Cavalcade of the American Merchant Marines

Titles. 01:35:18 Bowsprit of large sailing ship / tall ship thru ocean waves at sea. Storm w/ waves breaking over ship deck. Men working on ropes & sails of three-masted ship in smooth sea. 01:36:09 Shipyard & construction by hand of 18th Century wooden sailing ship. Launching w/ crowd in period costumes. Various shipboard scenes during Revolutionary War period during still & storm. 01:37:30 Ship onto rocks. View across ocean w/ superimposed John Paul Jones, etc. 01:37:50 Two sailing ships firing on each other; fighting in rigging. Post-Revolutionary war & merchant marine. Large sailing ships. Costumed people on docks of Salem, Massachusetts; New York City; Charleston. Map of fishing banks of Nova Scotia superimposed over sailing ships. Man on mast watching for whales; whales sounding. Other sea views superimposed w/ Captains. Cannon firing on two-masted ship; ship burning. 01:39:53 Federalist period; Staged Congress. Gold miners. Gold rush & people on dock as ship arrived. Line of Yankee Clipper sailing ships. Sails billowing; rigged; storm & men in rigging. Views of clippers. 01:41:45 View down dock lined w/ large sailing ships; men sliding down rigging. Steam vessel docks as people watch; people waving to steam ship from sailing ship. Other on open sea w/ heavy waves. 01:43:08 Men building railroad; train carrying goods. Many horses, mules & wagons crossing desert as railroad tracks laid by construction crew. 01:43:35 Montage: oil well gushing; steel mill; wheat farmer; ruined wooden ship; many docked sailing ships & at sea burning; Monitor; Merrimack & naval battle. War w/ Spain & goods transported to beach. 01:44:45 Steam riverboat w/ paddle wheel; paddle wheelers w/ black smoke. 01:45:13 Large tug pushing string of barges. Great Lakes & shipping thru Suez Canal. Ore carriers. 01:45:45 Montage: Headline Lusitania sunk. Other headlines & US Declares War. President Wilson marching up avenue; camouflaged troop ship; WW1 parades; troops leaving; shipbuilding; launchings; cargo loaded & unloaded; Headline War Ends. 01:47:09 Harbor shots from water; docked ships; ocean liners into NYC harbor; arrivals off gangway boarding & leaving. 01:48:03 Ship’s bridge; storm at sea; telegraph operator; men in storm & ship rescues. Awards / Medals. 01:48:37 Workers leaving shipyards & shipbuilding of steel ships. Aerial over NY Harbor w/ various American ocean liners. 01:49:13 Rolling titles: Merchant Marine Act, 1936 as amended... 01:49:59 Men launching large ship; bow thru water; Merchant Marine officers training; Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy grounds; training with artillery; classroom & drafting lab; marching at graduation. 01:50:59 Reviewing troops on dock; unloading ships; chipping paint & other maintenance work; boiler room. 01:51:30 Cadets marching outside barracks. Lifeboat training Training handling cargo; first aid; engine room training; kitchen & galley training; cooking & baking food. 01:52:52 Radio operator training. 01:53:14 Title: Dec. 7, 1941 zooms in. Staged planes over explosions (very hokey / tacky!). Ground shots - actual w/ ships burning & sinking. Shipyard launchings. Ships at sea, convoys from air & water. Officers & sailors looking thru binoculars etc. Marching Merchant Marines in dress uniforms. The End. Merchant Marine History; 1700s; 1800s; War of 1812; 1900s; Oceans; Shipping; Transportation; Training; Ships at Sea; NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate.