Down To The Sea In Ships 1949

Special Photographic effects supervised by the great Fred Serson and Ray Kellogg who took over the reigns from Fred Serson upon his retirement from the Twentieth Century Fox Visual effects department in 1954. Lots of miniature process backgrounds in this film with a mechanical whale model and a miniature whale boat complete with miniature figures as well as the whaling ship Pride.

 Many matte painted exteriors in evidence in the opening shots.

Around the World in 80 Days 1956

This title was suggested by a reader Robert, it's a movie that although I have known of it, I had never actually seen.

A couple of miniature ship scenes appear along with a miniature balloon shot over famous landmarks and a miniature trestle bridge collapse.

According to IMDB the miniature ship shots were supervised by Fox's Fred Sersen in the Fox tank. There are two ships depicted and it looks like the same model with some modifications and an altered paint job, was used for the second version.