"Laura Lee" merchant/cargo ship large-scale filming miniature from The Winds of War and other Paramount war films. (Paramount-TV, 1983) Merchant/cargo ship, "Laura Lee," constructed of fiberglass hull with wooden decks, aluminum tubing conning towers with small pulleys and wire rigging, detailed with brass tube railings, plastic doors, lamps and port hole windows and other details. Wooden lifeboats with canvas covers. Measures 20 ft. long x 6 ft. tall (to top of towers) x 32 in. wide. Multiple spigots and piping mounted on the lower hull to allow drainage of water taken on from the shooting sequences. Worn and soiled, exhibits wear to metal railings, decks warped, etc. In need of restoration, but structurally sound. Sits on heavy wooden dollies and rolling metal casters.