Joseph Boxhall, the Fourth Officer of the Titanic, gives his account of the night that the Titanic sank. Recorded 40 years after the disaster, Boxhall details his experiences of the mystery ship sighted by many that night, as well as his command of Lifeboat No. 2.

This interview was originally aired by the BBC on October 22, 1962.

Read the full annotated transcript of this interview:
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Chapters:
00:00 - On Watch
01:17 - The Iceberg
02:23 - Investigating the Damage
06:54 - Sending the Distress Signal
08:06 - The Mystery Ship
08:48 - Firing Rockets
10:19 - Lifeboat No. 2
12:03 - Reaching the Stern Gangway Doors
13:46 - The Stillness of the Sea
14:33 - All the Lights were Burning
15:01 - The Screams
15:46 - The Carpathia

Film Sources:
- A Night to Remember (1958), dir. Roy Ward Baker / The Rank Organisation
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979), dir. William Hale / EMI Films
- Titanic (1996), dir. Robert Lieberman / Konigsberg / Sanitsky Company
- Titanic (1997), dir. James Cameron / Paramount
- Saving the Titanic (2012), dir. Maurice Sweeney / Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
- Titanic (2012), dir. Jon Jones / ITV

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