Ringo Starr May 1969

Title: Ringo Leaving On The QEII (Associated Press)
Type: Newsreel
Filming Location: QEII, Southampton, London, England
Filming Date: May 16th 1969
Broadcast Date: May 1969
Country Of Broadcast: England
Duration: 01:03 Minute
Quality: C
Source: "Ringo Starr Chronology 1969-1971" (Happy Snake)
Other Sources: Ringo Starr - 1964-1969 (FFD Productions)

Notes: Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen Starkey were among travellers on board the recently-launched ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, heading to New York from Southampton.

The trip was laid on by Commonwealth United, the company which funded the film The Magic Christian, which Starr had a lead role
in. With principal photography recently completed, the holiday was by way of thanks to the cast and crew for finishing on time and on budget.

Also on board were the film`s co-star Peter Sellers, director Joe McGrath, producer Denis O`Dell, their respective wives and
Apple`s press officer Derek Taylor. The luxury cruise ship arrived in New York on 22 May 1969, and from there the party flew to the Bahamas for a two-week holiday.

Starr gave an interview to the Associated Press agency before the ship set sail. In it he discussed a previous job as a waiter
on board a steam ship that sailed between Liverpool and north Wales while he was a teenager.