History Film / ANightToRemember

** And we can't forget the Strauses, who stay together to the bitter end. As she says to her husband when he refuses to leave the ship while other men are aboard, urging her to go: [[TogetherInDeath ''"We have been together for many years. Wherever you go, I go."'']]

* RealTime: Or close to it, anyway, after the ship hits the iceberg. When Andrews says the ''Titanic'' has about an hour and a half left to live, there's an hour and a half left in the movie. Subverted in that, thanks to the heroic efforts of the crew, it actually took the ship over two and a half hours to sink.

--> "Of course I'm just a passenger on this trip... Oh Andrews!"

** Most of the survivors at the Monday morning memorial held aboard Carpathia have haunted, blank expressions, except for the few who are quietly sobbing.

* FollowTheLeader: Cameron decided to make his film after seeing this one, and lifted several scenes from it.

** The card sharps beginning to realize that they're in a tight spot. One of them sardonically remarks. "Well what shall we play now Gentlemen, Happy Families?"

->"We've struck a berg. I think she's badly damaged. I would like to know ''how'' badly."
-->-- '''Captain Smith'''

->'''Lucas:''' "I'd like you to tell me something. I... I have a wife and three children on board. Just how serious is it? I'm not the panicking kind."
->'''Andrews:''' "The ship has about an hour to live. A little more, if some of the upper bulkheads hold, but not much more. Get your wife and children into the boats."

Before Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', there was ''A Night to Remember'', a 1958 black-and-white British movie about the 1912 sinking of the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, based on Walter Lord's nonfiction book of the same title chronicling the maritime disaster that claimed the lives of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.

Before Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', there was ''A Night to Remember'', a 1958 black-and-white British movie about the 1912 sinking of UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, based on Walter Lord's nonfiction book of the same title chronicling the maritime disaster that claimed the lives of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.

Before Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', there was ''A Night to Remember'', a 1958 black-and-white British movie about the 1912 sinking of [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic RMS ''Titanic'', based on Walter Lord's nonfiction book of the same title chronicling the maritime disaster that claimed the lives of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.

Filmed in a drama-documentary style and using groundbreaking special effects for the time, it follows the stories of several members of the crew and passengers from prior to the ship's departure to its [[ForegoneConclusion ultimate fate at the bottom of the Atlantic]]. It's [[ShownTheirWork as historically accurate as it could have been]] for the time and it [[TropeCodifier cemented the format]] for disaster movies from that point onwards.

Before Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', there was ''A Night to Remember'', a 1958 black-and-white British movie about the 1912 sinking of UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, based on Walter Lord's nonfiction book of the same title chronicling the maritime disaster that claimed the lives of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.

* AnyoneCanDie: ...and 1500 of them do.
* BadassLongcoat: The officers on all three ships featured (the Titanic herself, the Carpathia and the Californian) all wear badass greatcoats. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], in that it was part of their uniforms and that it was a very cold the night the Titanic sank.

** The Carpathia's radio operator and officer of the watch are apparently having a discussion about whether they would rather go out with a female passenger, or her daughter just before the first distress call from the Titanic comes in.

** Lightoller muses about the "what ifs" towards the end of the movie, citing the failure to provide lifeboats for everyone, and the failure of the ''Titanic'' to slow down.

** Also a steward who heroically comes to the aid of a young woman too scared to try to leave the ship...only for both of them to be crushed by the collapsing funnel moments later.

* RealTime: Or close to it, anyway, after the ship hits the iceberg. When Andrews says the ''Titanic'' has about an hour and a half left to live, there's an hour and a half left in the movie.

* ForWantOfANail: The appalling death toll could have been prevented if lifeboats were provisioned on the basis of passengers and if ships had to maintain a 24 hour radio watch - the ''Californian'' was visible on the horizon but had turned their radio off.

Before Creator/JamesCameron's ''[[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} Titanic]]'', there was ''A Night to Remember'', a 1958 black-and-white British movie about the 1912 sinking of UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, based on Walter Lord's nonfiction book of the same title chronicling the maritime disaster that claimed the lives of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.

* PrecisionFStrike: "I think the bastards must be asleep." Remember this is a 1958 film.

* AnyoneCanDie: ...and most do.

** Averted with the ship's baker, who gives up his place in the lifeboats so a woman could have her husband with her. Against all the odds, he survives thanks to the alcohol he consumed during the sinking.

* ShownTheirWork: It's universally acclaimed at being not only a completely realistic portrayal of the disaster itself but also of the social/class structure of the time.