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Released
1953 · FILM

The Seafarers

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Written by
Runtime
29 min
Documentary

Synopsis

Stanley Kubrick’s first color film was commissioned by the Seafarers International Union to promote the advantages of union membership. Filmed within the union’s Atlantic and Gulf Coast District facilities, the film includes scenes of ships, machinery, cafeteria activities, and meetings, showcasing the daily lives and sense of community among seafarers. Believed to be lost for many years, the film was rediscovered in 1973 and preserved by the Library of Congress.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 5

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stanley Kubrick

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