This kid's-eye tour of the largest ship in the U.S. Navy invites the viewer into a small airplane on land, takes them on a brief flight, through a landing on the U.S.S. Nimitz and through takeoff again. Along ... more »the way, there's a tour of the ship--the largest afloat on earth--from hospital to barbershop to library. Viewers get to watch future pilots go through water-survival training, parachute-landing practice, and escape from a dunker--a cage that simulates a helicopter crashed into the water. Much of the 40-minute tour is ideal for kids, such as the fact that the naval personnel wear different-colored shirts that identify their jobs--yellow shirts direct the planes, purple shirts refuel, etc. The video simplifies more difficult information by comparing it to what kids know: the aircraft carrier weighs more than 15,000 school buses. While most of the aircraft carrier's 6,000 residents appear to be male, both a male pilot and a female pilot talk about their job on camera, giving girls a nice incentive to watch. --Kimberly Heinrichs« less