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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1998-11-02  |  4.8 MB  |  720x480  |  29.97fps  |  43 seconds  |  [MooV/TTNC]
Transcription: At 1218, wireless operator Philips hears from the North German Lloyd steamer, Frankfort. He assumes that she is the first to respond to his CQD call. In fact, Frankfort's wireless man, W. Tsipl, had not yet heard any of Philips' messages, merely making his own routine calls. Philips sends what he believes to be Titanic's correct position and asks Tsipl for Frankfort's. Tsipl takes 16 minutes to respond, still unaware of Titanic's situation. Phillips loses his patience, Sipil loses the signal, and Frankfurt's captain Hothorff dutifully changes his course for a position that Titanic's officers w ...