I still regard this film to be the best of the titanic movies, much much better than the ponsy version put out by James Cameron. While technically very good and some of the sinking scenes looked pretty impressive it was just padded out out to three hours with crap. (IMO).
What we have here is a well made and well acted movie from 1958 with a host of well known British actors and actresses.
This copy was purchased from a fellow collector on the other channel for a decent sum and was a xmas present for my Brother a few years ago. It is a very good copy with a few light lines here and there but nothing to be upset about. The sound is good. The image is nice and sharp with good contrast although the final 400ft reel is slightly darker in contrast to the rest but again, although you notice the difference at the point of join the movies action soon makes you blink and forget it. All in all, an excellent release on Super 8, no abrupt cuts and the action all starts within the first 200 foot of film.

In short
A Night to Remember is a 1958 British drama film adaptation of Walter Lord's 1955 book, which recounts the final night of the RMS Titanic. Adapted by Eric Ambler and directed by Roy Ward Baker, the film stars Kenneth More and features Michael Goodliffe, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum and Tucker McGuire. It was filmed in the United Kingdom. The film focuses on the story of the sinking, portraying the major incidents and players in a documentary-style fashion with considerable attention to detail; the production team, supervised by producer William MacQuitty (who saw the original ship launched), used blueprints of the ship to create the sets accurately, while Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall and ex-Cunard Commodore Harry Grattidge both worked as technical advisors on the film. Its budget of £600,000 (£11,868,805 today) was exceptionally large for a British film and made it the most expensive film ever made in Britain up to that time.
The film's World Premiere was on Thursday, 3 July 1958 at the Odeon Leicester Square. Titanic survivor Elizabeth Dowdell attended the American premiere in New York on Tuesday 16 December 1958. The film received critical acclaim upon release, and is still widely regarded as "the definitive cinematic telling of the story."
Among the many films about the Titanic, A Night to Remember has long been regarded as the high point by Titanic historians and survivors alike for its accuracy, despite its modest production values when compared with the Oscar-winning version of Titanic.

I got this too, very good ... Agree totally, Cameron’s overrated and long and boring

Mine is a 1200’ and a 800’, is that abridged then?

The feature film is 223 minutes, a tad over two hours long. As i understand it, this was released as a 400ft version and a 5 x 400 abridged feature. Hopefully Barry at Indi 8 can confirm this for us. Ours is on three full 600 ft reels, so an hour and a half.

I have it on 16mm a great film

Agree, Tom. Much more poignant and credible than the Cameron pantomime. One of the few B/W titles I'd love to find.

Hello Tom 223 minutes is nearly 4 hours do you mean 123 minutes which is 3 mins over 2 hours

That is imdb run timet least

a great film indeed,there,s also the 6x400ft version,but even that,s not the full lenght i never understand why,they can put a full leght about 2 hours or so,in 6x400ft,

best;
luis caramelo

Daivd A, yep 123 minutes, Cheers

Ive got the 6x400ft print of this title - its such a great film - wonderfully directed by Roy Ward Baker who did some of the Hammer Horror films.

Finally found this one, Tom: 5 x 400ft Powell Films. Really pleased with it. Criterion did an excellent Blu-ray, but it's so much more atmospheric on film.

Good Shout Martin, although the James Cameron Titanic is OK, but way too long i find this a much better film. In fact the Cameron version is almost identical with added padding, crap and modern special effects.

Good Shout Martin, although the James Cameron Titanic is OK, but way too long i find this a much better film. In fact the Cameron version is almost identical with added padding, crap and modern special effects.