Ocean voyage

Duration: 0:13:11

Year Published: 1955

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Follows an ocean liner on a five-day trip from New York to Southampton. Includes views of a lifeboat drill, passenger amusements, crew living quarters, the wheelhouse, and the engine room. Explains that radar signals are used to reveal the location of icebergs and ships which may be hidden by fog., Through eyes of a young Greek seaman, shows the preparation and sailing of the Greek ocean liner SS Olympia from New York to England. Depicts many of the activities aboard ship such as the engine room, life-boat drill, use of radar and navigational devices, and entertainment. Compares the five days required for this Atlantic crossing to the long time required by the Pilgrims in 1620.

Complete Record: , Through eyes of a young Greek seaman, shows the preparation and sailing of the Greek ocean liner SS Olympia from New York to England. Depicts many of the activities aboard ship such as the engine room, life-boat drill, use of radar and navigational devices, and entertainment. Compares the five days required for this Atlantic crossing to the long time required by the Pilgrims in 1620.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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