My Grandmother got to ride on the Queen Elizabeth as a kid coming to Canda she just turned 90 today God Bless her...

@susiearviso3032

6 жыл бұрын

Did she ever tell you how much it cost? Just curious.

@michaelmacluskie6089

5 жыл бұрын

@@susiearviso3032 2 bob cattle class.

@brechtxt8096

3 жыл бұрын

Susie Arviso 96 now, hopefully

@Dabber422

3 жыл бұрын

@Daniel De saint malo yep 98

@carolperry4231

3 жыл бұрын

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The Lightship "Calshot Spit" seen in frame 03:43 still exists today as the home of the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club. The Lightship now named Tyne III is moored in South Harbour, Blyth. More can be read about her on RNYC web page.

Although I was alive when ships like The Queen Elizabeth sailed the Atlantic I was only around 5 years old when these glorious ships stopped sailing. Born in 1945 in Texas I had never seen one of these ships until well into my 40s while vacationing on each coast. Although my parents and grandparents have told me the Good old Times are nothing but what an old person likes to think of their past if given the chance to go back they would decline very quickly! I sometimes wish I could have been my parent's age. They were born in the mid-1920s and saw the great Flying Boats and ships like the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary. They road on the old Steam Locomotives of the past and drove automobiles that had beautiful lines and are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars! Yes, they went through the Great Depression and WWII. They knew hunger and hardship on a grand scale. But they are called the Greatest generation. And rightfully so. They saved the World from tyranny and put a man on the Moon. This video and pictures and others like them are the only links to the past now. My parents are gone now. And with their passing only memories of the Great Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Ships are left. Thanks for this fine video. It is very nicely done.

My brother Robert was born aboard the Queen Elizabeth on March 14, 1963 I was there when he was born....

@richardturpin8981

5 жыл бұрын

Not in the delivery room surely🙄

@mattikaki

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Turpin; Why not? In a large ship like this, must have an operating theatre which can be used for that purpose really well.

@karen8571

4 жыл бұрын

I am curious to know what his place and country of birth are listed as.

@boataxe4605

4 жыл бұрын

Karen Choquette The Country of birth would be Britain since it was a British ship and the place would be listed as ‘at sea’.

@Quasihamster

4 жыл бұрын

So?

I sailed from Southampton to New York on RMS Queen Elizabeth in 1962, and what a ship she was. They sure knew how to make them back then!

@aldgatewest

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Haarlem Dude, you're right, but I was 14 years old at the time.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

Do you think Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were sisters but to me I love both ships because these two lovely girls are quite famous and appeared in films (mostly Queen Mary)

@joemancini327

5 жыл бұрын

@@aldgatewest so you were born in 1948?

@oscarllaudetherrera341

5 жыл бұрын

How to make them back then?? Ships nowadays are a lot more spectacular and safe than this piece of steal!

@anthonybutto1925

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenitez539 "For the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, these two lovely ladies did you mean or girls? Is that another term used for it in today's world?" I don't know about you but I was not there in the sixties so I would not quite know."

I was seven years old when my family sailed from New York to Southhampton in the Q,E, She was the biggest passenger ship afloat back then.

@cacatr4495

7 жыл бұрын

Do you remember much of it? Can you share details? :)

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

I though Queen Mary was bigger but mostly due to their funnels

@darthdangervest8160

5 жыл бұрын

If you don’t mind me asking how sold are you now

@joemancini327

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenitez539 The Queen Elizabeth is larger. Cunard held the record for awhile of the fastest and biggest ships with the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. They later reclaimed the title of biggest ship with the Queen Mary 2 for sometime.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

@@joemancini327 Thats True!!!!! Queen Elizabeth was the largest ocean liner for 56 years until Queen Mary 2 was commissioned but If Queen Elizabeth was rebuilt I think she would receive some upgrades like radar and her hull being painted white and If she was renamed I would prefer "RMS Immortal"

Thank you for sharing this film. Very nice.

i do so love youtube and the people here for the oportunity to experience videos like this, i wouldnt know how to find such a treasure without this, i am 23 now but ive been fastinated with the old liners since the nineties and i rarely ever saw clips like this one from this era back then thank you for posting a lot, best regards from germany :-)

Wow! Thankyou for posting this.its amazing to see the work that went into the running of the ship.the ammount of painting etc.

My Grandpa & Grandma came to Canada aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth after my Grandpa served in the British forces during WW2, he was in the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. They left Southampton on the QE April 1st, 1954. What a marvelous ocean liner! God Save the Queen!

@Rorkazak

9 жыл бұрын

And as soon as they reached Canada, they tasted the beer and fled to the United States to find truly delicious brews.

@1812AndMore

9 жыл бұрын

Alistair Winthorpe Nope. My Grandpa has never been to the States.

@Sennmut

8 жыл бұрын

+darrell brady Aren't we happy today?

@wurzelpat1

8 жыл бұрын

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@jacquesblaque7728

8 жыл бұрын

+Alistair Winthorpe You got that backwards, mate. Guess you've never tried O'Keefe, Labatt's, Molson. Or maybe you like Budweiser mouthwash?

Saw her up close docked in Ft-Lauderdale in 1970 as a young lad. Unforgettable beauty.

My mum worked in a pottery that produced the bathroom fittings for this and Queen Mary. She enamelled the lavatory pans. Claim to fame!

Most of the interior views are from First Class. I emigrate to the US in 1959 aboard the Queen Elizabeth in Tourist Class (or steerage as my mother put it). We weren't allowed to set our plebeian feet on the consecrated territory of the upper class so I didn't get to see much of that part of the ship in the 5 days I was aboard. We did take the boat train from Waterloo Station to Southampton though, although by that time it was nationalized as British Rail.

@creeguyvernon

2 ай бұрын

Its the same on planes today. Ladt flight I was on, I was in the first row behind business class and my seatmate tried to use the washroom up front and within seconds was booted out of business class and was told to go to the back! I was trying not to laugh but it was pretty funny!

The fate she suffered is heartbreaking to anyone who appreciates the style, history and spirit she and her sister 'Queen Mary' embodied. If only she'd had the same chance to be preserved and saved. Imagine walking her decks, attending a reception in her dining salon or a lecture in her Lounge. All we can do is imagine....

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

I like calling Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth sisters despite their differences

Thank you. I've been looking for actual footage & didn't think anything was filmed

She along w/the Normandie were the best looking liners of the 1930s. Great film!

Her steam whistle signals, "I am backing out of my berth and I am one big son of a gun." I used to frequent the Queen Mary that is parked in Long Beach harbor in California when I was in the U.S. Coast Guard. It's a beautiful ship and the sister of the Queen Elizabeth I believe. I used to just roam the long hallways and go into all the nooks and crannies of the ship, and they had a bar where you could get a drink. It's not hard to imagine some of the parties they must have had in these magnificent ships. The bridge alone is worth the price of admission.

@boataxe4605

4 жыл бұрын

You were in the Coast Guard but you use the term ‘Parked’ when referring to a ship?

Simply the most beautiful liner in History!

@pare5markes909

5 жыл бұрын

She looks from the 19th century in comparison to Normandie man!

@Roc-Righteous

Жыл бұрын

@@pare5markes909 Normandie was stunning indeed.

What a beautiful ship she was. What a shame she suffered the same fate as the SS Normandie. She was supposed to be preserved as a floating university in Hong Kong

@jacobwoods8738

8 жыл бұрын

She was initially going to be preserved like the Queen Mary was, in Miami, but the climate was harsher than that of Long Beach, and she cost to much to keep up. She was then sold to C.Y. Tung, he insured her for something like $8million. In the fire several explosions detonated, giving the appearance of a deliberate scam.

@bvanleeuwen254

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Woods The climate was not the only problem QE had, the local fire chief called here a fire hazard, since she generated her own power, and was closed down.

@jacobwoods8738

8 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that portion, makes sense since the Delta Queen is called a fire hazard today.

@klingoncelt

8 жыл бұрын

The Delta Queen's hull is made of wood, and most of the rest of the ship as well. I hope they can fix that and make it legal to sail again.

@boataxe4605

7 жыл бұрын

+klingoncelt No, Her hull is steel and her superstructure is a combination of wood and steel. The only way she can sail is with a congressional exemption so write/call your congressman!

Great history!

I need a time machine.

@1940limited

10 жыл бұрын

I'd like to take that ride with you.

@1spunkymonkey2

7 жыл бұрын

Jmcuoco 99 Yup!

@adrianapartida5888

7 жыл бұрын

Jmcuoco 99 i want to in 1888 1912 1937

@monsieurcommissaire1628

6 жыл бұрын

I am, as you say, sooo there.

@darthdangervest8160

5 жыл бұрын

Jmcuoco 99 me too

Loved it!

After this ship sunk by fire, it marked period of the luxury Oceanliner. It's holds record as largest ship until it taken over by Carnival Destiny in 1996.

We were on the Q E 2 for six weeks. Halfway around the world. Great memories. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@lorddaver5729

2 жыл бұрын

This is not the QE2.

As a young boy I went round the Queen Mary at Southampton, but never got to do the tour of the Queen Elizabeth. Such is fate - the QM is still available for tours round the ship, but the lovely QE is no more.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

Queen Elizabeth was going to become an University in Hong Kong but she was tragically destroyed by fire rest in peace old girl

@joemancini327

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenitez539 She was nearly completed too! She would've made a great university. But yeah on January 9, 1972 she caught on fire and burned for 3 days.

Very cool video I enjoy.

It was sad to see the sorry end of this great ship in Hong Kong.

@RogerinKC

2 жыл бұрын

It's okay... There's a secret MI-6 headquarters operating within the ship at this very moment...

Awesome video :D

Very nice ship. Love the horns 17:25

@ltzbry

4 ай бұрын

nice to see you here. 5 years later. Lol

Such a beautiful ship

As a young man I used to make regular visits to Southampton just to see the great liners arrive or depart. In those days you could get a pass from Cunard to view the magnificent QE which of course I did. Today's cruise ships though more technically advanced with better equipped cabins are kitschy condos by comparison, in reality there is no comparison.

@canyonoverlook9937

5 жыл бұрын

Right. Today's ships barely look like ships. They are apartment buildings that float. The classic ships are so much better looking. In the heyday of the oceans liners, you were actually going somewhere instead of just touring ports on vacation. I still would like to take the Queen Mary 2 from NY to the UK. That's like a classic voyage.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

@@canyonoverlook9937 I agree todays passenger ships are ulgly except Cunard's three queens and MV Astoria but I think one ship that should have been preserved was Aquitania which was supposed to be replaced by Queen Elizabeth but the second world war saved but unlike United States and Queen Mary the last four-funneled liner was lost to the cutter's torch a very disrespectful way to end such a beautiful girl like Aquitania

@bar10ml44

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Lewis I was fortunate to write to Cunard asking for a pass to board the QE2 in Sydney. Try getting one now. It was magnificent and I even scored some afternoon tea. I had some US dollars and a friendly word with the steward while slipping him the tip did the trick.

This is lovely, thanks for posting!! I don't think the original Queen Elizabeth is given quite the attention that her sister Queen Mary enjoyed, so it's really cool to see her interiors on video!!

The Queen Elizabeth was like an Newer and improved version of the Queen Mary.

@stiglilleaas5685

4 жыл бұрын

She was, more modern lines, better sea ability more comfort, in every way a better ship...she will always be my nr1

@mikemancini313

4 жыл бұрын

@@stiglilleaas5685 The irony is how long she lasted after Cunard. Unlike the Queen Mary, you would expect the Queen Elizabeth to at least live to see her be overtaken in size by the newest cruise liners. It really sucks she burned in China in Hong Kong in 1972 thanks to Communist workers that most likely sabotaged the ship. That or insurance fraud.

@stiglilleaas5685

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikemancini313 Yeah, she really got a sad ending !

@Drobium77

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikemancini313 Hong Kong belonged to the British in 1972

Vacationing with my family, I took a tour of her in Long Beach, where she'd been set up as a museum. I particularly remember a large beautiful wooden panel in the main lounge with a map of the Atlantic, which showed her position every day during the voyage. It was in the shape of the ship and it moved along a tiny rail depicting the route. Took a lot of pictures, but was robbed later on that trip and lost my camera.

@chorchteacher1079

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, the ship I visited was the Queen Mary. This is the Queen Elizabeth

fascinating

Sailed from NY to Southhampton in Feb 1947 on the Queen Elizabeth.

@johnwhitlock1427

5 жыл бұрын

Had the ship's luxury civilian accommodation been reinstalled at that point? I know she continued to serve as a troopship for quite some time after the end of the war.

@souranilpaul2283

5 жыл бұрын

How old are you?

@mike89128

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnwhitlock1427 I was 4 years old at the time. Mom told me that we were invited to the aptain's table and Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor were at the table.

@mike89128

4 жыл бұрын

@@souranilpaul2283 76

I sailed on her from New York to Southampton Oct 1962. I was 11.

the most beautiful ship ever built. Not even the Normandie has such well balanced lines.

@pare5markes909

5 жыл бұрын

All the queens together cannot match the beauty of Normandie !

@stiglilleaas5685

4 жыл бұрын

@@pare5markes909 the poop of Normandie doesen' t fit the rest of the ship!

I saw friends off on this ship in 1965 when I was 8. Toured the ship.Saw their room and the pool inside the ship.Watched her sail off from NYC to England.

My step dad told me he came back on her from Europe as a troop coming back to America. He said one day the sea was rough, and QE was rolling, one second he would see the bow, the next he would see the sky- said she was so freaking huge.

I try to be as open minded as possible but really can't understand anyone who dosen't consider Normandie to be the most beautiful ship ever built.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

Normandie was very beautiful she was so popular that they were going to built her a sister named Bretagne but the war scrapped the construction of her

@JBrandeis1

5 жыл бұрын

Of course you are right.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

@@JBrandeis1 I think I am one of the few who knows about Normandie's proposed sister (she had two designs one being a side by side entirely streamlined liner and one being an enlarged two-funneled version of Normandie just like Queen Elizabeth is an enlarged two-funneled version of Queen Mary) I wish Bretagne was built though at least Normandie should have deserved a running mate again I think I'm one of few who know about Bretagne

@bar10ml44

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Benitez This is fascinating. I adore watching the surviving film of the Normandie’s interiors. First class was supremely elegant. It never made a profit. I was fortunate to see the famous doors of the restaurant at an exhibition in a London.

@pare5markes909

5 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed,Normandie was and still is the most beautiful ship ever built!

I did not know they painted her each time she came into port. When I was on the Queen Mary, they mentioned that when she went from war time O.D. to standard colors, the ship raised 3"! I was expecting to see Cary Grant come around the corner!

My favourite is still Queen Mary known to Clydesiders as hull 534.

Yea, you're right about the raised forecastle.... I didn't consider that.

A real Queen. She is not too shy, she must not hide !

Thanks for this - very interesting. Is there no way to view this without the distraction of the timer clock at the bottom of the screen?

She was the biggest passenger ship in the world all her life.

You're absolutely correct, they both have the same classic lines, and the difference is the Queen Mary has three stacks and the Queen Elizabeth has two. Other than that, the two ships were almost identical beauties.

@daveboydell2896

5 жыл бұрын

Actually the Elizabeth had many design improvements over the Mary.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

The same would have happened to Normandie if her sister Bretagne was built

@stiglilleaas5685

4 жыл бұрын

@@daveboydell2896 many think they where more or less the same, but in fact they where totally different, as you are pointing out!

cool ship

I found this video a half-hour ago and it is beautiful. I loved the Queen Elizabeth over the other two pre-war giants, Queen Mary and Normandie. I hope someone can explain something to me about the Elizabeth and Normandie. Both ships had small anchors -- appearing about half the size of the port and starboard anchors -- on the very bow of the ship. (I believe that the much later United States had a similar bow mounted anchor.) I have a photograph of Queen Elizabeth under way at sea with this foremost anchor not stowed but rather hanging down several links from the stowed position. My questions are why this small anchor in this position and why would the ship be underway with the anchor not stowed. It seems that having the anchor hanging down loose that way would invite damage to the bow. Great appreciation in advance for anyone who can explain this to me.

@jimcrawford5039

2 жыл бұрын

The crew may have been hosing down the anchor & chains, they do get filthy in some places. Ex seaman.

0:53 Are they aboard the SS Nomadic currently? Steaming over to the Queen Elizabeth?

Initially she managed to dodge the ship breakers by getting converted into a floating university .... but that freakin’ fire in 1972 ended up claiming here in the end ... damn that really sucked !

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

It is said that it was arson that destroyed Seawide University (as she was renamed)

@joemancini327

5 жыл бұрын

She could've been saved in Fort Lauderdale Fl

@boataxe4605

5 жыл бұрын

Joe Mancini Ft Lauderdale’s fire marshal said that she was a fire hazard ( he was right).

Sadly it burns down... rip queen elzibeth

Hello Maasdam1993 I know you must be happy that Holland American, is building a 99000 ton ship.

Good look every one.

She was a princess in 1948

Photo shown is the Queen Mary (three funnels)! Queen Elizabeth has two.

@FLYINGSCOTSMANAPLAYZ

5 жыл бұрын

@Eric beucse QE is biggest then her old sister qe only a two funnel liner for a ocean liner at cunard line at that time

are there videos of the QUEEN Elizabeth 2 Launch

I LOVE THE QUEEN ELIZABETH SHIP

I emigrated to the USA in a liner like that, Sept. 1949. I crossed the Atlantic in a liner like that in May 1954 and in October of the same year. The cabins were cramped, the food was good, and I don't recall any seasickness. But the docking facilities on both the west side of Manhattan and in Le Havre were wretched dirty. The owners of those facilities knew that rapid progress in aviation doomed the ocean liner. The USS United States could carry up to 1928 passengers per trip, and did 2 trips per fortnight. A 707 carried 140 passengers per trip and did 2 trips per day. Hence it carried 140x2x14 = 3900 passengers per fortnight. So one 707 could carry as many passengers per year as an ocean linear could. A liner trip required 15 meals per passenger. A 707 trip required only 2 meals. Most of all, a 707 cost about US$5M while the USS United States cost US$79M. Aviation was vastly superior in time and cost.

@kevinstonerock3158

2 жыл бұрын

I guess a question I have is of the total of the 707’s used to transport passengers how many crashed killing or injuring people? To my knowledge, the United States never was involved in any accidents and I can’t provide any information about the queen’s. Even in present day there’ve been persons who’ve passed away while aboard ships since they’re traveling for multiple days. I don’t think it would count for travel related deaths. As someone commented elsewhere, while the opulence was grander on the queens not everyone could share in it since the steerage class was prevented from being on deck. The United States didn’t have any restrictions that I’m aware of. When it comes to comfort overall, I’ve heard of instances where Queen Mary at least would tend to porpoise, at times severely, and roll. The United States didn’t have problems like this. If traveling by air I have to wonder if passengers would really prefer sitting in a seat not able get up and walk around except to go to the bathroom. Every passenger has their personal space invaded for hours on end instead of being able to wander around a ship and enjoy what you see. I’ve traveled on ferries and it was always good to reflect on things occurring at the time without someone poking you in the ribs. We’ve mostly lost traveling by train and without an effort to revive ships that take us to a destination we have to reach yet gives us enjoyment during the journey.

@lorddaver5729

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't "immigrate" to the US, you emigrated.

@lylecosmopolite

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinstonerock3158 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_707

@lylecosmopolite

2 жыл бұрын

@@lorddaver5729 Point well taken; thank you.

The Music: Franz Liszt: Le Preludes

wow so col old Queen mary she in calif right now

@CrazyBrosCael

5 жыл бұрын

Bruce Sumter I feel like I had a stroke when I read this.

Don't Forget the R.M.S. Queen Mary, she too sailed during the 1930's and was Cunard & very close in design to the Queen Elizabeth!

The music underneath is a hoot. The narrator says they are back in the old country: to the tune of Dvorak's "New World Symphony"! And Wagner in 1948 Britain?????? The rubble of London hadn't even been cleared yet.

This is wonderful!!! Shot before the obesity epidemic when people had normal-sized bodies--look how slim everyone is. The average man in 1965 weighed 32 pounds less than they do now. But 50% of men smoked in 1946--pretty bad. (I think that is in Sweden--I extrapolated) Now it's hugely lower. Death by smoking or Sara Lee? Hmmm. LOL

There have been times in the history of England when they had a King and a Queen at the same time, if you catch my drift.

@colliecandle

4 жыл бұрын

And many of us wish neither existed - the satanic overpriveliged scum they are !

@RogerinKC

2 жыл бұрын

@@colliecandle DSo you realize how absolutely correct you are?

Was there more films like this made about the Elizabeth then the Mary? There seems to be several on KZread like this style about the Elizabeth but not much about the Mary.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

Queen Mary is a Hollywood movie star but Queen Elizabeth well she's more a black and white type of girl but she did appear in a couple of movies

I would totally fit in with these people. I'm at the age now where I can pull my britches up to my rib cage and stick the end my tie behind my belt buckle...

The music is Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast / My Country

@georgeschafer1779

5 жыл бұрын

No, the music is "Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt.

@yodservant

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but also Dvorak New World Symphony in spots ...

Most of QEs Eastbound American passengers in 1948 were probably of UK ancestory.

anyone know who the narrator is? his voice sound familiar

Muster drills.

I wonder whatever happened to that statue at 12:57? Did Cunard remove it (and that Canterbury Tales painting) when they sold the liner? I couldn't imagine having an interior cabin without windows showing the outside world. :p Would seem pretty claustrophobic.

when the last ships built in the 60's are gone like the mona lisa well never see the classic lines of a ship again propably, its sad they scrapped the ss norway and the qe2 becoming disformed in dubai

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

Ok same thing happened with Aquitania Norway had no right to be scrapped and yet her rival Queen Elizabeth 2 is a hotel

@ 19:58, this is tugs .

Hydro electric pressure.. he means steam

I am wondering what the name of the song is too. I remember hearing it in the beginning of Nazi German news.

@yodservant

4 жыл бұрын

Dvorak New World Symphony

With Wagner's "Götterdämmerung" as soundtrack. Almost sounds and looks like the Wochenschau; if it was not for the English commentary.

@scubawrestler

8 жыл бұрын

+Ricardo Velasco I find it interesting the sound track at 2:00 selected Smetana's works instead of something from an English composer.

@jimcrawford5039

5 жыл бұрын

American commentary!

did u sneak down to tourist class and have a big party? ;-))

17:24 RMS Queen Elizabeth Horn

is that edward r. murrow narrating?

Did not know that Ships have Birth certificate too??

@dennisbashore26

7 жыл бұрын

James hornerVEVO .......buh dum-dum. Your comment is priceless, My Friend. I loved it!

@jamesalexander5623

5 жыл бұрын

Upon Docking they also need a Berth Certificate!

Just 3-4 years after U-Boats used to terrorize Atlantic ocean!

It was arson as fires were set in several different locations at the same time.

@RogerinKC

2 жыл бұрын

That's great advice for all aspiring arsonists... multiple points of ignition often gives rise to suspicion.

Einmalige historische Aufnahmen!!!!

@werksdesign Don't forget the Queen Mary had a raised Forecastle deck too. :) In my opinion, the Queen Mary's 3 funnels and raised Forecastle made her even more beautiful than her younger sister. Too bad most of these ships are gone. At least the Mary is still hanging in there. And hopefully, the Gov. will do something to save the SS United States.

@ronaldcross

5 жыл бұрын

Our government? They won't ever spend a dime on an old ship that really should have been scrapped 20 years ago. It could never be profitable to refit it and it's far too small to turn a profit these days.

the queen elizibeth was the bigger of the two but the mary was faster

now she is just a hulk. hem

As the video reveals, in those days of sea travel passengers staying on the decks during berthing to watch the procedure must have had a healthy indolence for soot and smoke plumes being released from the funnels of the coal fired steam tugs.

its a wonder anyone could breathe with all that exhaust from absolutely everything...tugs, trains, dockside mules, the ship itself. Also, the business sure employed a lot of people...everything done by hand...aboard and dockside.

I have read a lot about these ships over a period of 40 years now and informed opinion seems to regard the Queen Elizabeth as being a much better ship including speed . How was it that the Queen Mary remained the most popular? My great uncle sailed on the Mary from Sydney to the Middle East during the war and described it as a tough voyage in the Southern Ocean. He was in a cabin and one of his mates was in a hammock in a swimming pool known as the pig pen. He used to sneak him up to the cabin. He described the rolling and as well in his words “ she used to shudder” . Can anyone comment on this

Les Preludes by Liszt

@pipey61

7 жыл бұрын

And The Moldau (Vlatava) by Smetana.

@johnfalstaff2270

7 жыл бұрын

At the end is Sigurd Jorsalfar by Edward Grieg.

@blueb0g

6 жыл бұрын

And Symphony no. 9 by Dvorak (3rd movement).

Not when you consider that the Normandie was *French*!

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You mean Grandma could actually travel somewhere with out getting her baggage x-rayed and searched?

The queens were made in aquitanias shadow

@jimcrawford5039

5 жыл бұрын

What does that mean? Aquitania 1914. Queen Mary 1936. Queen Elizabeth 1940. They were far in advance of Aquitania.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimcrawford5039 So? Aquitania was the princess of Cunard and served in both World Wars but they had to scrap her because she was too old!!!!! Completely disrespectful!!!!! Also she had the longest service in Cunard history until the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 but still QM and QE were built because of the beautiful girl known as Aquitania but she was disregarded and never became a hotel she and Mauritania and Olympic deserved the privilege

@RMSAquitaniafan55

2 жыл бұрын

Looking back at this comment, it is vague and rude. I love the two Queens Cunard built, but I feel Aquitania was a queen in her own right

Despite certain improvements over older sister Queen Mary it is still far behind the beauty and grace of the French Normandie. QE1 would look much better with wider but shorter stacks.

@connorpusey5912

4 жыл бұрын

I disagree. Queen Elizabeth just had the traditional lines of an ocean liner. Normandie was rather radical-looking both inside and out. Even today she is. So not every ocean liner can be compared to her.

About 02:09, that's Grieg.

@jimcrawford5039

5 жыл бұрын

Bohemia’s woods and fields, not Grieg, Smetana. Liszt, Les Preludes, Dvorak, New world Symphony.

I know this is heresy, but the Queen Elizabeth was a far superior ship than her consort, the Queen Mary, from exterior design to interior decoration. Don't get me wrong; I'm happy the QM is hopefully forever preserved, bit her exterior with the well-deck forward and the top-deck clutter of vents and guy-lines made her look "old" from the moment of her service. Her interiors, a mish-mash of pseudo-art-deco with ye-old-English made her, in the statement of a critic, an "abortion." The QE was more in the line of the Normandie (upon which she was based) with a united interior art-deco design and her exterior more streamlined. She was more attractive and practical.

@michaelbenitez539

5 жыл бұрын

Normandie looks more Queen Mary and despite that I think Queen Elizabeth was based on her oldest sister due to her and Queen Mary being nearly identical except for QE have 2 funnels and QM having 3 I think Queen Mary was far better than Queen Elizabeth but thats my opinion but I'm quite surprised Queen Elizabeth did not get the Blue Ribbon from her sister

Better they name it, " HMS Obsolete "

@jacobwoods8738

8 жыл бұрын

Why? She was cutting edge in 1939 when she was finished? And cutting edge in the 1940s when she was starting her sailing, it was in 1968 when she was retired that she was the RMS Obsolete.