Andrea Doria Lost in Collision
Sixty-seven years ago tonight, on July 25, 1956 at 11:10 PM, the Swedish liner MS Stockholm collided with the SS Andrea Doria, which was en route to New York. The subsequent rescue of the Doria's passengers was one of the most dramatic and well-documented in sea history. Watch this newsreel courtesy of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library to see the dramatic footage. The museum's exhibition Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea remains on view through September 3, and you can watch survivor Pierette Domenica Simpson's docufilm Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved? The Movie tomorrow, Wednesday, 7/26 at 6:00 AM on CUNY-TV (set your DVRs, channel 75 on Spectrum and Optimum, or channel 30 on Verizon FiOS).
Sixty-six years ago tonight, on July 25, 1956 at 11:10 PM, the Swedish liner MS Stockholm collided with the SS Andrea Doria, which was en route to New York. The subsequent rescue of the Doria's passengers was one of the most dramatic and well-documented in sea history. Watch this newsreel courtesy of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library to see the dramatic footage.
To mark the anniversary, the museum is open today from 12 to 5 PM, with free admission, so that people can view the new exhibition Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea.
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Nellie Bly: Around the World in 72 Days
History buff Gerard Thornton returns to the museum to present the story of 25-year-old New York World reporter Nellie Bly, whose voyage on the luxury ocean liner SS Augusta Victoria in 1889 marked the beginning of a 72-day journey around the world.
NOW: Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island
Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island, a pre-recorded online lecture by Historian Patricia Salmon. Staten Island was not the quiet place that people thought it was in years gone by. On May 12, 1889, Mary Tobin’s remains mysteriously washed up at the dock of the Clifton Boat Club. Two years later a man’s body was discovered bound and gagged floating off of Tottenville. From South Beach to West New Brighton, the waters around Staten Island and its surrounding coastline have yielded some disturbing secrets.
In “Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island,” historian Patricia M. Salmon presents several of the most meticulously researched murders and mysteries that have occurred in and around the bays, harbors, and inlets of our borough.
Haenyeo: Matriarchs of the Sea
Co-founder of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy Patty Cook takes a close look at the Haenyeo, sea women, of Jeju Island, South Korea who hold their breath while diving 40 feet into the Yellow and East China Seas. Often referred to as mermaids, the divers catch urchins, abalone, and red sea cucumber from the ocean floor in wet suits without oxygen tanks. Many of the sea women are now in their 70s and 80s, and follow traditions, such as free-diving and singing work songs, that date back to 1629. The program culminates with Korean musicians in traditional costume performing a sea song about the light of the sunset in green-blue water as they return from a day in the deep.
This program is supported by public funds from Councilman Borelli of District 51 and the New York City Council in partnership with the Department for the Aging. It originally premiered in collaboration with the JCC for its members earlier this year.
Mabel Normand & Sailors’ Snug Harbor
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