Captain Brown, Harbor Pilot 1950 Frith Films

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SHOWS HOW THE PILOT GUIDES A SHIP THROUGH BAYS & CHANNELS, DIRECTING MEN IN THE PILOT HOUSE & ENGINE ROOM, IN THE TUGBOATS & ON DOCKS. GIVES DETAILS ON NAVIGATING INSTRUMENTS & SAFETY.

Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_pilot

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A maritime pilot, marine pilot, harbor pilot, port pilot, ship pilot, or simply pilot, is a mariner who maneuvers ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbors or river mouths. They are navigational experts possessing knowledge of the particular waterway such as its depth, currents, and hazards, as well as being experts in handling ships of all types and size. A Maritime pilot is an expert ship handler who is licensed or authorised by a recognised pilotage authority...

The word pilot probably came from Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, from Late Latin pillottus; perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, "blade of an oar, oar").

The work functions of the pilot go back to Ancient Greece and Roman times, when locally experienced harbour captains, mainly local fishermen, were employed by incoming ships' captains to bring their trading vessels into port safely.

Pilots had to have quick transport to get from the port to the incoming ships. They initially used their own fishing boats to reach the incoming vessels, but these were heavy working boats, which led to the development of the specialised pilot boat.

In the inland brown water trade another type of pilots are known as trip pilots. Due to the shortage of qualified posted masters these independent contractors fill the holes in the manning schedule on inland push boats on various inland river routes.

Because the act of pilotage needed to be regulated and to ensure that pilots had adequate insurance, the harbours started to use licensed pilots. If a licensed pilot offered his services, an incoming ship was obliged to bring the pilot on board.

A Sandy Hook pilot is a licensed maritime pilot for the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Hudson River, and Long Island Sound. The Sandy Hook pilots have been piloting ships in the New York Harbor for over 300 years. The pilots of New York and Boston faced fierce cold, snow, and ice during the winter. The Great Blizzard of 1888 was so severe that eight pilot boats were actually driven ashore and damaged on the New York harbor. Some of the schooners were lost at sea...