Mandurah, south of Perth did they?

I took this picture there on April 3rd, 2010. 

It was a Saturday (just looked it up on a 2010 calendar) and it was some sort of family fun day - there were stalls everywhere and a couple of rides for the kids and even a mini Ferris wheel after looking at some of the other pictures I took that day.

The yellow ducks were probably some sort of fun thing they had for the kids, we only got there as they were collecting the ducks, here's another picture taken about 15 minutes before the first one I posted. You can see all the yellow ducks in the distance, must have been about a hundred of them still in the water at that stage.

Jasin wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2022 at 5:23pm:


That’s amazing …. Yellow floating duckies sure do get around!
I’ll be on the lookout now… since son bought a boat and I’ve just ordered my new fishing rod etc.
I might even snare a yellow ducky in Port Phillip Bay 

Jasin wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2022 at 6:05pm:


Ah huh! I will be on the lookout for a message in the bottle with that message!
I will know it’s you! I will put a reply back in it… “yes agree”