The key

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0:31:50 > 0:31:57.

0:32:07 > 0:32:09It's a very special key.

0:32:09 > 0:32:12And to think that it actually opened doors on board Titanic...

0:32:14 > 0:32:18Samuel Hemming had been a seaman since he was 15.

0:32:18 > 0:32:23He was in charge of trimming the lamps on board the ship.

0:32:23 > 0:32:25As Titanic was going down,

0:32:25 > 0:32:27he got out of bed and put on his coat,

0:32:27 > 0:32:30which had all of these keys in the pockets.

0:32:32 > 0:32:33Captain Smith asked him to go

0:32:33 > 0:32:39and ensure there was lights on all of the lifeboats.

0:32:39 > 0:32:43He stayed at his post until the very end, and when he realised,

0:32:43 > 0:32:45finally, that there was no hope,

0:32:45 > 0:32:47he climbed down the side of the ship

0:32:47 > 0:32:52and swam to lifeboat number four and was hauled in there.

0:32:52 > 0:32:54And that's what saved his life.