[emeritus]

Just remembered that the trustee told me that, when the film "Titanic" was being made, they found that the plans supplied by Harland and Wolff showed a blank at the position of the radio room, because the radio apparatus and operators had been provided by the Marconi company. They had approached Marconi for info, and the archive's curators had been very helpful in providing access to the relevant information and contemporary equipment at no cost. The producers were so happy that they had offered Marconi a cut of the profits. Marconi had declined their kind offer, saying that they were a large international company and weren't bothered with such trifles. As things turned out, a cut of the profits of such a high grossing film would probably had made a significant contribution their assets had they accepted.