https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/06597bdb-4825-4319-ac4d-960b287534f8 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This 1950’s color film provides a nautical tour of the state of Virginia, highlighting historic architectural landmarks and a diversity of steam, coal, and taker ships as they load and unload various import and export cargoes (TRT 16:54). Opening titles over a seal: “Virginia State Ports Authority” (0:08). An early map of the Americas. Zoom in on what would become Virginia (0:21). Dissolve to historical reenactors in Colonial Williamsburg. The reconstructed Governor’s Palace. Bruton Parish Church. The Courthouse. The Wren Building. The Capitol Building (0:51). A map of cities: Alexandria, Richmond, Hopewell, and Hampton Roads. Another map shows ports: Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth (1:10). Aerial views of Hampton Roads with harbors, warehouses, and buildings (1:50). Cargo is loaded onto a ship using a rope basket and hook (2:15). The Cape Henry Memorial Cross, site of the Jamestown landing of 1607. Cape Henry Lighthouse (2:31). A small boat approaches a large cargo ship. A man in a hat climbs aboard the SS Pioneer Dale via a rope ladder (2:49). Closeup on a brass Bendix ship throttle. “Full steam ahead” (3:28). The aft of the ship and its wake behind the tiller (3:32). Old Point Comfort Lighthouse and the Virginia shoreline. The Chamberlain Hotel. Ships at harbor (3:35). A tugboat approaches from the starboard side (4:01). A large ship marked, “Rotterdam” A man in a suit and hat boards a gangplank marked “United States Lines” and greets others (4:17). Piers of Hampton Roads. Imperial Dock 3. A States Marine Lines ship. Pier L, “Norfolk and Western Railway, Lambert’s Point Docks, Inc.” A rotating crane dumps grain (4:36). Loading paper-wrapped bundles and hogsheads of tobacco for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines (6:03). Tobacco inspection. Lifting hogsheads on a forklift in a storehouse (6:35). A birds-eye view of warehouses. Oil storage tanks. An Esso ship refueling station (6:59). A grain elevator (7:29). Jones and Boush cold storage facilities (7:44). A coal terminal. A trainyard filled with coal-filled railroad cars. High and low level piers (8:02). A giant elevator lifts and empties a train car. Another train car moves along a bridge (9:01). Service and repair facilities at Norfolk and Portsmouth shipyards. A stone drydock and a modern shipbuilding area (9:41). A private shipyard at Newport News. Ships under construction (10:30). A US Navy aircraft carrier (10:56). Crowds of passengers. The SS United States passenger vessel (11:05). A repair station at Newport News Dock 2 (11:20). A US map illustrates the port’s central location with radiating concentric circles (11:45). Steam engines and locomotives of the Virginia and Union Pacific lines. A train exits Pier 2 (12:12). Trucks and cars drive on highways (13:08). A Capital Airlines jet airliner takes off from a runway (13:16). Zoom on a map of Alexandria. Mount Vernon in Fairfax County (13:24). Aerial photography of Washington, D.C. including the Washington Monument and the Capitol building (13:44). Cargo loads and unloads from vessels in Alexandria. Rolls of newspaper are hoisted on and off ships (13:53). The port of Hopewell and the smokestacks of a chemical plant. The SS Markland screw steamer (14:35). Mounds of cargo are moved from ship to doc (14:55). Wharves and warehouses in the port of Richmond (15:32). Ships dot the horizon as light reflects off the sea (16:29). Title card: “The End” (16:40). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQN9ZkLTvns Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:59:11 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/06597bdb-4825-4319-ac4d-960b287534f8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.