Crossing the North Sea on the luxury liner SS Colombia from Amsterdam to Dover in 1930 in color!

[@Rick88888888]

*The idea now is that the Colombia was on a much longer voyage, probably to the Dutch East Indies. They just let a few passengers off the ship at Dover by a small tender. It would also explain the many nuns boarding the ship at Amsterdam who might have gone to work for missions in the far East* . Any thoughts on that? Don't forget to press the "Like" button and subscribe to my channel!

[@loveoldmovies2249]

Ladies clothes are definitely early 1930's

[@ikkelimburg3552]

Het was niet de SS (stoom schip) Colombia maar de MS (motor schip) Colombia van de K.N.S.M (Koninklijke Nederlandse stoomboot maatschappij). Deze film is hoogstwaarschijnlijk haar maiden voyage want ze is te water gelaten in 1930 (in 1943 door een u-boot getorpedeerd, gevorderd door de marine als een onderzeeboot-moederschip onder de naam Hr. Ms. Colombia). Onder de internationale naam Royal Netherlands West India Mail voer de MS Colombia van Amsterdam naar Dover en vandaar naar Boulogne, Trinidad, La Guiara, Curaçao, Puerto Colombia, Cartagena, Port Limon en Colon. Terug via dezelfde route (eerste jaren, later werden andere havens aangedaan).

[@gnypp45]

@@ikkelimburg3552 Translation: "It was not the SS (steam ship) Colombia but the MS (motor ship) Colombia of the K.N.S.M (Royal Dutch steamboat company). This film is most likely her maiden voyage as she was launched in 1930 (torpedoed by a u-boat in 1943, requisitioned by the Navy as a submarine mothership under the name Hr. Ms. Colombia). Under the international name Royal Netherlands West India Mail, the MS Colombia sailed from Amsterdam to Dover and from there to Boulogne, Trinidad, La Guiara, Curaçao, Puerto Colombia, Cartagena, Port Limon and Colon. Return via the same route (first years, later other ports were called)."

[@arjendijkgraafpechotbourdo5259]

@@gnypp45 I agree. Must have been the maiden voyage to Colon (not the East, but the West Indies!). Most of the passengers we see (except for the nuns and a few other women) seem to be well-to-do gentlemen. I guess they were officials of the KNSM and/or the shipbuilding company, travelling as far as Dover to celebrate, and then getting off to take a ferry back to Amsterdam.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@gnypp45 no this ship taking out of service in 1943

[@davidsaul8048]

I was completely enchanted by this window into the past. I felt as if I were there watching it unfold.

[@plutoniusis]

Universe and Time does not have boundary , chance that you vere there is very possible , more possible as not possible! Cheers my Imortal friend ...

[@antoonvermeulen8064]

Tja time is something people has found out on this third demension planet indeed a new reincarnation to work trough and build up het bewustzijn you have to come back and somethimes the innerbeen recognize thins of that old being for me in my humble opinion it gives strength to inner knowing and see and certainly feel a humble wisdom for my self and somethimes others , a very kind regard tony

[@Italy55]

soundtrack very beautiful

[@RedViking2020]

Wow,our grandparents and great grandparents going about their day. Sad that everyone is gone but briefly captured for ever not knowing it. And now their grandchildren would be in their fifties. The journeys and decisions they made brought about us,eventually. The realistic frame rate and colour make it so up to date. Excellent and lovely music. Another era. Those that came before, made us. Humbling. Very well restored. I wonder what happened to the ship. Just another day at work for some,but captured for generations to come. Be nice if people could know their relatives are on film. Maybe they never saw this movie themselves

[@theoldtimeywoodworker2488]

The ship sadly shipwrecked one year later at Isla Margarita Baja Califoria fortunately without casualties.

[@RedViking2020]

@@theoldtimeywoodworker2488 Thank you for the information. How sad

[@GerhardSchroeder]

@@theoldtimeywoodworker2488 Other sources say that it was torped in 1943.

[@RedViking2020]

@@GerhardSchroeder trouble with ships is a number of them can carry the same name,I wonder what routes it sailed. Entirely possible

[@GerhardSchroeder]

@@RedViking2020 Yes, especially in this case there a bunch of ships with this name.

[@juelbriggs447]

It's like a movie made with frames of paintings, not photographs. Beautiful. Atmospheric. Haunting.

[@charlestaylor3195]

I sure do enjoy climbing in your little time machine and taking it out for a spin.

[@JohnMichaelson]

Imagine if the person filming it was asked why he was doing so and replied, "Oh I don't know, maybe in 100 years someone will find this and laugh at the state of things."

[@claudiacarmen2771]

Zo prachtig om de jaren 30 te kunnen beleven. Men was zo mooi gekleed in die tijd 😍

[@pritsie]

Men had en nam de tijd nog om er picobello uit te zien👌

[@pietjepuk7009]

Klopt hoor Claudia, maar in die tijd waren er helaas grote groepen arme bevolking.......en die woonden heel slordig en vies gekleed in steden en het platteland. Vooral Amsterdam en Drenthe waren heel arm

[@claudiacarmen2771]

@@pietjepuk7009 dat klopt en die zie je idd niet op deze beelden. Want armoede was er natuurlijk ook. Maar zo mooi wat men in die tijd droegen.

[@hgjhgjhgification]

@@pietjepuk7009 en nu?

[@colinjenkins1]

No shell suits and trainers in those days.

[@keithjones6023]

What would all those people have thought if they had known in 90 years they could be watched on a phone!

[@leaturk11]

Indeed, and in another 100 years people will be looking at us the same way.

[@nancybryce92]

Yes, imagine showing modern downloaded films or etc to someone in that era. On a tablet even. I did used to wonder why are tvs so clunky and huge, will someone invent a flatter version....never imagined the monster sized flat screens that are now ordinary.

[@keithjones6023]

@@nancybryce92 Yes I remember a television l had about 15 years ago, it was as deep as it was wide!

[@maumorris8610]

@@leaturk11 from Marss

[@51nimmi]

And in another 90 years through a chip planted in the brain .

[@rubberdc]

Isnt it fantastic to be able to watch things like this after 90 years .I looked at the faces of the men and wondered what their lives were all about . some who look directly into the lense, makes me curious about the people I'm staring at .

[@grosvenorclub]

My Grandparents dressed like that and certainly not wealthy, but Grandpa was a tailor before becoming an insurance salesman and my Grandmother made all her own clothes , copied the latest fashion in the Bath, UK shops . The 30's in my home town of Bath seemed quite a good time unlike many other parts of the world .

[@sabuzacwalker3822]

Thank you for showing the rare life video of the 30s in high quality.

[@Shipfixer]

What a splendid restoration! And what wonderful times that must have been to live in. Everyone seemed so happy. Kind thanks for these marvelous videos. Greetings from Alaska.

[@normamimosa5991]

Fascinating! How times have changed. Ship navigation and other technology, dress, smoking, manners. So many of those proud men (smokers) would have been levelled with emphysema, heart disease, or cancer, if displacement and the atrocities of WW2 didn't get them first. People at that time cared about how they dressed and were brought up with manners.

[@GeneFlygene]

Can’t get over the details in the quality of the film, and the over all presenting of the different shots.

[@chrisbell5920]

Stunning footage brought a tear to my eye. I see faces from the past reaching out to us, showing us that they too are REAL people with lives to live, hopes, dreams and emotions. I want to step into the screen and stay in my favourite decade, the 1930's.

[@hunterjohn1380]

Rick, you are the best... special thanks for the musical accompaniment...

[@WorldWarTwo]

Great work Rick!

[@joycewensley4958]

It was as if they were crossing an ocean instead of just going from Amsterdam to Britian..... Fascinating....

[@martinnoyes8507]

I would think this would have been mid 1930,s colour film, was a very new thing then.A few years hence, their peaceful nation of Holland would be occupied and jack boots trampling around every where.

[@kenlowe3673]

Most of the passengers you see in the film were going to be crossing an ocean, - the Atlantic, - on their way to the Caribbean or South America. The ship called at Dover to pick up a few additional passengers from Britain and to drop a few off.

[@joycewensley4958]

Yes, that makes sense.... I love looking at old videos like this one....

[@vulgivagu]

What was interesting was the emotional scenes at departure. For a short excursion it seems odd that they were given such a send off. There are records of this ship sailing in the 1930's to the West Indies via New York. These islands were Dutch colonies and during this time and thousands of Dutch civil servants were sent out there to administer them. I think it is a possibility that what you have here is a unique record of the departure of some of them. The stop off at Dover was a sightseeing trip as a tender was brought out and the ship could easily have berthed in the harbour. It would then carry on across the Atlantic to the West Indies. It is probably why so many Dutch families wanted to see their relatives off on what was a very long journey in those days. You have beautifully preserved this film, do you have any more?

[@Rick88888888]

Indeed, you could be right. I simply don't know. The B&G source also does not reveal much more. There are already about 200 restored films on my channel. Just click on the "Rick88888888" logo.

[@vulgivagu]

@@Rick88888888 Sorry should have looked Rick. What a marvellous collection, will work my way through them as they are an amazing historical archive.

[@Mrbobinge]

@@Rick88888888 Now you've got me hooked too. Really hooked. Only last week I mused why AI (artificial intel.) isn't being applied to correct old blurry TV footage pixel-by-pixel. Your corrected film appears to have achieved something similar. Breath-taking HD in soft suggestive tones with dulcet tonal to boot. Woops. I just viewed your homepage - you'd think I was telling grandma how to suck eggs - sorry. More old ships footage please please please.

[@kenlowe3673]

The ship belonged to the Dutch shippng line K.N.S.M. They ran from The Netherlands to the Caribbean and South American ports. She would have been picking up some additional passengers at Dover. Not sure why some were getting off but perhaps, as you say, they were running a shore excursion.

[@af757]

Ni hi-vis jackets, no mobile phones, no rushing around, no face masks........ wonderful.

[@antoonvermeulen8064]

Dear sir thats certainly trough you my see a certain blessing, i am 65 years young, but at that same time the grand parents who i never know were at a certain point slaves for the upperclass... and when i see this picture i enjoy the punctuality of the people but also in mind that my father cryd when he could not sleep at night in his chair with the foto of his parents in his hands when i lookt throug a ajar of the door at that time a was 6 and when i ask my mother about she told me that somethimes in that time they had not to eat and i speak now around 1920, thats wy my father was a hard man for me but as a director of his compagny always a man who shared anonymous the money whit those who needed it , and that was the foundation to do the same. Still i liked the film very much for the same reason you liked it in the knowledge it was usual the difference between class.....?, kind regards.

[@nigeldawson8218]

@@antoonvermeulen8064 Way to rain on the parade. Are you a typical needy socialist? Sounds like it.

[@antoonvermeulen8064]

@@nigeldawson8218 thanks for your thouhts, kind regards

[@mariocardabollo3631]

No internet, wonderful. By the way, how did you come across this?

[@andrewbrendan1579]

@Thomasov There may be some language barrier here. Too as one ages (I'm turning 60 next month and am not happy about it!) one has more experience with and command of words and languages and can communicate in a more formal, precise way than might be found in the more informal, casual style of emails and texting. Emails and texting are great in their way and place, though.

[@eamondunne8325]

You did a marvelous job with this old film☘🕶👍

[@simontaylor9972]

Utterly brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing that.

[@santi7616]

Thank you very much for these videos 💖❤️🥇

[@terencefield3204]

How beautifully dressed they ar, in contrast to the rags seen today.

[@softwerksaol]

Love that two finger typing by the radio man

[@paulhorn2665]

@Back2 Nature Are u dutch?

[@stevecostello4278]

Fascinating, thanks for uploading. That shoreside building at 6:52 would not look out of place today.

[@garybaldwin5241]

This is an astonishing accomplishment. Beautiful and a pleasure to view. Thank you.

[@seandelap6268]

This is absolutely fascinating and the colourusation brings it all to life.

[@lklpalka]

Like a time machine. Awesome Rick. Music too.

[@jeanwells7232]

Thankyou Rick for another riveting production.

[@yorkyswe]

I looked at the running time of the video. Meh, nearly 15 minutes maybe I'll skip this, I'm a little busy. Fifteen minutes fly by in an instant. It really does feel like stepping into a time machine and having a window to another world. How do I get a sense of nostalgia and longing for times past that I never lived in? It always fascinates my how EVERY single person wore hats in those days. I wonder why we stopped doing this. You see a lot of pipe smokers too. My grandad used to smoke a pipe, but I really can't remember the last time I saw anyone with a pipe. Thank you for restoring and sharing this video Rick.

[@Bonypart]

I am 80 and have smoked a pipe for most of my life. Sadly these days I am considered a Pariah of Society and because of this I have stopped travelling abroad. I do understand why of course..

[@billkarmetsky4003]

I miss nuns. The dining scenes were out of this world! Top class, fine food, wine and the service! 5 star all the say and nobody batted an eye! That's the way it was across Europe.

[@FCB-ez4fl]

For the fortunate few surely.

[@scottnyc6572]

The interior of the ship was very nice with fancy guilded woodwork.

[@janeeccleston9196]

Haunting and beautiful 👍🏼

[@keithgompertz549]

Simply fascinating. Thank you.

[@rodgeyd6728]

Wonderful look into the past .

[@Mcramos68]

Amazing! Thank you for the time travel!

[@playme129]

Amazing work on your part and a wonderful look into the past.

[@alteryisraelshimonfeuerman5335]

Totally amazing, moving, astonishing much gratitude to you for your work

[@rodneycooperLMSCoach]

Beautifully restored and coloured. Rick must be the best at this work.

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much!

[@ronniebrown806]

Time capsule. Speechless.....

[@shannonblok658]

Exquisite work Rick.

[@anderander5662]

Well-dressed well-behaved people with shined shoes

[@mrtoldyou5589]

Back when tailored clothing meant you respected both yourself and those around you.

[@nancybryce92]

These films are extraordinary for the way they bring the past to life and a reminder that everybody and everything is transitory

[@InFltSvc]

What you do is amazing ! Thank you !

[@mrtoldyou5589]

The music is beautiful...and appropriate. Salute!

[@seanledden4397]

Wonderful images - and I love the music choice.

[@MackMateCom]

That was fascinating and remarkably good quality thanks

[@jhoman1661]

The lock in IJmuiden ( 5:50) , the “Noordersluis” was in that moment the biggest lock in the world ( 400 x50) , completed just one year before in 1929. Yet , more than 90 years later, they almost completed a new bigger one (500 x70) which bij opening next year (2022) will be the biggest in the world.

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

Ik dacht ook IJmuiden te herkennen

[@kekzoet7487]

@@Georgeth-kb6rg is de enige sluis tussen Amsterdam en Dover, dus niet zo moeilijk.

[@leaturk11]

I was just trying to see if I could find it, that's saved me some thanks.

[@jhoman1661]

@Waxel Punkt. I forgot to mention the dimension is in meters. In this you tube item you can see the current, more than 90 years old lock, en the altmost finished new one : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXbJqHSabMtjiKc

[@kekzoet7487]

@Waxel Punkt. no, metres!

[@Gabbermans57]

Petje af, heel mooi werk. Bedankt!👍👌✌

[@stuart8663]

Gaspingly beautiful.

[@netrhyda8761]

Magical! Very well done, it brought tears to my eyes. Have we lost this?

[@ВладимирКоротин-т6е]

Как же красиво и спокойно !! Нет спешки и гонки непонятно за чем. Спасибо.

[@ЯЗНАЮПРОТЕБЯВСЕ]

А чего спешить когда денег немеряно

[@rd3ster]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

I crossed the North Sea on a "luxury ship" called the "Empire Parkstone" in 1959

[@shaunwest3612]

Awesome video Rick, amazing work 👌😀👍

[@terryv]

"Colombia" (3:02).

[@joopmar6]

Splendid as ever

[@boomboombeach404]

Echt gaaf! de sluizen van IJmuiden zijn ook te zien!

[@enthalpiaentropia7804]

Once again a great job Rick..! I need a time machine..

[@billjenkins687]

Oh, the hats. Awesome.

[@philipchretienkarlsson8157]

A very beautiful color interpretation !

[@Hollywoodin2001b]

I cannot imagine today's generation competing with those people at anything.

[@terencefield3204]

In deed. we are degraded.

[@ihasbagus849]

I can beat em in minecraft

[@anderander5662]

@@ihasbagus849 probably satire, but that's the priblem

[@jiayu7448]

Lovely view of the castle! 12:02

[@SniperElite_UK]

Thanks mooi beeldmateriaal van 90 jaar geleden !!

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

The lock at IJmuiden you see here, is now too small. A much bigger lock is being constructed as we watch this.

[@ratus69]

thanks Rick and thanks to the guy who was filming ;))

[@RT-pp3uv]

Klasse video weer Rick. Met een prachtig shot op 12:24!

[@kenlowe3673]

Just a slight correction, - the ship was an MV, not an SS. (She was diesel - powered)

[@xr6lad]

And she was a cross channel ferry. Not a luxury liner as in the title.

[@kenlowe3673]

@@xr6lad She was a passenger / cargo liner, one of the fleet of the Dutch shipping line K.N.S.M., running between the Netherlands and the Caribbean / South America. She called at Dover to pick up some extra passengers and drop off a few. Note that she didn't actually berth at Dover, - she picked up / dropped off passengers from/to a tender in the Outer Harbour, as you see at the end of the film. Definitely NOT a cross-channel ferry. Not sure about the 'luxury', in today's terms!

[@terryv]

And she was the "Colombia", not the "Columbia" (3:02).

[@kunstax3921]

Hello Rick, ich bin wirklich begeistert, wie Sie Ihre Filmschätze bearbeitet haben, nun bin ich ein Fan von Ihnen. Vielen Dank! Viele Grüße aus Cuxhaven/Germany.

[@tedthesailor172]

My first time on the water was a crossing of the North Sea from Hull to Rotterdam, on a vessel called the "Melrose Abbey". This passenger-cargo ship and its sister `Bolton Abbey' maintained a kind of shuttle between both cities. That was 1961, if I recollect. On the return passage, before leaving, we were advised - with typical British understatement - that the crossing might be "choppy". I noticed that seasickness `containers' had been provided in each cabin, and that the urinal section of the men's toilets had been cordened-off. In fact, the wind was Force 10, and the tumult was tremendous. It was night time, and the ship rose and fell through waves and troughs, with huge spates breaking over the fo-c-sle and the spray reaching me - alone - up on the public accommodation companionway. Other ships like coasters were forced to heave-to but the Abbeys were made of sterner stuff. Lots of people were seasick - including crew: but not me! The experience was spectacular and exciting, and cemented my romance with the sea...

[@xr6lad]

Apart from the fact it wasn’t a luxury liner but a mere cross channel ferry the video was great.

[@Rick88888888]

I am no longer sure that this was just a North Sea ferry crossing. The fact that only a limited number were let off the ship by barge at Dover, plus the regular purpose of this ship, suggests that it was on a much longer voyage, probably to Indonesia or thereabouts.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

Just want to say I enjoy all these films. Also, I subscribe to a few other channels about days gone by, Recollection Road for example focuses on Life in America and a look at businesses and their progress and sometimes demise in the States. A much needed respite from our present time with this stinkin’ pandemic!!! 😷 Thank you! Keep them coming, we love them all!

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much!

[@ChrisW.Fuji_Canon]

wonderful film

[@leobcs]

The happiness of those who discover that the video goes to youtube. 09:52

[@billyg736]

Well heeled business men, i wonder what takes them to the uk ! excellent work.

[@rpm1796]

Do you think maybe a lot of them might be just going home?

[@Stockeltek]

who da fuck dislike this? Thank you so much for this unique videos.

[@thomasm1964]

Really noticeable how short so many of the men were back then. Not something you can say about the Dutch today!

[@jolaod84]

Nice for the short men of today !

[@Ozymandias1]

Maybe they were mostly English.

[@thomasm1964]

@@Ozymandias1 Ha bloody ha!

[@bradleyeric14]

I thought the same.

[@blissy1]

The Dutch are some of the tallest people today

[@paolopiccardo7054]

Incidentally the ship was torpedoed in 1943 off East London,South Africa,and lost

[@Rick88888888]

@Waxel Punkt. No that was another ship called Columbia (with an "u"). Paolo is correct.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

No @ paolo piccardo not this ship it’s was another ship

[@MT-tu8qd]

Very nice. I think this what you tube was meant for. Not 90 percent of the crap people post.

[@cyberp0et]

Awesome!

[@JG-mp5nb]

She was converted into a submarine tender for the Dutch Navy in 1940 upon the outbreak of WW2. Of this shipping company’s 79 vessels, 49 were lost in in the war. Later sunk in 1943 off South Africa by U-boat. Out of 326 passengers on board at the time eight were lost in the sinking, which occurred within 10 minutes of being torpedoed.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Wrong @ jG the this ship was taken out off service in 1943 wasn’t sunk

[@mvanbommel2285]

Prachtige beelden. Het NL dat nooit meer terugkomt.

[@camrenwick]

I assume many of them saw WW1 and not knowing WW2 was on it's way. RIP all that are now gone.

[@abosalemalansari8312]

Amazing

[@vinatevzre1714]

Haunting music combined with the good video quality made a spellbinding combination. I could have sworn one of the men boarding was Adolf H. but then everyone conformed to a similar look and dress code back then.

[@Glaenzi_Blase]

Why do people go on with a smaller ship? Wasn't there a suitable port for larger ships in Dover in 1930?

[@Rick88888888]

The idea now is that the Colombia was on a much longer voyage, probably to the Dutch East Indies. They just let a few passengers off the ship at Dover. It would also explain the many nuns boarding the ship at Amsterdam who were going to work for missions in the far East.

[@michaelcramerichliebemeinl5150]

Excellent restoration!! And colouring! Looks like men and woman had to board seperately for whatever reason. At least at first glance. Probabely just a coincidence. It looks like this steamship still had the possibility of using to set of sails. Maybe to save coal, or for extra safety.

[@Schrijver112]

Geweldige film!

[@nusratjamia7953]

Beautiful

[@oki5072]

What a beautiful...

[@rickedeckard2006]

sometimes technology blows you away

[@simonlongley6387]

Those were the days. Not a single man without a hat!

[@marktrvls1218]

Very enjoyable video, seems like the tubers were around back in those days too , wonder did the guy filming it wonder how many views and likes he would get 😄😃

[@georgerivera8834]

Love it

[@jabberwockytdi8901]

Looks like only a few passengers disembarked in Dover, Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij sailed to the west indies and South America ( hence the ships name Colombia) from the tears amongst some of the departing and senders-off some passengers were going on a longer trip or maybe not expecting to return at all any time soon.

[@jhoman1661]

Your assumption is correct: this ship is build as an oceanliner end twenties of last century (first sailing 1930) , for a combination of cargo en passengers from Amsterdam to the Carribean and South America. Occasionaly , to collect extra income, they transfer (business) people for a short trip to England without disembarking them in Dover but close to Dover at sea in a smaller boat so they didnot waist to much time and extra port dues.

[@wolfstock6030]

W U N D E R B A R ! F A N T A S T I C !

[@hughrainbird43]

Thank you for another fascinating example from the days when travel was more luxurious and more spacious - look at all the luggage being loaded aboard. I hope that the North Sea was calmer than in some of the crossings of my experience, given all the "conspicuous consumption" going on in the dining rooms, although the nuns seem to be enjoying simpler fare. Was the "Columbia" sailing on to another destination? As the large party disembarking at Dover seem to be doing so via an accommodation gangway from a door in the ship's side, to be taken ashore by tender.

[@linerrich]

Yes, she was in service between Holland and the West Indies, Central America, Venezuela, and Colombia (hence, her name.) Dover was just a quick stop en route.

[@roystonpereira2887]

People look more civilised back then👏

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Prachtig! Heb je er ook een die naar Indië vertrekt? Ben je ook lid van de Ocean Liner Society? Prachtig tijdschrift Sea Lines. Een echte aanrader.

[@Nikki_Holland]

Was this the same ship which was requisitioned by the Dutch Navy, converted to a submarine tender and was hit by a torpedo from a German U-boot and sunk off the coast of South Africa near Port Elizabeth in 1943.