Fleet Comes to Chicago CH-1 Vol.12 #135
Film Identifier: F.2012-03-1918
Run Time
0h 1m 5s
0h 1m 5s
Format
16mm
16mm
Color
B&W
B&W
Sound
Optical
Optical
Date Produced
1959
1959
Abstract
In this silent Telenews newsreel, a 28-ship detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet sails off the coast of Chicago in Lake Michigan in the summer of 1959. Operation Inland Seas was a United States Navy operation to celebrate the completion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959; it was the Navy's first show of might on the Great Lakes since the War of 1812.
In this silent Telenews newsreel, a 28-ship detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet sails off the coast of Chicago in Lake Michigan in the summer of 1959. Operation Inland Seas was a United States Navy operation to celebrate the completion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959; it was the Navy's first show of might on the Great Lakes since the War of 1812.
Main Credits
Telenews (Firm) (is production company)
Form
Related Place
Chicago (depicts)