XD3247 Mediterranean Holiday aka Flying Clipper 1962 documentary film narrated by Burl Ives

This print is on four reels.

The “Flying Clipper,” a five-masted, fully rigged ship, manned by a young Swedish crew, sets off to tour the Mediterranean. The ship and the sailors visit Egypt, Turkey, Monaco during the Grand Prix, Spain, and many other beautiful places.

Mediterranean Holiday (German: Traumreise unter weissen Segeln) is a 1962 West German documentary film directed by Hermann Leitner and Rudolf Nussgruber. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Follow the crew members of the Flying Clipper on their journey to Monaco where you race in a sports car, in Egypt where you climb a pyramid, Spain finds you dancing at a fiesta and in Greece you are standing at the Acropolis.

It was filmed in Superpanorama 70, a 70mm non-anamorphic format, marketed as Cinevision when presented on a curved screen. It was reprinted anamorphically in 35mm and often advertised as a CinemaScope release. It was even shown in a Cinerama theatres, where it was advertised as a Cinerama release.

Cast

Burl Ives as narrator (English-language version)

Hans Clarin as narrator (German-language version)

Graham Hill as himself

Grace Kelly as herself (as Princess Grace of Monaco)

Begum Aga Khan III as herself (as Die Begum)

King Constantine II as himself (as Prince Constantine of Greece)

Prince Rainier of Monaco as himself

Note: The 1964 US version, released as “Mediterranean Holiday” in Wonderama, features additional material not contained in the original release. Included is a sequence shot aboard the USS Shangri La, an aircraft carrier deployed in the Mediterranean during the spring and summer of 1962.

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