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Thursday, December 31st, 2009CRUISING THE PAST – AMERICA’S AMUSEMENT PARKS DURING THE 1920s
GREAT YOUTUBE VIDEO OF AMUSEMENT PARKS IN THE 1920s.
Amusement park or theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people.
An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple [...]
Cruise Ship History: Holland America Line’s VOLENDAM crossing the pond – from New York to Europe – in 1937.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Cruising the Past: Experience the Holland America Liner Volendam through color home movies shot aboard a crossing in 1937. Bon Voyage!
The SS VOLENDAM…
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A 1920s HAPPY CHRISTMAS on YOUTUBE
Sunday, December 27th, 2009A 1920s HAPPY CHRISTMAS on YOUTUBE…
MERRY CHRISTMAS – from SNOOPY THE MUSICAL
Thursday, December 24th, 2009VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS from CRUISING THE PAST…
Cruising The Past: WHEN DO THE GOOD THINGS START from the hit London revival of SNOOPY.
Cruising the Past: JUST ONE PERSON from the CBS ANIMATED SPECIAL of SNOOPY.
Snoopy!!! The Musical is a musical comedy with music by Larry Grossman and lyrics by Hal Hackady – the book by Warren [...]
THE GREAT BRITISH LINER – THE SS CANBERRA – THE LAST GASP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009CRUISING THE PAST: THE SS CANBERRA – THE LAST GASP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
A great BBC youtube video of the SS CANBERRA returning from the Falklands.
For 37 years the SS Canberra was a very familiar sight in Southampton’s Western Docks and in ports the world over, particularly Sydney which, it could be said, has [...]
KLM – THE OLDEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD GOES WITH BIOFUEL
Monday, December 21st, 2009CRUISING THE PAST: KLM – THE OLDEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD GOES WITH BIO-FUEL.
Dutch airline company KLM inaugurates a biofuel flight on one of its passenger carrying 747’s – a combination of 50% biofuel and 50% jet fuel. The biofuel being used in this KLM flight will be made from camelina, a feedstock that [...]
TITANIC THE MUSICAL
Saturday, December 19th, 2009VIDEO of the Australian premiere production of Titanic the Musical.
CRUISE HISTORY: TITANIC THE MUSICAL TO BE DONE AT KENNEDY CENTER. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A BIG FAN OF THE MUSICAL ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE RMS TITANIC. THE MUSICAL WILL MAKE NEW CRUISE HISTORY AND IS A GREAT VIEW INTO CRUISING THE PAST.
TITANIC THE MUSICAL
The discovery [...]
SS Conte Biancamano – Bon Voyage and Sail Away Parties from New York – 1920s and 1950s…
Friday, December 18th, 2009CRUISING THE PAST: SS Conte Biancamano – Bon Voyage and Sail Away Parties from New York – 1920s and 1950s on You Tube from www.shipgeek.com.
CLICK ON THIS YOU TUBE VIDEO: We see two bon voyage parties aboard the ITALIAN LINE’S SS CONTE BIANCAMANO. IN 1920 and 1950. Could it be the same people? [...]
“LUSCIOUS” LUCIUS BEEBE ON TODAY’S NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009CRUISING THE PAST: “LUSCIOUS” LUCIUS BEEBE ON TODAY’S NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY – “LUSCIOUS” LUCIUS BEEBE by Michael L. Grace
From the 1930s until his death in 1966, Lucius Beebe was the image of celebrity. An author, journalist, historian, raconteur, gourmet and bon vivant extraordinary – this extraordinary personality was one of the first gay men [...]
NEW BIOGRAPHY OF PATRICIA HIGHSMITH BY JOAN SCHENKAR (“THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH”) … TRAINS AND SHIPS WERE A MAJOR FACTOR IN HIGHSMITH’S GREAT SUSPENSE NOVELS
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009“Miss Highsmith is a crime novelist whose books one can reread many times. There are wery few of whom one can say that. She is a writer who has created a world of her own – a world claustrophobic and irrational which we enter each time with a sense of personal danger…” (Graham Greene, ‘Introduction’ [...]
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