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The Nuclear Ship Savannah is controlled by various dials as it is underway during test trials in the United States.

A film "The Nuclear Ship Savannah" depicts testing trials in the United States. Sea trials of the nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, NS Savannah. She cruises in calm waters from her testing base at Yorktown, Virginia. Officers seen in operating positions. Helmsman steers her through various turning maneuvers. Engineers place challenging demands on her propulsion system from full speed ahead to full speed astern. Narrator calls attention to lack of smoke stack on this ship. atomic symbol painted on ship's side. Animated illustration of a nuclear reactor. View of turbine deck aboard the ship. View of the nuclear reactor control room. Numerous views of the Savannah cruising in calm waters. She is seen cruising the Delaware River near the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Model of the USS Savannah, first to cross the ocean using steam power (although she has sails). Animation showing departure of the Savannah from that city in 1819 and depicting boilers, retractable paddle wheels,and swiveling smoke stacks.

Date: 1962
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070683
People gather and Mamie Eisenhower christens the NS Savannah during its launching in the U.S.

Launching of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship in the United States. View of her bow, with banner reading: "New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NS Savannah." Spectators seated while a brass band plays. Shipyard crews knock supports out from beneath the Savannah's hull. U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower, swings bottle of champagne to christen the NS Savannah, and the ship slides down the ways, sternfirst. View of the Savannah in the river.

Date: 1959, July 21
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070688
Modern and luxurious accommodation and facilities aboard the NS Savannah as it travels with its first passengers in the U.S.

Modern and luxurious facilities on the Nuclear Ship (NS) Savannah in the United States. A passenger aboard the NS Savannah stands near railings. Modern and attractive accommodations of the ship in its role as a cruise ship. Passengers enter a cabin which is spacious and well equipped. The passengers seated in a luxurious lounge. A woman looks at a wooden table. The passengers have drinks. A golden model of the Savannah is displayed at the entrance to a dining hall. A couple enters the dining room. People seated around a dining table have food. A couple climbs down stairs towards a swimming pool. People seated in resting chairs beside the pool. The passengers dance on a dance floor. A couple has drinks at a table in the foreground. A passenger looks through an equipment on the ship bridge. Engineers work on radar equipment in the control room. Giant and massive gear on the ship. An officer in a control room. Officers and the captain standing aboard the Savannah.

Date: 1964
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070691
Images showing progression of ship steam propulsion from coal-fired to oil-fired to nuclear powered ship NS Savannah

Brief view of model of the original USS Savannah steam powered sidewheeler ship of 1819. View of steam plant inside a newer ship. Pistons driving crankshaft. Fireman stoking boiler with coal. View of oil storage tanks. The USS United States steamship underway. Cargoes being loaded aboard a freighter at a pier. Grain being loaded into a cargo vessel. A foreign port. An ocean liner. Engineers discussing nuclear power. Animation of atoms in motion. An early nuclear power plant installation in the United States. An open view of fuel rods in a nuclear reactor (referred to as an atomic furnace by the narrator). View of Control room in nuclear power plant with many lit dials, levers, buttons, and controls. Engineers placing cutouts of reactor on diagram of ship. Model of the NS Savannah. President Eisenhower speaking.View of U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Marine architects of George G. Sharp incorporated, working on design of the NS Savannah. Cutaway model showing position of reactor inside the ship.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070684
U.S. Merchant Marine Officers and engineers are trained to serve as crew aboard the nuclear-powered ship, NS Savannah

Cadets of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long Island, New York, are seen on parade. Crew of the nuclear-powered NS Savannah, will include some graduates from Kings Point. Scene in classroom where highly experienced merchant marine officers and engineers are being trained for positions in the Savannah crew. They are being indoctrinated and trained to run a ship requiring them to operate a nuclear reactor and associated systems. Included are seen students from foreign nations who were invited to attend the classes. Students are seen in various classes, and settings, including a mockup of the Savannah's control room, containing a reactor simulator.

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070686
A unit of engineers and officers assembles, places and checks the nuclear reactor and its parts on the NS Savannah in the U.S.

The nuclear reactor of the Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah and its parts are assembled in the United States. The reactor component is lowered. A unit of engineers place the reactor. An engineer inspects the fitting of the parts. The engineers use specially designed handling tools to assemble and disassemble the reactor. They place the fuel container. A unit member lowers equipment with an electric chain. A component is lowered and placed. An engineer of the Savannah and a Coast Guard officer check the Savannah unit to convert the reactor power to ship power. A unit member takes readings for natural radiation level. A unit member checks a wheel by turning it. The final assembling and fueling takes place. All unit members wearing nylon suits, boots and caps work on the final assembling. A unit member speaks on headsets. The head of the reactor is installed. It is placed after completing the fueling. The reactor is ready for starting. An operator controls the dials in a control room. The power range is increased.

Date: 1959
Duration: 4 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070689