S|S France and S|S Norway : Videos on Internet (youtube, metcafe... )

[pakarang]

Thank you so much for your comment and understanding Steve.

Actually, the link was submitted to me by a reader (which I also would like to share the thanks with).

It's always with great sadness I see clips and films like these. I only wish digital cameras had been invented 15-20 years earlier so that I could have had a much larger own private collection.

[Guest]

Here a little " old " video from ... 1981 in HAMBURG (Germany)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2aohi37Bk



Noël

[Guest]

Here 3 videos from March 1997 (from the same autor)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh601f8dI2I



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLVlGCIteY



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWjrb_VrljM




Noël

[Guest]

Watching those video clips of the SS Norway/SS France are amazing. I can't understand why Star Cruises rid themselves of this majestic ship? They certainly want the world to forget about this ship. Hardly any mention of the history of the SS Norway comes to their mind, as if they omited that piece of information out of the NCL history books.

I'll admit that they will never be a ship like the SS France or SS Norway again in this world. Now all eyes are focused on its forerunner, the SS United States. A ship that inspired the SS France. Wouldn't had been something if the Big U's designers, Gibbs & Cox, designed the SS France?

The SS France might have taken the Blue Ribband/Hales Trophy away from the Big U as the fastest ship in the world.

[Guest]

Captain Storli ,

If you think they Frenchs () have forget the birthday of s/s FRANCE , look these 3 Vidéos ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqHL...ayer_embedded#




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFLIz...layer_embedded




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDpfr...layer_embedded



Noël

[pakarang]

A great tour of our ship:

[Guest]

For the 50 Birhday of the Lauching of the s/s FRANCE , in SAINT NAZAIRE .
Now , 50 Years Later ...

http://www.youtube.com/user/maquette.../2/_DBCrTL_fB4



http://www.youtube.com/user/maquette.../1/LA8nKLTA03Q



http://www.youtube.com/user/maquette91300#



Noel

[Guest]

Return in the past ...
The best time of they Liners ...
From FRANCE 1912 to FRANCE 1962 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu7cpja_F_w



Noel

[Guest]

Here 2 little vidéos from the 70's ...
From a French steward who make the 1rst World Tour onboard the s/s FRANCE
These 2 films was make with a Super 8 Camera .
The quality of the image is very bad

The fisrt video is the Departure from LE HAVRE
The second video is the Arrival in NEW YORK ...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdm...r-du-mo_travel

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdm...ew-york_travel

Noel

[Guest]

Nice video from the eighties!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kce_MD2SFgA



Best regards

The Norway

[pakarang]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kce_MD2SFgA



Best regards

The Norway

A fabulous addition to the collection: the Norway in her prime time, when cruising really was cruising the way it was done the best way possible.

[Guest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XRf0YSTbeQ

[Guest]

Here from Saint Nazaire : Escal'Atlantic ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIWBD...eature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rB4UOdmp1s&feature=fvw



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yjOd__ppKc



Noel

[pakarang]

Thanks for sharing the new clips Noel!

[Guest]

Here is a video that projected how the future would be like with positive enthusiasim. Too bad the reality never matched the fantasy, like the SS France had done. If anyone back in 1958 had foreseen what was in store from them 50 years later, they would say that the future is a very scary place. Especially when those in charge of government and business, do not give a damn about anything, except their FAT paychecks. This way of thinking is what doomed the SS Norway as the result of NCL's lack of concern for the ship before her boiler blewup. A situation that could have been prevented by selling to ship to another operator. It's the boiler explosion that DOOMED the ship from ever becoming a static attraction like the SS Rotterdam. Now all that's left are the bits of memories that we share about the ship that forever changed the cruise ship industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pUM...layer_embedded