This bit of hapless footage from the Edison company would seem as ordinary vintage stock footage of a ship about to sail and the happenings of the passengers as implied by the title. But being an ocean liner buff I was pleased to see the once famous Cunard liner Etruria(featured in the film)leaving dock with the supposed 'star' passengers. The ship's name appears prominently as she backs up from dock. The Etruria & her sister ship would've been about 19 years old when this flick was produced. When they were launched in 1885 they were the fastest liners in the world but now when this film came out the two ships were reaching the end of their service lives and Cunard would replace them with two new superliners: Lusitania & Mauretania. But still this is fascinating just to see a ship of this vintage in active motion even if it's brief and for a one shot. This Edison film is similar to the Edison 1898 film "Troop Ships For the Philipines" which also features an ocean liner called the Australia.