Vintage transport film - Link Span - 1956

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  • @helmuthhaass3631
    @helmuthhaass3631 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    In 1965 as a 17 year old living in the Netherlands, l spent the summer holidays in Britain.
    They are still some of my happiest memories today.
    The people were so super friendly and trusting and the music fantastic.
    Fish and chips came rolled up in newspaper.
    Wishing l could live it all again once more. ❤

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497
    @jimmeltonbradley1497 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I do love these BTF films. A rather rose-tinted window on the past, but enjoyable nonetheless.

  • @prashantkaduskar646
    @prashantkaduskar646 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wonderful and rare film.Brings out the discipline, timeliness and daring spirit of the time.Really enjoyed the film.

  • @iainclark5964
    @iainclark5964 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Another classic in the wonderful BTF library. Im old enough to remember the Night Ferry train, it only ended in 1980. Peopke are often surprised when I tell them tgat there was a train the actually went from London to Paris before the Eurostar.

  • @akrills
    @akrills 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    My stepfather worked as a chef on the cross-channel rail ferry between Dover and Dunkerque back in the 60s, 70s and 80s, before they were terminated. I have so many memories of that particular crossing in all weathers.

    • @simonsadler9360
      @simonsadler9360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My late dad too, on the Arnhem & Amsterdam , chef & steward , have a certificate of Excellence gained in London when he was just 9 at Tollesbury primary school , the same school I attended where I was caned by A Mrs X on my left hand for being a lefthander , remember going to London docks with him when there were still steam tugs "Sun 1 & Sun 2 !

    • @johnmay23
      @johnmay23 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      WE PROBABLY SAILED TOGETHER ..ME AS 2ND MATE ON THE TRAIN FERIES
      1964-1967 ( SHEPPERTON/HAMPTON)
      JOHN MAY - VANCOUVER CANADA

  • @traffic71
    @traffic71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I wish I could live in the UK constantly in the 50s and 60s. It seems a far more pleasant place than it is today.

    • @fenrichlee2867
      @fenrichlee2867 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes, great times indeed, a time where money was not the be all and end all. When some rail branch lines were unprofitable, but kept running anyway, but so what? I mean the fire brigade - police, medical help for the masses and so on never made money. But in this day and age it's all money money money. Oh how true it is that the LOVE of money is the rout of all evil. You are quite right it was a wonderful time to live through, and I speak as an ex rail worker born in 1946.

    • @paulmason329
      @paulmason329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not so good if you were an abused child , no one believed them not even the police. When Jimmy Savile was starting out

    • @johnmcmahon5225
      @johnmcmahon5225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We were young then, so everything was much better, even though you had to take a boat across the Channel.

    • @paulmason329
      @paulmason329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree that transport should not be run for private profit like it appeared to be in the 1960s, but then along comes Beeching . ..

    • @simprove
      @simprove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

  • @davidmiller6728
    @davidmiller6728 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    i love this film especially the Night Ferry

  • @johansoons8413
    @johansoons8413 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    amazing docu, great stuff. signed a belgian.

  • @darrensmith6368
    @darrensmith6368 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    My dad was galley boy on the Norfolk ferry and he's twin brother was on the Suffolk ferry,and my grandfather was Watchman,we have lived in Harwich all are lives John Smith

  • @stephenlever419
    @stephenlever419 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I think we all love this films because it takes us back to a better time when we were a proper country!!

    • @bryansmith1920
      @bryansmith1920 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Doffing my cap to the land agent of his boss, having to do work for the Land owner, before I could feed myself, let alone my family, Oh I so miss those days

    • @bertiewooster3326
      @bertiewooster3326 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@bryansmith1920Well you should have worked harder at school chum like me and got on a ladder to riches.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Took the Night Ferry in 1964: mighty nice. Then in 1971, I took the big passenger ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg, Denmark. A mighty fine bar.

  • @joachim.charleshogg4728
    @joachim.charleshogg4728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Very fond memories of the trips we, as a service family, used to travel to Germany via Harwich- Hook van Holland. In those days you had the choice of BR or Dutch railways, we all ways took the Dutch ferries, the service was so much more elegant. Winter crossings were not very pleasant but the thought of Christmas markets in Germany was so exciting. Lasting memories.

    • @derrickgreen9020
      @derrickgreen9020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello Joe…I did the same with my mother on the Hook Continental from Parkestone Quay …do you remember the SS Avalon? Cars were lifted on by crane. In later years, we continued from Rotterdam to Munich on the Rheinpfeil/Rheingold.

    • @johnmay23
      @johnmay23 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      AGREED THE DUTCH CREW ALL SPOKE ENGLISH PERFECTLY
      THE BRITISH CREW HARDLY SPOKE ENGLISH......AND I WORKED FOR BRITISH RAIL MARINE !!!

  • @bilko529
    @bilko529 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    A time when people took pride in their appearance and were respectful of others

    • @paulmason329
      @paulmason329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bilko529 Except immigrants who fought for Britain in WW2 and were abused when the war was over

    • @arslongavitabrevis5136
      @arslongavitabrevis5136 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@paulmason329 What are you talking about? You obviously know nothing about WW2

    • @paulmason329
      @paulmason329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@arslongavitabrevis5136 I am aware of Chinese sailors who fought for Britain in WW2 and were deported to Hong Kong leaving dependents in Liverpool.
      I grew up watching historic TV programmes such as All Our Yesterdays and the World At War among others. I know more about WW2 than some who were alive at the time I was a post war baby boomer among adults involved. So get your facts right ..

    • @NormanAllen-ps9ju
      @NormanAllen-ps9ju 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahmen

  • @OlivierGabin
    @OlivierGabin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great historical document. BTF films are always well done, it's a pleasure to watch anyone of them.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    And then very slowly, eventually came the Chunnel. And many ferries went to that Great Channel in The Sky.

  • @mikebutler3263
    @mikebutler3263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent.

  • @bigdmac33
    @bigdmac33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thoroughly enjoyable.

  • @kevinmoffatt
    @kevinmoffatt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Remember being taken out of school at lunchtime and travelling from Kent to Hollyhead for the night ferry. The water dockside, in the dark, looked very threatening but very exciting catching the early morning train from Dunloughaire to Sligo.

  • @LocutorBritanico
    @LocutorBritanico 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Another time, another era. Chuffed to see the radio room and radio officer... which used to be my job😂😂

    • @alzeNL
      @alzeNL 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      QRZ? :D

    • @LocutorBritanico
      @LocutorBritanico 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @alzeNL My last QSO in merchant navy was 1982 probably calling Portishead radio from Virginia, USA. Then, QRT.

  • @brianparkhurst1019
    @brianparkhurst1019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a wonderful way to travel. As opposed to today, with people in sweat pants, and airlines annoyed that you dare want to be treated with courtesy.

  • @chestnutsev7
    @chestnutsev7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My father worked on the Lord Warden in 1956 and was on her when she collided with another ship in the channel pushing her bow in ,but she remained afloat and went on for quite a few more years.

  • @simprove
    @simprove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The night train was described as going from Dunkirk to Paris through Normandy, surely not? Interesting to see the train ferry operation. I'd read about it but it didn't make much sense until you see it in the context of a London to Paris sleeper train.

  • @chrisdeeley3775
    @chrisdeeley3775 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I first crossed the channel in 1956 on a school trip to Bruges. On the return voyage it was very rough and i was amazed to see how many passengers were very sick . I was not affected. Happy memories

  • @-DC-
    @-DC- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a wonderful film if only someone would provide a time machine !

  • @66xtopher
    @66xtopher หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved my time in the Train Ferry Dept, Western Docks, Dover.

  • @kungfuwitcher7621
    @kungfuwitcher7621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Brilliant video.

  • @davidhewson8605
    @davidhewson8605 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    See how crew/harbour staff take care for ship transfer !! . Crazy lock system . No baby awoke . I remember 50s as a safe place to be. Was 4 in 1956 . ❤ Regards playmates . Dave

  • @Eltonlaleham
    @Eltonlaleham 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wish I could have been born in the year 1956 or even born earlier, instead of been born in the year 1969 and also I would love to have seen these awesome films when they came out on tv.

  • @rabburns1382
    @rabburns1382 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant....❤

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What?! No mention of the Eiffel Tower? Arg!

  • @sigurdjohnson6617
    @sigurdjohnson6617 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was excellent!!

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Night ferry. Fantastic.

  • @rogerhill138
    @rogerhill138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I used to work on the cross channel boats in the 1960s. Quite a good job then.

    • @johnmay23
      @johnmay23 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      john may
      2nd MATE
      ISLE OF THANET
      CANTERBURY
      INVICTA
      SHEPPERTON FERRY
      HAMPTON FERY
      MAID OF KENT
      LORD WARDEN
      MAID OF ORLEANS
      DORSET COAST
      Now living in West Vancouver B.C. Canada
      Home of B.C. FERRIES where
      - cancellations frequent
      - 1-2 sailings " wait " common( due to full loads)
      - breakdown not unusual
      - no sailings above BF Force 4
      but fares are cheap compared to UK/Europe
      j may

  • @graemeconnelly8849
    @graemeconnelly8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    something that could be dreamed of a tunnel under the channel

  • @markcousins9337
    @markcousins9337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That Night Train certainly beat couchettes. They were grim.

  • @fazfinisher5598
    @fazfinisher5598 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You cant get out the harbour today, without running over a dinghy.

  • @terencewong-lane4309
    @terencewong-lane4309 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lord Warden's stern door doesn't look very substantial.

  • @martinchamberlain542
    @martinchamberlain542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is from the days when ships looked like ships. Today they all seem to look like floating shoeboxes with a pointy end.

    • @chestnutsev7
      @chestnutsev7 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Spot on mate.

    • @samclarke8543
      @samclarke8543 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      1950/60s: we have nice beautiful ships.
      Today: Giant Shoebox in the sea.

  • @davidnash41
    @davidnash41 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you. This revives old memories.

  • @sulray
    @sulray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved it

  • @RichardDKneller
    @RichardDKneller 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We crossed in our Wyvern in 1952 Newhaven Dieppe I think?

  • @fandangofandango2022
    @fandangofandango2022 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love it.

  • @jackb8682
    @jackb8682 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this ! The pacing of music and narration is wonderful, almost poetic. In comparison it makes modern documentaries look (and sound) like garbage.

  • @tangerinedream7211
    @tangerinedream7211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The days before Ro Ro,, now we've got P and O Pioneer with two bows .😮

  • @johnmcmahon5225
    @johnmcmahon5225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Herald of Free Enterprise Channel ferry. 193 people were killed when she capsized in 1987.

  • @peterdavidson3268
    @peterdavidson3268 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Re: Night Trains
    Overnight sleeper services are currently (2024) enjoying a renaissance on the other side of La Manche (put "European Sleeper" into your search engine and see what comes back?) but of course good ol' British isolationism precludes UK based travellers from participating in this "sustainable" transport revival. Maybe, just maybe I will live to see the day when a night sleeper service makes use of that innovation we know as the Channel Tunnel?

    • @a7b89
      @a7b89 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was talk of running a sleeper service through the tunnel,but as usual just talk.

    • @annoyingbstard9407
      @annoyingbstard9407 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stop whining.

    • @peterdavidson3268
      @peterdavidson3268 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@annoyingbstard9407 Translation: Stop highlighting inconvenient realities about our post Brexit environment?

    • @annoyingbstard9407
      @annoyingbstard9407 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterdavidson3268 How did I know you were still harking back to pre-Brexit history? Why not do what I did for several years and move to Europe. It’s best to get a touch of reality rather than the hankering for something imaginary.

    • @peterdavidson3268
      @peterdavidson3268 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@annoyingbstard9407 It doesn't have to be imaginary though does it - with sufficient political willpower the UK could once again align itself with its natural (geographical) neighbours. There were plans as far back as late 1980s to implement Eurostar Regional and Nightstar trains to enable the rest of the UK outside the London/South East nexus to benefit from the then nascent Channel Tunnel project - whatever happened to that technological optimism?

  • @korma9732
    @korma9732 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Similar wagons to the one used at Compiègne

  • @1200kevin1
    @1200kevin1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have the film of the TOPS system of British Rail?

  • @Benya-d9j
    @Benya-d9j 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    In 40 to 50 years from now, what will there be to get nostalgic about the 2020s? Very little of any significance.

  • @chriswaring5565
    @chriswaring5565 หลายเดือนก่อน

    22:25 THERES OFFICER CRABTREE FROM" ALLO" "ALLO" DISKEEZED AS A FRONCH POLOOSEMAN

  • @studebaker4217
    @studebaker4217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks for posting this wonderful film. Paris looked very French in 1953, rather than north African.

    • @alanmarr3323
      @alanmarr3323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Racist !

    • @studebaker4217
      @studebaker4217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You clearly haven't been to Paris this century. But you must be a lefty to rush to judgement as you have, to suit your narrative.

    • @elrjames7799
      @elrjames7799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alanmarr3323 Why the exclamation mark instead of a question?

    • @elrjames7799
      @elrjames7799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Studebaker. Only some parts of Paris, not all by any means.

    • @elrjames7799
      @elrjames7799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@studebaker4217 You've 'rushed to judgement' also with your lefty allusion.

  • @georgen9755
    @georgen9755 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Channel ferry

  • @leemcclelland2618
    @leemcclelland2618 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The EU didn’t exist, and Britain was still head of the Commonwealth deriving v wealth from it. Not now. Britain is a solitary country on the edge of Europe.

  • @elrjames7799
    @elrjames7799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Not an illegal immigrant in sight.

  • @nikerailfanningttm9046
    @nikerailfanningttm9046 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:38 well this aged poorly. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A tunnel under the channel ? Are you kidding ? That will never happen !

  • @georgen9755
    @georgen9755 หลายเดือนก่อน

    France
    Dock side

  • @johnmartin4650
    @johnmartin4650 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes the 50s and 60s seemed to be a lot better but dentistry was awful and if you had surgery they weren’t big with pain relief !!

  • @podthesod
    @podthesod 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Being a London teenager in the 1960’s was great .. now London is a foreign country … This country has gone to shit.

  • @MagereHein
    @MagereHein หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah, the future of Brexit.

  • @kennethvenezia4400
    @kennethvenezia4400 หลายเดือนก่อน

    GREAT! So, what happened? Wait, oh ya, BREXIT. Never mind.🙀

  • @RoddCutts
    @RoddCutts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is so cool to see this.