The Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah nearing its completion in the United States. At the shipyard, a full size mockup of the nuclear reactor for the NS Savannah, is being constructed to facilitate installation of the actual reactor in the ship and training of her crew. View from above of the Savannah under construction. Several engineers and scientists, invited to the shipyard, from other countries, are seen in orange coveralls of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation and hard hats showing their national flags and labeled "foreign observer." Below her hull are seen retractable stabilizers to dampen roll in heavy seas.
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.
The college basketball team from City College of New York (CCNY) wins a basketball game in New York City against the University of Oregon. Teams of CCNY and Oregon playing the basketball game; various plays shown. Spectators watch the match and cheer for the players. The team from CCNY wins the game. Some ambient sound of the crowd cheering is heard.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192)off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. Men prepare to rig pontoon and they attach hoses. Men unrig the "flowerpot". Lowering line is attached to "flowerpot" and depth measuring line to pontoon. Temporary mooring line is cast off from pontoon. Men tighten up hose connections. They unrig "flowerpot" and attach cable clamp to tails of sling. They close the vents. Pontoon raises up from water. Pontoon is blown dry and made ready to leave the U.S. Navy ship Falcon (ASR-2) submarine rescue vessel. Diagrammatic representation of the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) raised by the slings and pontoons.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. USS Sacramento (PG-19) underway off the coast of Isles of Shoals. Small district craft LHT Hibiscus and the U.S. Navy fleet tug boat Wandank (AT-26) underway to rescue U.S. Navy submarine Squalus. Air hose is attach to U.S. Navy submarine Sculpin (SS-191). Many buoys floats on water support the tails of pontoon slings. Air hoses men work with dials. Pontoons are blown dry. Stern of pontoon surfaces up and cause gushing of water. Men secure pontoon. Bow of U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) is raised to surface. Pontoon and sling slip off and bow settles back into water. Diagrammatic representation of the slipping off the sling and bow of pontoon.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. Pontoon afloat on surface with cable slings attached. Men work with pontoon alongside U.S. Navy Ship Falcon (ASR-2). Men on top of pontoon. "Flowerpot"cable clamp is lifted from pontoon by crane hook. Men work with "flowerpot" on deck of U.S. Navy Ship Falcon (ASR-2). Officer sits on bitts in the foreground. Men work with cable on top of pontoon. Air hoses stretched over surface seen in the background. Pontoon alongside USS Falcon. Air bubbles come up along lower portion. Air hoses in mass lying on surface. View of the motor launch and crew work. Man stands on the top of mass of hoses on surface. Men work with hoses stretched over surface. View of the rescue site. Air hoses seen on surface.
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