This Gaumont newsreel boasts a rare glimpse of the RMS Titanic in dock prior to her ill-fated maiden voyage.

Cinemas were flooded with Titanic related newsreels in the aftermath of the disaster, but these often relied heavily - and misleadingly - on footage of her sister ship Olympic, whose maiden voyage was completed safely in June 1911. Several versions of Gaumont's newsreel survive; this one boasts a brief glimpse of the actual Titanic in dock at Belfast - look out for her in the two opening shots.

ACTUALITY. Events following the sinking of the Titanic. Two copies held, the longer version does not show the liner, the shorter version opens with a view of the Titanic in dock.