What wonderful memory, I was on the Queen Mary in July of '67 when I was 16. I remember the car on display shown in the video in detail. I believe it was a "Rover" and was in British Racing Green with tan leather interior. It was on display near the port side entrance next to the money exchange office . There were not to many people on board and I still have a postcard and a couple menus from the trip as well as pictures. I also remember watching the movie "You Only Live Twice" in the ships theater and saw it multiple times. God save the Queen!
I actually can't remember exactly when I was aboard. I think it must have been one of the last sailings though. I remember leaving Southampton and after 5 days, docking in New York. All I can say is that I enjoyed it.
Michael Neel I’m insane? Your the one who said my life is pathetic, your probably just a 5 yr old mentally insane person taking your anger out on me how about you be more kind next time and just say alright.😡
When She got to Long Beach they made a big pile of deck chairs and sold them for 5 dollars apiece. My Pops bought one for each of us kids. I still have mine. It's stamped/branded Cunard Lines on the back. Mom got some sheets and pillow cases as well. They are made quite well and either have red or blue stitching on the hems.
While I'm very young still to never have traveled on this great ship I can appreciate the beauty of it. As a child I toured the entire ship with my family without a guide and I absolutely loved it. The ship is just a fantastic beauty and years later when I was older I went on it but wasn't able to go to any of the sections I did before to see how it did need repairs. History must be preserved and cherished and I do know how much it'll take to keep this beauty in pristine shape. I'm liking this video because it just makes me weep in such a good way. Thank you for this.
An amazing bridge between the 1930’s, the Normandie, World War 2 and today. A true historical gem. Even in 1967, she was a mirror on the 1930’s and seeing those ‘modern’ choppers buzzing around her showed just what an amazing old dowager from another time she was then and still is now. A link back to a time now long lost.
King Punchwood That is impossible. The Queen Mary is too far gone, mechanically and structurally to ever go to sea again, even under tow. But it's nice to think about.
I'm talking in realistic terms regarding the cost of refitting the ship and what would need to be altered to make her seaworthy. The Queen Mary is best left as she is as long as she is well maintained.
For all their beauty most ocean liners were nowhere near as luxurious as the average cruise ship. Queen Mary for instance lacked air conditioning throughout her interior spaces, many of her least expensive cabins lacked their own bathrooms and her list of available amenities were far fewer than even the smallest of modern cruise ships. However she had a grace and style that leaves even the best of modern passenger ships in her long wake.
The Queen Mary is a wonderful ship. I heard on a video on here, that she survived a Rouge wave even. She carried 16,000 soldiers or somewhere around that number, on one single trip.
She barely survived that rogue wave. It struck the ship broadside and she rolled to 53 degrees. Had she rolled just two more degrees she would have went past the Point of No Return and capsized with the loss of over 15,000 people.... The author of The Poseidon Adventure was on that crossing and took his inspiration for the book from that near fatal wave
Stayed on her a couple of times.She is a beautiful ship,and I came away from that experience obsessed by wanting to learn everything about her.This is a great video with the perfect sound track.Thank you.👍👍
I am sooooo glad that I was in the opportunity to visit the Queen Mary in 2003......I saw almost every inch of the ship, from bottom to bridge. A dream came true. At first it seemed almost impossible since I live far away in the Netherlands....
Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful piece of history. I've loved that ship since I was very young. I built one of those Revell plastic models of her. I never got a chance to go out and visit her in California. She and her sister Queen Elizabeth were both beautiful and majestic ships as well as our ss United States. Thank you again and God Bless you for sharing this wonderful footage.
I love this video! After leaving New York for the last time the Magnificent Queen Mary headed back to Southamton for the final good bye then she was on her way to Long Beach.After millions of boats ships ext came to greet the Magnificent Queen into Long Beach and she docked it was an end of the classic Liner era!She was then taken to Lon Beach Naval Ship yard for the conversion and in 1971 she opened to the puplic as a hotel and museum.And sadly in 1968 her sister Queen Elizabeth was with drawed from service!
I was a young lawyer at the time and worked in lower Manhatten. Myself and few colleagues went down to Battery Park to watch her depart. The view up the river is blocked by an old building so she was out of sight as she approached but her horns were blaring and we watched as she finally broke into view with an entourage of boats. There was a FDNY fire boat shooting plumes of water high into the air as she passed. It was a magnificent sight as she sadly sailed down the bay for the very last time and the end of an era. Years later I attended a conference onboard when she was docked in California.
Just a few days prior to this video I, aged 18, was crossing from Southampton to New York on a small tub called the SS AURELIA, chartered by the Council for Student Travel which, in the Summer of Love with 1000 students on board, was nothing if not memorable! During our slow crossing the captain advised us that during the night we had been overtaken by the RMS Queen MARY on her last ever voyage from Southampton to NY. Amazing eh!! Ironically I believe the Aurelia was the smallest ship to do the Atlantic crossing to NY - I think it took us about ten days!
QUEEN MARY was the second Cunarder that Captain John Treasure Jones commanded on her final voyage. He took MAURETANIA into retirement two years earlier
Starting at about 3:45 you can see the Singer Building in the skyline, now dwarfed, beginning demolition. Two beauties heading out in very different ways, One loud and memorable and one silent and forgotten.
They're doing a nice job so far of fixing that, I was there recently and they made it very clear how much they cared. I'm excited because it really seems to be more than just a fresh coat of paint.
Robert Willetts minor repairs. 230 million dollars??. I dont think you have a grasp of how much 1 million dollars are. Let alone 230 million. Lol. I will be spending my birthday on the Queen Mary day after tomorrow. Anxious to see how all the repairs are coming along.
She was sailing off into an uncertain future, then. Yet 50 years later, she's still in existence, apparently financially successful as a floating hotel.
Such a grand lady of the sea. I spent my honeymoon aboard her and it was an absolute dream come true for me, as I never thought I'd get the chance to see her, let alone spend 3 nights onboard.
I've set up a go fund me page for her. She needs lots of repairs folks. But I'm not one to give up. I believe there are those of us who are more then willing to donate and even volunteer time enough to give her the face lift she needs. I sure am. I live only 5.5 miles from her.
Just stayed on her a few months ago...I was amazed to be on her after I learned of the rich history. I wandered all over for hours taking it all in. Sat and spoke with a bartender and he has high hopes that a serious restoration will take place...not that it’s bad...I like it to be a little rough around the edges. But the room was great...the ship was tidy...good breakfast. Want to go back.
Allan Mcewan Allan, I'll be spending my birthday on the Queen Mary day after tomorrow. I live about 65 miles from Long Beach. Have been on here several times starting in the 1980s. She's a marvelous ship and historical treasure. I'm anxious to see how the repairs are coming along. She has already been completely repainted, so she should look great.
Not very long, they were both around 30 years old which is the life expectancy of an ocean going ship, plus new fire safety regulations that came about in the 70’s would have forced Cunard to spend millions to update them.
Fun fact, the World Trade Center Twin Tower never lived to see neither of the RMS Queen Marys. Was under construction when the first one made her last voyage and was history when the second first arrived in NY.
In point of fact there are NONE. Even Queen Mary 2 bares little resemblance to her elder sister inside or out. The last thing even close to Mary was QE2 and SS Norway (previously SS France) and both are now gone the former a hotel in Dubai and the later chopped up for scrap in Alang, India.
Hi there, I really like this footage of the last voyage. I am making a one hour documentary about the Queen Mary for Channel 5 in the UK. I was wondering where you found this and who might own the copyright? Do you own a copy which you could kindly send me? Thanks for your help, Nia (Researcher, Channel 5)
Isn’t that the Golden Gate Bridge at the end of the video? Luxury liners were sleek, graceful and full of class. Today’s cruise ships are just hokey and gimmicky and a place to get sick lol.
She was bigger. Research big liners they have a similar appearance, but not the same. Dont let your love of Titanic stop you from looking at other ships.
I think there is nothing so stirring as the sight of a giant transatlantic liner such as the QUEEN MARY. Simply awe inspiring.
I was awed by it when I went on it at Long Beach in 1997.
What wonderful memory, I was on the Queen Mary in July of '67 when I was 16. I remember the car on display shown in the video in detail. I believe it was a "Rover" and was in British Racing Green with tan leather interior. It was on display near the port side entrance next to the money exchange office . There were not to many people on board and I still have a postcard and a couple menus from the trip as well as pictures. I also remember watching the movie "You Only Live Twice" in the ships theater and saw it multiple times. God save the Queen!
I actually can't remember exactly when I was aboard. I think it must have been one of the last sailings though. I remember leaving Southampton and after 5 days, docking in New York. All I can say is that I enjoyed it.
So, you would be 69 now?
A lot better than the floating meat boxes you see these days. had real character.
@@bagelq2028 Time marches on ! So get over it . PS the QM2 suites are fabulous ...
Michael Neel sorry old ocean liners look better p.s no I’m not getting over it
@@bagelq2028 Well thanks for telling the world just how pathetic your life is !!!
@@bagelq2028 YOUR INSANE ! SEEK HELP & GOD ! I'M NOT YOUR MATE SIR ! SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING MY MOTHER WOULD CALL THE HELP ...
Michael Neel I’m insane? Your the one who said my life is pathetic, your probably just a 5 yr old mentally insane person taking your anger out on me how about you be more kind next time and just say alright.😡
When She got to Long Beach they made a big pile of deck chairs and sold them for 5 dollars apiece.
My Pops bought one for each of us kids.
I still have mine.
It's stamped/branded Cunard Lines on the back.
Mom got some sheets and pillow cases as well.
They are made quite well and either have red or blue stitching on the hems.
While I'm very young still to never have traveled on this great ship I can appreciate the beauty of it. As a child I toured the entire ship with my family without a guide and I absolutely loved it. The ship is just a fantastic beauty and years later when I was older I went on it but wasn't able to go to any of the sections I did before to see how it did need repairs. History must be preserved and cherished and I do know how much it'll take to keep this beauty in pristine shape. I'm liking this video because it just makes me weep in such a good way. Thank you for this.
An amazing bridge between the 1930’s, the Normandie, World War 2 and today. A true historical gem. Even in 1967, she was a mirror on the 1930’s and seeing those ‘modern’ choppers buzzing around her showed just what an amazing old dowager from another time she was then and still is now. A link back to a time now long lost.
The Queen Mary against the backdrop of New York is such an impressive sight. Shame it can never be recreated.
+Jmcuoco 99 Thanks for your kind comment, she was lovely. I am glad she is still around.
we don't know maybe she'll be put back into service in the future and go back to transatlantic travel.
King Punchwood That is impossible. The Queen Mary is too far gone, mechanically and structurally to ever go to sea again, even under tow. But it's nice to think about.
Jmcuoco 99 but we don't know that for sure
I'm talking in realistic terms regarding the cost of refitting the ship and what would need to be altered to make her seaworthy. The Queen Mary is best left as she is as long as she is well maintained.
old *Ocean liners* were better then the ones today because the old ones are so *Luxurious!*
I dont think we got ocean liners now a days... just cruise ships
SS Edmund FitzGerald Today? Only one remains, RMS Queen Mary 2.
@@akiyl7479 RMS Queen Mary is actually still around and you can experience her in all her glory, albeit from a stationary perspective.
Well actually I'd say cruise ships are way more luxurious. Ocean liners and cruise ships are way different things. You can't compare them.
For all their beauty most ocean liners were nowhere near as luxurious as the average cruise ship. Queen Mary for instance lacked air conditioning throughout her interior spaces, many of her least expensive cabins lacked their own bathrooms and her list of available amenities were far fewer than even the smallest of modern cruise ships. However she had a grace and style that leaves even the best of modern passenger ships in her long wake.
I stayed a few nights on board recently. She is truly amazing.
The Queen Mary is a wonderful ship. I heard on a video on here, that she survived a Rouge wave even. She carried 16,000 soldiers or somewhere around that number, on one single trip.
There's a pic of QM with a 70' wave, pretty insane! QM carries 16,200ish troops on a crossing, the most people ever on a ship.
The QUEEN MARY on one crossing during the war had 16,683 troops and a crew of 245(ish). Most humans ever on one ship at one time....for now
She barely survived that rogue wave. It struck the ship broadside and she rolled to 53 degrees. Had she rolled just two more degrees she would have went past the Point of No Return and capsized with the loss of over 15,000 people.... The author of The Poseidon Adventure was on that crossing and took his inspiration for the book from that near fatal wave
Stayed on her a couple of times.She is a beautiful ship,and I came away from that experience obsessed by wanting to learn everything about her.This is a great video with the perfect sound track.Thank you.👍👍
I am sooooo glad that I was in the opportunity to visit the Queen Mary in 2003......I saw almost every inch of the ship, from bottom to bridge. A dream came true. At first it seemed almost impossible since I live far away in the Netherlands....
Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful piece of history. I've loved that ship since I was very young. I built one of those Revell plastic models of her. I never got a chance to go out and visit her in California. She and her sister Queen Elizabeth were both beautiful and majestic ships as well as our ss United States. Thank you again and God Bless you for sharing this wonderful footage.
I love this video! After leaving New York for the last time the Magnificent Queen Mary headed back to Southamton for the final good bye then she was on her way to Long Beach.After millions of boats ships ext came to greet the Magnificent Queen into Long Beach and she docked it was an end of the classic Liner era!She was then taken to Lon Beach Naval Ship yard for the conversion and in 1971 she opened to the puplic as a hotel and museum.And sadly in 1968 her sister Queen Elizabeth was with drawed from service!
Actually Queen Elizabeth caught fire in Hong Kong harbour and sank, I sailed on Queen Elizabeth in 1964
I was a young lawyer at the time and worked in lower Manhatten. Myself and few colleagues went down to Battery Park to watch her depart. The view up the river is blocked by an old building so she was out of sight as she approached but her horns were blaring and we watched as she finally broke into view with an entourage of boats. There was a FDNY fire boat shooting plumes of water high into the air as she passed. It was a magnificent sight as she sadly sailed down the bay for the very last time and the end of an era.
Years later I attended a conference onboard when she was docked in California.
Today exactly 53 years ago.
But a great great movie.👍👍👍
I enjoy doing the transatlantic crossings on the Queen Mary 2 but nothing beats the original Queen. Wish it was still in service.
Just a few days prior to this video I, aged 18, was crossing from Southampton to New York on a small tub called the SS AURELIA, chartered by the Council for Student Travel which, in the Summer of Love with 1000 students on board, was nothing if not memorable! During our slow crossing the captain advised us that during the night we had been overtaken by the RMS Queen MARY on her last ever voyage from Southampton to NY. Amazing eh!! Ironically I believe the Aurelia was the smallest ship to do the Atlantic crossing to NY - I think it took us about ten days!
Among the most beautiful of, Ladies!
QUEEN MARY was the second Cunarder that Captain John Treasure Jones commanded on her final voyage. He took MAURETANIA into retirement two years earlier
Starting at about 3:45 you can see the Singer Building in the skyline, now dwarfed, beginning demolition. Two beauties heading out in very different ways, One loud and memorable and one silent and forgotten.
Having grown up in Long Beach, it's so surreal to see it moving lol
Incredible footage
GREAT VIDEO!!! THANKS CANT WAIT TO GET ON HER WHEN SHES REPAIRED IN LONG BEACH...
Thanks for the memorys queen mary.
My grandfather saw the queen Mary pass from his house on Staten Island. Right before it went under the Verrazano and has a picture
Love to see the Queen Mary put back to work on the transatlantic run. I would be a regular passenger. Will never happen but its a nice thought.
They're doing a nice job so far of fixing that, I was there recently and they made it very clear how much they cared. I'm excited because it really seems to be more than just a fresh coat of paint.
She"s not falling apart she just needs minor repairs and a few million dollars spent on her 230 million to be exact
Robert Willetts minor repairs. 230 million dollars??. I dont think you have a grasp of how much 1 million dollars are. Let alone 230 million. Lol. I will be spending my birthday on the Queen Mary day after tomorrow. Anxious to see how all the repairs are coming along.
Never say never.
@@jimbilton1956 yes, Mr. Bond.
I love the second song! It fits so well with the footage! Love it! -Eric
She was sailing off into an uncertain future, then. Yet 50 years later, she's still in existence, apparently financially successful as a floating hotel.
Yes her retirement was far kinder than her younger sister the Elizabeth... That is an absolute certainty.
Such a grand lady of the sea. I spent my honeymoon aboard her and it was an absolute dream come true for me, as I never thought I'd get the chance to see her, let alone spend 3 nights onboard.
The queen Mary is moving!
I've set up a go fund me page for her. She needs lots of repairs folks. But I'm not one to give up. I believe there are those of us who are more then willing to donate and even volunteer time enough to give her the face lift she needs. I sure am. I live only 5.5 miles from her.
Just stayed on her a few months ago...I was amazed to be on her after I learned of the rich history. I wandered all over for hours taking it all in. Sat and spoke with a bartender and he has high hopes that a serious restoration will take place...not that it’s bad...I like it to be a little rough around the edges. But the room was great...the ship was tidy...good breakfast. Want to go back.
MrDBOne Au That is on my bucket list.I am from Scotland and am dying to see America
Allan Mcewan Allan, I'll be spending my birthday on the Queen Mary day after tomorrow. I live about 65 miles from Long Beach. Have been on here several times starting in the 1980s. She's a marvelous ship and historical treasure. I'm anxious to see how the repairs are coming along. She has already been completely repainted, so she should look great.
I wonder how many years QM and QE would have carried on sailing had jet travel not put pay to them?
Not very long, they were both around 30 years old which is the life expectancy of an ocean going ship, plus new fire safety regulations that came about in the 70’s would have forced Cunard to spend millions to update them.
Beautiful!
Fun fact, the World Trade Center Twin Tower never lived to see neither of the RMS Queen Marys. Was under construction when the first one made her last voyage and was history when the second first arrived in NY.
crazy to see a liner such as her sailing in color footage, ocean liners of her own time would only be in black and white usually.
All I can say is thanks for the memories... ;-)
I thought I saw Lucy Ricardo hanging out of the helicopter. She missed another ship!
Nice tug escort in nyc harbor! Still s beautiful ship. Too bad they gutted her, never sail again. Nice video thank you.
Wonderful ! Many thanks
She looks like a dream
At least the ship is not scrapped and is now a floating hotel 😊😊😊😊
I like the memories
And to think that QE2 was launched just a little more than a month before...
Shame that there aren’t much ships like the Mary still in service.
In point of fact there are NONE. Even Queen Mary 2 bares little resemblance to her elder sister inside or out. The last thing even close to Mary was QE2 and SS Norway (previously SS France) and both are now gone the former a hotel in Dubai and the later chopped up for scrap in Alang, India.
cool
Amazing similarly to Titanic
Much larger than the Titanic.
Its......Beauty meets the Size
Is it possible to mourn for an era that was gone before you were even born? Maybe I'm just missing a previous life's experiences.
I wonder how long it took before NYC skyline was no longer visible from the stern of QM???
Ships that look like ships eventhough the hardships of the people who built her at the time
Hi there, I really like this footage of the last voyage. I am making a one hour documentary about the Queen Mary for Channel 5 in the UK. I was wondering where you found this and who might own the copyright? Do you own a copy which you could kindly send me? Thanks for your help, Nia (Researcher, Channel 5)
Are last old ship in long beach... the Queen mary.
Isn’t that the Golden Gate Bridge at the end of the video? Luxury liners were sleek, graceful and full of class. Today’s cruise ships are just hokey and gimmicky and a place to get sick lol.
Normandie...Queen Mary... les derniers beaux et vrais paquebots avant les abominables HLM flottantes actuelles!
When it’s one day before your grandma died
Queen Mary Intrvew review New Tcm Documentary biography more magic made mazes Jackey and scary Mary haunts pool years past
1:53 JOHN. J HARVEY!!!
Looks the same as the titanic.
Very nice, historic movie.....but choice of music is rather insipid.... this is the 60 th's....
Todays ships are gigantic jokes, idiotic, gargantuan examples of the ugliness of excess. No style just bulk.
Right!!!!! The most ugly vessels ever built. You won't be found dead on them!
Queen M*ry
it looks like titanic
Luis mella not at all really
She was bigger. Research big liners they have a similar appearance, but not the same. Dont let your love of Titanic stop you from looking at other ships.
The queen mary is haunted btw