Let’s look at a legacy American train. Thibault Constant, host and producer of top-quality train reviews, takes onboard Amtrak’s Sunset Limited. Simply Rail onboard Amtrak’s Sunset Limited To learn more about Simply Rail and how Thibault started his channel check out the Interview in VoyageSTL magazine. The Original Sunset Limited Like ... Read More »
Retro: Glamorous Cruise Ship Fashion
In the early days of cruising, people who went on ocean voyages filled their Louis Vuitton steamer trunks with finery. Ahoy there fellow shipsters! Here’s some delightful 16mm home movies in both black and white and color shot aboard a Caribbean cruise on the SS Haiti of the Colombian Line. ... Read More »
Judy Garland “A Star Is Born” 1954 Video Hollywood World Premiere
Dozens of the stars attending the opening predicted an Oscar sweep for Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, and A Star is Born. One of the last great Hollywood premieres. A video history of the 1954 world premiere of at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre… When movies were movies and stars were ... Read More »
Historical Look at Ellis Island and Immigration
Immigrants to America… ELLIS ISLAND HISTORY – IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA The great steamship companies like White Star, Red Star, Cunard and Hamburg-America played a significant role in the history of Ellis Island and immigration in general. The German liner Imperator carried many immigrants in steerage. While most immigrants entered the ... Read More »
Cary Grant Onboard the Gambling Ship REX off Malibu
Film star of stars Cary Grant sailed on the great liner German liner S.S. Rex when crossing the pond but gambled on board the “Rex” just off the Santa Monica pier. Besides the fabulous Italian ocean liner, S.S. REX launched in 1931; there was another S.S. REX. The far lesser ... Read More »
What books filled the Titanic’s library?
As the RMS Titanic was sinking beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, and survivors were thrashing about in the iceberg-clotted waters. What books might the passengers have turned to with which to fashion a homemade life preserver or, in the case of some sturdy ... Read More »
California’s overnight boats sailed between San Francisco and Los Angeles
The SS Yale and SS Harvard became known as “white Flyers of the Pacific”! The sister ships each made four sailings a week, carrying 565 First Class passengers at an average speed of 23 knots between the two major California cities. The fast coastal ships provided an overnight cruise on the ... Read More »
California’s Last Remaining Movie Palaces
California grand movie palaces escaped the wrecking ball and are thriving throughout the Golden State, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Los Angeles, Fresno, Stockton, and many other cities. See them all in our New Video Our New Video: Featuring the 14 California Movie Palaces with theatre organ heard playing: ... Read More »
Happy GAY Valentines Day – New Video
Happy Gay Valentines Day! Romance in action, celebrated by 50 plus gay couples in new video. Theme song is “Isn’t It Romantic” by Rodgers and Hart. Watch the dozens of couples celebrate Valentine’s Day. Preview some of the guys… Isn’t It Romantic… “Isn’t It Romantic?” was a popular song by ... Read More »
West Hollywood’s Big Red Streetcars
Los Angeles used to have a public transit system that covered about 25 percent more track mileage than New York City’s current subway system. In its eco-heyday in 1945, LA had more than 900 hydro-electric Pacific Electric “Red Cars” that covered more than 1,100 miles, from Pasadena to downtown LA, ... Read More »