OCEAN VOYAGE
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Year Published: 1955
Description: This color promotional film is about taking a cruise on the S.S. Olympia. Copyright is 1955. Opening: Two boys sit near the stern of the boat. Title: OCEAN VOYAGE (:08-:36). A man looks at the model of an ocean liner, S.S. Olympia. The model sits in the window of a Travel Bureau. The man wanders New York City. He heads down to the pier and he looks at the S.S. Olympia anchored on the water. The boy is named Niko. A man pulls on a wire and a car is lifted by wires/ropes to be placed into the ship. In the crew's quarters is a recreation room, Niko shows his friends the souvenirs he purchased for his family (:37-2:34). Niko reads a book while laying in bed on the ship. He rolls over and goes to sleep. The ship's lights are on even at night. The next morning, the passengers baggage comes up a conveyor belt. Passengers start to board. Stacks of luggage. The American flag flies alongside a Greek flag. Tugboats come to assist the cruise ship. People say their goodbyes on the dock. The crowd cheers as the boat starts to exit the dock. The cruise ship near the skyline of NYC. The captain looks out the window and points. They pass the Statue of Liberty. The skyline of NYC. The man at the wheel turns the wheel (2:35-5:10). In the open sea, the captain sets the course. Diagram shows the route from NYC to Southampton, England. Different routes are shown. A man raises binoculars while looking at the sea. The ship moves on. The horn of the ship blows. People move around, grab safety preservers, it's a lifeboat drill, which takes place the first day out at sea. People are assigned a certain lifeboat just in case. The lifeboat is tied to the side of the ocean liner (5:11-7:10). The ship sails out at sea. Niko walks around the boat and passes by other crewmen. Electric telegraph is used by the captain. Engine room - steam turbine engines. Chief engineer looks around, he walks around the room. He then inspects one of the two engines to make sure it is working correctly. Ocean sea. People enjoy their time in the pool, a game of shuffleboard, deck tennis between father and son (7:11-9:36). The ship sails on. Passengers in the dining room. The radar antenna turns. Radar signal moves. The captain looks at it. A gyro compass. A crewman plays an accordion. A woman brushes her hair as her husband watches in their cabin. Passengers enjoy and dance (9:37-11:07). Sea sparkles. A British aircraft flies over the ship to make sure all is well. The British flag flies on the ship's flagpole now. Heading into the English Channel. A tugboat comes out to meet them. The car is hoisted up again. Passengers say goodbye and get easy to leave via a smaller ship to keep the cruise ship in deeper waters. Birds fly. People wave. The S.S. Olympia sails onward (11:08-12:59). End credits (13:00-13:06). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Key moments View all Statue of Liberty 4:52 Lifeboat Drill 6:44 Bad Weather 9:45 Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript PeriscopeFilm 759K subscribers Videos About Support Us on Patreon Patreon Support us! PeriscopeFilm Visit our website
Complete Record: This color promotional film is about taking a cruise on the S.S. Olympia. Copyright is 1955. Opening: Two boys sit near the stern of the boat. Title: OCEAN VOYAGE (:08-:36). A man looks at the model of an ocean liner, S.S. Olympia. The model sits in the window of a Travel Bureau. The man wanders New York City. He heads down to the pier and he looks at the S.S. Olympia anchored on the water. The boy is named Niko. A man pulls on a wire and a car is lifted by wires/ropes to be placed into the ship. In the crew's quarters is a recreation room, Niko shows his friends the souvenirs he purchased for his family (:37-2:34). Niko reads a book while laying in bed on the ship. He rolls over and goes to sleep. The ship's lights are on even at night. The next morning, the passengers baggage comes up a conveyor belt. Passengers start to board. Stacks of luggage. The American flag flies alongside a Greek flag. Tugboats come to assist the cruise ship. People say their goodbyes on the dock. The crowd cheers as the boat starts to exit the dock. The cruise ship near the skyline of NYC. The captain looks out the window and points. They pass the Statue of Liberty. The skyline of NYC. The man at the wheel turns the wheel (2:35-5:10). In the open sea, the captain sets the course. Diagram shows the route from NYC to Southampton, England. Different routes are shown. A man raises binoculars while looking at the sea. The ship moves on. The horn of the ship blows. People move around, grab safety preservers, it's a lifeboat drill, which takes place the first day out at sea. People are assigned a certain lifeboat just in case. The lifeboat is tied to the side of the ocean liner (5:11-7:10). The ship sails out at sea. Niko walks around the boat and passes by other crewmen. Electric telegraph is used by the captain. Engine room - steam turbine engines. Chief engineer looks around, he walks around the room. He then inspects one of the two engines to make sure it is working correctly. Ocean sea. People enjoy their time in the pool, a game of shuffleboard, deck tennis between father and son (7:11-9:36). The ship sails on. Passengers in the dining room. The radar antenna turns. Radar signal moves. The captain looks at it. A gyro compass. A crewman plays an accordion. A woman brushes her hair as her husband watches in their cabin. Passengers enjoy and dance (9:37-11:07). Sea sparkles. A British aircraft flies over the ship to make sure all is well. The British flag flies on the ship's flagpole now. Heading into the English Channel. A tugboat comes out to meet them. The car is hoisted up again. Passengers say goodbye and get easy to leave via a smaller ship to keep the cruise ship in deeper waters. Birds fly. People wave. The S.S. Olympia sails onward (11:08-12:59). End credits (13:00-13:06). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Key moments View all Statue of Liberty 4:52 Lifeboat Drill 6:44 Bad Weather 9:45 Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript PeriscopeFilm 759K subscribers Videos About Support Us on Patreon Patreon Support us! PeriscopeFilm Visit our website
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[Music] [Music] there she is in the middle of New York City my ship of course this is just a model in the window of a travel Bureau but she's a beautiful ship any member of her crew will tell you she's one of the finest afloat this is the first time I've ever been in New York City I understand that almost as many people live here as in all Greece I was born in Greece in Galax city a very small fishing village my name is Nicholas stammers Spiros katzie's but just call me Niko for sure and there's my ship the SS Olympia 23,000 tons and twice as long as an American football field an ocean liner getting ready to put to sea there's a lot of work to be done food to be taken on board oil for the engines and the passengers automobiles lifted up by the big winch as though there were little toys these men are called stevedores they load and unload ships freighters with cargoes or passengers like ours and the crew's quarters up forward is a very comfortable recreation room tonight I show my friends the souvenirs I bought this afternoon in New York for my brother a miniature Statue of Liberty and for my sister a fan with a picture of the Statue of Liberty on it kocha my best friend says they're very nice souvenirs very nice I was 15 when I left home I haven't seen my family for a long time after this voyage though the Olympia will make regular trips between America and Greece then I will see them often the lights of a ship are never out work goes on all the time even at night bright and early the next morning the passengers baggage begins to come on board thousands of suitcases trunks bags and boxes the stevedores and ship Stuart's are very busy and soon the passengers begin to come aboard baggage and passengers more than 1300 people are sailing with us because we are in an American port we fly the American flag as well as the Greek flag and that blue and white signal flag means we'll soon put to sea here come the tugboats to help us out into the river [Music] won't be long now before we leave the dock [Music] the tugboats have pushed us far into the deepest part of the river and now our engines take over there's the United States one of the world's fastest liners our ship is being piloted by a harbor fire the skilled pilot who knows every channel in the river and Bay the captain points out a freighter off our starboard bow starboard to a sailor means right now we are passing the Statue of Liberty and we're leaving the skyline of New York City far astern we are entering the Atlantic Ocean the helmsman the man at the wheel see something ahead a tiny speck in the ocean the harbour pilot has done his job now that we are in the open sea he will leave us sometimes in rough weather he cannot get off and must go with the big ship all the way across the ocean but today the ocean is calm now the captain sets our course from New York Harbor we will be sailing by way of the regular Atlantic shipping lanes a distance of more than 3,000 miles as far as from New York City to Los Angeles 3,000 miles across the Atlantic to our first port Southampton England the Atlantic shipping lanes are the busiest in the world sometimes there are as many as 2,000 ships coming and going their wakes crossing and recrossing but often you can sail for days and days and not see another ship so vast is the great Atlantic we will be on the ocean for five days [Music] no this is not an emergency no one has fallen overboard nor are we abandoning ship this is the lifeboat drill takes place the first day out everyone is assigned to a lifeboat station everyone has his own life jacket to keep him afloat in the war there is little danger on an ocean voyage these days but the lifeboats are kept ready for any emergency a ship at sea is like an island a floating island with a life of its own I'm just an apprentice of course which means that I've just started my life at sea but there's so much to learn and it's all of great interest take the wheelhouse for example here are the many controls for running the ship with this instrument called the electric telegraph the captain can signal the engine room deep down below the waterline the Olympia is powered by two engines called steam turbine engines [Music] this is alecko the chief engineer his job is to keep the powerful engines operating our ship like all modern liners burns oil older ships used to burn coal day and night the oil burners heat the water to make the steam which turns the big propeller shafts aleko inspects one of the two shafts than the very bottom of the ship day and night it turns spinning the propellers driving us through the blue water at 21 knots almost 25 land miles an hour but a life of work is not the only one on board a passenger liner especially for the passengers a swimming pool in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean a game of shuffleboard on the game deck Robby takes careful aim good shot now Robby and his father play another game deck tennis there is always much to do during an ocean voyage [Music] but later that night we run into bad weather the passengers in the big dining room where 500 people have dinner at the same time do not seem to notice the bad weather we're running into a heavy fog but on the foremast the radar antenna is turning something like television radar sends out signals across the dark water searching the ocean for 40 miles in all directions if there are other ships or icebergs nearby the captain will know the helmsman is confident as he steers his course through the night guided by the latest type of compass a gyro compass as a ship goes through the fog members of the crew relax in the quarters up forward and their comfortable roomy cabins the passengers feel secure and safe no one is worried by the fog and bad weather [Music] but later that night we leave the bad weather behind us the moon sparkles on the sea we've been sailing for four days and four nights [Music] culture points out a British aircraft which is flown out to inspect us he also points out that the Union Jack the British flag flies from the foremast this means we are now in British waters and there it is the coast of England we're steaming up the English Channel to the port of Southampton now we see other ships we will not go all the way into the harbour we will save time by having a smaller boat come out to meet us big enough to carry the passengers going to England their baggage and the automobiles there is just time now to say last minute food buys and to take last minute pictures many passengers will go on to France but for others the voyage is at an end more than 300 years ago the pilgrims crossed from Plymouth England to America it took more than two months but we have crossed from America to England in five days and a great ocean liner the SS Olympia
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