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SS
United States: Lady in Waiting
Saturday,
May 17 at 11 p.m.
Repeats
Tuesday, May 20 at 2 p.m.
SS
United States: Lady in Waiting has been
in development for more than a decade and is truly a
labor of love for
director Robert Radler and the production team. The film
follows the ship’s journey from its status as a
mid-20th century technological and design marvel to a
largely forgotten relic — a ship that was abruptly
laid up in 1969.
The
one-hour documentary, shot in high definition, takes the
viewer on a fascinating journey
of discovery about and
aboard the SS United States. The program features compelling
interviews with crew and passengers and examines the ship’s
top-secret design and capabilities. The ship still holds
the east and westbound transatlantic passenger ship speed
record for a vessel of its size.
Amazingly,
the ship still exists, moored and seemingly derelict at
a pier in Philadelphia,
where the production
team has
been allowed access to examine her current state and
explore the concept that she might again sail the seas.
SS
United States: Lady in Waiting has been produced with the
cooperation of the SS United States Conservancy,
a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the
preservation of the
ship and her legacy. The conservancy has granted the
producers
exclusive access to its archives of stills, vintage
films and home movies. |
