TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE ABOARD QUEEN ELIZABETH 2
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Year Published: 1970
Description: In this 1970 episode of Discovery two narrators take you on a voyage aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 aka QE2. She is a historic ocean liner that was launched in 1969. The ship departs from New York destined for South Hampton, England. You are guided into the bridge, safety control room and broiler room. The innerworkings of the ship are revealed and the captain, officers and other staff members are introduced. Passengers recreate on deck and enjoy the extensive amenities provided. (Note: Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is now retired. The British ocean liner was converted into a floating hotel and since 2018 has been docked in Dubai). The Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner floats in the harbor. New York skyline in the evening (00:20). Zoom out of passengers looking over the rails of the ship. The captain looks out with binoculars. Animated graphics introduction “Discovery ’70.” The narrators, Virginia Gibson and Bill Owen, stand in front of the ship. They explain the ship will travel from New York to South Hampton, England. A woman gets out of a Yellow Cab. Zoom outs of night time New York skyline. Lights of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at night. Zoom out of the ship’s wake, people are on the deck. A nurse with epaulettes on her uniform organized medical instruments (3:35). Women work in the clothing and gift shops. A waiter takes an order in the restaurant. Pan of the café. A man prints newspapers on a printing press (4:12). Women get their hair done in a salon. Men speak with tellers in a bank, close up of Bank of England pounds (4:28). People sit in a dark church service. People do aerobic exercises on deck. Aerial view of the ship (5:35). Men work behind the narrator in the bridge, or wheel house. The captain, Joseph Wolfington, over sees a meeting with his senior officers (6:13). Close up of an officer named Graham Ferguson. He shows them the radar, valve thrusters, the steering tiller, radio telephone and the telegraph (7:08). Zoom out from the ocean water to the side of the ship with life boats. Close up of a fire alarm. People chat in groups wearing orange life jackets. Fast zoom out of a man writing in the safety control room (8:54). Close up of a blinking light on a diagram of the ship’s levels. The man speaks into his radio. A heavy steel water tight door is closed (10:12). Jack Humphrey, the chief mechanic, inspects pipes in the broiler room. He scans the 200 foot shaft that is connected to the propeller. Close up of inside a flash evaporator (11:37). The narrator stands in the machine control room. Close ups of the telegraph, turbine levers and gauges. The narrator adjusts dials on the giant computer. A Selectric typewriter types by itself controlled by the computer (12:57). Shot of grey industrial building on nearby land. A boat moves toward the ship in the port of Le Havre in France. Pan of the tug boats and harbor (14:28). A man throws rope overboard. The ship is turned around. Gang planks are put in place. Dressed up guests are greeted as they enter the captain’s reception. They drink champagne and chat (16:23). A man stocks shelves of canned goods and food. Meat is sorted on to hooks and, on a table (16:50). Shots inside the massive kitchen, the head chef inspects trays of food (17:11). Close ups of bowls of salad. Kebobs are seasoned. The crew ascends an escalator with trays of food (). Close up of cheeses. The restaurant manager cooks crepes suzette table side (17:52). Couples dance to music. 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 Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript
Complete Record: In this 1970 episode of Discovery two narrators take you on a voyage aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 aka QE2. She is a historic ocean liner that was launched in 1969. The ship departs from New York destined for South Hampton, England. You are guided into the bridge, safety control room and broiler room. The innerworkings of the ship are revealed and the captain, officers and other staff members are introduced. Passengers recreate on deck and enjoy the extensive amenities provided. (Note: Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is now retired. The British ocean liner was converted into a floating hotel and since 2018 has been docked in Dubai). The Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner floats in the harbor. New York skyline in the evening (00:20). Zoom out of passengers looking over the rails of the ship. The captain looks out with binoculars. Animated graphics introduction “Discovery ’70.” The narrators, Virginia Gibson and Bill Owen, stand in front of the ship. They explain the ship will travel from New York to South Hampton, England. A woman gets out of a Yellow Cab. Zoom outs of night time New York skyline. Lights of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at night. Zoom out of the ship’s wake, people are on the deck. A nurse with epaulettes on her uniform organized medical instruments (3:35). Women work in the clothing and gift shops. A waiter takes an order in the restaurant. Pan of the café. A man prints newspapers on a printing press (4:12). Women get their hair done in a salon. Men speak with tellers in a bank, close up of Bank of England pounds (4:28). People sit in a dark church service. People do aerobic exercises on deck. Aerial view of the ship (5:35). Men work behind the narrator in the bridge, or wheel house. The captain, Joseph Wolfington, over sees a meeting with his senior officers (6:13). Close up of an officer named Graham Ferguson. He shows them the radar, valve thrusters, the steering tiller, radio telephone and the telegraph (7:08). Zoom out from the ocean water to the side of the ship with life boats. Close up of a fire alarm. People chat in groups wearing orange life jackets. Fast zoom out of a man writing in the safety control room (8:54). Close up of a blinking light on a diagram of the ship’s levels. The man speaks into his radio. A heavy steel water tight door is closed (10:12). Jack Humphrey, the chief mechanic, inspects pipes in the broiler room. He scans the 200 foot shaft that is connected to the propeller. Close up of inside a flash evaporator (11:37). The narrator stands in the machine control room. Close ups of the telegraph, turbine levers and gauges. The narrator adjusts dials on the giant computer. A Selectric typewriter types by itself controlled by the computer (12:57). Shot of grey industrial building on nearby land. A boat moves toward the ship in the port of Le Havre in France. Pan of the tug boats and harbor (14:28). A man throws rope overboard. The ship is turned around. Gang planks are put in place. Dressed up guests are greeted as they enter the captain’s reception. They drink champagne and chat (16:23). A man stocks shelves of canned goods and food. Meat is sorted on to hooks and, on a table (16:50). Shots inside the massive kitchen, the head chef inspects trays of food (17:11). Close ups of bowls of salad. Kebobs are seasoned. The crew ascends an escalator with trays of food (). Close up of cheeses. The restaurant manager cooks crepes suzette table side (17:52). Couples dance to music. 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 Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript
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[Music] this is the queen elizabeth ii or qe2 the world's newest passenger ship about to leave on a 3 000 mile voyage from new york to southampton england what's it like to take a trip on a huge ocean liner what do the captain and crew do as the ship makes its way across the open sea we'll find out today when discovery goes on board the qe2 for a transatlantic voyage [Music] discovery 70 the award-winning program for young people with virginia gibson and bill owen [Music] hi and welcome to discovery today we're at pier 92 in new york city about to board a modern ocean liner for a transatlantic voyage our destination is southampton england 310 miles away while we normally think of traveling to europe by jet plane the ship will carry its full complement of passengers 2025 and 936 crew members in the next few days we'll see how this self-contained community travels across the ocean as the passengers arrive for embarkation the process of boarding and getting the ship underway the excitement mounts many people relax and enjoy themselves with both voyage parties with friends and relatives who have come to see them all [Music] by the time the ship finally slips her lines and pulls away from the pier night has begun to fall but the passengers have a chance for a look at the spectacular new york skyline with all the city's lights just blinking on [Music] finally a ribbon of lights crossing the entrance to new york harbor the verrazano narrows bridge as we approach we realize the ship is rapidly building up to her 30 mile an hour service speed [Music] once the ship leaves the site of land it becomes self-sufficient an island community remote and alone but with every comforted convenience of a modern city this community serves 3 000 people and provides everything they need there's a hospital with doctors and nurses and the latest modern equipment there's a clothing shop and a gift shop restaurants [Music] an ordinary coffee shop like the kind you find in any american town [Music] a daily newspaper with the latest developments from all over the world [Music] [Applause] there are beauty shops a bank just like the one around the corner although the money might look a little strange to us if you wish you can attend church on sunday and on any day there's exercise up on deck so of course the wonder of this island community jenny is that it's moving steadily at about 30 miles an hour across an ocean the trip between new york and southampton england takes about five days that's a lot faster than most merchant ships travel bill but that's still a snail's pace in an age of jet aircraft the most obvious place to begin exploring the ship is here on the bridge or wheelhouse this is the nerve center or brain of a big ship because the captain is responsible for every phase of the ship's operation it isn't possible for him to spend all his time on the bridge he has to rely on a staff of men to run her the captain of the qe2 on this voyage joseph wolfenden meets every morning with the senior officers it's rather like a small board of directors meeting or the meeting of a town council in which all the affairs and operation of the seagoing community are reviewed the master of the ship is not only responsible for the safe and efficient operation of his vessel but also for the comfort and even the entertainment of the passengers when things are going smoothly up here in the bridge and they're no unusual or hazardous conditions fog or heavy seas the captain will normally be away then the watch as it's called is manned by other ships officers usually there are two officers on the bridge during a watch as well as a quartermaster or helmsman who actually steers the ship on orders from the officers the second officer on watch at the moment is graham ferguson this is the radar here which takes the place of the traditional lookout in most ships uh we have three of them all together the other things which are of interest on the panel here are the bow thrusters which are in fact two tubes underneath the bow there which will move the bow backwards and forwards and takes the place of tugs the other thing of interest of course is the steering tiller here which would be used by the officer watch at sea if he wanted to alter course because at the moment we're in automatic pilot we have also a radio telephone here which is for use contacting other ships at sea and then other things which we have are the telegraphs of course which is the means of communicating uh the captain's engine movements down to the engine room itself one for the port side and one for the starboard the safety of the ship and the 3 000 people on board is always the first concern at sea fire and the possibility of the ship sinking are still the two greatest hazards time has not changed that and time has not changed many of the devices with which a modern ship meets these potential problems the lifejacket a traditional safety device at sea is still used on ocean-going vessels but a modern space-age approach to safety has produced some revolutionary changes we'll look at some of these in just a minute if the bridge can be considered the brain of a great ship this room might be considered her heart all the various safety devices in the ship watertight doors fire stations and so on can be monitored here on this console and through the use of these displays all about the room this room called the safety control room is a completely new idea with the qe2 a watch is kept here 24 hours a day even when the ship is in port if a dangerous situation develops somewhere in the vessel gas fumes fire a leak various sensing devices relay the information here if a fire broke out in a hold the men here in the safety control room could release foam or inert gas from these tanks and pipe it to the trouble area to smother the flames the ship's watertight doors can also be closed automatically and remotely by simply pushing a button on the bridge a test is run on this system every day the ship is at sea this safety control room is right in the middle of the ship directly below us two decks down is the ship's power plant the turbine engines and boilers an electrical plant large enough to supply all the heat and electricity for a small city and some special devices that make seawater into fresh water this man chief mechanic jack humphrey supervises the maintenance and repairs of all this equipment we have three uh boilers these are the largest marine boiler of their type ever built well with the three boilers that's given us roughly a million pounds of steam every hour we must have this steam for driving our turbines well the the shaft from leaving the gear that's the gear casing to the propeller is approximately 200 feet in length it is also 24 inches in diameter each bearing has its oil level and it also has its own cooling system we have three weirs flesh evaporators and we can make up to 1200 tons of water daily it's always a relief for the ship's engine room men when they enter this area outside the noise is deafening here in the machinery control room special insulation reduces the noise to a lower level all of the various type machinery we've just seen can be controlled remotely from here and it's here on this telegraph identical to the one we saw earlier on the bridge that the orders are received for the engine with each of these two levers one for each of two turbine engines a man can control a hundred and ten thousand horsepower it takes that much power to turn each of the two 19-foot propellers at the required speed this is the first computer to be fitted aboard a passenger ship it's located here because it's used to keep track of the maintenance program for the machinery in the engine room it can also give you the ship's speed water temperature and time of day but it can also be used to predict fresh water requirements and control the massive inventory of food and other items carried on the ship the officers on the bridge can even call on the computer to help them find the most efficient course to set as she makes her way across the trackless sea the ship has now entered the harbor for the french port of lahog the only stop on our voyage from new york to southampton now we're going to see how this huge ship can be brought up to a dock and moored and we'll do that in just a minute [Applause] captain wolfenden and his crew on the bridge are about to dock in the half we'll be taking on some new passengers and cargo and some of the other passengers will be leaving for trips in france and other parts of europe before the qe2 is docked here she has to be turned completely around tugboats and the ship's bow thrusters smaller propellers on either side of the prow are used in turning the vessel and it's all they can do to move the qe2 65 000 tons [Music] lastly [Music] every move is recorded in the log on the bridge captain wolfenden and his men are assisted by a local pilot a man with special knowledge of the currents and other conditions in the [Music] area hello can you have the bow thrusters ready please can you have your bow thrusters ready i only got one which one's that the forward bow thruster okay let us know when they're ready [Music] finally the big ship is nudged over to the pier lines are put ashore and gangplanks put in place we're underway once again bound for southampton our last stop [Applause] [Music] tonight the captain is having a reception [Music] later we had dinner in the ship's dining room [Music] the statistics on a great ship's inventory of stores are as you might guess staggering on a trip like the one we're on now five days at sea the shopping list includes 2 000 pounds of biscuits 50 000 tea bags 2500 pounds of bacon 80 000 eggs 25 000 pounds of beef and so the list goes on and on the food for the entire ship including the crew mess rooms is turned out in this one 17 000 square foot kitchen the man in charge is executive chef victor coward and i started see in 1936 on the empress of britain well i've never worked in a restaurant ashore never spent all my life at sea they get their menus and what salads i put on mixed green escrill romaine and fruit salads and we make them up then we send them into the restaurant when they're served from there [Music] well we pick up our cheeses in england leaves and france and the united states from every cheese is marked with a sticker of what it is [Music] the food service in the dining room is under the supervision of restaurant manager oscar bassett [Music] with the restaurant this type stems from the manager because he must create the right atmosphere all the way down this brings the best out in the waiter and in consequence he then makes the customer happy [Music] well the most important part of a crepe suzette is a caramel this is a basis made with sugar and then you reason this with orange to get the bait and a little batter to smooth it over then the liqueur is added [Music] [Music] so the crepes which are thin pancakes as you know folded into the sauce which is the sauce and then they're finished off with the cognac [Music] at night on a great ship if the seas are calm the passengers are hardly aware that the ship is moving continuously toward its destination after dinner the ship more than ever takes on the air of a fine resort that could be anywhere it just happens to float and travel at about 30 miles an hour but in the engine room in odd corners around the ship on the bridge captain wolfenden and his watch officers keep up their vigil they sail with pride pride in the tradition of british seamanship dating back hundreds of years we'll be back in just a minute [Music] we hope you've enjoyed our transatlantic voyage if you'd like to find out more about ocean-going vessels then ask your librarian for any of these books the shipbuilders by d s lacy jr ship 70 by david a parsons and this book or sales and steam by edwin tunis be sure to be with us next week for another exciting program as discovery continues to discover the world bye bye [Music] hey [Music] so [Music] this has been the jewels power production in association with abc news you
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