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Title card: "Whale of a Premiere for Moby Dick" superimposed over actor Gregory Peck exiting plane labeled "United Moby Dick Special" and waving as photographer takes photos / pan fans behind chain link fence on airfield; one woman props a baby on top of the fence and other fans have welcome signs / group of fans and spectators in foreground as Peck and director John Huston look up at girls on a float representing a 19th-century whaling boat / MS group of people in period costumes, including women in bonnets and men with chin curtain beards / Peck shakes hands with men dressed in period costumes / Huston speaks to one man dressed in costume / tilt down shot float shaped like a 19th century whaling boat glides down street in New Bedford, with banner above "New Bedford Welcomes Moby Dick World Premiere" as banner flaps in breeze and spectators line street / convertible bearing Peck approaches, escorted by police officers on foot and on motorcycles; young boy dressed as a drum major sits in car with Peck / police officer tries to keep fans, including a young African-American girl, out of the street / Huston salutes and waves to crowd as he rides in a convertible in the parade / WS evening: EXT Empire Theatre with marquee touting the premiere of "Moby Dick" as crowd, with some US Navy sailors, waits outside / police officers struggle to hold back crowd / worms eye New Bedford Theatre marquee touting world premiere of "Moby Dick" / VS police struggle to hold back crowd / Peck and woman get out of car at theater / "New Bedford Welcomes..." banner flutters in wind; pan EXT State Theatre with marquee announcing the world premiere, and police, traffic, and crowd near theater