- Title: VM-147
- Summary: SUN-WAY HOLIDAY: CARIBBEAN FUN AND RELAXATION ON THE SS HOMERIC CRUISE SHIP. MIDDLE AGED COUPLES VACATION ON OCEAN LINER.
- Description:00:39:43 - CRUISE SHIP BEDECKED WITH PENNANTS IN NEW YORK HARBOR 00:39:56 - 1950s PASSENGERS HAVE THEIR PAPERS INSPECTED AND BOARD SHIP 00:40:10 - PASSENGERS WELCOMED BY STAFF AS THEY COME ABOARD. ESCORTED TO THEIR CABINS 00:40:30 - CREWS WORKS BRINGING UP ANCHORS,. UNTYING SHIP 00:40:37 - PASSENGERS WAVE GOODBYE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY 00:40:47 - SS HOMERIC CRUISE SHIP LEAVES NEW YORK HARBOR. PEOPLE WAVING GOODBYE. 1950s NEW YORK SKYLINE FROM HARBOR. 00:41:08 - PASSENGERS ON DECK VIEWING THE NEW YORK SKYLINE 00:41:20 - SHIP'S WAKE 00:41:26 - PASSENGERS HAVING AN INFORMAL COCKTAIL PARTY. MAKING A TOAST MIDDLE AGED COUPLES HAVING DRINKS CIRCA 1954. 1950s COCKTAIL SET 00:41:47 - PASSENGERS SITTING IN DECK CHAIRS TAKING IN THE SUN 00:42:05 - MAN TAKES A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS WIFE ON DECK. 1950s FASHIONS 00:42:10 - PEOPLE IN DECK CHAIRS PEOPLE WATCH "THE DECK PACERS" MAN WITH TWO WOMEN ON HIS ARMS. 1950s PLAYBOY 00:42:21 - CU WOODEN SIGN "LENGTH AROUND BOAT DECK" 00:42:25 - CAPTAIN GIVES PASSENGERS TOUR AROUND THE WHEEL HOUSE. CLICHE RICH MAN WEARS ASCOT. 00:42:52 - PASSENGERS ON DECK WITH THE CAPTAIN 1950s CRUISE FASHIONS 00:43:10 - WOMEN AT HAIRDRESSERS, 1950s CRUISE SHIP BEAUTY PARLOR WOMAN UNDER HAIR DRYER READS MAGAZINE AS ANOTHER WOMAN GETS HER HAIR STYLED 00:43:26 - 1950s CRUISE SHIP SOCIAL GATHERING, CAPTAIN GREETS GUESTS AT THE CAPTAIN'S COCKTAIL PARTY. 1950s EVENING WEAR. 00:43:55 - THE MELDINI TRIO ENTERTAIN GUESTS, COUPLES DANCE. 00:44:30 - 1950s CRUISE SHIP CLUB LOUNGE. BARTENDER SHAKES A MARTINI POURS INTO GLASS 00:44:41 - SUNSET FROM CRUISE SHIP DECK 00:44:50 - WOMAN BRUSHES HER HAIR BEFORE BED FEMALE ROOMMATE SEEN THROUGH MIRROR. UNINTENTIONAL 1950s LESBIAN SEXUAL INNUENDO. CU GIRL WITH BEDROOM EYES 00:45:08 - SHIP AT SEA 00:45:12 - PASSENGERS ON CRUISE SHIP PLAY SHUFFLEBOARD. OTHERS WATCH. 00:45:26 - PASSENGERS STANDING AT THE RAIL SPOT FLYING FISH 00:45:39 - SMALL SAIL BOATS IN HAITI WITH BOYS THAT DIVE FOR COINS THROWN FROM THE CRUISE SHIP. 00:46:07 - SIGN ANNOUNCES PORT AU PRINCE CRUISE SHIP STOP. PASSENGERS BOARD TENDERS, FERRIED FROM SHIP TO PORT. 1950s SAILORS 00:46:33 - HAITI CIRCA 1954. AMERICAN TOURISTS SHOP AT THE FAMOUS IRON MARKET. WOMAN LOOKS AT STRAW HATS. 00:47:04 - PAN FROM RESORT SWIMMING POOL TO HIGH SHOT OF HAITI, 1954. MOUNTAINS. 00:47:21 - FOOD SERVERS WEARING NAUTICAL STRIPED SHIRTS AND GOOFY HATS AT SHIP BUFFET. LARGE BUNNY RABBIT WITH HUGE CARROT. FOOD SCULPTURES. PASSENGERS TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. EARLY 1950s MOVIE CAMERA. HUGE CAKE IN THE SHAPE OF DUTCH WINDMILL. FOOD ART. 00:48:00 - CRUISE SHIP ACTIVITIES EVENING MASQUERADE PARTY. PASSENGERS PARADE IN COSTUMES. MEN DRESSED LIKE JAILBIRDS. MAN IN DRAG. ALL KINDS OF COSTUMES, THEMES. JUDGES. WOMAN DRESSED LIKE A FLAPPER DANCES THE CHARLESTON. MASQUERADE QUEEN OF THE CRUISE IS SELECTED. WOMAN IN JAPANESE COSTUME. WOMAN IN A SPANISH COSTUME. COUPLE IN 18TH CENTURY COSTUME. PREGNANT NURSE COSTUME WITH 2 DOCTORS, SIGN AROUND HER NECK "WITCH DOCTOR?" 00:49:08 - POV LOOKING DOWN AT SHIP'S BOW BREAKING THROUGH WATER 00:49:14 - POV LOOKING UP AT COLORFUL PENNANTS 00:49:18 - PASSENGERS DISEMBARK ON THE WEST INDIES ISLAND OF JAMAICA 00:49:31 - KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1954. TRAFFIC POLICEMAN. AMERICAN TOURISTS SHOP 00:49:43 - AMERICAN TOURISTS WANDER AROUND GARDENS. WOMAN SMELLING FLOWERS. RUBS HER FACE ON FLOWERS. 00:49:55 - TOURISTS DRINK COCKTAILS AT OUTDOOR CAFE WHILE LISTENING TO JAMAICAN MARCHING BAND PLAY 00:50:13 - CRUISE SHIP AT SEA. ADULTS PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS ON BOARD CRUISE SHIP. WOMEN IN 1950s ONE-PIECE BATHING SUITS. SPECTATORS LAUGH 00:51:00 - PASSENGER PLAY PING PONG ON BOARD CRUISE SHIP. TABLE TENNIS 00:51:10 - GOLF PRO SHOWS WOMAN HOW TO PLAY GOLF HOLDS HER HEAD 00:51:23 - CRUISE SHIP FUN AND GAMES. MEN AND WOMEN HOLD SPOONS WITH LEMONS IN THEIR MOUTHS WHILE THEY SWIM IN SWIMMING POOL. 00:51:59 - MEN TRY TO GRAB HOT DOGS HANGING ON ROPES JUST ABOVE THE POOL 00:52:23 - PASSENGERS IN DECK CHAIRS SERVED SNACKS CU PLATE OF PASTRIES AND ICED TEA. 00:52:50 - MAN ON SHIP'S DECK SUNBATHING, HIS BACK IS GETTING SUNBURNED PASSENGERS ON DECK SUNBATHING 00:53:08 - PASSENGERS ON BOARD SHIP IN DINING ROOM IN EVENING WEAR ELEGANT SERVICE 00:53:58 - PASSENGERS ON DECK POINT AT MORRO CASTLE. HAVANA, CUBA POV FROM SHIP 00:54:15 - AMERICAN TOURISTS IN HAVANA, CUBA CIRCA 1954. CHURCHES. WIDE BOULEVARD. OPEN PLAZA. MALACON 00:54:50 - PASSENGERS BOARD CRUISE SHIP. CU LIFTING ANCHOR. CRUISE SHIP LEAVING HAVANA PORT. 00:55:11 - CU CAPTAIN LOOKING THROUGH SEXTANT, NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENT 00:55:13 - HUSBAND TAKES CHEESY PHOTO OF HIS WIFE WEARING SS HOMERIC LIFE PRESERVER 00:55:31 - CRUISE SHIP "APACHE NIGHT" PASSENGERS DRESSED LIKE CLICHE PARISIANS, FRENCH COSTUMES, BERETS, ASCOTS AND STRIPED SHIRTS FOR THE MEN. SHORT SKIRTS AND BLOUSES FOR THE WOMEN. BAND PLAYS, COUPLES DANCE. PASSENGERS DRINK, DANCE, HAVING FUN BALLOONS ON THE CEILING 00:56:23 - CRUISE SHIP AT SEA. COUPLE WALKS ON DECK IN 1950s RESORT CRUISE WEAR 00:56:53 - CRUISE SHIP WAKE 00:56:59 - PASSENGER DRINKS IN THE BEAUTY OF A SUNSET AT SEA ON CRUISE SHIP DECK 00:57:11 - MONTAGE HIGH POINTS OF THE TRIP, PALM FRINGED ISLANDS, HAITI, JAMAICA, AMERICAN TOURISTS SHOP, NATIVE POLICEMAN, CASTLE, CHURCH, MORRO CASTLE, VIEW FROM A MOUNTAIN TOP, HAVANA, CUBA 00:57:39 - PASSENGERS IN DECK CHAIRS SERVED REFRESHMENTS AND SNACKS 00:57:43 - CRUISE SHIP ACTIVITIES. SHUFFLEBOARD. TABLE TENNIS PING PONG. GOLF LESSON. MUSICAL CHAIRS. PARISIAN THEMED COCKTAIL PARTY ELEGANT DINNER 00:58:29 - BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AT SEA FROM SHIP'S DECK
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-147