https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/5b46b268-f01e-46b6-8c7e-2454ce24dbf0 “Roving The Mediterranean” is a black-and-white circa 1940 film that opens with a shakedown cruise of one of the United States Navy’s latest cruisers from the Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean Sea. The ship pulls into port at Gibraltar on Spain’s southern coast at mark 01:13 as sailors are shown visiting spots of local interest including climbing (rather unsuccessfully) the famed Rock of Gibraltar at mark 02:05. By mark 04:23 the crew is on to Tunis in North Africa to visit the ruins, and then to the beauty of Venice at mark 06:04 where gondolas are shown sailing up to the naval vessel in search of customers. The sailors gather at St. Mark’s Square (Piazza San Marco) in the center of town at mark 07:16 before boarding another gondola for a trip down a canal. “Words don’t begin to describe it so we’ll let the Venetian atmosphere speak for itself,” says the narrator at mark 07:55 as we see footage from along the waterway until the film reaches its conclusion. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. 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 and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-oOj-NsFE Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:29:46 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/5b46b268-f01e-46b6-8c7e-2454ce24dbf0 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.