1930s U.S. NAVY PROMOTIONAL FILM “ANCHORS AWEIGH“ 81424

This historic U.S. Navy promotional film entitled “Anchor’s Aweigh“, shows the fighting ships of the Navy as they appeared in the 1930s. It seems likely given that Panama is seen in the film, that this movie was shot during Fleet Problem XVII. Fleet problem was the term used by the United States Navy to describe each of 21 large-scale naval exercises conducted between 1923 and 1940. They are labeled with Roman numerals, from Fleet Problem I through Fleet Problem XXI. A 22nd Fleet Problem exercise, schedule