History Awesome / ANightToRemember

-->'''Hitchens:''' "We've got no water, no compass, no charts..."
-->'''Molly:''' "Aw, shut up!"

* While the real Lightoller has his share of failures in the ''Titanic'' disaster, his fictional depiction in A Night to Remember is full of Awesome efforts. Most notable is the fact that he is able to confidently yell out directions to those around him...all while swimming in 28°F/''- 2°C'' water!

-->'''Hitchens:''' "We've got no water, no compass, not charts..."

* While the real Lightoller has his share of failures in the ''Titanic'' disaster, his fictional depiction in A Night to Remember is full of Awesome efforts. Most notable is the fact that he is able to confidently yell out directions to those around him...all while swimming in 28°F water!

** That moment where he quietly corrects the clock in the lounge. To the very end, he did what he could for his ship.

** He might not be named but he is meant to be William Thomas Stead, a journalist and writer whose work is the basics of modem journalism, who wrote about a ship like ''Titanic'' sinking and was at peace knowing he wasn't going to survive.

** To clarify: the band had been playing throughout the loading of the lifeboats to help keep calm. When the last boat has left and the ship is beginning its final plunge, the bandmaster, William Hartley, bids his bandmates farewell, then begins to play "Nearer My God to Thee." The rest of the band soon joins in, playing one final hymn to offer some consolation for their fellow passengers who are about to die.

* The crew of the RMS ''Carpathia''. While the SS ''Californian'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic''’s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'' in the dark, and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey (as well as cutting off heat and hot water through much of the ship and [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique locking the safety valves shut]]), ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off the ''Carpathia'''s journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The crew of the RMS ''Carpathia''. While the SS ''Californian'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'' in the dark, and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey (as well as cutting off heat and hot water through much of the ship and [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique locking the safety valves shut]]), ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off the ''Carpathia'''s journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* While the real Lightoller has his share of failures in the Titanic disaster, his fictional depiction in A Night to Remember is full of Awesome efforts. Most notable is the fact that he is able to confidently yell out directions to those around him...all while swimming in 28°F water!

* That Thomas Andrews, the Titanic's lead designer, retires to the smoking lounge to [[FaceDeathWithDignity quietly await the end]] deserves a mention here.

** He might not be named but he is meant to be William Thomas Stead, a journalist and writer whose work is the basics of modem journalism, who wrote about a ship like Titanic sinking and was at peace knowing he wasn't going to survive.

* The crew of the RMS ''Carpathia''. While the SS ''Californian'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'' in the dark, and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey (as well as cutting off heat and hot water through much of the ship and [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique locking the safety valves shut]]), ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off Carpathia's journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The real CrowningMomentofAwesome is, barring some slight ([[RealityIsUnrealistic only slight!]]) exageration where Lightoller's concerned, all of these examples were TruthInTelevision.

* The crew of the RMS ''Carpathia''. While the SS ''Californian'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'' in the dark, and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey (as well as cutting off heat and hot water through much of the ship and [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique locking the safety valves shut]]), ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off Carpathia's journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The crew of the RMS ''Carpathia''. While the SS ''Californian'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'', and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey (as well as cutting off heat through much of the ship and [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique locking the safety valves shut]], ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off Carpathia's journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* That one of the Titanic's builders who retires to the smoking lounge to [[FaceDeathWithDignity quietly await the end]] deserves a mention here.

* The crew of the RMS ''Carpathia''. While the SS ''Californian'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'', and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey, ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off Carpathia's journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The real CrowningMomentofAwesome is, barring some slight ([[RealityIsUnrealistic only sligh!]]) exageration where Lightoller's concerned, all of these examples were TruthInTelevision.
* The crew of the ''Carpathia''. While the ''California'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'', and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey, ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off Carpathia's journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the RMS ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The crew of the ''Carpathia''. While the ''California'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'', and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey, ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. The result shaved nearly an hour off ''Carpathia'''s journey, saving God only knows how many lives. Never again in her long and storied career would the RMS ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The crew of the ''Carpathia''. While the ''California'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that a) they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the ''Titanic'', and b) by running the boilers at full capacity for the whole journey, ''Carpathia'' exceeded her official top speed of 14 knots by 125%, reaching 17.5 knots in her desperate race for ''Titanic''. Never again in her long and storied career would the RMS ''Carpathia'' ever achieve that much speed.

* The crew of the ''Carpathia''. While the ''California'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed. Was even more awesome in RealLife when you consider that they went through the heart of the very iceberg field that sank the Titanic.

* The crew of the ''Carpathia''. While the ''California'' is implicated for ignoring the ''Titanic'''s sinking, the radio operator of the ''Carpathia'' instantly rushes to the captain about the emergency with the distress call he just received, who hesitates for only a few seconds before ordering the ship to race to the emergency at full speed.

* The real CrowningMomentofAwesome is, barring some slight ([[RealityIsUnrealistic only sligh!]]) exageration where Lightoller's concerned, all of these examples were TruthInTelevision.

* While the real Lightoller has his share of failures in the Titanic disaster, his fictional depiction in A Night to Remember is full of Awesome efforts. Most notable is the fact that he is able to confidently yell out directions to those around him...While swimming in 28°F!

* That one of the Titanic's builders who retires to the smoking lounge to [[FaceDeathWithDignity quietly await the end]] deserves a mention here.

* While the real Lightoller has his share of failures in the Titanic disaster, his fictional depiction in A Night to Remember is full of ''BeyondTheImpossible" efforts. Most notable is the fact that he is able to confidently yell out directions to those around him...While swimming in 28°F!