hannover-l - Nachricht 2008-07 00102

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Thank you for your email Fred and information on the DVD player and codes.
I have read some accounts of the trips to Australia from England in the
1800's  - some were horrific.

My father and his family came to Australia in the 1920's.  My grandfather in
1926 and my grandmother, father, uncle and aunt in 1929.  They travelled
overland via Holland then down the Thames to London, travelled by train to
Southampton and then via the Mediterranean, Suez Canel and Ceylon to
Brisbane.  My father and aunt really enjoyed the trip, except for a time
when my father became very sick with diphtheria and was almost put off the
ship in Bombay (which could have been disastrous).

Kind regards

Marlene



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[mailto:hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of W. Fred Rump
Sent: Monday, 7 July 2008 2:12 AM
To: Hannover-L
Subject: Re: [HN] Books on German History

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Elizabeth <aliens(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> However if you can obtain a copy of  'Windstärke 8'  a four hour 
> documentary on two DVDs you will understand how difficult these 
> voyages from Germany to America and Australia were in the 1850s.

Marlene,
I'm not sure what the scoop is in Australia but if one wishes to watch
"Windstärke 8" here in the US you need a code to override the European DVD
production or a region-free DVD player. There are companies which sell
decoders and others sell region free DVD players. Neither is particularly
expensive but many people have been disappointed upon buying foreign DVDs
which won't play on here in the US.
See http://www.dvdcodes.net/

That said, the documentary is well worth watching even though it does get a
little boring at times. I mean a 69 day trip on a small boat is boring and
even reducing it to 4 hours one gets the full effect.  To add a few words to
the making of the film: 5500 applicants volunteered for this 1855 trip
re-enactment. Other then some modern communications equipment everything
down to the underwear and toothpaste was a replica of earlier times. 18
experienced sailors, 14 adults an 5 children along with a camera crew of 6
made the trip. The total of 43 people was small and not really comparable to
the typical actual number of passengers on such a trip but they went through
the same routine and ran into the same problems earliers passenger ships
encountered including terrible weather.

Fred





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