Southampton a deepwater port with four tides a day is an ocean terminal for the worlds largest liners Their coming and going and the people who work with them are the subject of this film as they reflect in their personal lives some of the drama and romance of its situation Among them are a tug skipper and his crew a stewardess on a Cape ship an assistant wharfinger in charge of handling baggage and freight a taxi driver and a pilot taking a great liner down Southampton water at night