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Waverley Steaming Round Wight
£14.95Add to cartWaverley is recorded on a sailing from Portsmouth and Yarmouth around the Isle of Wight. Fully revised and updated for 2024 – to celebrate 50 years of Waverley in preservation.
Contains views of Yarmouth Harbour, The Needles, the cliffs of Tennyson Down and the ‘Back of the Wight Coast’ to St Catherine’s Point.
Waverley steams on past Ventnor, Shanklin, Sandown, Culver Cliff, Bembridge, the Solent Forts, glimpses of Osborne House and the Cowes waterfront on her way back to Yarmouth Pier.
Includes archive footage of paddle steamer Embassy in the 1960s and diesel electric paddle vessel Farringford in the 1950s. -
Waverley on London’s River
£14.95Add to cartReleased in 2018 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Waverley’s first
Thames visit. We join the steamer at Gravesend for an up river sailing to London, passing under the QE2 Bridge, sailing past the high rise buildings of Canary Wharf, historic Greenwich and the excitement of Tower Bridge opening for the ship before she turns just below London Bridge. Includes archive footage of Waverley’s first Thames visit in 1978, Eagle Steamers’ MV Royal Sovereign and PS Jeanie Deans as ‘Queen of the South’. We’re joined by maritime historian Peter Box for the history of Thames sailings since early Victorian days. -
Waverley On Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
£14.95Add to cartA sailing by paddle steamer Waverley from Bournemouth to Weymouth. Now revised to include an interview with actor and PSPS Patron, Timothy West CBE at the celebration of the reopening of Swanage Pier in 2019, following restoration of the Pier with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The film has footage of St Aldhelm’s Head, Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door with a walkabout of Weymouth Harbour with maritime historian Richard Clammer and a visit to Lulworth Cove, with memories of calls at the Cove by PS Consul and her earlier fleetmates. Includes archive footage of PS Embassy and PS Consul in the 1960s -
Kingswear Castle: A Voyage Through Her Life
£14.95Add to cartWith footage of the steamer sailing on the waters of her native River Dart recorded in 2013 and 2015, this is the story of the steamer’s life – which celebrates 100 years afloat in 2024. Includes footage of her restoration, her return to service and her Medway steaming years from 1984 until 2012. KC’s story is recalled with interviews with the key people involved in her restoration, in her operation on the Medway and today’s sailings on the River Dart. A comprehensive history of Britain’s very last coal-fired paddle steamer.
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Britains Last Paddle Steamers
£14.95Add to cartThis broadcast quality documentary celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society in 2019. It recounts how a small group of enthusiasts, inspired by the late Prof. Alan Robinson, has become Britain’s largest heritage steamship group. The story includes original interviews with people who helped shape PSPS, archive footage and features Waverley, Maid of the Loch, Kingswear Castle and Medway Queen, recorded for the programme in 2019. Written and narrated by David Ellery. Produced by Viewpoint Productions. This documentary film is a must for all steamer enthusiasts!
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Balmoral’s 60th Birthday: A Celebration
£14.95Add to cartThis DVD has footage recorded aboard heritage classic motor vessel Balmoral on 27 June 2009. The day was sponsored by her original owners, Red Funnel Ferries, as the ship celebrated her 60th birthday by sailing from Southampton, Portsmouth and Cowes, around the Isle of Wight. Interviews with passengers and crew. Includes archive footage.
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Voyage of the Maid
£14.95Add to cartAnd, never forgetting Maid of the Loch, the DVD produced for Loch Lomond Steamship Co. in 2013 to celebrate the ship’s Diamond Jubliee…… Voyage of the Maid This DVD tells the story of PS Maid of the Loch, the last paddle steamer to sail the waters of Loch Lomond. Now undergoing a full restoration at Balloch, where the steamer is open to visitors during the summer season, the Maid’s engines were able to turn again in 2019 – with steam supplied from ashore. Restoration work continues, with the ultimate aim of the ship sailing again on ‘her’ loch. Presented by John Beveridge, Loch Lomond Steamship Company. Written, narrated and produced by Paul Saunders Media.
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Classic Liners Vol. I
£14.95Add to cartEpisodes 1&2 of the Classic Liners TV series produced by Viewpoint Productions
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Classic Liners Vol. II
£14.95Add to cartEpisodes 3&4 of the Classic Liners TV series produced by Viewpoint Productions.
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Classic Liners Vol III
£14.95Add to cartEpisodes 5&6 of the Classic Liners TV series produced by Viewpoint Productions.
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Nelson’s Victory
£8.95Add to cartThe story of Admiral Nelson and HMS Victory.