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Freddie Mercury's 70th Montreux Birthday 2016 ~ Peter Freestone & Jim Beach Opening Statements
Opening statements for Freddie's 70th Birthday party by Peter Freestone & Jim Beach at the Casino Barriere in Montreux. September 4th 2016.
Special guests, Freddie's sister Kashmira Cooke and family and Brian May beams in with a greeting.
This is an updated & enhanced edit of the previously published version.
Over 1,000 fans joined in the fun, supporting the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Please consider supporting this worldwide AIDS charity.
Another amazing party!
You can support the Mercury Phoenix Trust at: www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com
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Bermuda 1929 ~ A Quick Look at the Original Heron Bay School House - Location of the Assembly Hall
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A very quick look at the original Heron Bay School House in 1929. Recess must be over! Having just arrived at the Riddles Bay public dock with their bicycles, the family stops at the Heron Bay School to see the children rushing back inside. A stop at the horse water trough at the bottom of St. Anne’s Road in the shadow of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse. The trough is still there, although it’s a planter...
Swiss Vacation 1960 ~ Ferry Geneva to Montreux Walk to Castle Chillon ~ Wicker Seats & String Trio!
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Take a 1960 cruise from Geneva on a CGN Belle Epoque ferry ship - The fleet of Belle Epoque ships are still in use today. The fully working paddle steamers entered service between 1904 & 1927. Departure from Geneva on a sunny day after a bit of sightseeing, including a stop at the floral clock. onboard, the seats are wicker and a trio are playing string instruments - it looks lovely! We pass Th...
1989 Japan ~The Hiroshima-Nishi Airport & Tokyo Narita Airport ~ Queen of the Skies Collection
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We begin with a quick visit to the old Hiroshima-Nishi Airport (now closed) with a glimpse of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 767 at the gate. View of terminal interior, exterior view through windows looking at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries campus, duty free shop, and gate area. Then onto Tokyo Narita Airport with a view of the apron featuring a collection of the Queen of the Skies includi...
Bermuda Vacation 1929 ~ Carriage Ride, Shelly Bay Racetrack, Snow Plant Lunch & Pilot Boat Pickup
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On deck for the NYC Departure, lots of ferries are in operation and the West Side Piers & City look very hazy and smoky today! A ship has sunk at (I think) pier 45 (any idea?). They are probably on the MS Bermuda. On Front Street, we leave via the stables, busy with visitors hiring a ride to get to their hotels. This stable building was enlarged into 2 stories in the 1930s and was East of the n...
Las Vegas 1993 ~ The New Siegfried & Roy Monument to the "Masters of the Impossible"
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The Siegfried & Roy Monument is situated on the strip, between the Mirage Hotel and Casino and Treasure Island. The statues of the duo, alongside one of their beloved white tigers, were new in this footage, having been unveiled and dedicated by Steve Wynn 1 month earlier on October 15th, 1993. Note that the magician’s statues are a stone color, with the tiger a marble white. Today, they have be...
Northwest Orient 747 Interior, Cockpit & Flight Engineer's Panel
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A quick look at the interior of a fairly empty plane - widebody footage. Ground footage including Northwest Orient Boeing 747-100 being prepped for departure and cockpit footage that includes a good shot at the flight engineer’s panel. Late 1970s?
Bermuda Vacation 1973 ~ Half-Staff Flags, Waterlot Inn Lunch, Deliverance Visit & St. Peters Flowers
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Arrival at the Bermuda Air Terminal and deplaning via the air stairs of an Eastern Airlines Wisperjet (B-727-25) aircraft. People are still dressed for travel, and a taxi is engaged to get to the Princess Hotel. Arrival of the ferry "Georgia" Hamilton Harbor at Hodson's Ferry dock with rope at the ready. At the Hamilton Princess, the flags are flying at half-Staff as the Island was in morning f...
Bermuda Vacation 1972 ~ Sightseeing by Moped, Sea Venture at Dock, Tobacco Bay & 5 Star Island
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A little bumpy but a great 1972 moped ride that starts on Rosemount Avenue, outside of "Kerri", the house that is now Royal Palms Guest House, straight through the stop sign at Richmond Road. We cut to Middle Road Devonshire passing the junction of Verdmont Road. Enjoy the view of a calm Harrington Sound from Abbots Cliff, then a stop at Tobacco Bay for a swim around the rock formations, with t...
1962 Pan Am Boeing 707 Clipper Washington Flight ~ Bermuda Civil Air Terminal to Idlewild NYC (JFK)
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A flight departing the Bermuda Civil Air Terminal. Travelers outside the terminal, boarding of a Pan American Boeing 707 (N712PA) Clipper Washington in the rain. I hope she took her hat off during the flight... Also includes shots of the wing during landing and arrival at JFK (Idlewild) Airport including views of the old control tower. BOAC, SAS, Swiss, Air France, Sabena and Iberia aircraft vi...
Bermuda 1960's Non Mariners Race Finish Line ~ Foot of the Lane Mangroves & Saturday Evening Post
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Held on the Sunday after Cup Match, the Non-Mariners Race is an annual non-event where winning is to lose in the most spectacular fashion possible. Homemade, non-boat vessels are constructed and most certainly not raced - often making light of the politics of the day. Entrants are judged on the theme and appeal of the craft, and although keeping afloat the longest is the goal, even the craft th...
MV Cunard Adventurer 1972 Departure from Norfolk, VA ~ Cruise Liner Destination: Bermuda
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A very new and very 1970s fabulous Cunard Adventurer departure from the Port of Norfolk, Virginia. They had 27 weekly 7 day cruise sailings to Bermuda that year. Past the Naval Piers, the S.S. United States (I think - confirm) and out to the Atlantic. A good look inside the bar and lounge in its 1970s modern glory and then some life on deck - skeet shooting, sunning and swimming.
1972 Bermuda ~ Last Trip on the Tender Canima to SS Oronsay in Grassy Bay & Departure for Cherbourg
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“Bermuda's greatest party boat” The tender "Canima" doing what it was meant to do - Ferrying passengers between the City of Hamilton and cruise liners moored in the Great Sound / Grassy Bay. In this case the S.S. Oronsay where our passengers were the last stop by the tender before departure for Cherbourg. Departure on the Canima from Albouy's Point with a Ivan Franko class Russian Liner docked ...
1993 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas ~ Bacchus Statue Light Show in the Forum Shops, Apollo Joins in!
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“I am Bacchus! God of wine!” This is the second video of the animatronic Bacchus light show on the channel (1992 link below). A look inside the Forum Shops of Caesars Palace in 1993 and the Bacchus light show with special guests, Venus, Apollo and Pluto. The Forum Shops had an animatronic statue show "Festival Fountain show" that started in 1992 and Bacchus was removed in 2014. It was reported ...
Bermuda Vacation 1935 ~ Argyle Guest House Stay, On the Train at Flatts Trestle & Langton Hotel View
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Some leisurely deck time on the liner “Ocean Monarch” with a game of ring toss underway passing time on route to Bermuda. In Hamilton, we enjoy the activity seen from the veranda of the Argyle Guest House, overlooking the corner of Victoria Park on the corner of Cedar Avenue and Victoria Street. The guest house was located at the Southeast corner and today is the site of “Carib Cash” a Caribbea...
Bermuda Vacation 1962 Slideshow ~ Inverurie Hotel, Skiing in Harbor, Palm Grove & Unfinished Church
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Bermuda Vacation 1962 Slideshow ~ Inverurie Hotel, Skiing in Harbor, Palm Grove & Unfinished Church
Sir Richard Sharples & Captain Hugh Sayers Funeral Procession on Front Street Bermuda, March 16 1973
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Sir Richard Sharples & Captain Hugh Sayers Funeral Procession on Front Street Bermuda, March 16 1973
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1951 ~ Madison Square Garden "Menagerie & Strange People"
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1951 ~ Madison Square Garden "Menagerie & Strange People"
Bermuda Vacation 1929 ~ Waterloo House Views, Pitts Bay Road & Over the Bermudiana Hotel Service Rd
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Bermuda Vacation 1929 ~ Waterloo House Views, Pitts Bay Road & Over the Bermudiana Hotel Service Rd
A Row Along the Ganges River, India 1991 ~ Ritual Bathing at the Kashivishvanath Temple
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A Row Along the Ganges River, India 1991 ~ Ritual Bathing at the Kashivishvanath Temple
Blimps in Bermuda 1950s ~ Shh, Listening for Submarines
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Blimps in Bermuda 1950s ~ Shh, Listening for Submarines
1969 Wildfires ~ B17 Flying Fortress Tanker Fighting Residential San Diego Area Wildfires
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1969 Wildfires ~ B17 Flying Fortress Tanker Fighting Residential San Diego Area Wildfires
1957 ~ A Sunny Day at the Catskill Game Farm
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1957 ~ A Sunny Day at the Catskill Game Farm
Bermuda Vacation 1980s ~ Veterans Remembrance Day Parade, Hamilton Princess, Cave & Vixen Visit
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Bermuda Vacation 1980s ~ Veterans Remembrance Day Parade, Hamilton Princess, Cave & Vixen Visit
Bermuda Vacation 1927 ~ Picnic and Games at Horseshoe Bay Beach ~ "A Perfect Day"
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Bermuda Vacation 1927 ~ Picnic and Games at Horseshoe Bay Beach ~ "A Perfect Day"
1953 Royal Visit Bermuda ~ Cedar Avenue Floral Arch, Dinghy Race & Wilhelmina Arrival Mangrove Bay
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1953 Royal Visit Bermuda ~ Cedar Avenue Floral Arch, Dinghy Race & Wilhelmina Arrival Mangrove Bay
1969 Oceanic Cruise New York City to Bahamas ~ Nassau & Freeport. Life on Deck, Hat Competition.
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1969 Oceanic Cruise New York City to Bahamas ~ Nassau & Freeport. Life on Deck, Hat Competition.
1953 Annapolis Classic’s Driving, U.S. Naval Academy Visit and the Henlopen Hotel on Rehoboth Beach
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1953 Annapolis Classic’s Driving, U.S. Naval Academy Visit and the Henlopen Hotel on Rehoboth Beach
Bermuda Vacation 1953 ~ Queen Cruise, Devils Hole Fishing, Cricket & Flying Boat Landing in Sound
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Bermuda Vacation 1953 ~ Queen Cruise, Devils Hole Fishing, Cricket & Flying Boat Landing in Sound

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @nwtraveler5266
    @nwtraveler5266 День тому

    All those classic cars are incredible.

  • @keeganmansano1174
    @keeganmansano1174 2 дні тому

    Trinidad and Tobago was good back then but now it's kinda dumb

  • @Biscuit1973
    @Biscuit1973 3 дні тому

    I was born in the Summer of 1973 & I’ve never been around those parts of the city back in 77’ because I was way too young for it .

  • @stephaniec.2520
    @stephaniec.2520 5 днів тому

    To me the as a child, the old Steeplechase horses were magic. Especially when they turned a corner and seemed to be riding in the sky with the ocean in view. It was magic. At Luna Park there was a beautiful, highly glossed wooden floor. A ride was for a child to slide down that floor which had loops and was on an incline. As I recall the wood was imported from Sweden and was beautiful. Sorry if name icon comes up 2x. Computer glitch.

  • @KingEric-nr8gv
    @KingEric-nr8gv 9 днів тому

    1:28

  • @christopher-ke9nj
    @christopher-ke9nj 11 днів тому

    What a beauty okay big bertha eat that

  • @aalexjohna
    @aalexjohna 12 днів тому

    Freddie would get men to blow their noses in to his mouth, and he would gargle with the snot. Deeply perverted.

  • @Rachida-bm7mg
    @Rachida-bm7mg 14 днів тому

    Peter diane Freddie forever love absolu Friends 🇫🇷🫶🏻😘💓💓💓

  • @hen-rey
    @hen-rey 15 днів тому

    I stayed in the Tam o shanter summer 1979

  • @coolbluelights
    @coolbluelights 23 дні тому

    That's fkn crazy, even the billboards smoked 🤣

    • @KenButz
      @KenButz 21 день тому

      There were several over the years - back in the good old days when cigarettes were good for you :-)

  • @willievanvelzen5641
    @willievanvelzen5641 23 дні тому

    Mty Father hand painted the lettering on them

  • @davehue9517
    @davehue9517 24 дні тому

    Las Vegas must have been incredible in those days with all the iconic Casinos that put Las Vegas on the map....

  • @davidduganne5939
    @davidduganne5939 26 днів тому

    In the Al Mooney biography "They All Fly Through the Same Air", the chapter about the Culver V mentions the prototype aircraft had only one aileron, located on the starboard wing. The single aileron, the large amount of wingtip washout, and the outer panel dihedral worked together for roll control. The other thing that is interesting is the very narrow Center of Gravity range. The fuel is located in the wing leading edge, baggage is carried between the engine and the cockpit, and the seats are on the CG. This was done as part of the "Simpli-Fly" concept that linked the flaps to the stabilator for pitch control. All in all, a simple looking aircraft, but very sophisticated (and complicated!) in its design features.

  • @zjbell700
    @zjbell700 27 днів тому

    Traveling Northbound on Las Vegas Blvd. is driving up the Strip not down.

  • @raewestvirginia2128
    @raewestvirginia2128 29 днів тому

    15:44 Country Bear Jamboree

  • @localtraffic
    @localtraffic 29 днів тому

    2:15 man raises his bag to hide his face from the camera

  • @fvgc454ss
    @fvgc454ss Місяць тому

    My grandfather had a Culver V he restored in the 70s flew for years and was sold in the 90s after he passed. Trying to find out where it ended up.

  • @JS60SIX
    @JS60SIX Місяць тому

    Old Vegas was far more glamorous!

  • @tjcronley9462
    @tjcronley9462 Місяць тому

    I wonder if Sambo's Pancakes (19:24) is still there.

  • @jimtait6263
    @jimtait6263 Місяць тому

    LOVE IT!!! Thank you

  • @H.pylori
    @H.pylori Місяць тому

    A true walk back in time. I had forgotten exactly the location of the Imperial Motel, where I stayed in 1967, now thanks to you I know that it was a block or two north of the Sands Hotel. Then the recordings downtown show the locations of the old casinos, hard to imagine since they are all gone. Even saw Trader Bll's. Just think, seeing the construction of the DUNES hi-rise hotel. The Landmark and the old convention center. The entertainers on the marquees. We all all thankful to the person who had the foresight to film driving down the Strip. Also, note how well dressed everyone was then. Thank you sir and thumbs up

  • @larryaldrich4351
    @larryaldrich4351 Місяць тому

    I was in Vegas March '66 and Caesars was still under construction. This must be later that year.

  • @larryaldrich4351
    @larryaldrich4351 Місяць тому

    Went with my folks back then but it breaks my heart that they passed up those swell headliners to pull handles.

  • @E9oK9kMaV
    @E9oK9kMaV Місяць тому

    is that trinity's wife from dexter?

  • @Fuff63
    @Fuff63 Місяць тому

    Truly, 100 x better than today’s.

  • @bruromn214
    @bruromn214 Місяць тому

    USS Power DD839 was there too. I had the duty, ( just three weeks after getting married !

  • @ChasOnErie
    @ChasOnErie 2 місяці тому

    I saw this in 1962 … me and my buddies on the boardwalk !!!

  • @ciararogers4650
    @ciararogers4650 2 місяці тому

    Desert Spa (1947-1959) Riviera (1955-2016) The Algiers. (1953-2005) Thunderbird Hotel (1948-1981) Sahara (present 1952) New Frontier (1942-2007) Sliver Slipper (1950-1988) Royal Nevada (1955-1958) El Rancho Vegas (1941-1960) 2:49 (Fremont Street) 3:17 The End.

    • @KenButz
      @KenButz 2 місяці тому

      Thanks Clara!

  • @Rexag
    @Rexag 2 місяці тому

    I miss the true times of the Aviation Age....to travel by plane was an event... the airport... you knew you were there with various Boeing and MD jets and props...they were loud, they smoked and they were beautiful. Now, it's two engine under the wing...boring to watch for they all look like 737's ...they aren't loud thanks to the Karens - they make more noise than the jets...and security TSA.... makes me want to drive now. So, thanks for the memories... I was little but I remember...had the airport play sets.😁

  • @JohnDoe-sg1pd
    @JohnDoe-sg1pd 2 місяці тому

    Wow great film

  • @jazzcupjoey
    @jazzcupjoey 2 місяці тому

    May I use some footage from this in a upcoming youtube video of mine?

    • @KenButz
      @KenButz 2 місяці тому

      Please contact me at kjsbutz@gmail for licensing

  • @itscarli6647
    @itscarli6647 2 місяці тому

    I can’t believe people do this it’s terrible. (not hating on you)

  • @onnoheesbeen
    @onnoheesbeen 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful footage, Cunard Adventurer is one of my favorite ships and I'm in the process to build a large model of the ship. Your clip was very helpful in clearing up some detail questions I had.

    • @KenButz
      @KenButz 2 місяці тому

      Thanks, I think I have another Cunard Adventurer cruise in the cue - stay tuned!

    • @onnoheesbeen
      @onnoheesbeen 2 місяці тому

      @@KenButz looking forward.

  • @Mike-Primus7777
    @Mike-Primus7777 3 місяці тому

    My family has been here in Vegas since 1929, and while I look at this video, knowing all of my family, grandfather, and grandmother, were somewhere milling around town or just sitting at home or at work. My mom was 7 years old while this was being filmed They are all gone now it's just me and my brother left in Vegas it chokes me up a little it's like looking back in time thank you for the video

    • @dave1956
      @dave1956 25 днів тому

      Las Vegas must have had very few residents in 1929. I was there in 1969 and again in 1997. It had totally changed. I can only imagine what it looks like today.

  • @stephanieg9089
    @stephanieg9089 3 місяці тому

    Being in Atlantic City right now it’s very cool to see it in its glory days. I’m also very impressed the horse went all the way up the ramp to the diving board all on his own (rider was waiting at the top). Amazingly trained to do something like that.

  • @pigdroppings
    @pigdroppings 3 місяці тому

    Vegas...Bring back the naked showgirls.....but, dump the guys. When people think of Vegas, they think of the showgirls...but, there are no more showgirls shows in Vegas...showgirls are banned by the corporations that own the Vegas Casinos.

  • @LillyRose924
    @LillyRose924 3 місяці тому

    30:25 Peter acting out Freddie before he went on stage is priceless 🤣🤣🤣. Thank you Peter and Mike.

  • @jimg9613
    @jimg9613 3 місяці тому

    This just showed up in my sidebar. I am so happy to see this. In the mid Sixties, my brother and I were teenagers, living off base with my family (AirForce father) in St. David's, on Chapel of Ease Road, right across from Smith's Island. We had a straightaway view of St. George's Island and had great views of the harbor. Tall masted ships, yachts and submarines are great memories of those views. It didn't take us long to go native; learning Portuguese slang and copping a peculiar form of an English accent that was hard to kick when we got back to the States. Everything in the video is so familiar to me from our frequent romps around the Islands.

  • @josephbingham1255
    @josephbingham1255 3 місяці тому

    A historic movie prop. Where is it now?

  • @seeker1951
    @seeker1951 3 місяці тому

    The first 3:30" are the "Casino de Paris" at the Dunes Hotel. I was a dancer in that show . The rest is the "Lido" at the stardust.

    • @KenButz
      @KenButz 3 місяці тому

      Thanks so much for the detail.

  • @ghostoffredsavage
    @ghostoffredsavage 3 місяці тому

    I worked in Bermuda but ner saw this stage show until today. I wish I'd have seen the legend

  • @gusbuss1
    @gusbuss1 3 місяці тому

    Was on the steeplechase when I was about 8 . Screamed my head off.

  • @datruth_706
    @datruth_706 3 місяці тому

    Whos here from playin new vegas

  • @pattytada9117
    @pattytada9117 3 місяці тому

    I went to Harmony Hall as a child in 1959

  • @aylabilse3697
    @aylabilse3697 3 місяці тому

    Eh the dolphin had it far worse

  • @AllenGraves-db4kc
    @AllenGraves-db4kc 4 місяці тому

    That Northwest Orient sure looked heavy.

  • @AaronJrBrundidge
    @AaronJrBrundidge 4 місяці тому

    04/20/2024 - the end of the Legacy fleets

  • @gordonlyon2351
    @gordonlyon2351 4 місяці тому

    very nice Lou footage! B+W footage from this show has circulated for years but not this - many thanks.

  • @Robertbuccellatobooks
    @Robertbuccellatobooks 4 місяці тому

    I’m in the process of making a feature length documentary on the community of Plains during the 1976 election and it’s aftermath We already have a great deal of photos and footage. But, this captures the emerging explosion and excitement about to take place. Do you own this footage? Would you be interested in sharing it? Please let me know and we can discuss it further

    • @KenButz
      @KenButz 4 місяці тому

      Please contact me at kjsbutz@gmail.com

  • @laurastabell7798
    @laurastabell7798 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this. I never got to see the Stardust.