This is one of Stanley Kubrick's very early directorial efforts and is really only worth watching to compare certain aspects to his later works. It's basically a promotional film for the seafarers' union and it depicts all the reasons why you really would like to join this close-knit community. For example the membership allows you to enter the different headquarters and play pool, cards or board-games with your fellow union members. It also plays the family card with a couple shots of the harmonic American family with children, one right before the end, so you see how ISU members won't have to worry about those they leave behind. All kinds of benefits (maternity etc.) make sure of that.
I wonder, will they also make connections to girls for the single seafarers? I heard they have a different girl in every port waiting. Oh well, in any case, even if the seafarer's union still exists today, I wouldn't recommend this one to anybody except seafarers and Kubrick completionists. It even has some parts which could have served as fodder for MST3K without the big name attached to it.
I wonder, will they also make connections to girls for the single seafarers? I heard they have a different girl in every port waiting. Oh well, in any case, even if the seafarer's union still exists today, I wouldn't recommend this one to anybody except seafarers and Kubrick completionists. It even has some parts which could have served as fodder for MST3K without the big name attached to it.