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LeoPlumtree wrote:
Oh yeah, I've seen that footage of Olympic in various documentaries. Whoever did the frame by frame doctoring of that footage didn't even bother to touch it up neatly, just scratched it right out. It's my understanding that that was done in an effort to get more footage that could be passed off as Titanic footage.
I wonder why that photo of Titanic during its trials was (computer) edited, though...
I have numerous pieces of footage of the Olympic that was doctored to pass it off for Titanic from back in the early 1900's when footage of a ship to pass off as the Titanic were needed. Some footage of Capt Smith aboard a ship reported as the Titanic was also doctored in the same manner to promote Capt Smith's adventures aboard the Titanic. Which were never filmed during his command aboard the Titanic.
I'm sure the photo was altered to increase it's value as a "rare" find and sold for profit. Amazing it was actually a amature touch up job that fooled many.
Now the market is being flooded with fake survivor signatures and computer generated copies of photos and post cards of the Titanic.