A Tribute to the Swedish American Line The White Viking Fleet 12 Years on the Internet
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This page lists a collection of links
to film clips showing the SAL ships.

Updated July 30, 2008 Experience an Atlantic Crossing Online The Maritime Museum in Stockholm has posted the classic SAL film "Semester på Atlanten" on the Internet. The film shows a Swedish couple's voyage across the Atlantic on board the Kungsholm of 1953. The quality is unstable at the beginning, but improves. This film exists in an English language version, but here it is shown in Swedish. Watch the film here (select Utställningar and then Semester på Atlanten :

Updated July 30, 2008 Semester på Atlanten Sjöhistoriska Museet i Stockholm har lagt ut den klassiska SAL-filmen Semester på Atlanten på sin hemsida. Filmen beskriver ett svenskt pars resan till USA med Kungsholm som byggdes 1953. Kvaliteten är hackig i början, men blir bättre. Se filmen här (välj Utställningar och sedan Semester på Atlanten :

Updated Jan 10, 2009 Many thanks to Horst Reichhart for posting these clips on Youtube. The Kungsholm's Maiden Voyage, April 1966 The Kungsholm in the Strait of Magellan, November 1966 Kungsholm Crossing the Line Ceremony, October 1966

Vintage SAL Movie Clips Online SVT, Swedish Television, has made public several vintage film clips showing KUNGSHOLM and GRIPSHOLM cruises. Among other scenes, there are great views of the NYC harbor, as well as amusing on board scenes from a cruise during the prohibition. Kungsholm of 1953 on a coastal voyage from Gothenburg to Stockholm The Kungsholm from New York to Haiti 1n 1929 A Gripsholm cruise in 1932 A Baltic cruise on the Gripsholm in 1935 Senior citizens of Gothenburg on a day cruise on the Gripsholm

Updated Sep 14, 2009 GARBO LEAVES FOR HOLLYWOOD AGAIN! Greta Garbo made her first voyage to the USA on the Drottningholm in 1925. See her depart from Gothenburg after a brief visit to Sweden in 1929.

Updated Sep 14, 2009 GARBO RETURNS TO SWEDEN! See Greta Garbo arrive in Gothenburg on the beautiful Kungsholm, June 13, 1935.

Updated Sep 14, 2009 The Kungsholm Song Listen to an old 78 rpm recording of the Kungsholm Song (also called the Gripholm Song by some). Actually the original title is "See The Sun". The Kungsholm Song was written by a passenger in the thirties, and became the ship's official song, sung at the Farewell Dinners.

Updated Sep 14, 2009 The Gripsholm arriving in New York in 1943 This clip from Youtube shows the Gripsholm arriving in New York City in 1943 with American citizens from the Far East. Read more about the Gripsholm's and Drottningholm's Exchange and Repatriation voyages here.

Updated Sep 14, 2009 Olympic Athletes Return to Sweden on the Drottningholm in 1932 Swedish athletes return from the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles on the Drottningholm.

Movie Clip from the Gothenburg Harbor The Gothenburg newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, has posted a clip showing a bustling harbor from the early 20th century. Thanks to Christer Bengtsson, ex Gripsholm and Kungsholm crew member, for this tip.

Gripsholm in NYC in 1944 Watch a video of the Gripsholm as a repatriation ship, arriving in New York in 1944 The Gripsholm appears in the second part of the newsreel, from the US National Archives. Drottningholm arriving in NYC in 1942 See a "March of Time" film cliip, showing Drottningholm arriving in US in 1942 with diplomatic officers leaving Axis nations. The link connects to the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Many thanks to Susan Pentlin for this tip. Please note that you can view the clip in full screen mode by a right-button click on the film clip, and choosing zoom.

Drottningholm in NYC in 1940 See a film clip of the Drottningholm arriving in NY Harbor in 1940. The ship carried Rabbi Joseph I. Schneersohn (1880-1950), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, to freedom from war torn Europe. The film clip is from Lubavitch archives. Many thanks to David Shatz for contributing this link. Read more about all the exchange and repatriation sailings during WWII here.

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