 This was followed by another propaganda film "Geheimakte W.B.1" in 1941–42.Selpin was chosen by Goebbels to direct "Titanic", intended by the Minister to be both a blockbuster hit and effective anti-British propaganda.The story of the doomed ship was re-written by Walter Zerlett-Olfenius to put blame on J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, and his British and American capitalist backers who, according to the screenplay, wanted the ship to make the passage as quickly as possible, no matter what the danger was to the passengers, in order to gain advantage in the line's competition with the Cunard Line, and thereby to make as much money as they could.