SPECIAL SERIES - Historian Virginie Girod continues her story on the history of the Titanic, in a new series in 4 parts. On April 14, 1912, a little before midnight, in the North Atlantic, the crew of the Titanic was on high alert: after a terrible collision with an iceberg, the first six watertight compartments took on water. The liner's architect Thomas Andrews estimates that he has one hour to evacuate the building… Third class passengers are the first to realize that something abnormal has just happened. Then little by little, the whole sleepy boat falls into horror. Canoe by canoe, who supervises the evacuation? And with what priorities? In this episode of the podcast "At the heart of history" produced by Europe 1 Studio,

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SPECIAL SERIES - Historian Virginie Girod continues her story on the history of the Titanic, in a new series in 4 parts. On April 14, 1912, a little before midnight, in the North Atlantic, the crew of the Titanic was on high alert: after a terrible collision with an iceberg, the first six watertight compartments took on water. The liner's architect Thomas Andrews estimates that he has one hour to evacuate the building… Third class passengers are the first to realize that something abnormal has just happened. Then little by little, the whole sleepy boat falls into horror. Canoe by canoe, who supervises the evacuation? And with what priorities? In this episode of the podcast "At the heart of History" produced by Europe 1 Studio, Virginie Girod retraces the icy hours that preceded the disappearance of the Titanic, the worst maritime disaster of the 20th century. "At the heart of history" is a Europe 1 Studio podcast. Writing and presentation: Virginie Girod - Production: Adèle Humbert - Artistic direction: Adèle Humbert and Julien Tharaud - Production: Clément Ibrahim - Original music: Julien Tharaud - Additional music: Julien Tharaud and Sébastien Guidis - Communication: Kelly Decroix - Distribution and writing: Eloise Bertil - Visual: Sidonie Mangin