CARIBBEAN CRUISE – 1929 ABOARD SWEDISH AMERICA LINE’S MS KUNGSHOLM – A SHIP WHERE J. D. SALINGER WAS CRUISE DIRECTOR - THE STEAMSHIP ART DECO MASTERPIECE – WONDERFUL FAMILY HOME MOVIES FROM PROMINENT SWEDISH FAMILY
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The First Class Lounge on board MS Kungsholm – by many regarded as one of the most beautiful rooms afloat.
Cruising The Past – 3 Part Youtube – A 1929 cruise aboard Swedish America Line’s MS KUNGSOLM from Sweden to the Caribbean. From Worldcruiser2 at Youtube. The video is from home movies of a Swedish couple sailing in 1929. The cruise The musical score is dramatic to say the least. Many scenes aboard ship. Very elegant – right before the Great Depression. J. D. Salinger (Cather In The Rye) was cruise director aboard the MS KUNGSHOLM.
Heading toward Jamaica in 1929 on-board the MS KUNGSHOLM. Many filmed sequences aboard ship. Also, great scenes of Jamaica.
