Why Titanic Survivor, Frederick Fleet, Took His Own Life? | Tales From The Past

► Tales From The Past via historical photos. Meet Frederick Fleet, a Titanic survivor who later took his own life due to depression.

This is a photo of Frederick Fleet, the Titanic lookout who is often remembered for his immortal words: "Iceberg, right ahead!"... Frederick was a British sailor born in Liverpool in 1887. He never knew his father, and his mother abandoned him and fled with a boyfriend in the United States, never to be seen or heard again. Fleet was raised by foster families and distant relatives. At age 16 he decided to board a ship for a life at sea. In April 1912, at age 24, he joined Titanic as a lookout, along with five other watchmen. On the fateful night of 14th April 1912, Fleet was on duty in the crow’s nest and he was the first one to spot the iceberg and alert the crew. Fleet survived the sinking of Titanic. He served two World Wars and went on to live to the age of 77 in 1965. In his later years, he became a newspaper seller, going through difficult economic times. He lived with his wife’s brother and after his wife died on 28th December 1964, her brother evicted him from the house. From there on, Fleet fell into a downward spiral of depression. He returned to his brother-in-law’s home and hanged himself in the house’s garden, on 10th January 1965. His grave remained unmarked until 1993, when a headstone bearing and engraving of the Titanic was erected through donations raised by the Titanic Historical Society.

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00:00 Stories From The Past, Intro
00:08 Frederick Fleet, 1912, Titanic Survivor
02:37 The Mammoth Camera, 1900
04:08 Chris Noel, The Voice of Vietnam
05:13 Random Tales

► This photo is often depicted as the World's First Camera, nothing could be further from the truth. However, the story behind this photo is actually quite fascinating. Dating back to the year 1900, around 60 years after the first camera was invented, it was one of the largest cameras in the world at the time, and possibly the first ever camera with a telephoto lens. This camera, built by the commercial photographer George Lawrence, was nicknamed The Mammoth Camera, as it took 15 people to operate with a rear glass plate measuring an incredible 2.4 x 1.3m. The purpose of a camera of such magnitude was to take a whole picture of a brand new train standing in the distance, built by the Chicago & Alton Railway Company. Dubbed, "the handsomest in the world" the trains promotional pamphlet was sent to the World Fair of 1900 in Paris. However, Parisians were sceptical and believed it to be fake, thinking that there is no such camera that can take a picture of that size. Quelling the people's doubts, a French consul was ordered from New York to Chicago to confirm the authenticity. After everything checked out, George Lawrence won the Grand Prize for World Photographic Excellence.
► This photo is from 1966, showing singer and actress Chris Noel visiting troops in Vietnam. Noel made frequent entertaining visits to troops and was shot down twice in helicopters, but she never quit. She kept doing this even though the Viet Cong had a $10,000 bounty on her head. She is perhaps best known by veterans of the Vietnam war for her work on the Armed Forces Radio And Television Service as the "Voice of Vietnam". Her radio program "A Date With Chris" was one of Armed Forces Radio's most popular shows and is fondly remembered by many Vietnam vets. For her work, she received the Distinguished Vietnam Veteran award in 1984 from the Veterans Network.
► This unusual photo taken in Los Angeles, of a woman flashing her front, dates back to 1943 and is in fact a very innocent display, promoting safety clothing for women during the War World II. The uniform includes a plastic "bra", to prevent future occupational accidents among feminine workers.
► Here is another interesting photo of a man with an unusual hairstyle, taken in 1895 by the famous French photographer, Nadar. We heard about the "Man on the Moon" in 1969 but apparently, the "Man in the Moon" happened much earlier than that.
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