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Automated Ship: "Ship Of The Future" On Maiden Voyage

Automated Ship: "Ship Of The Future" On Maiden Voyage
Clip: 426460_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1730
Original Film: 037-093-02
HD: N/A
Location: New York, New York
Timecode: 00:25:15 - 00:26:22

Arriving in New York ready for her maiden voyage to Europe is a freighter that foreshadows the future on the high seas. "The American Racer" is the nation's newest ship and the most automated ever built. One man on deck can handle the engines, boilers and auxiliary equipment with push-buttons. It cuts the crew by 25% New York Harbor a freighter on her maiden voyage in the fog set's out for Europe. Name of the freighter 'American Racer'. POV Looking up at the radar. Inside the control cabin is ships personal. Electronic device. Master counsel in the engine room. Some of the electronic panels. One of the ships engineers turning a knob. Ship engineer profile working the electronic panels that controls the ship. An electronic panel with blinking lights. Engineer getting a print out of the ships analysis. POV - A tug boat and a view of New York's Harbor. In the control cabin, an ship's officer runing the controls and speaking on the ship's phone. The 'American Racer' state of the arts freighter.