Various shots of two-masted sailing schooner "Jean Frances" heading out to Grand Banks fishing grounds. Shot of ship bucking fairly heavy seas. Two shots of "Jean Frances" in fog, lifeboat floating lazily in foreground. Front shot of fisherman in oilskins rowing dory towards "Jean Frances". Several shots of sunset at sea, including shots with ship's hawsers silhouetted in foreground. Shot of bow of schooner moving at speed on calm sea. CS of sail flapping. Shots of dory being lowered from schooner, of dory bobbing in ocean. Shots of dory at sea with without sail, in clear and foggy weather. Shots of fisherman fishing from dory at sea.