History Heartwarming / Titanic1997

--->'''Ida:''' We've been together for forty years. And where you go, I go. Don't argue with me Isidor. You know it does no good. ''(Isidor nods and hugs her)''

** In the beginning of their relationship, Jack tells Rose that they will go to an amusement park and then ride horses down a beach "but none of that sidesaddle stuff." At the end of the film, one of Rose's pictures that we see is her sitting on a horse, one leg on each side, on a beach, with an amusement park in the background.

* [[TogetherInDeath And the elderly couple embracing on the bed.]] TruthInTelevision: The couple is Ida and Isador Straus, who died together on the ''Titanic'' after Isador refused a place on the lifeboats on the "women and children first" principle, and Ida refused to be parted from her husband of forty-one years, opting to give her spot to her maid, Ellen Bird. Even more heartwarming? Ellen had only been hired a few days before boarding the ''Titanic''. Particularly this bit: Ida even gave Ellen her fur coat saying she "wouldn't be needing it anymore." After being rescued, Ellen tried to return the coat to the family only to be told by the Straus' oldest daughter that she should keep it.

* * Even if Cal is already protected (or so he thinks) by his attempting to bribe Murdoch, Rose getting off the ship and onto a lifeboat is about the only thing he and Jack agree upon. Cal also gives her his coat... which he later realizes held the diamond.

** The Astor family were known to be anti-Semitic (JJ’s stance is unclear), whilst Guggenheim was Jewish. Seeing them shake hands and acknowledge each other with respect adds another layer to this gut-wrenching scene.

*** Meta example: the last survivor of Titanic died in 2009 (Millvina Dean, who was only 2 months old at the time of the sinking). As such, this final scene can now be looked at as the perfect tribute to all of those who sailed on the ship and into history.

* When the stern is taking its final plunge, Chief baker Charles Joughin (the guy in all white drinking from a flask) can be seen trying to pull a passenger over the railing so he won't fall, and manages to succeed just before the ship goes under. Furthermore, according to accounts, that's what he really did during the sinking: helping out people when he wasn't drinking.
** He’s seen a few minutes earlier during a segment when Rose and Jack are trying to reach the stern, and Rose has to leap down off a ledge falling to her knees amongst panicking passengers scrambling to the higher rising part of the ship. He politely says, “I’ve got you miss” as he gently helps Rose to her feet before she can be trampled. Even in that time of crisis and panic passengers are still trying to look out for each other.

** The Astor family were known to be anti-Semitic(JJ’s stance is unclear), whilst Guggenheim was Jewish. Seeing them shake hands and acknowledge each other with respect adds another layer to this gut-wrenching scene.

----> '''Mr Andrews:''' ''(gives Rose a life jacket)'' Good luck to you, Rose.
----> '''Rose:''' And to you.

* The friendship between Molly Brown and Jack. Being a nouveau riche upper class passenger (neither her nor her husband were rich until her husband’s mining business struck big) she knows what it’s like to not be born into wealth and not fitting with those who’ve lived in upper class their whole life. Like Rose, she decides to take Jack under her wing during the dinner party and advises him throughout the dinner so he doesn’t feel more out of place than he feels.

-->'''Lewis:''' We never found anything on Jack. There were no records of him at all.
-->'''Rose:''' Oh, no. There wouldn't be, would there? And I've never spoken of him until now. But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me in every way that a person can be saved.

--> '''Father Byles:''' And God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death; neither shall there be sorrow or crying; neither shall there be any more pain. For the former world has passed away.

* Officer Lowe, hearing the people crying for help in the water after ''Titanic'' has sunk, visibly makes a decision and declares that he's going to go back to try and help. Even if, in the end, he and the other men in the rescue boat only managed to save six people out of fifteen hundred, they ''still'' came back when all the other boats refused to.

** In real life, Officer Lowe became angry when there was no response at first and said "there are better things saving a Jap". However, he changed his mind immediately before turning the boat and apologized for his harsh words when the Chinese man (Fang Lang) thanked him and rowed the oars with effort.

----> '''Mr Andrews:''' Good luck to you, Rose.

** The party Rose has Jack attend in first class is itself heartwarming in a way, if only for one reason; just how polite the others are acting towards Jack. With the exception of [[AlphaBitch Ruth]] and [[SmugSnake Cal]], they all treat him with respect despite knowing he's a poor drifter and he easily charms the pants off everyone with just his wit and his kind nature. Rose even gets the table to toast his "making it count" speech easily, with Colonel Gracie giving an enthusiastic "Here, here!" and Molly Brown practically beaming at Jack's idealism as he wins over the entire table.

* From what we hear, Rose did move on as Jack ordered her to while dying; she was HappilyMarried to Mr. Calvert. While she never told him about her first love Jack, or the rest of her traumatic backstory, they had a long life together as the photographs reveal. She had several sons, and one of those sons eventually had her granddaughter Lizzy.

* [[TogetherInDeath And the elderly couple embracing on the bed.]] TruthInTelevision: The couple is Ida and Isador Straus, who died together on the ''Titanic'' after Isador refused a place on the lifeboats on the "women and children first" principle, and Ida refused to be parted from her husband of forty-one years, opting to give her spot to her maid, Ellen Bird. Even more heartwarming? Ellen had only been hired a few days before boarding the ''Titanic''. Particularly this bit: Ida gave Ellen her fur coat saying she "wouldn't be needing it anymore." After being rescued, Ellen tried to return the coat to the family only to be told by the Straus' oldest daughter that Ida had given to her, and she should keep it.

** The RealLife Thomas Andrews was every bit as nice as his movie counterpart. He was described by friends and colleagues as a kindhearted and hard-working man [[NiceGuy who adored his wife and young daughter.]] And although it wasn't required at the time, Andrews ''had'' strongly suggested that the ''Titanic'' be outfitted with 46 lifeboats (instead of the 20 it ended up with) as well as a double hull and watertight bulkheads that went up to B deck, all in the best interests of passenger safety. He was overruled.