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Cruise and Dance Ship Makes First Trip

Date released

7 May 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2106

NoS ID

043035

Royal Iris, 250,000 pounds pleasure ship, takes five hundred people on first dancing cruise.

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Cunard combines cruise and air flight (1978)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified female Cunard representative on the company’s plan to combine a sea cruise to New York on the QE2 with an air flight home. Male interviewer not identified.

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Profile: Iris Williams, singer (1984)

The guest today is Iris Williams, a Welsh singer of mixed-race origin, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1980s. She talks about her life and her career and talks about her experience singing...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Illness breaks out on board Canberra cruise ship (1986)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an unidentified male about the outbreak of a mystery illness on the cruise ship Canberra, in Limassol, Cyprus. Female interviewer not identified.

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Cruise ship fire survivors’ account (1994)

Genre

Interview

Two South African passengers who survived the Achille Lauro cruise ship fire off the coast of Africa give their feelings and talk about the incident as they arrive in the Kenyan port of Mombasa....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Achille Lauro cruise ship fire - Crewman’s actions (1994)

Genre

Interview

Giuseppe Orsi, captain of the Achille Lauro cruise ship which caught fire off East Africa, is confronted by one of the passengers (not identified) in the port of Mombasa, Kenya about one of his officers who...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Queen names cruise liner (1995)

Genre

Speech

The Queen performs the official naming ceremony for the Oriana cruise ship at Southampton. We hear the bottle of champagne smashing, crowd applause, band playing fanfare and ship’s bell ringing.

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Survivor account of cruise ship fire and rescue (1994)

Genre

Interview

Carol Shaw, a Briton now living in South Africa, gives her emotional account of the fire on the cruise liner Achille Lauro off East Africa and how those on board were rescued. She speaks from the radio room...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Falklands war - QE2 return (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on the return home to Southampton of the QE2 cruise ship following its use in the Falklands War. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cruise ship fire survivor criticises safety onboard (1994)

Genre

Interview

Doreen Sykes from Blackpool, passenger on the Achille Lauro cruise ship which caught fire off Africa, gives her account from the Kenyan port of Mombasa. She criticises several aspects of fire safety on the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio