United States Naval Academy Preparatory School (1962)

Synopsis

This film made in 1962 shows the Naval Academy Preparatory School or NAPS. NAPS is the preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy and is located on Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. The mission of the Naval Academy Preparatory School is "To enhance Midshipman Candidates' moral, mental, and physical foundations to prepare them for success at the United States Naval Academy". The film shows a more or less typical overview of NAPS, from morning assembly through daytime classes in scientific principles and math, homework ( 5:50 ), and so on. At 6:20 more pleasant activities are shown including a football game, at 6:50 printing invitations to the school's Spring Dance, volleyball, baseball, tennis, track and field activities including shotput, lacrosse ( 7:40 ), golf ( 7:45 ), swimming, etc. At 8:20 students visit Washington, D.C. including the Lincoln Memorial. At 8:53 Pennsylvania Ave. is seen at night. The film ends with final exams and graduation. The Naval Academy Preparatory School is the Navy’s fourth oldest school; only the Naval War College, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland are older. Informal preparatory classes began as early as 1915. In 1918, the Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels signed a provision to have up to 100 sailors from the fleet to be eligible for entry to the Academy. Due to the difficult nature of the Naval Academy's entrance examination, then Undersecretary of the Navy Franklin D.…

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Running time

10 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage