Vintage Maritime Adventures

Images capturing early 20th-century nautical life, featuring crew members aboard ships, dramatic encounters at sea, and moments of tension and adventure.

DENMARK - 1923 - in this silent comedy, a man plays the mandolin on a rowboat for his date. Feeling queasy, he loses his balance and falls into the water. Unable to swim, his date has to rescue him.

MUÑEQUITA (1941), directed by RAMON QUADRENY.

TOWED IN A HOLE (1932), directed by GEORGE MARSHALL.

ERROL FLYNN in CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here actors Holger Löwenadler and Erik Hell during the filming of Bergmans film A ship to India 1947. Ingmar Bergman is on the right observing the take. Photo: Kristoffersson/AC108-5

Los Angeles, California: 1917 The filming of the silent Paralta Plays production, " A Man's Man". Johnny Meighan is the assistant director, and is possibly seated in doorway.

ANTHONY FRANCIOSA in ASSAULT ON A QUEEN (1966), directed by JACK DONOHUE.

Sol Lesser presents "Kon-Tiki" An Artfilm. Crew members drag a shark aboard Kon-Tiki. A scene from Thor Keyerdahl's film record of the amazing raft voyage across the Pacific. RKO will release Kon-Tiki at the Savoy tomorrow. September 6, 1951. (Photo by RKO Radio Pictures Inc.)

Titanic , 1997 directed by James Cameron Twentieth Century Fox Pictures

CIRCUS WORLD (1964), directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.

Artist alone, Gloucester. Artist alone, Gloucester

RONDA ESPAÑOLA (1952), directed by LADISLAO VAJDA.

MORITURI (1965), directed by BERNHARD WICKI.

Alfred Frith - Stage & Screen. August 10, 1930.

FELLINI SATYRICON (1969) -Original title: SATYRICON-, directed by FEDERICO FELLINI.

Dirk Bogarde (right)on-set of the British Film, "H.M.S. Defiant", U.S. Title, "Damn the Defiant!", Columbia Pictures, 1962

DELIVERANCE (1972), directed by JOHN BOORMAN.

HURRICANE (1979), directed by JAN TROELL.

Anefo photo collection. Recordings of the magic dance by TROS TV in Gorinchem. Number 3 touches the water. May 16, 1979. Gorinchem, South Holland

PERFECT STORM (2000) -Original title: THE PERFECT STORM-, directed by WOLFGANG PETERSEN.

HERBIE RIDES AGAIN (1974), directed by ROBERT STEVENSON.

THE BURNED CITY (1976) -Original title: LA CIUTAT CREMADA-, directed by ANTONI RIBAS.

Film still from 'Moby Dick' starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, and Harry Andrews.

MAGELLAN'S EXTRAORDINARY ODYSSEY (2022), directed by UGO BIENVENU and FRANÇOIS DE RIBEROLLES.

THE CRIMSON PIRATE (1952), directed by ROBERT SIODMAK.

RAMON NOVARRO in WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS (1923), directed by REX INGRAM (DIRECTOR).

GERT FROBE in THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (1965), directed by KEN ANNAKIN.

Original Film Title: L' ASSEDIO DI SIRACUSA. English Title: SIEGE OF SYRACUSE. Film Director: PIETRO FRANCISCI. Year: 1960.

Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey: June 7, 1938. 'Riders of the skidding planes' light up the sky as they ride their aquaplanes under the illumination of fiery torches.

WILD RIVER (1960), directed by ELIA KAZAN.

TREASURE ISLAND (1950), directed by BYRON HASKIN.

Suzanne Pleshette, Claire Wilcox, Tony Curtis, on-set of the Film, "40 Pounds of Trouble, Universal Pictures, 1962

CANTINFLAS in UPS AND DOWNS (1959) -Original title: SUBE Y BAJA-, directed by MIGUEL M. DELGADO.

GERARD BARRAY in THE FIGHTING CORSAIR (1966) -Original title: SURCOUF, L'EROE DEI SETTE MARI-, directed by SERGIO BERGONZELLI.

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963), directed by DON CHAFFEY.

TENTACLES (1977), directed by OLIVER HELLMAN.

NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922), directed by ROBERT J. FLAHERTY.

Ambrogio fogar on surprise, 1977

PERFECT STORM (2000) -Original title: THE PERFECT STORM-, directed by WOLFGANG PETERSEN.

LAND UNKNOWN (1957) -Original title: THE LAND UNKNOWN-, directed by VIRGIL W. VOGEL.

LUMIÈRE! (2016), directed by THIERRY FREMAUX.

il laros 30 in navigazione, 1968

THE RIVER (1951), directed by JEAN RENOIR.

IN OLD CHICAGO (1937), directed by HENRY KING.

L' ISOLA DEGLI UOMINI PESCI (1979) -Original title: SCREAMERS-, directed by SERGIO MARTINO.

Original Film Title: WHITE SQUALL. English Title: WHITE SQUALL. Film Director: RIDLEY SCOTT. Year: 1996.

Ambrogio fogar on surprise, 1977

JAMES STEWART and REGINALD GARDINER in MR HOBBS TAKES A VACATION (1962), directed by HENRY KOSTER.

LARS HANSON in FLAME OF LIFE (1919) -Original title: SANGEN OM DEN ELDRODA BLOMMAN-, directed by MAURITZ STILLER.

WIND (1992), directed by CARROLL BALLARD.

MAZHAR MUNIR in SYRIANA (2005), directed by STEPHEN GAGHAN.

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