The plate glass negative

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0:30:08 > 0:30:11This is a photograph taken by Robert Welch,

0:30:11 > 0:30:13the official photographer for

0:30:13 > 0:30:14Harland & Wolff.

0:30:14 > 0:30:15We know it was taken some time

0:30:15 > 0:30:17towards the end of May, 1911,

0:30:17 > 0:30:19and the clue to that

0:30:19 > 0:30:20is this ship here,

0:30:20 > 0:30:22the Titanic.

0:30:22 > 0:30:24I'm actually quite familiar with this image,

0:30:24 > 0:30:27but I had no idea how much it contained.

0:30:27 > 0:30:31For example, a well-dressed youth on a bicycle.

0:30:31 > 0:30:34A Belfast tramways conductor.

0:30:34 > 0:30:36You can almost see him looking at the crowd, saying,

0:30:36 > 0:30:39"I'm not standing any trouble."

0:30:39 > 0:30:43I think it is this man's face that really stands out to me

0:30:43 > 0:30:47because he really is looking me straight in the eye.

0:30:48 > 0:30:53Images like these are important because they underline

0:30:53 > 0:30:55how extraordinary was the everyday world

0:30:55 > 0:30:58of the people who built the Titanic.