SAILING EAST

In 1959, P&O acquired most of the remaining shares of the Orient Line. The shipping line was then retitled the P&O - Orient Line and this title remained until 1966 when it reverted to P&O.

This film covers the period of that merger using film most of which has never been seen before.

Sailing East features footage of the following ships: Orcades, Oronsay, Orsova, Oriana, Chitral, Cathay, Chusan, Arcadia,
Iberia and Canberra.

CROSSING THE OCEANS - PART ONE

Part One features ships of the P&O company and associated lines, namely the Orient Line, British India Line and New Zealand Shipping Company.

In all 23 different ships are covered, including Oriana, Himalaya and Canberra. A moving introduction sets the scene and then each shipping line is covered in turn with varied scenes of life on board and dramatic shots of the ships at sea and in harbour.

CROSSING THE OCEANS - PART TWO

Part Two of our series begins with extensive footage of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. The transatlantic theme continues with striking scenes of United States and two other US liners. Two Canadian Pacific liners are shown leaving Liverpool en-route to Montreal. The Royal Mail Line is represented by Andes and Arlanza as we move to the South American routes. Akaroa and Northern Star fly the Shaw Savill flag together with other famous names. A long chapter is devoted to the Union Castle Line and we finish with rare film of British troopships.

CROSSING THE OCEANS - PART THREE

Part Three celebrates the famous ships that sailed from Europe to the New World in the years after the Second World War. The film begins with an extended sequence showing life on board the Patonga, a P&O cargo vessel, on the long voyage to Sydney. We move on then to some classic Italian liners sailing under the famous colours of the Costa, Italian and Sitmar lines. The flagships of the Chandris line are next, fondly remembered by many thousands of emigrants. Many French, Dutch, German and Scandanavian liners follow.

CRUISING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - PART ONE

A series of films recording the changing face of cruising in the twentieth century. Part One features the following ships: Baltonia, Brandenberg, Mongolia, Jamaique, Rotterdam (1903), Atlantis, Chusan, Orontes, Oronsay, Aorangi, Gothic and many other vessels, including tankers, trawlers and sailing barges.

Ports of call and places of interest featured include Memmel, Tallin, the Kiel Canal, Barcelona, Tangier, Nice, Lisbon, Ceuta, Malta, Palermo, Sydney, Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Suva and Port Morseby.

CRUISING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - PART TWO

Part Two features the following ships: Andes, Arcadia and Oronsay and various passing shipping.

Ports of Call and places of interest featured are, Sydney, Singapore, Manilla, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Kyoto, Vancouver, San Francisco. Long Beach (including Anaheim Disney and the Colombia studios) Honolulu, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Malmo, Valetta, Port Said, Cairo  and the Pyramids, the transit of the Suez Canal, Colombo and Mount Lavinia.

CRUISING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - PART THREE

This time we have chosen the P&O liner “Iberia” as our host vessel, but in truth the footage was shot by a number of people on various ships in the 1960’s. We will visit eight Mediterranean ports, Gibraltar, Naples, Rhodes, Piraeus, Venice, Cannes, Monte Carlo and Lisbon before returning to Southampton.

During the voyage we will see various other liners
and cargo vessels, notably Canberra, Oriana, Cristoforo Colombo, Giulio Cesare, Leonardo da Vinci, Conte Biancamano, Independence, Australis, Queen Anna Maria, Mount Olympus, Angola, Santa Maria and others.