Navy Fleet Comes to Chicago CH-1 Vol.12 #135
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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.
Credits
Telenews (Firm) (production company)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Subjects: Navies; Lake Michigan; Ships; Saint Lawrence Seaway
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Print, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13530
Subjects: Navies; Lake Michigan; Ships; Saint Lawrence Seaway
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Print, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13530
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Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:19