[NRx]

New York Tribune May 8, 1915 edition digitized announcing the sinking of the Lusitania...

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1915-05-08/ed-1/

[Jane Long]

Thank you for posting.

Love these vintage vids you post.

Love Old New York :-)

[NRx]

[volunbeer]

Interesting moment in history.

Yesterday a torpedo..... today a virus.

[PGR88]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Hubbard

Developer of the idea of mass mail-order sales, and modern concepts of consumer-product marketing. founder of the “Arts and Crafts” movement. Killed aboard the Lusitania.

[Blurb2350]

In addition to almost 2,000 passengers and crew (1,200 of whom would die), she was carrying hundreds of tons of munitions and ammo.

[SkyDancer]

I wish they would have put their logo at the bottom or side or someplace else rather than right in the middle of the screen.

[KC_Lion]

Never let a crisis to to waste.

Woodrow Wilson was Obama before Obama was Obama.

My top contender for most damaging President in History (and he has some stiff competition)

[dfwgator]

Wilson wanted his war, and he got it.

[mad_as_he$$]

Interesting. I just watched an episode of Drain the Oceans about this sinking.

[gloryblaze]

"I'll see this picture in London."

Wow, this is a haunting video. Thanks for posting.

[mmichaels1970]

Recently watched a documentary on this. It told the stories of several of the passengers. So sad.

One of the stories IIRC was a guy who went to the beach where bodies were lined up to search for his dead wife. He found her body there and she moved. Turned out to be alive.

[Madam Theophilus]

And the rest of the story - the Lusitania was carrying weapons.

https://archive.archaeology.org/0901/trenches/lusitania.html

https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-rms-lusitania-100-years-ago

[BenLurkin]

A hold full of munitions topped by a human shield.

[MayflowerMadam]

Cool!

[Chgogal]

Interesting post.

[Sam Gamgee]

Ah yes, thank the Brits for loading it up with munitions who were begging the Krauts to sink it.