This page lists a collection of links
to film clips showing the SAL ships.

Updated January 17, 2012 Gripsholm & Drottningholm WWII Film Clips There are several film clips from the Gripsholm and Drottningholm exchange and repatriation voyages in the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Some of the clips show Japanese repatriates boarding the Gripsholm in New Jersey. There are also interior scenes from cabins on board the Gripsholm. You can find the clips here. Read more about the Exchange and Repatriation Voyages during WWII here.

Updated Aug 3, 2011 Several SAL Clips on Youtube Go to youtube.com and you will find many video clips relating to the Swedish American Line. By searching for the combination Kungsholm Mona Lisa, you will find clips about the Mona Lisa. Continue to search for Kungsholm, Gripsholm, Stockholm and Drottningholm, and you will find a treasure of film clips.

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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