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.
Construction engineers and workers work on a construction project in the United States. A water fall. The construction engineers at the construction site. An engineer points out on a chart. A loader loads dirt into a dump truck. Engineers stand beside the truck. Giant wheels of the truck. A sign 'Fire stone' on a tire of the truck and the name "Euclid" painted on its side. A dam at the construction site. The engineers work on their construction project. A man signals. Construction workers spray with hoses.
Italian cruise liner SS Andrea Doria underway in the North Atlantic Ocean. A helicopter flies overhead. Captain Piero Calamai on the ship deck. Passengers look on from glass windows.
The commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States. Dignitaries and officers in a line board USS Saratoga. A band plays aboard the ship. U.S. Navy Admiral Felix B. Stump, Admiral William F Halsey, U.S. Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas and other naval officers board the ship. A board in the background reads 'Home of Scharfer'. The officers converse with each other aboard the ship.
The commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States. A large banner with an insignia and 'USS Saratoga (CVA-60)' written on it. U.S. Navy Admiral Felix B. Stump, Admiral W. F. Halsey and other naval officers and civilians seated near a speaker's stand. Cadets in the background. A flag being hoisted on the mast of the ship. Naval officers and civilians salute the flag. A naval officer speaks into a microphone. The civilians watch the ceremony. A fleet of aircraft fly overhead. Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga Captain R. J. Stroh speaks into the microphone. Chief Warrant Officer Moses, Rear Admiral Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, C. R. Brown and Vice Admiral F. W. McMahon. Governor of New York William Averell Harriman speaks into the microphone.
The commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States. A large crowd seated on the ship deck during the ceremony. A model of USS Saratoga placed on a stand. Chief Warrant Officer Moses and other naval officers speak into microphone. A large silver cup on a table. Captain Robert Joseph Stroh speaks into the microphone. U.S. Navy Admiral Felix B. Stump, Admiral W F Halsey, Admiral Doil, Rear Admiral A. J. Mumma, Rear Admiral R. J. Cowdrey and Vice Admiral M. B. Gardener stand holding their hats. Naval officers go down one of the deck edge elevators.