RMS Queen Mary to New York!

Couldn't resist... this one's a mashup of some color 8mm footage from 1938 and the same in 16mm from sometime in the 1950s. Look at the way people dressed! There's even a cameo appearance from two famous glamor girls, the SS United States and America on one of the rare occasions when they were in port on the same day. Savor the nostalgia!

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• rms queen mary
• ship
• ocean liner
• steamship
• cruise
• passenger luxury liner

[talako1]

Great video! I love your old liner films. What song is used in this video?

[shipgeek]

@talako1 It's a little ditty called "It's Nautical but Nice" from a vintage children's sing-along record of various ship-themed songs. Total kitsch!

[c3cubed]

The footage quality makes it seem surprisingly contemporary - hard to believe this was shot over 70 years ago...Are you sure this isn't postwar late 40's or early 50's? The female passenger's style of apparel and hemlines suggests this to me as the lines reflect "Dior's New Look" of that period. The men's sack suits and ties also indicate 40's early 50's a la Gregory Peck. Nevertheless, a wonderful time capsule.

[shipgeek]

@c3cubed You are right! The exterior footage of the ship coming into New York harbor is from 1938, but the on deck footage is from the 1950s. I tried to make that distinction in the description. And yes, it's amazing to me how some of these old consumer home movies hold up!

[Abricialio]

I miss those liner of the old days! The cruise ships overshadowed the stories of the great liners from the previous century!!

[SuperTitanicfreak]

Oh My Titanic! RMS Queen Mary in living 1938 color?! Oh I just want to die.This is AWESOME!!

[Philovideo]

Very nice video! Well preserved film footage. The images looked very sharp and colors looked great! I have visited the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California a few times in the past few decades. She is a beautiful ship and I hope they keep her well preserved and taken care of. A lot of history there!

[c3cubed]

As they used to say, taking the travail out of travel means "Getting there is half the fun". There are thousands if not millions of travellers out there now, that just might rethink this reality. Ships are a helluva lot safer, and relaxing no matter what. Fools they are, if the few remaining lines don't come up with a new service! We're all ready and waiting!

[c3cubed]

In the light of the active "volcano" causing distress in the skies - I recently sent Cunard an email strongly suggesting that the time couldn't be more perfect to resurrect transatlantic greyhounds. After all, we spend just as much time at airports and security these days, it still takes 2 or 3 days to get to Europe!

[Caronia47]

This is really amazing! Thanks so much for posting.