As part of a campaign to save the historic SS United States, director Robert Radler has completed a new documentary titled “SS United States: Made in America.” The 55-minute film recounts the vessel’s trans-Atlantic speed record, set 60 years ago on its maiden voyage and likely to never be broken. The ship today sits in Philadelphia harbor rusting, awaiting restoration and repurposing.

The SS United States Conservancy, which purchased the ship in 2011, is trying to raise more than $1 million to keep the vessel in the water for another year while redevelopment and museum plans are finalized. “She is as significant an American icon as the Empire State Building or Grand Central Terminal. In America, we can’t make a ship like this anymore,” Radler said.