Floating Hotel

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
378
Date Released
26 Mar 1962
Date recorded
2 Mar 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
735
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
NoS Summary - Looks at the first floating hotel, a liner, the 33,000-ton "Transvaal Castle", as it cruises from Southampton to Cape Town.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Written sources
British Pathe online database
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
350
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Floating Hotel', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 378, 26 Mar 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121197 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)