of the marine shots in the picture are made
with models. It would be prohibitively expensive to round up three full-size clipper
Ships just for a few moments of action. Besides, the miniature shots will be technically superior to anything that could be made
in full scale.
Water Dyed Blue
 The studio "ocean" is a concrete tank 300
feet wide and 360 feet long. The water,
dyed an ocean blue, is three feet deep. One end of the
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tank is half an inch lower than
the other sides and here the water continually overflows into a hidden trough,
giving a realistic horizon. From the trough
it is constantly pumped back into the tank.
Behind the trough is a 50-foot tall background screen painted in imitation of a
blue sky flecked with white clouds. The
smog-brown Los Angeles sky won't be
visible to the camera. Wave machines and
wind machines are lined up along one side
of the tank.
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