
Departure from Naples on 24 July 1969, just 3 days after the first human landing on the Moon of the Apollo 11 mission. An historical time. (Photo by Richard Volpe – Palm Beach, Florida – USA)

A nice view on the 1st class lido deck, in July 1969. (Photo by Richard Volpe – Palm Beach, Florida – USA)

Interpreters of the show “Carosello napoletano” in the enclosed promenade of 1st or 2nd class. (Photo from Antonio Borriello, Torre del Greco – Naples, Italy)

Crew’s show “When the honeymoon is not only honey”. (Photo from Antonio Borriello, Torre del Greco – Naples, Italy)

The crew in the backstage of the show. These images and other reports show how much the atmosphere aboard, and among the crew members, was different than on the modern cruise ships, where the crews are mostly composed by underpaid people, coming from poor Countries, and low-qualified. Instead, all the crews of the Italian Line were composed by Italian personnel. (Photo from Antonio Borriello, Torre del Greco – Naples, Italy)

Leonardo Carannante, waiter on the Michelangenlo, photographed during a cruise in Porto Rico.