1930 HOME MOVIE CAPE COD CANAL CRUISE AMERICA’S CUP YACHTS NAVY SHIPS BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 33524

This black & white, silent home movie -- with wonderful title cards -- was filmed in the late 1920s or early 1930 off of Boston, Massachusetts. It shows a cruise past U.S. Navy vessels, the Gloucester fishing fleet, Boston Lightship, and more. We don’t know who shot it, whoever it was -- loved the water. Opening title card: A Coast Guard vessel no. 100, destroyer type on the water (:25). This appears to be the Wickes-class destroyer USS Maury (DD-100), which was decommissioned in 1930. Another vessel, apparently the Clemson-class USS McFarland (DD-237/AVD-14) is visible in the background. Bluejackets from the “237” get shore leave in a boat; the “237” ship on the water (:57). Joe cleans the ship (1:39). Men swim in the buff in the warm Atlantic Ocean (2:14). A two stack passenger steamer on the water (2:32). The rear of a ship marked Oglala (2:45). This is apparently USS Oglala (ID-1255/CM-4/ARG-1), a minelayer originally commissioned as Massachusetts and later sunk at Pearl Harbor. Sailors leave the ship