Calais 1949 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting France in 1949 It contains stock footage of the port of Calais: a man checking documents of passengers in a car, a woman trying to sell food to people about to embark on the ship, liquor stands, workers using cranes to load cars and buses onto […]
Calais-Dover 1965 archive footage
Archival footage shot by a French filmmaker while heading from France to England through the English Channel in July 1965. It contains stock footage of the trip with SS Invicta, a passenger ferry: workers loading bags, passengers walking into the ship, people watching the French coastline from the deck, the chimney, life preservers, lifeboats, and […]
Calais 1975 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an Austrian filmmaker before or after his English Channel-crossing hovercraft journey in 1975. It contains stock footage of the hovercraft – called “Sure”, operated by Hoverlloyd and arriving from Ramsgate – stopping at the port and deflating, and cars disembarking from the hold. The company ended its service in 1981. The […]