News in Brief: Virginia, Sailing Ship On Visit.
News in Brief: Virginia, Sailing Ship On Visit.
Clip: 351450_1_1
Year Shot: 1951
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1562
Original Film: 024-485-04
HD: N/A
Location: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Timecode: 00:30:35 - 00:31:28
News in Brief: Virginia, Sailing Ship On Visit. The full-rigged ship 'Amerigo Vespucci' sails up the bay escorted by Italian destroyers turned over by the U.S. Enroute to the Naval Academy, the ship is inspected by American Navy officers. Nifty ship with lots of masts and sails (to this untrained eye it looks like an antique or re-creation of an old ship). Vice Admiral Hill (?) arrives, inspects crew of midshipmen (sailors). About a dozen men wearing shorts climb rigging.