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 Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah during its test trials in the United States. The NS Savannah leaving the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards at Camden New Jersey, enroute to Yorktown, Virginia, is seen passing the Delaware Memorial Bridge, as she cruises along the Delaware River. views of spray blowing across the ship underway. View of reactor control room, where increasing levels of power are demanded until full (100%) power is set on April 14, 1962 and the Savannah achieves a speed of 22 knots. The NS Savannah docks at her home port of Savannah, Georgia.
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.
An elementary school teaches English in Vienna, Austria. Austrian children in a classroom recite their first lines of newly learned English. They come to the front of the class and speak English words by indicating the drawings on a blackboard.
The first American newspaper in Aachen, Germany is printed during World War II. Crowds in the streets of Allied-occupied Aachen. A U.S. General speaks as the first American newspaper to be printed in Germany is dedicated. Presses roll and the first copies are produced which are then purchased and read by German civilians.
Landing craft traffic at a beachhead in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. Army radiomen use a radio field set. A man holds a bullhorn to direct the landing craft traffic. A line of soldiers handle supplies off an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel).
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