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Review of Ferryboats Car Floats and Liners DVD

This colorful program presents a wide variety of marine traffic in New York Harbor, ranging from huge ocean liners to tugboats, filmed from around 1940 to the late 1960s.

Among the great liners depicted are the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, United States, Liberte, Independence, Queen of Bermuda, Parthia, Caronia, Brittanic, and Mauretania.

Railroad ferries include: Lackawanna Pocono, Elmira, Binghamton, Maplewood, Scranton and Lackawanna; NYC Utica, Niagara; CNJ Red Bank, Somerville; and Erie Youngstown, Meadville, and Arlington.

There are interesting sequences featuring New York Central tugboat and carfloat operations, and a rare short describing tugboats in New York harbor, with special emphasis on the docking of the famous superliner United States. Also included is the visit of an armada of Tall Ships to New York Harbor in 1986 to celebrate the Satute of Liberty Centennial and a visit of the battleship Iowa.

55 Minutes * Color and B/W Archive Film
Music

Overall rating for this DVD? 5 Star Excellent
4 Star Very Good
3 Star Good
2 Star Fair
1 Star Poor

The rest is optional but appreciated.

In your opinion, how was the narration level? There was no narration.
Just enough.
Could have used more.
A little too much.
Way too much.
Narration can be turned off.

Aside from the content of the DVD, how would you rate the image quality (sharpness, camera steadiness, etc)? Poor.
A little rough around the edges.
Good.
Excellent!

How would you rate the VALUE of this video? Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Seemed a little high, but not too bad.
Fair.
Good value.
Excellent value!

Last question. Would you recommend this DVD to others? Definitely not!
Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.
Yes
Definitely.
A "Must Have"!

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