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Videos
[VIDEO] What’s the Difference Between an Ocean Liner and a Cruise Ship – Oceanliner Designs
Even though we’ve concluded Cunard month here at CruiseInd, this video and analysis from Mike Brady at the channel Oceanliner Designs is too good to pass up. Mike Brady is a maritime researcher and illustrator. He runs one of the…
[VIDEO] The Incredible Career of RMS Lusitania – Oceanliner Designs
In a continuation of Cunard month here at CruiseInd, we are featuring a series of videos that some of the top maritime content creators have recently published. Researcher and illustrator Mike Brady at the channel Oceanliner Designs has a very…
[VIDEO] The Career of RMS Aquitania – Shipwreck Sunday
In a continuation of Cunard month here at CruiseInd, we will now be featuring a series of videos that some of the top maritime content creators have recently published. Elinor at the channel Shipwreck Sunday created this excellent video that…
[VIDEO] In an Alternate Universe, What If The SS Seawise University (ex-Queen Elizabeth) Didn’t Burn- Old Shipping Lines
In a continuation of Cunard month here at CruiseInd, we will now be featuring a series of videos that some of the top maritime content creators have recently published. Jamie at the channel Old Shipping Lines has this absolutely fascinating…
[VIDEO] The Full Story of RMS Lusitania – Shipwreck Sunday
In a continuation of Cunard month here at CruiseInd, we will now be featuring a series of videos that some of the top maritime content creators have recently published. Elinor at the channel Shipwreck Sunday created this excellent video that…
[VIDEO] The Story Of The RMS Mauretania 2 – Old Shipping Lines
In a continuation of Cunard month here at CruiseInd, we will now be featuring a series of videos that some of the top maritime content creators have recently published. Jamie at the channel Old Shipping Lines recently published this fantastic…
[VIDEO] The Career of RMS Mauretania – Shipwreck Sunday
In a continuation of Cunard month here at CruiseInd, we will now be featuring a series of videos that some of the top maritime content creators have recently published. Elinor at the channel Shipwreck Sunday created this excellent video that…
[VIDEO] Vintage TV Clip of the Carnival Destiny
This is a clip from a late 1990’s documentary on the Carnival Destiny shortly after she was launched. The ship has since gone on to be renamed Carnival Sunshine. Features a very young John Heald. **This is a VHS rip…
[VIDEO] Building Voyager of the Seas
The challenge is to design and build the largest and most technologically advanced cruise ship in history. In this video you’ll discover how and why Voyager of the Seas came to be the largest cruise ship ever built. Revealing interviews…
[VIDEO] Floating Palaces: The Great Atlantic Liners
The Mikhail Lermontov
A sistership later became the MS Marco Polo. The ship MS Mikhail Lermontov was Owned by the Soviet Union’s Baltic Shipping Company Launched in East Germany in 1972 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar. It was subsequently converted to a crusie…
[VIDEO] The Only Way To Cross
This 5 part series is written and produced by famed ocean liner historian, the late John Maxtone-Graham. This aired exclusively on the SS Norway in the 80’s and 90’s. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
[VIDEO] Castles of the Sea
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See Virgin Voyages Captain At Her Old Gig!
While looking up videos of cruise ship bridge tours (as one does), I found Virgin Voyages new captain Wendy Williams at her old gig:
[VIDEO] RMS Transvaal Castle Promotional Film
Here’s a rare video from the early 1960’s covering Union Castle Lines RMS Transvaal Castle. This vessel sailed on liner routes between the UK and South Africa. After a career sailing on that route, she was sold to Carnival Cruise…
[VIDEO] Mighty Cruise Ships: Europa 2
The next in the Mighty Cruise Ships series features the Europa 2 of Hapag Lloyd Cruises. The usual disclaimer with this series: Note that since this video is definitely copyrighted (to which I do not own) I can’t guarantee that…
[VIDEO] Transatlantic, Queen Elizabeth II
This next video is an interesting behind the scenes look at a westbound transatlantic crossing on the Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1992. Unlike traditional documentaries, there is no narrator. It’s mostly an hourlong collection of various shots with a few…
[VIDEO] Mighty Cruise Ships: Celebrity Solstice
The next in the Mighty Cruise Ships series features the Celebrity Solstice. The usual disclaimer with this series: Note that since this video is definitely copyrighted (to which I do not own) I can’t guarantee that it will remain up…
[VIDEO] Mighty Cruise Ships: Viking Sea
Next is another video in the series called Mighty Cruise Ships from the Smithsonian Channel. This episode is about Viking Ocean Cruises second vessel, the Viking Sea. The usual disclaimer: Note that since this video is definitely copyrighted (to which…
[VIDEO] Superships Irish Ferries Ulysses
Our next video is from the series Superships. This one coveres the Irish/Welsh ferry Ulysses. At the time she was launched in 2000, she was the largest ro/ro ferry in the world. Since then, Norway’s Color Magic and Color Fantasy,…
[VIDEO] Mighty Cruise Ships: Marco Polo
This video is also from the Mighty Cruise Ship program that airs in the US under the Smithsonian Channel. This is the ex-Aleksandr Pushkin that currently sails for the UK’s Cruise & Maritime Voyages. Note that since this video is…
[VIDEO] Mighty Cruise Ships: Carnival Vista
We’re back with our videos and right in time for the holidays. This weeks video is of the Carnival Vista from Smithsonian Channels series Mighty Cruise Ships. Note that since this video is definitely copyrighted (to which I do not…
[VIDEO] Worlds Greatest Ships: Power & Glory
This weeks documentary is also from the early 2000’s. It originally aired on TLC. This documentary features the Explorer of the Seas right after she came out.
[VIDEO] Inside Disney Cruise Line
This weeks documentary is from the early 2000’s on that aired on the Travel Channel. It explores Disney Cruise Line. This was back when they only had two ships, the Magic and Wonder.