Freighter At Sea (1948)
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2024
- An educational film about the operation of an ocean cargo freighter in the late 1940s.
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Enjoyed this old film. I’m a retired now but early in my career I worked on ships built in this era, the depiction is spot on and entirely consistent with my experience fifty years ago. Decades later I commanded ships of 20 times the tonnage with a crew of half the size.
In 1968 at the age of 7, my mom, dad, brother, and I were one of the 12 passengers on a freighter like this one. We were going to southern Africa to be missionaries. All our household goods were in the hold and our car. We left from New York Harbor and spent 10 days at sea with no land in view. Then we spent another 10 days going down the western coast of Africa dropping off cargo at various ports. I'm doing research toward writing a book about my childhood. I'm thinking about calling the book Finding God in the Black and White of Apartheid. This video was quite a find for me! Thanks.
Loved it. Thanks for uploading.
I was once worked on board merchant ship as well as the Malaysian Navy ship as a radio operator dated back to the 70s
I presume the Radio Direction Finder is tracking shore based NDB beacons on the Low Wave band (below 500KHz)? "The ships galley is the home of the Babbling Brook (Chief Cook), he is the one who knows all the ships Scuttlebutt (gossip)." The "Open Bridge" was called the "Monkey Aisle" in my day, the true compass was there mounted on gimbals as was the RDF hoop antenna. Great video, Ralph enjoyed himself too, I wonder if went to sea as a career later in life?
Thank you for video.
Narration one notch above "see spot run".
A few changes over the decades.
The North Atlantic is no longer the busiest route, the Straits of Malacca is.
1948: SS Anchor Hitch, about 8000 tons, crew of forty, 12 passengers.
2016: MV Madrid Maersk, 165,000 tons, crew of 13, each with their own quarters.
Strait of Malacca is busy largely because of China, whose economy is now failing. It will be interesting to see if that is still the busiest in the world in 20 years' time.
A lot of the guys in this video probably served on ships during ww2
... and Survived.
During the next 30 years the United States Merchant Mariners would become Pawns in a Terrible Game of Insolence, Politics and Greed.
Promised Benefits by FDR during the Second World War, after Truman assumed Office, our Nation turned it's back on the Contributions of the US Merchant Mariners and Their Role of not only the Conveyance of Cargo, but Goodwill and Hope from America to Nations World Wide.
Simply put, there's a Message Sent and Received when an Unarmed Merchant Vessel arrives in a Foreign Port of Call flying the Ensign of the United States...
...a Quiet Message more Meaningful than All the US Navy's Vessels can Muster.
"We are indeed Americans... and We bring with Us a Hope, a Prayer and Peace."
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Who I end up being here 🙂
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Nice lads remember deep sea , at sea for years, they say then the sea is my mistress true , remember a girl she said it’s me or your f ship well the sea was me a band of brothers ahah
I remember the Old Cargo Ships. Sadly a byegone era just the big ugly container ships that ply the way. 2/3 weeks in port now hours not days
The amount of damage to the cargo and theft was a lot higher then compared to the containers today.
But you are right it was fun to "see the world" and spend some day in one or another town then.
@@hurri7720 You make a Good Point, Hurri...
But, I can Remember when a Fair Sized Container Ship wasn't much Bigger and wasn't nearly as Greedy as the Container Carriers of Today.
How do You see it, and can You help me Learn a new Understanding?
Bruno ⚓
Oh my word this is so dated, it just goes to show how much the world has progressed.
that`s a matter of opinion..all loran ever did for me was blow my shortwave reception out
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