Maiden Voyage of P. & O. Oriana 1961

Auckland Harbour, January 1961, and Skipper Jim Lawler had invited friends aboard his Fairmile M.V. Ngaroma to witness the arrival of the newly launched P. & O. steamship Oriana - on her first world cruise. With my trusty old 16mm Victor and a reel of precious Kodachrome film I filmed a few moments of the arrival ....

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  • @beverleybarnes5656
    @beverleybarnes5656 Жыл бұрын

    Woops, sorry.. It's now okay

  • @bogomipps13

    @bogomipps13

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Beverley. Nice to know someone's watching!

  • @beverleybarnes5656

    @beverleybarnes5656

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@bogomipps13 I'm very grateful to see this video, because it was the ship I sailed on via Suez in January 1967.

  • @bogomipps13

    @bogomipps13

    Жыл бұрын

    I went a year earlier: 1966, on the Himalaya. A never to be forgotten experience ...

  • @beverleybarnes5656
    @beverleybarnes5656 Жыл бұрын

    @bogomipps13 Something wrong with the video -- the screen is black -- while the soundtrack (music) is playing