"Three cheers for Joe Clark. His work on this collection (over five hours of running time) has ensured a record for posterity. Featuring over 200 ships, some of which were filmed pre-war in B &W, the series runs on to favourites of the 50's and 60's. Also captured for the sake of posterity are some modern cruise ships that ply their holiday trade across the oceans of the world. An atmospheric series which will bring pleasure to the viewer. Duration times approximately 57 minutes."

Review of Joe Clark's Personal A to Z of Ocean Liners - Sea Breezes July 2009

 
 


Joe Clark first went to sea as a nine year-old boy in the newly re-conditioned RMS Orion. The voyage to Australia took five weeks. He returned in the same ship some five years later by which time his love of the sea and ships was firmly embedded.

As soon as he was able to leave school, he joined the Orient Line as a Cadet Purser. He served on Otranto, Orontes, Orion, Orcades, Orsova and the Empire Orwell. He sailed on voyages to Australia, the west coast of America, and the Far East, as well as the occasional cruise to the Mediterranean, Scandinavia and the Pacific Isles.

He finished his service on Orontes as Deputy Purser on her final voyage to the breakers yard, a fitting if somewhat sad end.

Joe married and has three children and nine grandchildren. He had a successful career as a banker but fostered his love of the sea by collecting old film of the great liners of his time.

Now that he's retired, Joe can indulge his passion for ships and the sea by cruising. He prefers the smaller liners, sailing to all corners of the earth and of course still filming his voyages to bring the story up to date.

In 2004, Joe co-produced a three-part series of films entitled "Crossing the Oceans". Click here to be taken to the dedicated website. Building on that success he released four new DVD's on his own - Cruising in the Twentieth Century (Parts One to Three) and Sailing East.

His latest project is a Personal A to Z of Ocean Liners & Cruise Ships from the 1920’s to the Present. The series features over 200 ships. From black and white film of pre-war liners, through early colour film from the fifties and sixties, ending up with today’s favourite cruise liners, there is something for all ship enthusiasts.

With over five hours of footage - much of which has never been published before - and an informative
commentary from Joe himself, the films will take you on an unforgettable voyage back in time. The ships are listed in alphabetical order and are individually addressable from the DVD menu.

All five films are available in a single anthology case for a special discounted price - click here for details.

All the footage in his films was originally taken by amateurs - often crew members - on 8mm or 16mm cine cameras. Hence the quality is sometimes variable. Nevertheless the films are an authentic record of how it actually was - rather than how the shipping companies would like to portray it in publicity films.

Joe donates £1 per film sold to the Mission to Seafarers.

To order the DVD's online, please click on the buttons below the films. You will be taken to Paypal's secure servers to enter your payment details. Paypal automatically adds a UK post and packing charge of £2.00 per order. If you are ordering from outside the UK*, please add another £2.00 for overseas postage (click here to do this).

If you want to order by post, please click here. VHS versions of the films are available - please contact us for details.

*Please note the DVD's are supplied in PAL format suitable for UK, mainland Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East. We do not currently have the film in NTSC format suitable for North America, but please contact us if you are interested as we may be able to supply you at a future date.


"From Joe Clark's collection of old cine film and video comes a unique record of passenger liners and cruise ships in the twentieth century. The series features over 200 ships. From black and white of pre-war liners, through early colour film of the fifties and sixties, ending up with today's favourite cruise liners, something for all ship enthusiasts.

With over five hours of footage, much of which has never been published before, and the informative commentary from Joe himself, the films will take you on a voyage back in time. The ships are listed in alphabetical order and are individually addressable from the DVD menus. The old footage brings back many memories and is good viewing for all lovers of liners old and new."

Review of Joe Clark's Personal A to Z of Ocean Liners - Shipping Today and Yesterday 2009



 
NEW FILMS

BARROW BUILT LINERS - PART ONE


     
 

Features the following liners built pre-WW2: Otranto, Orford, Orontes, Strathnaver, Strathaird, Orion, Strathmore, Orcades II and Strateden.

Some of the material has been used in other films.

Running time approx 53 mins
£12.50 plus P&P

 
 

BARROW BUILT LINERS - PART TWO


     
 

Features the following liners built post-WW2: Orcades III, Himalaya, Chusan and Oronsay.

Some of the material has been used in other films.

Running time approx 53 mins
£12.50 plus P&P

 
 

BARROW BUILT LINERS - PART THREE


     
 

Features the last two liners of the Orient Line: Orsova and Oriana

Some of the material has been used in other films.

Running time approx 53 mins
£12.50 plus P&P

 
 

THE ORIENT LINE 1917 -1962


     
 

Features:
Ormonde, Otranto, Orford, Orontes, Orion, Orcades (1937), Orcades (1948), Oronsay, Orsova, Oriana

Running time approx 51 mins
£12.50 plus P&P

 
 

SOME P&O LINERS 1918 - 1962


     
 

Features:
Nalderra, Mongolia, Comorin, Chitral (1925), Strathnaver, Carthage, Strathaird, Strathmore, Stratheden, Canton, Himalaya, Chusan, Arcadia, Iberia, Chitral (1961), Cathay, Canberra

Running time approx 53 mins
£12.50 plus P&P

 
 

SOME SHIPS OF THE CUNARD AND WHITE STAR LINES


     
 

Features:
Alaunia, Aquetania, Berengaria, Carmania (1905), Carmania (1954), Caronia (1947), Cunard Countess, Franconia (1955), Mauretania (1906), Mauretania (1938), Majestic, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary (1934), Saxonia, Sea Goddess, Vistafjord (Caronia)

Running time approx 56mins
£12.50 plus P&P

 
 
     
 
 
DVD-R
Running Time 57 mins
£15.50 (plus post & packing)

A PERSONAL A to Z: PART ONE A-B

Features: Achille Lauro, Adonia, Aida Avita, Albatross 1957, Albatross 1973, Akaroa, America, Amerikanis, Amsterdam, Andes, Angelina Lauro, Angola Aranda, Arawa, Arcadia 1953, Arcadia 1987, Artemis, Arundel Castle, Ascania, Astor, Astoria, Asuka II, Athena, Atlantic, Atlantica, Aurora, Australis, Balmoral, Baltonia, Batory, Bergensfjord, Berengaria, Black Prince, Black Watch, Braemar, Brazil Star, Bremen, Brilliance of the Seas, Britannia

 
 
     
 
 
DVD-R
Running Time 57 mins
£15.50 (plus post & packing)

A PERSONAL A to Z: PART TWO C-E

Features: Canberra, Canton, Capetown Castle, Carla Costa, Carnival Celebration, Carnival Destiny, Carnival Fascination, Carnival Glory, Carnival Legend, Carnival Sensation, Caronia 1947, Caronia 1973, Carthage, Cathay, Celebrity Mercury, Chitral 1934, Chitral 1955, Chusan, Cilicia, City of Durban, Club Med II, Columbus C., Conte Biancamano, Constellation, Coral, Coral Princess, Costa Allegra, Cristoforo Columbo, Crystal Symphony, Cunard Countess, Danae, Dempo, Devonshire, Discovery, Dunnottar Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Ellinis, Empire Halladale, Empire Fowey, Empire Orwell, Empress of Britain, Empress of Canada, Empress of France,
Enrico Costa, Eugenio C, Europa 1928, Europa 1952

 
 
 
 
DVD-R
Running Time 57 mins
£15.50 (plus post & packing)

A PERSONAL A to Z: PART THREE F-N

Features: Fairsea, Fair Sky, Fairstar, Fairwind, Federico C, Festivale, Flavia, France, Franconia, Freewinds, Galileo Galilei, Giuilo Cesare, Gothic, Gripsholm, Grandeur of the Seas, Hamburg, Hebridean Princess, Hebridean Spirit, Himalaya, Iberia, Ilmatar, Independence, Infante dom Henrique, Island Breeze, Island Princess, Jamaique, Kenya Castle, King Henry, Kungsholm 1952, Kungsholm 1965, Lakonia, Leonardo da Vinci, Maasdam, Majestic, Majesty of the Seas, Maloja, Mauretania 1906, Mauretania 1938, Maxim Gorky, Michelangelo, Minerva, Minerva II, Mona Lisa, Mongolia, Monteray, Monte Toledo, MSC Lirica, Naldera, Navarino, Neptunia, Nevasa, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Northern Star, Nordic Prince, Norway, Norwegian Crown

 
 
     
 
 
DVD-R
Running Time 57 mins
£15.50 (plus post & packing)

A PERSONAL A to Z: PART FOUR O-R

Features: Oceana, Ocean Monarch, Ocean Village, Odessa, Oranje, Orcades 1936, Orcades 1947, Orford, Oriana 1960, Oriana 1995, Orion, Oronsay, Orontes, Orsova, Otranto, Oxfordshire, Pacific Princess, Pacifique, Paul Gaugin, Patroclus, Pendennis Castle, President Cleveland, President
Wilson, Pretoria Castle, Primaos, Pyrrhus, Queen Anna Maria, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Frederica, Queen Mary, Queen of Bermuda

 
 
     
 
 
DVD-R
Running Time 57 mins
£15.50 (plus post & packing)

A PERSONAL A to Z: PART FIVE R-Z

Features: Rangitiki, Regal Princess, Regina, Reina del Mar, Reliance, Renaissance, Rotterdam, Royal Odyssey, Royal Princess, Royal Star, Ruahine, Ruys, Sapphire, Safina-E-Hussai, Sagafjord, Saga Rose, Santa Maria, Seabourne Pride, Sea Cloud, Sea Cloud II, Sea Dream II, Sea Princess,
1965, Sea Princess 1998, Serenade of the Seas, Seven Seas Navigator, Silver Cloud, Southern Cross, Sovereign of the Seas, Spirit of Adventure, Spirit of London, Splendour of the Seas, Statendam, Stefan Battory, Stella Polaris, Stirling Castle, Strathaird, Stratheden, Strathmore, Strathnaver, Sundream, Sunward II, Transvaal Castle, Thompson Spirit, Triton, Uganda, United States, Vaal, Volkerfreundschaft, Vistafjord, Vulcania, William Ruys, Wind Star, Windsor Castle, World Discoverer, Yorkshire, Zaandam, Zeeland

 
 
     
 
 
5 x DVD-R
£60.00 (plus post & packing)

A PERSONAL A to Z: ANTHOLOGY - PARTS ONE TO FIVE

Get all five parts of Joe Clark's A to Z in one convenient multi-CD box.

Available at the discounted price of £60.00 plus post and packing.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 57 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 69 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 63 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 54 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 59 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 58 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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DVD-R
Running Time 59 mins
£14.99 (plus post & packing)

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.

 
 
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TO ORDER BY POST

Please send a UK sterling cheque or postal order made out to Joe Clark to:

Joe Clark
16 Pembury Road
Tonbridge,
Kent TN9 2HX
UK

 
 
 
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