The porthole

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0:58:08 > 0:58:10I find this object a very emotional object.

0:58:10 > 0:58:12I wonder who has looked through it,

0:58:12 > 0:58:14what they were feeling as they looked through it

0:58:14 > 0:58:16and the excitement and anticipation,

0:58:16 > 0:58:19possibly anxiety, of going to a new life, in a new world.

0:58:19 > 0:58:24We're looking at a porthole from the third-class areas of Titanic.

0:58:24 > 0:58:27This has been loaned to us by RMS Titanic,

0:58:27 > 0:58:29who've brought it up from the seabed.

0:58:29 > 0:58:31Third-class accommodation was basic,

0:58:31 > 0:58:33compared to the millionaires in first,

0:58:33 > 0:58:36but those emigrants still had to be enticed on board.

0:58:36 > 0:58:39At meal times, there was roast beef on the menu,

0:58:39 > 0:58:42served by stewards at linen-covered tables.

0:58:42 > 0:58:46It was actually difficult for them to get to lifeboat points.

0:58:46 > 0:58:49They would have been reluctant to leave their baggage

0:58:49 > 0:58:50and their belongings behind.

0:58:50 > 0:58:53That's probably all they had in the world.

0:58:53 > 0:58:56Third-class passengers would have seen the greatest loss of life.