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« Previous EntriesHAPPY HALLOWEEN aboard the ANTONIA GRAZA, IT’S DELOVELY, COSTUMES AND DRAG
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Happy Halloween aboard the fictional SS ANTONIA GRAZA, IT’S DELOVELY, COSTUMES and DRAG.
The photo is from Ghost Ship (2002) – A horror film directed by Steve Beck. The fictional ship Antonia Graza featured in the movie is based on a real life Italian ocean liner, the SS Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956 after [...]
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL – The largest movie theatre ever built.
Saturday, October 31st, 2009New York Social History: Radio City Music Hall – Showplace of the Nation – Over 700 movies opened here from King Kong to the Sound of Music.
Click on above to hear Broadway show tunes on the greatest theatre organ in the world. Playing songs from Gypsy, Mary Poppins and South Pacific.
You Tube video of the [...]
Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra – Perhaps the only living big band leader from the 1920s – 1940s era.
Friday, October 30th, 2009Social History: Orrin Tucker ad His Orchestra – Perhaps the only living big band leader from the 1920s – 1940s era. He studied to be a doctor, played the saxophone and formed a band in college. Tucker became a major band for society dance music and was the first band signed by Columbia Records.
Great You [...]
Shaw Savill Line – The Last Ocean Liners
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Cruise History: Shaw Savill Line – The Last Ocean Liners
Deck games on Shaw Savill.
The Shaw Savill & Albion Company built two advanced one-class ocean liners for continuous around-the-world service. Voyages were approximately 75 days, from Southampton to Australia and New Zealand outward via South Africa and return via Panama or in reverse order.
Southern Cross [...]
THE SS EUROPA and CELEBRITIES WHO CROSSED THE POND ABOARD THE GREAT GERMAN LINER – FROM SCHIAPARELLI TO RIEFENSTAHL
Thursday, October 29th, 20091930s – THE SS EUROPA and CELEBRITIES WHO CROSSED THE POND – GERMAN DIRECTOR LENI RIEFENSTAHL FOUND THE EUROPA A GREAT WAY TO VISIT THE USA.
THE EUROPA
The SS Europa (later the French Line SS Liberté) was one of a pair of fast ocean liners built in the late nineteen-twenties for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) [...]
1936 Nazi Color Film-Berlin in the Year of the Olympic Games.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Cruising the past: 1936 Nazi Color Film-Berlin in the Year of the Olympic Games.
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY THE COLOR 1936 FILM:
Nazi propaganda complete color film from 1936. An outstanding portrait of daily life in Berlin in this rare, well preserved film, with the magical feeling of the pastel colors of Agfachrome. Strangely, it appears [...]
WHO OWNS THE REMNANTS OF THE RMS TITANIC?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009WHO OWNS THE REMNANTS OF THE RMS TITANIC?
Cruise History – The sinking of the RMS Titanic has captured the imagination of the world for decades. Because of that interest anything associated with the ship takes on additional weight. An ongoing legal battle over ownership of the remnants of the ocean liner is currently heating up.
1914: Britain on the eve of the Great War and the world’s largest liner (at the time) VATERLAND.
Monday, October 26th, 2009Cruising the past: 1914 – Britain on the eve of the Great War and the world’s largest liner (at the time) VATERLAND.
Britain on the eve of the Great War (World War I). A wonderful video.
1914 – The great liner VATERLAND. She barely lasted a year under the German flag before war broke-out.
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HISTORY OF P&O LINES TO BE ABOARD NEW SHIP
Friday, October 23rd, 2009New Cruise Ship Azura puts P&O Cruise Line history on show
P&O Cruise Line History: MS Azura will be the newest ship in P&O’s fleet when she sails on her maiden voyage next April, but the cruise line want to make sure she carries on the traditions of the company’s 172-year history.
MARLENE DIETRICH AT BERLIN’S ADLON HOTEL
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Adlon Hotel History: Marlene Dietrich, Berlin, 1929. At the annual Presseball in the famous Hotel Adlon, Dietrich wore tails and pants, which was unheard of at that time. She had to stand very still because the exposure was always between half a second and a second. If someone moved I had to take the picture [...]
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