Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Submarine Attack (I.F.E. Releasing, 1954) Re-released in 1959 as Torpedo Zone.  + In this adventure, the commander of an...

Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 Operation Bikini (American International, 1963) “Temptation in Paradise… neither hell nor high heels could stop them” – This one starts in the...

Welcome (back) to Maine Miss Monkey Fist has successfully relocated from the dismal Baltimore suburbs to the sparkling and wonderful Lakes Region of Maine, northwest of Portland.  When she lived...

Huge waves crash against the sea wall at Seaham Harbour Photo by Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures photos: Autumn storms hit Britain: in pictures on The Telegraph It’s been one...

above: Atlantic Convoy (Columbia, 1942) Released shortly after the similar Columbia wartime story Submarine Raider, Atlantic Convoy is set on the coast of Iceland. Civilian weatherman Carl Hansen (John Beal)...

The Maritime Film Festival was founded by esteemed sailor and artist, Andrew (PORK) Poneros, amongst others. In a broad sense, the annual festival aims to explore the human legacy of...

“I saw the submariners, the way they stood aloof and silent, watching their pigboat with loving eyes. They are alone in the Navy. I admired the PT boys. And I...

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part III – Part IV — Part V Skirts Ahoy! (MGM, 1952) Esther Williams joins the WAVES after leaving her fiancé at the altar....

above: Here Comes the Navy (Warner Brothers, 1934) Part 1 — Part 2 — Part III – Part IV Sailor of the King (20th Century Fox, 1953) poster appears to...

Public art, Arenc, Marseille Notes on the Arts and Visual Culture Wednesday, 4 September 2013; by Phil Beard There’s a school of thought that claims the invention of the shipping...

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part III McHale’s Navy (Universal, 1964) The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. + Captain...

Part 1 — Part 2 The Honeymoon Machine (MGM, 1961) A few years before The Great Escape catapulted Steve McQueen to stardom, the charismatic actor played leading man, Lt. Fergie...

While the towers burned and collapsed on September 11, 2001, a half million people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan by a civilian flotilla of ferries, tug boats and other vessels in what has become known as the largest boatlift in history.

Part 1 Dames Ahoy (Universal, 1930) Swedish language poster Three sailors go searching for a blonde gold-digger who tricked one of them into marriage when he was drunk. All he...

Foul mouthed, drunken, bare knuckle fighting, girl-in-every-port keeping, societal retards.  Hollywood loves sailors, and John and Jane Q Landlubber love movies about sailors. Maybe it’s the romantic, adventure-filled lives they...

Skin Diving Mermaids and Ruthless Frogmen! Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 Tugboat Annie (MGM, 1933) Marie Dressler plays...

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 Sink the Bismarck! (20th Century Fox, 1960) Black-and-white British war film based on the book Last...

Human Torpedoes vs. Battleships! Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 Sea of Lost Ships (Republic, 1953) Through a misunderstanding, (John Derek as) Grad Matthews (son...

“It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic” Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 Outside the 3-Mile Limit (Columbia, 1940) Crime drama: a government investigator looks into...

part one — part two Melody Cruise (RKO, 1933) In this musical romantic comedy, bandleader and comedian Phil Harris, then in his wavy-haired romantic lead period, plays a millionaire playboy...