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This DVD is a collection of Very RARE footage on USN Oil Tankers and liberty ships build during WW2, plus Navy Cargo and supply ships that served up to the late 1960's. During WW2, the Navy just could not get enough tankers built and decided to open a new plant in Marin County. The Marineship Corp. started to build Liberty's and the famous T-2 Tankers in record time. Sometimes, with new technology of welding vs rivits.1st Film: "Marineship Corp: USN Tanker". It is the story of the building of a complete shipyard in 1942 and building of the famous T-2 oil tankers and of course the famous Liberty ship up to 1945. RT 24 Min2nd Film: "Of Ships and Butter". This is a USN film and tells the story of how important the USN is to protecting Freighters and Container ships around the world for our economy. RT 19 Min3rd Film: "Supplies at Sea". This film is about Supply ships serving our fleet at sea, From Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, etc, the supply ships are constantly in demand. RT 19 Min4th Film: "USN Supply Officer on the USS Glennon DD 840". This is a great film on what a supply officer does to keep his ship supplied. RT 22 Min5th Film: "Ocean to Ocean: Panama Canal". This is film about a Victory ship crossing on the Panama canal and how the canal works. 8 Min6th Film: "Liberty and Victory Ship Newsreels". This is a collection of 5 Liberty and Victory Ship newsreels from launching the ships to a short story on the SS Jeremiah O'Brien that is at port at San Francisco. Fun to see. RT 9 MinWe are a small father and son business that collects old films to save them from the trash heap. We digitize them in HD to save a copy for future generations. The Son went to film school and the father is passionate about history and assembles the content. The result is why folks comment on the "Quality and Content" of our OLD FILM's DVD's. Although we are not Hollywood, we think that you'll like these old historic films too.