Various shots of shipyard workers at work on "Empress of Canada", of cranes, dock-side shutters. Several shots of hull of new ship, of name, of bow, stern showing giant screws, slipways, chocks. Sequence on launching day showing crews preparing slipways for launching as crowd and launching party assemble at ship's bow. Several shots of workers hammering at the chocks, of dignitaries on stand, of crowd watching. Brief shot of hull sliding down the ways into water. LSs of hull in water, of tug boats approaching. HALS of shipyards and ship from across river. Shots of workers leaving at end of shift.