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This film “Atlantic Holiday” was made by American Banner Lines or American Export Lines around 1960 to promote ocean travel. The film shows a typical cruise on the SS Atlantic to the Mediterranean and Caribbean Islands. SS Atlantic was also known as SS Badger Mariner, later converted to SS Universe Campus in 1971. It was laid down in 1952, launched in 1953, and taken out of service in 1995. The ship was built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co in Pennsylvania. The ship stops by different touristic places such as Naples, Italy, Tangier, Morocco, Jamaica in the Caribbean, etc.
(0.09) A man sleeping on a couch holding a newspaper which reads “New Speed Records Set on Latest Space Flight!” (0.15) Zoom in to a different newspaper on the ground with the title “Doctors Urge Slower Pace for Longer Life.” (0.37) Title of the video appears “Atlantic Holiday” (0.47) The ship “SS Atlantic” at sea (1.05) People doing different activities. (1.15) A women in a bikini is sunbathing wearing sunglasses. A man applies sunscreen on her back. (1.24) People are swimming in a wave pool. (1.46) A woman walks up to a man, and they talk. (2.11) Close-up on a woman sunbathing. (2.20) The same woman is applying sunscreen to her body while chatting to a man. (2.30) Two people playing ping pong and shuffleboard. (2.43) Two men playing golf. (3.05) People serve food in a buffet and eat together. (3.50) The captain shows two young ladies how to use a machine on board. (3.55) 16000 miles from New York, the fort of El Morro is visible guarding San Juan and Puerto Rico (4.15) A sign which reads “Fortress of San Felipe Del Morro.” (4.32) People are walking down a street. (04.37) A lady is drinking from a cup on a balcony. (4.43) the shore. Some people are swimming at the beach. (5.07) A man is next to his dog. The dog is playing in the sand. (5.36) A statue of man with a hat carrying a broom in front of the beach. (5.47) The captain of the ship is looking at the harbor of Charlotte Amalie on the Island of St Thomas. (7.02) A donkey wearing roses. (7.32) A man holding a card which reads “Bathing Beauty Contest Pool Area 230 PM Misses Mothers Grandmothers Register” (7.50) Flags of different nations on the vessel while ladies are receiving the crowns and ribbons from the contest. (8.18) Caribbean atmosphere. People play music. A bartender shakes his bottles. (8.49) Carnaval at night. People dance in pirate costumes. People playing games and dancing while watching the festival. (10.24) A policeman guiding drivers. (10.13) People eating and smiling. (10.31) Images of a local market in Jamaica. (10.56) a sign reads “Spanish Town: Ancient Capital of Jamaica. Founded about 1523…” (11.04) government square. (11:34) People swimming in a waterfall. (12.01) Images of the SS Atlantic in the sea. (12.22) Dining room of the vessel. People dancing. (13.03) Curaçao, Venezuela (13.30) A barber shop in the city. (13.45) Emma bridge in Willemstad. (14.29) Shopping square. (14:52) Statue of Governor Peter. (15:30) People buying hats. (15.55) Sign reading “Bahamas Islands” with UK and Bahamas flag on top. (16.12) Sign reading “paradise beach.” (17.31) Vasco De Gamma Tower in Lisbon. Close up on ship sailing. (18.43) Native dancers perform (19.25) Nightlife on the ship. Dance performance. (20.16) Ship arrives to Morocco. (20:38) Sign reads “Welcome to Morocco Information” in different languages. (20:46) Highway sign “Tangier.” Images of the city. (21.16) Women buying vegetables from local merchant. (22.00) women wearing Moroccan Tarbouch. (22.20) night dancing performances. (23.16) Ship arrives to Naples, Italy. (23:54) Pompeii images of old ruins. (24:58) A statue reads “A Cristoforo Colombo La Patria.” (26.09) Passengers debarking and getting flowers. (26.48) sign reads “Le Film Francais Monde” in front of a cinema. (28.17) Sign reads ”Sorry it’s the end” held by a man on the ship. END
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Summer 1962, my mom and I (5 years old) took the SS Bremen to and from Germany to visit family. Wish I had more memories, but what I can recall is amazing.
Ship nerds like me love these old cruise travelogues! 😊
Originally released in 1964.
(26:45)
What a difference from today. Passengers disembarked in their finery. All dressed to go ashore. ❤. No slides,ice rinks etc. all fun though.
I took my only cruise to Alaska in 2006. I enjoyed it. Beautiful scenery. I’m a single bachelor so I can testify to the fact that you will not meet anyone. Of course the woman never paid attention to me anyway. 😀. I say it’s a once in a lifetime recommendation for
anyone.
A sea story….
We left Sevilla, Spain in July of 1962, after being stationed there for three years. My parents fell in love with Spain and took it hard, along with my sister. Vivid memories of my mom and sister crying in the Volkswagen bus on the drive down to Algeciras, where we stayed for a day, or so, waiting for the Atlantic to arrive from Haifa. The ship arrived and was moored off a little ways in the Bay. We boarded a lighter in the evening that took us out to where the ship was waiting on its small load of passengers before heading west out through the Straits. It was quite a sight with Gibraltar and the lights of the town shining and pulling up to the ship with the double loading doors open on the side, all brightly lit inside.
On the fourth day out, the ship had noticeably slowed to just a few knots. The passengers were all abuzz and my mother had said the captain had died. I have no idea how she got this information, but a message was wired to the captain’s wife and she consented to a burial at sea, which was performed on the starboard side of the stern. In the meantime, I vividly remember the very large crowd of passengers jamming the deck that overlooked the aft end. I just followed the crowd out to the deck. Finally, the chief steward came out and started yelling at everyone to leave the area and go back inside. He kept shouting, “Please leave this area, this is not a show, this is not a show, go inside!” Everyone dispersed and the steward made sure of that! But, I was 12, and I was damned sure not to miss this! So I held my spot by the railing and was not chased away. I have no idea why I wasn’t grabbed by my ear and dispatched inside. There was Swedish flag covering the wrapped body on a litter on the deck, which was ballasted with large-ish blocks of some sort wrapped with the body. The crew lifted and really strained lifting litter to the height of the railing, then tipping it. Out slid the wrapped body from beneath the flag. There was a service performed prior to the burial.
I still have the photograph of my parents shaking hands with captain at “The Captain’s Party” a couple of days before and the menus with the chief engineer’s name listed as captain after he passed. The chief engineer’s name was Vinton Antworth, the captain’s name was Leif Christansen (not sure of the spelling).
A couple of other things…we kept our dog in a kennel of sorts, which was located by the single funnel. It was quite a sooty place! I noticed an extension on the stack in this video to lessen the effects of sooting, evidently. It had to have been added after a refit sometime after our trip. The last time I saw the SS Atlantic, I was flying down the coast to Miami with friend, and a passenger said it had been purchased by CY Tung (sp?) and converted to one of his Sea wise University ships. That was in 1988, I think.
When the Atlantic docked at the American Export pier in New York, I got antsy, and told my mom that I was going to walk to the end of the pier. Stepping out of the doors and onto the platform, there came slowly down the Hudson from its Cunard berth, the beautiful, black hulled, white superstructered, Queen Elizabeth with prominent red-orange stacks. What a sight! I still have a newspaper clipping (aerial shot) showing her passing the Atlantic.
What a lucky life I have had.