In 1907 the CUNARD STEAMSHIP Company launched, MAURY and LUCY, after the shocking appearance of the German Greyhounds in 1897 - KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE, the first of their Express Liners, the LUSITANIA and MAURETANIA , ships that become bywords for speed, luxury and elegance in transatlantic travel in the Anglo-Saxon world. Conquering the, thought to be British owned, BLUE RIBAND did send shockwaves through the Empire. by Earl of Cruise MAURETANIA - Source: Michigan Cottage Cook In 1897 Great Britain was in its 1st year of recovering from the original Gerat or Long Depression starting after the Vienna Stock Exchange crash in 1873. During that period UK forced f.e. Germany to label its products with `Made in Germany´, to prevent German products in the world markets. Unfortunately it turned out the other way round. As in these two decades the UK industry lost its leading position in the world. MAURETANIA longitudinal cut - Source: JF Ptak Science Books The new t
For liners and the shipping companies movies and films had been a top marketing tool Movies or Films and liners at sea, had been intriguing me since I have read about in my youth in LUXUSLINER - BILDER EINER GROSSEN ZEIT by Lee Server ( THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS ). But earlier, mot only since my first crossing, I was keen watching movies with liners in it, and disapointed, which was an understatement, when I realized the films have been made in a set ashore in some movie "factory". That was after my first crossing. by Earl of Cruise an essay in progress `Sabrina´, Humphrey Bogart in the office, while LIBERTÉ is sailing out of New York harbor - screenshot Ocean liners, especially those of the luxury category, had been the location of dramas, love stories, thrillers, suspense and catastrophies sinde film was born, or nearly. In this list, the most descriptions are taken from Wikipedia, as I guess no one can expect having seen all these films ... otherwise I w