# OCEAN LINER SS LEONARDO DA VINCI 1960s ITALIAN LINE TRANSATLANTIC CRUISE FILM 89484

This 1960s color film is narrated by one of the three young brothers traveling together from New York to Genoa, Italy (an eight-day trip) on the SS Leonardo da Vinci, ( 2:59 - 3:16 ). This advanced Italian Line ocean liner was built in 1960. The film was produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica as an educational film. Shots of the New York shoreline are seen as the ship leaves the harbor ( 3:39 - 4:20 ). A sculpture of da Vinci is at the entrance to the dining hall ( 4:58 ), where lunch is served ( 5:32 - 6:08 ). The lifeboats could hold all 2,000 passengers, who drilled for an emergency ( 6:28 - 6:50 ). The narrator is invited to the ship’s bridge ( 7:49 ) and into the automatic steering equipment room ( 8:08 ), where the Helmsman watches the compasses ( 8:20 ). The course is given by the Captain, who uses a sextant to chart the course ( 8:31 - 8:56 ). The engine order telegraph conveys the power needed ( 8:57 - 9:12 ). The radar screen and its antenna look for other ships or objects ( 9:18 - 9:41 ). In case of emergency, the Captain can manually seal doors ( 9:43 - 9:51 ), view a board with indicators that would show where a fire is located ( 9:52 - 10:04 ), and view stabilizer dials ( 10:05 - 10:21 ). The Leonardo has elevators ( 11:14 - 11:25 ). It also has an onboard hospital ( 11:32 - 12:08 ) and a gym ( 12:13 - 12:34 ). The 700-member crew has its own mess hall ( 12:35 ). At the bottom of the ship is the engine room with its master control panel ( 13:35 - 13:55 ). The…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/89484AtlanticCrossing)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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