Frank Prentice, an assistant purser on the Titanic, describes how he survived the sinking of the ship.

“I was gradually getting frozen up, and by the grace of God I came across a lifeboat and they pulled me in.”

This clip is from The Great Liners.

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Originally broadcast 27 October 1979







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