No title. Ocean liner "Queen Mary" steams into Southampton, Hampshire for last time.
C/U Queen Mary's siren sounding. Aerial shot Queen Mary crossing the Channel. L/S empty promenade deck. Top shot rows of empty deck chairs. Sequence of shots showing luxurious interior: L/S showing the empty first-class lounge. L/S empty smoking room. Aerial shot Queen Mary at sea. L/S passengers dining in first class restaurant. Various shots food and cakes, including model of the Queen Mary on cake. L/S passengers eating. M/S ditto. Various shots empty barber's shop on board. Top view shot empty swimming pool. L/S looking down long corridor. Aerial shot Queen Mary at sea. M/S Captain and officers on bridge.
Queen Mary approaches Southampton water. L/S from Queen Mary showing fire floats in harbour. M/S ditto. L/S various boats passing the liner. Passengers on ship wave. Head on shot of tugs guiding the Queen Mary into Southampton. L/S crowd waving from small steamer. L/S passengers waving from decks of Queen Mary. Ditto with fire floats in foreground. C/U pan crowds waving from small steamer. L/S fire floats. M/S hovercraft. Back view as Queen Mary approaches quayside at Southampton. L/S Southampton quayside from deck of Queen Mary. Nearer shot ditto. Crowds on quayside and terminal building. M/S passengers throwing streamers down from decks. L/S ditto. L/S massed crowds throwing streamers from quayside and terminal buildings. M/S Queen Mary now tied up alongside. Nearer shot ditto. C/U Queen Mary's siren sounding for the last time.
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