Caronia Mediterranean Cruise 1950s

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@tonylayton4235 5 жыл бұрын

I was a boy catering rating during 1955 on the Caronia. I was based in the Sandringham restaurant and assisted the Captain'd tiger. The captain was Captain Treasure Jones . During that time we did two cruises of the West Indies, a world cruise, a Mediterranian cruise and a North Cape cruise. What a fantastic experience

@talbotvanman 13 жыл бұрын

How glad I was to find this. Many Many thanks. I was a musician on the Caronia in 1963. For a whole year I cruised including a three month world cruise and got paid for it how good was that ! Cunard (and Captain Marr) were great to work for. We dined with the officers, freely mixed with the passengers.We had free access to any unused seats on tour excursions. I have many happy memories, photos and cine film for my old age !

@QED_ 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, you seem to have been very fortunate in this respect. Good for you (!)

@Italy55 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to look back on that special time ✨ when ships were elegant

@davidmarshall718 3 жыл бұрын

One of the things that is really great about these 1950's travel films is that nearly everything that is 20th century - "or modern" - was in its beginnings in much of Europe, in Valletta, the whole city looked right out of the middle ages, with just a few modern things like motor vehicles and telephones starting to take hold. Most people are still walking or even using donkey power in many places, and ancient traditions, ways and sometimes even clothing are real life, not just done for the tourists.

@jjgreek1 2 жыл бұрын

This is the perfect cruise!

@salem865 11 жыл бұрын

hello! sorry but long ago I saw a similar video .. which had a beautiful background music ... but I have not been able to find it ...! was the same video like this but only with a beautiful background music .

@wryanddry2266 3 жыл бұрын

12:42 1951 Kaiser DeLuxe (or similar) taxicab in Tel Aviv.

@exeuroweenie 15 жыл бұрын

Good looking ship.The breakfast stewardesss looks like John Madden in drag as a nurse though.

@vargas37 14 жыл бұрын

great vid!!!

@chrisr19897 16 жыл бұрын

It was really strange watching this as many of the paintings in this film, particularly the one of Prince Phillip and Princess Elizabeth (HM The Queen), are displayed on the legendary QE2. From memory I beleive that the painting of Prince Phillip and Princess Elizabeth is displayed on the stair case on the left side of the Caronia restaurant.

@cannonkruk2794 4 жыл бұрын

Who composed the music for this program? It's quite splendorous.

@salem865 11 жыл бұрын

@rileywilliams9799 5 жыл бұрын

'Park your camel'. When I heard that I couldn't help but think of Popeye the Sailor riding the slow camel: 'Hey, you got four flats. No wonder you can't run. C'mon, camel!'

@talbotvanman 12 жыл бұрын

@ingledude I look at some of these modern cruise ships and wonder at the design and how they dont capsize. (there again some of them do !!!)

@biker5662 2 жыл бұрын

9:24 What is that man on the left doing? It looks like he is crawling along the side of the ship in an awkward and putting his hand or some object in the water.

@simonf8902 8 ай бұрын

They say you could hear the cocktail shakers across the water from Caronia.

@manolisko8881 15 жыл бұрын

That's a diamond.

@roede101 3 ай бұрын

22:33 King's Landing

@paullewis2413 6 жыл бұрын

A time when cruise ships were a logical size and of course beautiful design, not like the hideous monsters of today whose thousands of passengers are overwhelming the Med. ports and making them more like theme parks than real cities.

@talbotvanman 12 жыл бұрын

@ORobinHood1 Yes have lots of cine film. I recently bought a cine projector as my old one gave up the ghost long ago. I will experiment with filming the screened image or convert to DVD! Thanks for posting.

@MerleOberon 8 жыл бұрын

I want to book a cabin.

@greenseaships 12 жыл бұрын

Of course the video is only about 10 minutes long for people who are just here to see the ship :P

@objectshowteardrop 3 жыл бұрын

mhmm coronia

@ingledude 14 жыл бұрын

Too bad ships don't look like this anymore, when ships were ships, now, we get floating apartment blocks, although I'd cruise on one of the new ships anyway.