Fun Home Movie on Cruise Ship in 1955

[mzloolue]

It is fun to see how things are much the same and how cruise ships have changed.

I found this rambling around the net and really enjoyed seeing it.

 

[bruisin4cruisin]

Wow, they didnt have any chairhogs back in the 30's! Lucky folks.

[MrPete]

I occasionally watch my parents and grandparents old 8mm movies from the 60's. Just too bad there's no sound.

 

Definite degradation over the years though.

[deborahjo]

Love the music. Now that was when cruising was cruising.. Thanks for sharing.

[mj]

Thanks for sharing the video.

[cruzkitty]

Wow!! That was so Cool-thanks for sharing-loved the Music!!

[AndrewD65]

Cool Video.. so much has changed

[nybumpkin]

Wow, they didnt have any chairhogs back in the 30's! Lucky folks.

DH's grandparents took a NYC-Bermuda cruise in 1938 aboard the Furness Lines' Monarch of Bermuda. The deck chairs came with a place for the deck steward to put the name of the passenger using the chair for the week. Easier to do on a smaller ship!

[mzloolue]

Actually how I happened to run across this video is I was looking at a decorating blog with photos of an old trophy collection.

 

There was an engraved silver cup that had been awarded for shuffleboard and I could read the name of the ship.

So naturally I googled the ship. :)

 

I was thinking how different an engraved silver cup is from a plastic ship on a stick piece of junk.

I don't think that anyone in 50 years is going to want to put an old Carnival ship on a stick on their mantle...

 

The video was made around the time I was born and it looks so antique.

Made me realize that I am older than I think sometimes.:eek:

[Fla Mike]

Very cool, thanks for sharing

[brooklynfc]

Was that a bathrobe I saw? lol

 

Awesome video.

[SeaScout]

DH's grandparents took a NYC-Bermuda cruise in 1938 aboard the Furness Lines' Monarch of Bermuda. The deck chairs came with a place for the deck steward to put the name of the passenger using the chair for the week. Easier to do on a smaller ship!

 

Strange. I was going thru my old stamp collection last week and came across a post card that one family member sent to another while cruising on the Furness lines Queen of Bermuda in 1939. A check on Wikipedia shows an interesting history as the ship was pressed into service in WWII shortly after that.

 

Here are some scans of the postcard.

 

 

[AndrewD65]

Strange. I was going thru my old stamp collection last week and came across a post card that one family member sent to another while cruising on the Furness lines Queen of Bermuda in 1939. A check on Wikipedia shows an interesting history as the ship was pressed into service in WWII shortly after that.

 

Here are some scans of the postcard.

 

 

 

That's awesome...

[missdebi]

That is so cool~thanks!

[MrFunInTheSun]

This is a cool one too.

 

 

and this one:

 

[Lv2Camp&Cruise]

Very cool. Love the music!

[AndrewD65]

Yet again another awesome video..

[Bases5]

Thanks for the memories. I have sailed on the Regal empress several time's. I will see if I can find some Pictures. We got married on a cruise ship that was 20,000 tons. It seemed big to me then LOL

[SeaScout]

That's awesome...

 

If you liked that, you'll enjoy these. Thes are some of the cruise documents from a family members cruise aboard the SS Nassau in 1953. Interesting how things have changed from then to now. I'm glad I no longer have to make an appointment to take a bath. Enjoy!

 

I'm limited to 6 images (per CC). I'll post the rest below.

 

 

[SeaScout]

[Trish12345]

1 Gallon of Liquor?? What happened to that rule? The men wearing hats in the dining area? And what's up with the guy in the bath robe?

 

This is great stuff!

[mark13]

These are all great! Thanks for sharing.

[nybumpkin]

Strange. I was going thru my old stamp collection last week and came across a post card that one family member sent to another while cruising on the Furness lines Queen of Bermuda in 1939. A check on Wikipedia shows an interesting history as the ship was pressed into service in WWII shortly after that.

 

Here are some scans of the postcard.

 

 

Nice postcard - thanks for sharing!

[mzloolue]

Actually how I happened to run across this video is I was looking at a decorating blog with photos of an old trophy collection.

 

There was an engraved silver cup that had been awarded for shuffleboard and I could read the name of the ship.

So naturally I googled the ship. :)

 

I was thinking how different an engraved silver cup is from a plastic ship on a stick piece of junk.

I don't think that anyone in 50 years is going to want to put an old Carnival ship on a stick on their mantle...

 

The video was made around the time I was born and it looks so antique.

Made me realize that I am older than I think sometimes.:eek:

 

Duh, apparently I need help on my reading comprehension.

The notes about the film clearly states it was filmed in the 1930s.

I was not born in the 1930s.:eek:

 

The silver trophy cup was engraved with the date 1939.

So it was awarded in the same time period as the film.

I noticed that guy in the bathrobe too.

Apparently not a recent oddity.

 

The post card and the passenger list are really interesting and just plain cool.