A New York Port Authority helicopter with pontoons is seen as it takes off. Aerial views of the New York City skyline in the late 1950s, the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River, tugboats in the water, the ocean liner SS United States, and view approaching the Greek freighter Isbrandtsen on a small boat, with a uniformed port worker or officer preparing a docking throw rope.
United States Lines flagship, the SS Leviathan on its way to Cherbourg and South Hampton from New York City. Recreational pursuits aboard the ship. Men and women dive in to an open air pool on deck of the ship. Crowd watches from balcony. People at huge interior tiled plunge.
United States Lines flagship, the S.S. Leviathan on its way to Cherbourg and South Hampton from New York City. Recreational pursuits aboard the ship. A chef carves an ice elephant for an elaborate cold buffet. Passengers dine in a private dining room aboard the S.S. Leviathan.
United States Lines flagship, the S.S. Leviathan on its way to Cherbourg and South Hampton from New York City. Two women in a luxurious stateroom aboard the S.S. Leviathan. A woman wraps shower curtain around her body. Woman sees herself in a dressing table mirror. Women sleep on bed after turning off the lamp.
United States troops board boats to ferry them out to troop transport ships for return home at end of World War 1. The troops are seen aboard a number of steam ferry boats, ready to leave the port. More soldiers march onto the pier and board boats. View from a departing boat as it leaves the docks. Views of the port facilities as the boat passes them. Houses on shore in the distance. Officers in wheel house of the camera boat as it makes way. More views of commercial activities on the waterfront as the boat departs.
Opening scene shows clear images of the ocean liner, RMS Olympic (sister ship of the RMS Titanic) in the harbor at Brest, France, right after World War 1. American soldiers boarding a small ferry boat at a pier. The ferry boat is then seen tied up beside the Olympic. The deck of a large ferry boat filled with United States soldiers. Soldiers entering a hatch of the ferry boat. A barge containing coal, tied up to the RMS Olympic. Workers smile for the camera as they shovel coal into the bunkers of the Olympic. Civilian passengers on deck of the RMS Olympic, chatting with an American Navy and Army officer. Soldiers with their gear gathered on a pier. They use a gangplank to board another transport ship.
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