# P&O CRUISE LINE PROMOTIONAL FILM "A CITY GONE TO SEA" SPIRIT OF LONDON 40214

“A City, Gone to Sea,” is a circa 1972 film discussing the cruise ship Spirit of London. (At the time the vessel was being operated by P&O Cruises). At mark 00:24 , Pulitzer Prize-winning travel writer Stanton Delaplane (who is credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States) is introduced as the narrator with an explanation that he would be sharing some of the things he saw and wrote about while on a cruise. British cruise ships, Delaplane explains, are all about service, and at mark 01:36 the film introduces cruise director Brian Langston-Carter, who endorses that idea as the camera pans the faces of happy travelers. There are scenes of exercise classes aboard this “floating city” followed by a seemingly endless buffet (mark 04:23 ). Delaplane explains (starting at mark 05:00 ) how passengers typically fall into different categories during a cruise, including “walkers,” “dressers,” “swimmers,” and “eaters.” A series of scenes follows with men and women playing cards, swimming, and playing shuffleboard. or spending time in a salon, sauna, or on a massage table. There are scenes from ports of call including Mexico (mark 08:00 ) and cocktail parties back onboard (mark 11:00 ) where “you’ve invited the people you like and you’ve snubbed the people you don’t like,” as well as formal dinners. Nighttime entertainment follows as the film captures onboard entertainers starting at mark 12:55 . A young passenger explains what she likes best about the cruise at mark 17:50…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/40214ACityGoesToSea)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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