LONDON (AP)- A 90-year-old woman has found a rare movie newsreel of the aftermath oh the 1912 Titanic disaster, after remembering that her husband hid it away in the familt's garden shed decades ago.
The newsreel, shot on 35 millimeter film, shows survivors of the Titanic srriving on land, anxious men and women awaiting news of the liner's fate outside the Cunard offices in New York, and pictures of rescue ships.
Renee Mason told Anglia television in eastern England that she only rememberes having the 86-year-old footage after seeing the modern blockbuster, "Titanic."
The "unsinkable" Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southhampton, England to New York Citty, killing more than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers and crew.
The footage is expected to be auctioned by Christie's later this year. No date has yet been set for the sale.
After seeing the film, Renee Mason, from Ketering in the English Midlands, said she dreamed she heard a voice telling her where the film was kept.
"I got up early Sunday Morning, went in the hut- had to move a lot of things - and looked under the bench," where she found the film in a rusting, 15-inch metal casing.
Renee Mason said her husband Archie, who was born in 1900, was a former movie projectionist and was given the news footage shortly after the ship sank in 1912. Anglia said Archie Mason died several years ago.
One scene from the footage shows a small group pf half a dozen surviviors in their bulky life jackets. One man passes out as the camers focuses on the group. Other scenes show pictures of journalists in starch collars, bowler hats with note pads in hand, ready to report the latest news of the disaster.
