The coast of Downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The photographer is on board a vessel in Guanabara Bay looking towards the shore and the ferry terminals. Two train ferries are under way in the centre, one bound in and one bound out. The slipway, hangar and terminal building of the Pan-American Airways System flying boat service to New York is to the right of centre of the picture. Mount Corcovado surmounted by the statue of Christ the Redeemer is in the centre background.