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Post by SS San Mateo on Oct 26, 2011 7:02:40 GMT -8
Yep. That shot was from West Seattle with one of the Bremerton-bound Supers in the background. That was a pretty short clip before jumping back to the Pat Bay Highway. I'm curious as to why they threw it in there. Everything else was authentic BC. The scene just before the Queen of Victoria appears was definitely shot in Seattle. They are leaving the Olympic Hotel and the Seneca Street offramp from the Alaskan Way Viaduct is visible in the background.
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Post by FNS on Oct 26, 2011 8:13:31 GMT -8
Yep. That shot was from West Seattle with one of the Bremerton-bound Supers in the background. That was a pretty short clip before jumping back to the Pat Bay Highway. I'm curious as to why they threw it in there. Everything else was authentic BC. The scene just before the Queen of Victoria appears was definitely shot in Seattle. They are leaving the Olympic Hotel and the Seneca Street offramp from the Alaskan Way Viaduct is visible in the background. They sure took a long trip just to get to their place of stay in Victoria! ;D 1 - Early check out, Olympic Hotel, Seattle. 2 - A morning ride aboard the PRINCESS MARGUERITE to Victoria. 3 - An early afternoon ride aboard the QUEEN OF VICTORIA from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen. 4 - A drive back to The Emerald City to West Seattle to see the Bremerton Superferry. 5 - Back to Tsawwassen and a ride back to Swartz Bay. 6 - Finally, they arrive at their place of stay in Victoria. Whew! That's a long day of travel!!
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Post by chinook2 on Oct 26, 2011 9:00:26 GMT -8
Note the unique loading procedure: opening a closed stern door each time a vehicle ascends to the platform deck. In the pre "V" days Sidney and Victoria class boats almost never had their aft doors closed, even when under way. The ventilation ports in the bow doors would be closed in rough waters.
IMHO this is the best appearance by a BC Ferry in a motion picture, better by a fair bit than QofNW in Bird On A Wire.
The movie is shot and set in: Seattle, Victoria, and Salt Lake City, in that order.
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 26, 2011 9:14:02 GMT -8
Nice to know what the Victoria's horn sounded like. Just slightly different from the Vancouver. (Scott??)
Great footage too indeed, and it's interesting to see how fast those stern doors could move compared to how they are these days, nice and slow.
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Post by Mirrlees on Oct 26, 2011 9:43:31 GMT -8
I love how they didn't masquerade the `Victoria as a WSF. Her name is in plain sight on the pan over the bow. Nice footage.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 26, 2011 21:49:39 GMT -8
Nice to know what the Victoria's horn sounded like. Just slightly different from the Vancouver. (Scott??) The whistle in the movie clip sounded an E-minor chord.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 26, 2011 21:56:36 GMT -8
Nice to know what the Victoria's horn sounded like. Just slightly different from the Vancouver. (Scott??) The whistle in the movie clip sounded an E-minor chord. If you added a flat-7th, would that make it a diminished chord?
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 26, 2011 22:02:35 GMT -8
The whistle in the movie clip sounded an E-minor chord. If you added a flat-7th, would that make it a diminished chord? To make it diminished you would need to make the 5th flat, too. Adding a flat-7 to the E-minor chord will simply make it a Em7 chord.
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Post by chinook2 on Oct 26, 2011 22:52:05 GMT -8
Glad this movie finally showed up on Youtube. The Vicky hasn't gotten her due in cyberspace due to her earlier departure from the fleet, and it is great to see her in her prime, without threat of collision.
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Post by Ferryman on Nov 9, 2011 11:15:10 GMT -8
A video of what looks like was the launching of the MV City of Victoria!
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Post by mrdot on Nov 9, 2011 12:37:16 GMT -8
:)the first ferry launched was of course mv. Sidney, and so city of victoria was a year later! here endeth the first lesson! :)mrdot.
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Post by Nick on Nov 9, 2011 12:51:06 GMT -8
:)the first ferry launched was of course mv. Sidney, and so city of victoria was a year later! here endeth the first lesson! :)mrdot. If you look at the superstructure of the ship being launched, there can be no doubt that it is indeed a "second generation" sister. This is most evident by the much shorter forecastle. The video may be labeled as 1960, but it is most likely some time in 1961.
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 5, 2012 19:58:03 GMT -8
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Post by chinook2 on Mar 13, 2012 21:36:13 GMT -8
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Post by Mayne on Mar 14, 2012 21:04:50 GMT -8
That is a impressive find, especially a paper from Regina SK
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Post by Balfour on Mar 14, 2012 21:16:58 GMT -8
My dad recalls the collision being in the news quite well. It made national headlines not only because is was quite a collision but it was a Soviet Freighter hitting a BC ferry in the height of the Cold War, which of course was a big deal back then.
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Post by Neil on Mar 14, 2012 21:52:30 GMT -8
It's not remarkable that the story made a Saskatchewan newspaper, as it certainly had national prominence- remember, three people were killed. A photo that I have a framed copy of, with the Sergei Yesenin embedded into the 'Victoria, was Canada's newspaper photo of the year.
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Post by mrdot on Mar 14, 2012 22:22:57 GMT -8
:)I remember the accident very well, and was working the Queen of Sidney, at that time. We should remember the Soviet master was directed by a Cdn. pilot, who in his wisdom, decided to use the risky Active pass route, and since that time, all foriegn traffic has used the less tricky Boundary pass. little blame was directed at the Soviet master. :)mrdot.
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Post by dc55 on Mar 15, 2012 11:51:43 GMT -8
My father was the Chief Cook on the Victoria on the day of the accident. He was working the AM watch and would normally be home by 4 but didn't make it home until after 8 that day. Totally freaked my mom out because there wasn't much info coming out other than there had been a collision and there were fatalities.
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Post by Blisswood on Mar 15, 2012 13:54:42 GMT -8
The pilot on the Russian ship died last spring. Look up obituaries in Times Colonist from April 6 to April 7, 2011 - his initials are DGC.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2012 9:50:14 GMT -8
On Mar 14, 2012 Neil mentioned that he had a picture of the Sergei Yesenin embedded into the 'Victoria' mounted on his wall. I found this forum because I was looking for this picture. It was taken by my friend Gordon Croucher and I had been thinking about him and began searching. I've been living in Haiti for the past 26 years and this forum has brought back many memories of younger years. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get hold of a copy of the picture?
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Post by Neil on May 4, 2012 10:41:51 GMT -8
On Mar 14, 2012 Neil mentioned that he had a picture of the Sergei Yesenin embedded into the 'Victoria' mounted on his wall. I found this forum because I was looking for this picture. It was taken by my friend Gordon Croucher and I had been thinking about him and began searching. I've been living in Haiti for the past 26 years and this forum has brought back many memories of younger years. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get hold of a copy of the picture? Gordon & Audrey Croucher were friends of my late mother in law, hence my copy of his award winning shot. I don't know if he is alive now- if so he would have rights to the photograph- if not, I could make a copy and send it.
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Post by WettCoast on May 4, 2012 20:11:58 GMT -8
The photo in question appears in the Bannerman book The Ships of British Columbia, on page 109. The photographer, Gordon Croucher, is identified as being employed at the Vancouver Province. That photo was selected as Canada's top news photo of 1970, according to Bannerman.
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Post by Scott on May 4, 2012 21:43:46 GMT -8
On Mar 14, 2012 Neil mentioned that he had a picture of the Sergei Yesenin embedded into the 'Victoria' mounted on his wall. I found this forum because I was looking for this picture. It was taken by my friend Gordon Croucher and I had been thinking about him and began searching. I've been living in Haiti for the past 26 years and this forum has brought back many memories of younger years. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get hold of a copy of the picture? Gordon & Audrey Croucher were friends of my late mother in law, hence my copy of his award winning shot. I don't know if he is alive now- if so he would have rights to the photograph- if not, I could make a copy and send it. If it appeared in the newspaper, you could figure out when and where it ran, and order the photo from the newspaper. It's pretty pricey, but the following page has a link to how you could go about it: www.theprovince.com/about-the-province/library.html
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Post by Neil on May 4, 2012 21:59:14 GMT -8
Gordon & Audrey Croucher were friends of my late mother in law, hence my copy of his award winning shot. I don't know if he is alive now- if so he would have rights to the photograph- if not, I could make a copy and send it. If it appeared in the newspaper, you could figure out when and where it ran, and order the photo from the newspaper. It's pretty pricey, but the following page has a link to how you could go about it: www.theprovince.com/about-the-province/library.htmlThose photos may be as they appeared in the paper, i.e., screened.
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