Bow on LAMLS of Canadian Steamship Lines freighter passing other freighter in canal. BOATING SHOTs from bridge to freighter as ship slips into lock, of side of channel, of lock gates closing in distance. Shot of water begins to rise in lock, of parts of camera ship, of side of lock. MLSs of railway swing bridge swinging out of way. HALS of Lachine Canal section in Saint Lawrence River. MS of pilot at wheel of ship, PAN out of wheelhouse, water beyond. Shots of pilot, of sides of channel, other ships, seen through weelhouse windows. BOATING SHOTs of barren bank of channel, of lake freighter moving into frame between side and camera ship. Brief BOATING SHOT of side of channel, railway track and water beyond.